Hurst Lodge School Successes

Hurst Lodge School has two notable successes in Windsor Festival events, to report (see below and in 'Read More' ).

Congratulations to Montgomery Sadler who received 1st Place in the Windsor Festival Participatory Programme for Senior Schools 2009, in the Music Composition category for her piece ‘The Stars’.

The Festival aims to encourage imagination, creativity and artistic talent in senior schools, both state and private, through the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.  Young people in years 10, 11 and 12 submit work in any of four categories: Music Composition, Creative Writing, Two-dimensional Art and Three-dimensional Art.  Every new academic year submissions are judged by a panel of highly qualified professionals and selected for public exhibition.

Prizes are awarded to first, second and third places, and to the pupils’ school in each case at a ceremony held in Windsor Castle’s Education Centre to which parents, judges, teachers and pupils are invited.

Montgomery will be given the opportunity to tour the Royal Library, which is not normally open to the public, and all those exhibiting are given a private tour of the State Apartments in Windsor Castle. 

This is a very exciting achievement – Well done!

Two students of Hurst Lodge School, Ascot were Highly Commended in the Windsor Festival Schools' Programme 2009. Congratulations go to Sophie Pikus who was highly commended for her oil painting 'Jamestown' and Katie Ellesley, also highly commended for her textile diptych 'Sanctuary'.

The Exhibition took place at Ascot Racecourse last weekend where Winning entries of the 2D and 3D Category could be viewed alongside entries for the Creative Writing and Music Composition.

Both girls are A Level students at Hurst Lodge with Katie specialising in Textiles and Sophie studying Fine Art.