A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this such a successful event, from the friends and family who attended to the tireless volunteers without whom it would not be possible to run the Christmas Fair.

We are delighted to report that the Fair raised in excess of £7,000, a proportion of which will be donated to Bourton Village Hall and Friends of Pinewood will be able to make a substantial donation to the construction of the Prep Adventure Playground.

Thank you!

On Monday 6^th December, the National Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) Awards were held in Nottingham and it was announced that Pinewood had won the South West Region Award, placing it in the top 5 schools in the country.

Congratulations to Imogen Syme-Taylor on her successful viola audition for the National Children's Orchestra.

Congratulations to Amelia Rupp and Eleanor Tuckey on achieving places in the National Wind Sinfonia and the National Children's Orchestra respectively.

Following tough auditions, Amelia will be playing the alto saxophone in the National Wind Sinfonia of Great Britain and Eleanor will be playing the viola in the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain.

One hundred and sixty Under 13 boys took part in our annual tournament. They came from 16 schools from as far afield as Suffolk, Worcestershire and Somerset. The sun shone, though it was bitterly cold and the final was played in near darkness.

Congratulations to all those who took part in the festival. It was a steep and very worthwhile learning curve for all, culminating in some wonderful results.

Congratulations to Jack Wright and Kitty Kimber on being awarded scholarships to their senior schools.  Jack has won a sports scholarship to Clifton College and Kitty has won an art scholarship to Tudor Hall.

Well done!

Last Sunday (14th Nov) several Pinewood pupils took part in ‘Lets make a Ballet’ at the Arlington Centre in Newbury, producing scenes from ‘Alice in Wonderland’.

Congratulations to the following, who have completed their RYA Level 2 sailing award:

Mimi Watts, Emily Acheson-Gray, Ben Massey-Leahy, Andrew Rainbow-Ockwell, Sam Williams, Miles Brandi, Euan McNicholas, Abigail Wylie, Sophie Jephson and Zac Robinson.

All Northbrook orders for Years 5-8 are now ready for collection from the School Office - please collect them as soon as possible.

Friends of Pinewood thank you for placing an order and helping us raise more money for Bourton Village Hall (our charity this year) and for the new adventure playground for the Prep School.

We are proud to unveil our 2 new school minibuses; we have already had some lovely comments about how smart they look.

Friends of Pinewood are thrilled to announce that we raised over £2,200 at Bonfire Night.  A BIG thank you to everyone who helped make this such a successful event.  Despite the wind and the rain, record numbers of people attended and a lot of fun was had by all.

Congratulations to James Eyles who has been awarded a place to play the flute in the National Children's Wind Sinfonia of Great Britain.

On Thursday, 14 October, a group of Year 6 Pinewood pupils went to the Dragon School for an Eco Conference.  Lots of schools from around the country participated in this exciting event.

Year 3 had an exciting day at Highclere Castle as part of their History topic, here are some their thoughts on the trip:

Learning outside the classroom is an approach that has always been wholeheartedly embraced by Pinewood.  From the introduction of the Pinewood Adventure, exploring the assault course or the garden, enjoying the different themes of the Pre-Prep WOW days, or visits to places like Windsor Castle, Pinewood pupils experience the world beyond the classroom on a regular basis.

We are delighted to have been short-listed for the upcoming national Learning Outside the Classroom Awards and have had to prepare a portfolio of evidence.  Extracts from some of this are included below:

“LOtC is a regular teaching strategy which staff not only believe in but are excited about.  It is a regular part of all pupils’ lives being embedded into the whole curriculum.  Teachers use it as one of many daily teaching strategies. e.g. it would not be considered unusual to find pupils exploring the school and its grounds looking for 2D and 3D shapes, nor would exploring the local village and relating it to map work in geography or going on a walk as part of a listening comprehension be considered anything out of the ordinary.  These are just a few examples of LOtC activities that staff, pupils and parents consider as normal, everyday teaching activities.  They involve everyone!”

“Multisensory beds and a polytunnel extend the Science, English and Maths curriculum. Pupils’ measure the distance between seedlings and see what happens if they are planted too close or too far apart.  They estimate the weight of tomato and potato crops.  They measure the height of sweetcorn, using the information in data handling and ICT lessons.  October’s pumpkins were used in fractions lessons before being turned into cakes and, along with onions and potatoes given to the local community at Harvest, and other produce given to the Swindon Food Bank charity.  Much of the salad eaten at lunch was school grown!  These are real life active ways of developing skills, fostering emotional and social understanding, giving real meaning to learning.”

