Wychwood Association
Copper Beech by Sue Clear, the most liked photo of 2020 on the WA Facebook page.
Welcome to the Wychwood Association Pages. Here you can:
- Keep in touch with old friends
- Catch up with Wychwood news
- Continue to be involved with the school
- Find out about school and alumnae events
- Find out how you can help
The Wychwood Association exists to enable alumnae to keep in touch with each other and with the school, find old friends and make new friends or professional contacts, and to support current pupils at the school who are following in our footsteps!
Although small (there are around 2,600 alumnae), we are an international network, with members living and working all over the world in a range of careers from business and science, to the arts and culture. There is much that we can do to support the school and to help and encourage current Wychwood girls as they think about the next stages in life, as well as giving practical help to those earlier in their school careers.
The school’s 125th anniversary and the Wychwood Association’s 100th anniversary will be celebrated in 2022 & 2023. Please see below for more information. Join the network [simply go to ‘Register’ to the left of this paragraph] to receive updates and find friends.
Emma Davidson
Chair, Wychwood Association (Shell 1980)
Our Alumnae
Wychwood prides itself on educating distinctive, creative, determined, independent and resourceful girls for over 120 years who have gone on to make an impact in all walks of life around the world from science to art, from business to comedy, from music to teaching. We are proud of all of our alumnae’s achievements.
125th Anniversary - 2022
Following the sad news of Her Majesty’s death, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone the 125th picnic celebrations planned for Saturday 24th September.
We would like to let you know that the proposed new date for the 125th anniversary picnic will be Saturday 24th June 2023. Join the celebrations and help us create a legacy by participating in two special projects that involve you, our members.
Save the date – Wychwood Picnic, 24th June 2023
All old girls, and former staff and parents are warmly invited. This is a celebration for the whole school, and so we will also be joined by current girls and parents. In traditional Wychwood style, the celebrations will begin with a Wychwood picnic at 12.30pm (a few minutes from Wychwood, at the end of Bardwell Road), followed by celebratory tea and bubbles at the school in the afternoon.
Please mark your calendars now and start telling your friends, and perhaps get a group together? Whether you have only just left, or are coming back for the first time after many years, everyone is welcome.
Your own reunion events
We are aware that some old girls are continuing with their own reunion plans around September 2022 anyway which is wonderful. We would LOVE to hear how they went, who was there, and see any photos you are happy to share? Please do send your reunion news and pictures to us at wa@wa.wychwoodschool.meandhimdesign.co.uk. It would be absolutely wonderful to keep in touch with you that way this year.
Collecting your memories
We continue to want to collect and record your memories. And we want to make it easy for you to share these. Doulla Croft (Shell 1980) is heading up this project. Please email Doulla directly with news, updates, old photos or information about videos that you would like to share.
Contact – doulla.croft@hotmail.co.uk.
Help us plant 125 trees – anniversary planting challenge
We have launched a tree planting project to mark the occasion and provide a legacy for both Wychwood girls and society. We need your help to meet this challenge. There are many ways to get involved from simply donating a tree online, to planting a tree in your own garden. And we will be recording details of all the trees planted – and who planted them – for posterity! We want to complete this by the end of 2022.
Click on the links below for:
125th Tree planting full information sheet
125th Participation form (please complete and return when taking part)
News
Wychwood Association News
The Wychwood Association publishes an annual magazine which contains news of the WA and its members as well as from the school. It is distributed by email to all members on the WA database and is posted on the Wychwood School Association Facebook page.
To receive the WA News, please make sure your details and contact preferences are up to date on the database (see above for details on how to log in or register). Do ask your friends to update their contact details too. If you have any news or ideas for future editions:
Contact Emma Davidson at wa@wa.wychwoodschool.meandhimdesign.co.uk and put ‘WA News’ in the email header.
Other Events
Oxford and London
Every year the Wychwood Association likes to hold social events in Oxford or in London. As life returns to normal, these will resume; all events will be advertised here.
Wychwood Association Form Reps
In order to help get in touch with as many alumnae as possible, we have created an informal system of ‘Form Reps’ for each year group. If your year group is not represented and you are willing to become an alumnae ‘Form Rep’ please contact the Chair, Emma Davidson on WA@wa.wychwoodschool.meandhimdesign.co.uk or elmwoods@btinternet.com.