Orders for Northbrook gift wrap should now be in, but if you still wish to place an order you can do so online at http://www.northbrookfundraising.co.uk/.  Make sure you nominate Pinewood as your chosen charity and we will still benefit from a percentage of the sale.

Thank you to everyone who has ordered this year, last year we earned £300 for the school, let's hope we have raised even more this year.

Members of the Chapel Choir enjoyed a busy and rewarding day at Dean Close.

Rehearsals started in earnest in the morning preparing for Choral Evensong, with choristers from Tewksbury Abbey and the Dean Close Chamber Choir. The congregation were treated to a rendition of Howard Goodall’s “The Lord Is My Shepherd” and a setting of the “Magnificat” and “Nunc Dimitis”, by Brewer.

Senior string players were invited to a Prep Schools’ String Day at Stowe School.  Musicians from local prep schools, lead by Pinewood’s Eleanor Tuckey, participated in an extremely intensive day of workshops and rehearsals, directed by string players from the London scene. 

Three Year 7’s – Amelia Rupp , Eleanor Tuckey and Miles Brandi represented Pinewood at this annual event.

Amelia and Eleanor were chosen for the final debate and both showed considerable technique, verve and confidence in a stressful atmosphere.

Nine schools took part, including The Dragon, Farleigh, Cheam, Prior Park, Thomas's and St Hugh's.  The overall winner was Elstree. 

We are delighted that the actress Fiona Fullerton will be opening our new school Theatre on Thursday 21st October at 7pm.

The opening will be followed by An Evening of Shakespeare, presented by Year 8 pupils.

Parents are very welcome to attend, but due to limited space this is a ticket only event.  If you would like a ticket, please email Alex Preston on ap@pinewoodschool.co.uk; priority will be given to Year 8 parents.

On Thursday, 7th October all of Year 6 did a sculpture workshop.  We started by having 3 9x9 metre planks and then the teachers sketched out an underwater aquarium.

We then had to scrunch up newspapers and stick or staple them on. Once the bodies of the fish, sharks, foliage etc. had been built up we started to put on mod rock to harden it. Mod rock is made from the rock lime. We had to wet the mod rock to get it mouldable. We had to mould it round the newspaper and let it harden, it only takes a couple of minutes to dry though. When we had mod rocked it we put on a layer of protective paint. We left that for a day and then we put coloured paint on it. Once it has dried we will hang it in the hall.

We also went down to do wood carving with the 2 professionals. We started with a long hexagon shaped piece of wood.  We had to carve it down into a peg to fit into a perfectly round hole. Once it fitted into the hole we had to carve it to make it look nice. We used an old fashioned spinner with a pedal. We pushed up and down on the pedal and the wood spun, we used carving tools to cut it down until it was perfect. We sanded it down and put it in the hole, but if it was too small we couldn’t do anything about it and we had to start again.

by Joseph O’Shea

We are now taking bookings for stalls at our enormously popular and successful Christmas Fair.

Orders MUST be in by Half-Term, Friday 22nd October.  All children should by now have brought home a Northbrook Gift Wrap Fundraising brochure.  Please help Friends of Pinewood to raise money for the school and local charities by placing an order.

Laura and her adorable baby girl Eveline, were invited into Nursery as part of our topic on ourselves. The children were able to look at how they had grown and changed by comparing themselves with the baby. The children were also able to think about the different things a baby needs and what they can’t do yet.

If you would like to enter as an individual or make up a team of four for either or both of the following quizzes please let Jim Bischoff know:

14^th October in aid of abc affected by cancer; quiz night (entry £7.50 pp) taking place in the Legends Lounge, Swindon Football Club

28^th October in Marlborough Town Hall in aid of RNLI (£10 pp)

Following his very successful lecture we have a number of signed copies of his book ‘Preposterous Tales’ for sale at £20.

If you would like a copy please make cheques payable to Tim Emmett and hand to Jim Bischoff.

Milo Brooks, Sophie Pratt, Tom Goddard and Willa Robertson represented Pinewood at the St Edward's Academic Challenge.

They were instructed and tested in subjects as diverse as Architecture, Arabic, Economics and Politics. In the Afternoon we enjoyed a session on ‘Philosophy for Children’. Milo Brooks was especially commended for his contribution in the Economics workshop.

As part of their History topic this term, Year 5 had an exciting, informative day at Windsor Castle.

"I loved Windsor Castle. My favourite things were the Guards playing music and the Chinese tourists taking pictures of us! I liked going into St George’s Chapel and knowing that Queen Elizabeth I haunted the library and that King Henry VIII pulled his sick leg along the ground. I liked having lunch because I was hungry and I was very interested in Queen Mary’s dolls house. I can’t believe that the dolls had cars and real fur clothes and the dolls house was huge. It even had electricity and a wine cellar! Sadly, at the end of the day, we got on the bus and left."

by Mia Collins

More photos from the trip can be viewed in the Events Gallery.

Our thanks to MCS for organising a hugely enjoyable evening.

We took two teams of five, one from Year 8 and the other from Year 7. The Year 8 team finished a creditable seventh out of sixteen. The Event was won wonby New College with The Dragon in second and third.

We would like to say a very big thank you to all the Pinewood Community who kindly donated harvest gifts for the older citizens of Bourton and the Salvation Army at Gorse Hill in Swindon.  They were much appreciated and well received by the recipients.

Equally we were pleased by the attendance at our various Harvest Services.  The church in Bourton looked fantastic and the singing, poems and other contributions clearly sent out a good message. Particular thanks to the Rev Richard Hancock, one of the Shrivenham ministers and Fergus Llewellyn, Housemaster at Cheltenham College, who both spoke on the meaning of this time of year.

In addition we must not forget the pupils and parents from school – the Taylors and Carter-Brennans who helped out on Sunday afternoon with the distribution.

Congratulations to all 18 children who attended the sailing course at South Cerney and passed their RYA Level 1 exam. Twelve of those children are now working towards Level 2.

A new group of children will have the opportunity to take up sailing next summer.

We were delighted to welcome Baroness Greenfield to Pinewood last week to officially open our new science labs.

Before cutting the ribbon, Baroness Greenfield spoke inspirationally to Year 6 & 7 about working in science and the increasing influence of science in all our lives.  She and the other guests were then invited into a Year 8 and a Year 5 Science lesson, showing the new equipment in use.

Photos from the day can be viewed in the Events Gallery. 

Congratulations to the following on being made Heads of their houses for this year:

Motcombe - Katie Meehan & Jace Reinhart

Farnborough - William Heard & Willo Corfield

Postbridge - Anthony Koch de Gooreynd & Kitty Kimber

Melchet - Jack Slater & Jemima Littlehales

(As there are no Year 8 girls in Melchet, the Year 7 girls will take it in turns to be Vice Captain, doing half a term each.)

We welcome Mrs Emily Morley-Fletcher to the Pre-Prep team as Administrative Assistant.

Emily works Monday to Friday from 8am to 12 noon and should be contacted for all general enquiries regarding the Pre-Prep or if you would like to make contact with Head of Pre-Prep, Ruth Hall.  Emily can be contacted via the main school telephone number or on emf@pinewoodschool.co.uk.

As you may know Pinewood has a Choral Society. This is made up of Staff, parents, friends and some of the older children.

We meet each Thursday evening in the Music School at 6.30pm to sing and then enjoy a glass of wine together afterwards.

 At the end of each term we stage a small performance.

 We are looking for new members, particularily any gentlemen, as the bass and tenor sections need a boost.

If you would like to join us please reply to office@pinewoodschool.co.uk

"Booked Up" is a national programme aimed at encouraging 11 year olds to read for pleasure, run by the independent charity, Booktrust.

Every child in year 7 will be given the chance to select a free book from a list of 13 titles.  All the books are on display in the Boddington library to help children choose.

To find out more about Booked Up and to view the list of books, visit the website www.bookedup.org.uk

Please note the last weekend of term: 11th/12th December is now an "in" weekend, with Saturday school.  This is correct in the school calendar, but has changed since the future dates list was compiled.

We welcome the following new members of staff to Pinewood:

Mr Alan Johnson - Head of English & Drama

Mr Sam Downe - Head of Maths

Mrs Alex Preston - Headmaster's PA

Mrs Julia Delamain - School Nurse

Harry Blanshard - Gap Student

We also congratulate Mrs Mel Hughes (Miss Bailey) on her recent marriage.