| Shell | Name | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Dorothy Barron (née Cleaver) | barrondorothy@yahoo.co.uk |
| 1953 | Dinah Holland | dinahholland@googlemail.com |
| 1956 | Yvonne Griffin (née Thomas) | rumah58@gmail.com |
| 1960 | Hannah Bichard (née Parsons) | bichard@btinternet.com |
| 1961 | Christina Swainson (née Welbourn) | swainsonchristina@gmail.com |
| 1964 | Judi Whymark (née Wood) | judiwhymark@yahoo.co.uk |
| 1966 | Polly Woolstone (née Keith-Lucas) | polly.woolstone@gmail.com |
| 1966 | Sarah Slade | sarahcslade@hotmail.co.uk |
| 1968 | Jennifer Coville | fortywinksbandb@gmail.com |
| 1970 | Gill Brooks (née Spencer) | gillyb53@hotmail.com |
| 1972 | Cathy Barron | cathybarron79@yahoo.co.uk |
| 1973 | Deborah Pluck (née Munsey) | djpluck@wenntownsend.co.uk |
| 1974 | Lindsay Chapman (née Campbell) | lindschapman11@gmail.com |
| 1975 | Johanna Stephenson (née Awdry) | johanna.stephenson@btopenworld.com |
| 1976 | Jane Page (née Barnes) | janepage@gmail.com |
| 1977 | Camilla Stephenson (née Awdry) | millastephenson@gmail.com |
| 1978 | Ann Chancellor | annchancellor@hotmail.com |
| 1979 | Claire Harvey (née Rowsell) | theoldbellpub@rocketmail.com |
| 1980 | Emma Davidson | elmwoods@btinternet.com |
| 1981 | Doulla Croft (née Peros) | doulla.croft@hotmail.co.uk |
| 1983 | Kate Faire | katefaire1@gmail.com |
| 1984 | Jo Holmes | josephineholmes@hotmail.com |
| 1985 | Sarah Edwards | sarahedwards68@live.co.uk |
| 1986 | Rada Radojicic | rradojicic@yahoo.co.uk |
| 1987 | Sarah Plumridge (née Hunt) | sarahbolivern@hotmail.co.uk |
| 1988 | Victoria de Nemethy | viktorialevai@hotmail.com |
| 1990 | Sarah Paterson | sjpaterson@mac.com |
| 1991 | Kate Lethaby (née Lewis) | katelethaby@googlemail.com |
| 1992 | Emily Barlow (née Barrett) | neilemilyb@googlemail.com |
| 1993 | Joanna O’Gorman | joannaogorman@gmail.com |
| 1996 | Eleanor Bull | elleybull@hotmail.com |
| 1997 | Jenny Anstee (née Lewis) | jenilew81@hotmail.com |
| 1998 | Katherine Gamblin (née Ladenburg) | kgamblin12@gmail.com |
| 2000 | Harriet Rudman-Hawkins | harrietrudmanhawkins@gmail.com |
| 2002 | Beth Briant | bethbriant@hotmail.co.uk |
| 2006 | Celine Shepherd | celineshepherd@hotmail.com |
| 2007 | Philippa Ashdown | philippaashdown@gmail.com |
| 2008 | Anna Hawthorne | a.hawthorne13@googlemail.com |
| 2009 | Jo Arvanitis | jojo@englishsessionorchestra.com |
| 2010 | TBC | TBC |
| 2011 | Elizabeth Peach | elizabeth_peach1994@hotmail.com |
| 2012 | Bethan Sennett | bethan.sennett@gmail.com |
| 2013 | Laura Ford | lauraforduk@hotmail.co.uk |
| 2014 | Maddy Russell | maddyannarussell@gmail.com |
| 2016 | Ella Cater | ellie.cater@gmail.com |
| 2016 | Niketa Mattu | niketamattu@yahoo.co.uk |
| 2016 | Ellie Tarff | TBC |
| 2017 | Jem Calfo | jrcalfo@icloud.com |
| 2017 | Matilda Gardener | matildagardener@icloud.com |
| 2018 | Anaïs Arroyo | anaiscarroyo@icloud.com |
| 2019 | Owen White | TBC |
| 2019 | Fatemeh Hozhabri | TBC |
Wychwood Association Committee
President
Jane Evans (Head)
Chair
Emma Davidson (Shell 1980)
Secretary
Johanna Stephenson (Shell 1975/former FOW)
Treasurer
Rachel Page (Shell 1983)
Events Officer
Lizzie Peach (Shell 2011)
Social Media Officer
Claire Harvey (Shell 1979/FOW)
Committee
Sue Clear (former staff)
Michèle Crawford (former staff)
Doulla Croft (Shell 1981)
Kate Faire (Shell 1983)
Steph Jankovic (Shell 1998)
Daisy Ogle (Shell 2010)
Camilla Stephenson (Shell 1977)
Roxanne Suratgar (Shell 1981)
Libby Welch (Shell 2010)
Emeritus members
Heather Simpson (Shell 1974)
Judi Whymark (Shell 1964)
Deborah Pluck (Shell 1973)
Ex officio
Jay Hunt (Head of Marketing and Admissions)
Update your Details
We want to keep in touch. You can use the Wychwood Association Network and register or update your details here Wychwood Association Login Page.
Alternatively, if you have any problems or would like to speak to someone directly, please do get in touch with Emma Davidson, Chair, Wychwood Association at WA@wa.wychwoodschool.meandhimdesign.co.uk or on elmwoods@btinternet.com or with your Form Rep.
Contact us
The Wychwood Association is run by volunteers for everyone with a past connection with the school, whether alumnae, former members of staff or parents of former pupils. Please contact Emma Davidson, Chair (Shell 1980) at WA@wa.wychwoodschool.meandhimdesign.co.uk or elmwoods@btinternet.com if you have any questions or would like to get involved.
Form Reps
Almost every alumnae year group now has a Form Rep. All Form Reps are listed above and they will help if they can.
Social Media
For information about forthcoming events and to stay in touch follow the Wychwood Association on Facebook – simply search for The Wychwood School Association.
If you wish to follow the School on Facebook and Twitter – search for “Wychwood School”.