Cumnor House will be on tour again this year and will be bringing hockey and rugby teams to play our U13A and 1st XV over the weekend of 27th/28th November.

The tourists will arrive on Saturday evening and we will play them on Sunday morning.

More details to follow, but do be aware that this is an exeat weekend.

Don't forget it's Bonfire Night this term and we will be holding our Bonfire party on Friday 5th November, with bonfire, fireworks, barbeque, mulled wine etc.  All the family are welcome and more details will be available nearer the time.

This term we also hold the enormously popular Christmas Fair on Saturday 4th December, with stalls, Father Christmas, the FOP Bistro and more.  If you are interested in taking a stall, please contact Henrietta Hoyland on hmh@pinewoodschool.co.uk.

Please click here to read James Siebert's review of another successful sporting year.

More photos can be viewed in the Events Gallery.

Last Sunday The George Bailey Annual Charity Bike Ride and Rubber Legs Challenge took place at Pinewood, thank you to everyone who joined us and contributed to making it a fabulous day. 

It was wonderful to see so many children, parents, siblings, pets and staff join in and share the experience.  The orange t-shirts looked fabulous and worked very well against the Wiltshire countryside. The weather was perfect and we all met after for hotdogs, ice cream, swimming and social.

It was great to see so many 2009 leavers return to take part in the Bike Ride and catch up on last year, thank you for making the effort to join us in what I appreciate is a busy month, it was lovely seeing you all again.  We look forward to seeing you again next year.

I feel the photographs taken by Tori Martin and Tracy reflect the day beautifully, I would like to thank them for their contribution to the day.  Their photos can be viewed on the school website under Events Gallery, they are fabulous so do take a look.

Thank you very much to the wonderful team who made the whole day possible:

To Tina Fox Edwards for organising the Bike Ride, Tina did an amazing job and her work for the Trust is greatly appreciated.

To Jenny Martin for the perfect catering and to Carol Baker for producing and marketing such gorgeous t shirts. 

To all the marshalls:  Adam Fox-Edwards, Brian Baker, Carol Baker, Julie Dyke, Sarah Freeman, Piers Martin and Tina Fox-Edwards, for keeping us safe and enabling the event to take place.

To Liz and David Woods and Caroline Brandi for help sell drinks etc on the day.

Finally, huge thanks go to Philip, Henrietta and the staff at Pinewood for their continued support for this event, it is greatly appreciated.

The Sponsorship money is still coming in from the Rubber Legs Challenge, please continue to drop off your sponsorship money at the School Office.   So far the day has raised a fantastic  £1,500. The money raised goes to The George Bailey Trust, which helps provide care for children with cancer.

It is a wonderful achievement, thank you all for your part in making this such a truly remarkable day which has and will continue to touch so many, well done children.

With Kind Regards from Cathy Bailey.

An enormous thank you to everyone who helped us and to all the families that came along to support us on Friday.

We are thrilled to announce that we have raised the grand sum of £2,800.  This is a fantastic amount that will be put towards a project for the school that FOP are hoping to support (more details to follow).  We will also give a proportion of the funds raised to the charity that we choose to support next year.

Friends of Pinewood

More Photos from the Evening can be viewed in the Events Gallery.

On Monday 5^th July Pinewood’s polo team travelled to Papplewick.

We took a team of four, which consisted of Felix Spooner, Sophie Akehurst, Issy Hills and Harry Davies. It was a mini tournament with a Group A and a Group B, each team played two chukkas.

We were in Group A along with Cothill, Papplewick A and Summerfields A. Each game was three-a-side, so Sophie and Issy swapped. Our first match was Summerfields A. We won 4-0 which was a promising start. Next up was Papplewick A and were apparently ‘the team to beat’. We had a close match and beat them 1-0. Next was Cothill who looked like a very good side. We went up 1-0 but then they equalised later on in the chukka, resulting in a 1-1 draw.

Luckily the draw was enough to enable us to win the tournament. Overall it was a fun afternoon, everyone played very well and all the players and spectators enjoyed themselves and Pinewood came back with a large cup!

Harry Davies

JB: Without a doubt Harry Davies was the player of the tournament and he scored all seven Pinewood goals

You are warmly invited to attend Speech Day on Saturday 10th July, for a full programme of events, please click here.

All Prep School children (from Year 3 - 8) are expected to attend school on Speech Day.  Pre-Prep parents are also very welcome to come to the speeches and prize giving.

The School Shop will be closed during the Summer Holidays, but will be open on 31st August and 2nd September - by appointment only (through the School Office).

The shop will also be open on Tuesday 7th September from 10am to 4pm.

SCHOOL UNIFORM NEEDED - please leave any second hand uniform in the School Office over the holidays, clearly marked for the School Shop.

LEAVERS - Please return your match kit and match kit bags.

The last day for paid activities this term will be Tuesday 6th July.  There will be no activities on Thursday 8th.

Activities will commence again next term, during the week of Monday 13th September.

Photos from the recent Year 1 & 2 production of Hansel & Gretel are now available to view in the Pre-Prep & Nursery Gallery.

The pictures were taken by Tracy Dening-Smitherman, who can be contacted on familyds@btinternet.com.

Yet again our young equestrian Pinewoodians did the school proud at the National Schools’ Cross Country Event on Sunday.  This event was well attended and run over a very well built course.  There were many substantial bonus fences that could be attempted and a timed section with a gate to open and close. 

Sadly due to a last minute withdrawal, we could not field a team but Jess Tregoning and Alex Norris represented the school as individuals.  Jess attempted all but two of the bonus fences to finish 6^th and Alex went for the lot but had one stop on the way for 7^th.

Interestingly our ‘team‘ had the best score but with only two members, we were not eligible for the team prize!  A terrific achievement though, and congratulations to Jess.

For the first time the Leavers' Trip took our Year 8's to France in the foothills of the Pyrenees, where they experienced everything from white water rafting to a local french tradition, a high ropes course and swimming in snow melt.

Here are some of their memories of the trip:

"The Leavers' Trip was the best I had ever been on.  It was an early morning wake up call, but I was still energetic because I knew that in a few hours I would be in France ... When I arrived at school, I could tell people were excited, by seeing people bounding down the stairs." 

"The flight was fine, even though there was some snoring coming from the teachers' direction."

"We arrived at the hostel in Seix and noticed straight away what we were in for - high mountain peaks and a rushing river excited the majority of us."

"On the first morning we were surprised with the dangerously fun (in some cases painful) experience of white water rafting."

"We got into our wetsuits and a few people looked a little like Borat and a few looked like Lara Croft."

"I think the whole year and not just me enjoyed rafting for the first time.  I personally thought rafting when the river was dangerously high was the best, as well as when we got to jump out.  One of my highlights was when Mr A-G jumped out of the raft and bobbed down the river, being hit by numerous rocks."

"During the festival of moving the animals up into the mountains, one of my highlights of the week came when Lee, Ollie, James and Spoons lost in a table football match against the girls and were forced to dance in the middle of all the parades."

"The second day was when the real adventure began and our four hour mountain hike commenced.  We experienced some incredible weather conditions, which enabled us to act as more of a team."

"We were lucky in that the weather stayed fair all the way up, so it was a surprise to see snow at the summit."

We spent the night in a cosy refuge and enjoyed a well-deserved supper after a freezing cold swim in a mountain river of melted snow.  I accidentally invented a slide down a waterfall, which left award winning cuts and bruises on my legs, but which everyone else enjoyed sliding down."

"That night, after supper, we sang old french mountain songs and then got some much needed sleep, even though I slept between Issy and Mrs Hoyland." 

"The girls and Mrs Hoyland were all in one dorm with a massive "pyramid" bunk bed."

"On the second day of the walk, spirits started generally low as it was raining, but then Philly and some of the other girls started singing and we all joined in - this was another highlight of the week."

"I will now be remembered for my life saving rugby tackle, which saved the headmaster's wife from slipping down 50 metres of ice and off the edge of a cliff. 

"To finish off the week, we did some high ropes, which were so high you felt like an ant."

"All in all, the week has been one of the best weeks of my life." 

"I enjoyed the trip very much, but it was rather upsetting that it was my last Pinewood school trip." 

With thanks to members of Year 8. 

To view photos from the trip, please go to the Events Gallery.

On Tuesday the Pinewood Polo Squad played a return match v Rendcomb College. Rendcomb had done their home work and cleverly marked Harry Davies, who loved the challenge and gave as good as he got; but Josh was given space to give Rendcomb scoring chances.

Pinewood started with a one goal handicap, which they clawed back in the first chukka. The second chukka went from end to end with both teams popping in goals and Sophie Akehurst destroying one goal post! The hooter went with Rendcomb pressurising the Pinewood goal; Harry broke out and played a long shot which was chased hard by Harry and Felix and with less  than 5 seconds remaining Pinewood scored the winning goal.

Following the match the presentations were made to Harry Davies, Felix Spooner, Sophie Akehurst, Georgie Bethwaite and Issy Hills and this was followed by delicious picnics. It was a wonderfully exciting match and a great way to prepare for next week's Papplewick Tournament.

I am hoping that some new player will take up this exciting sport so that Pinewood continues to produce a team in 2011.

About 20 girls and boys travelled to Radley to compete against 29 Prep Schools to qualify to compete for the Mercian Region at the Prep Schools Nationals. The squad performed really well and four children qualified:

Under 14 Girls: Georgie Bethwaite – Triple Jump, Phillippa Hall - the Javelin.

Under 13 Boys: Jack Wright – Discus

Under 12 Girls: Gabby Cook qualified in both the Discus and Shot.

Most other competitors produced pbs, while Islay Kingham finished 3^rd in the U12 200m, and the U14 Girls Relay team (Phillippa, Georgie, Ella Upton and Olympia Olympitis), in a blanket finish, also finished third.

School Records were set by: Issy Sage in the Under 14 1500m and Gabby Cook in the discus.

Photos from the recent Leavers' Trip to the french Pyrenees are now available to view in the Events Gallery.

To view the full rehearsal schedule for all end of term musical productions (including A Midsummer Night's Dream, music for the FOP Summer Evening, Leavers Concert and the end of term concert), please click here.

Congratulations to all our Year 8 pupils on passing Common Entrance.

This has been another year when we have achieved 100% success and this year's results are the best ever.  Well done to all the pupils, who have worked so hard and to the staff who prepared them so well.

Following a record number of scholarships and success at Common Entrance, this year's Year 8's will be moving on to the following schools:

Our annual meeting for Years 3-5 with Beaudesert, Prior Park & St Hugh's

Sadly due to horrific weather this meeting was never completed.  Nearly 130 children competed against each other and the elements and all the middle distance events were completed, the 200m were run and some long jump and vortex throwing was measured.

The Pinewood teams were competing exceptional well and we had a good number of highly placed athletes. It was a great shame that we are unable to let the children finish the short sprints, relays and field events, but the weather conspired against us.

Friends of Pinewood will be running a home produce stall at the Summer Evening, so get planting, making and cooking now!

Photos from the wonderful Year 3 & 4 production of "Romeo & Juliet" are now available to view in the Events Photo Gallery.

A number of the photos were taken by Tracy Dening-Smitherman, who can be contacted on familyds@btinternet.com.

Ryan shot the Devizes Top 10, the second of three County selection tournaments. 

In very gusty conditions Ryan put in a solid performance to win again by a huge margin, setting another personal best score, and breaking another club record.  With only one qualifying event to go, and winning the first two qualifiers, Ryan has all but assured himself of a place representing Dorset and Wiltshire in the Inter County Championships.  Ryan won the Dorset and Wiltshire County Championship last year and has now won 9 County level Tournaments in succession including Dorset, Wiltshire, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Gloucestershire County Championships.  Ryan’s next major competition is the National GB Championships at the National Sports Centre, Lilleshall, on the 4^th July where he will face the best archers from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and where he is targeting a top three finish.

Congratulations to Lucas Arkwright, who has achieved great success already this year in athletics.

Lucas was 4th (coming in behind James Eyles) in the Wiltshire Amateur Athletics Championships, when competing in the U11 category and therefore a year younger than all the other competitors.

He also finished 2nd at the Sandra Luke Memorial Cup, Oxford.  He came first in the Cricket ball throw with a throw 5m further than his nearest competitors of 34.10m.  He then came 2nd in the 800m, with a time of 3:03.6mins, beating his PB by some 15 secs!  He came fifth in the Long Jump with a distance of 29m.  There were 17 competitors in total.