In October, our School House boarders enjoyed a day in York!
The New Academic Year: September 2016 saw 6 new boys welcomed to Denton House in Years 9 and 10 and 14 year 12 boys welcomed into School House! Summer 2016 saw a great many co-curricular opportunities for the Denton boarders as 11 of our 32 boarders were involved in the annual CCF inspection parade this year representing both the Army and the RAF sections. A prestigious event in the school calendar, the boys were involved in a formal parade that was inspected by Group Captain Atherton of the RAF and a number of demonstrations designed to showcase the skills they have learned in the course of the year.
School House boarders enjoyed a meal out at Asian buffet, Mimosa at the start of term.
11 School House boys awarded Gold certificates in the UK Senior Maths Challenge earlier this term! Back row L-R: Jonathan, Andy, Pater, Gevin and Andy. Front Row LChristmas at Denton R: Eric, Tony, Edison, Kazaf, Jake and Henry. There has been a great deal of excitement flurrying across the house in recent weeks as we prepare for the Boarders’ Christmas Meal. As one of our more formal boarding events there have been shirts and ties arriving in the mail and serious preparations for the evening’s entertainment which will include, among other things, the famed Denton Dance which is rumoured to include a turn from Mr Parton himself and is considered a rite of passage for all new James Zhou continued to represent Denton in the CCF this year as he attended ‘Denotonites’. A three course meal followed by mince pies is the annual CCF Central Camp with the Army Section. A week-long trip during which time he was able to participate in an overnight field exercise with blank sure to see the boarders returnfiring, a day on a shooting range and an impressive array of adventurous train- ing to Denton bursting with Christmas spirit and ready to hide ing activities that spanned from rock climbing to paddle boarding. Max Ng their Secret Santa gifts under the took up the RAF mantle in this year and attended the RIAT camp at RAF Fairtree. ford for a week of flying and fieldcraft.
Both Boarding Houses have enjoyed much exam success and we have seen our Year 13 boarders go off to Universities across the country to study a variety of subjects: Matthew Chan
School House
University of Sheffield
Civil Engineering
Derek Cheung
School House
Imperial College London
Biomedical Engineering
Tsz Him Ryan Chung
Denton House
Durham University
Law
Kin Ip Chu
Denton House
University of Manchester
Chemical Engineering
Andrew Lai
Denton House
University of Warwick
Law
Carlos Lee
School House
University of Reading
Quantity Surveying
William Li
School House
Imperial College London
Mechanical Engineering
Alex Lovesey Denton House
University of Nottingham
English and French
Ali Mahamo- Denton ed House
London School of Economics
Statistics with Finance
Desmond Ng School House
University of Bangor
Sports Science
Charles Sin
School House
University of Durham
Accounting and Finance
John Tam
School House
University of Lancaster
Engineering (Mechanical)
Harry Wang
School House
London School of Economics
Business Mathematics and Statistics
Mark Wong
School House
University of Nottingham
Pharmacy
Congratulations to all of the above on their next academic journey—we wish you success in your new chapters!
Congratulations to Eric, Jonathan, Alex and Julian who have all been made Scholars for their outstanding AS Level results!
School House boarders have been enjoying some VIP trips to watch Leicester Tigers play Rugby at Welford thanks to the generosity of OL Andy Stevens! (Above and Below)
November provided ample opportunity for our international students to experience some of the more peculiar British traditions that come with the Autumn. To commemorate the Gunpowder Plot on Guy Fawkes Night the House made and burned their very own Guy while enjoying toffee apples, fireworks and a roaring bonfire. Scarves and gloves were certainly required.
Denton boarders enjoyed a day out to Birmingham’s Christmas Markets and finished the day in Birmingham’s China Town. Pictured at Ming Moon Chinese restaurant.
School House boarders enjoyed a trip to London to watch West End Theatre production, Kinky Boots.
Name: Falcon
Age: 18 A-levels: Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and Physics I have settled in well to life in boarding and Loughborough Grammar School. I really enjoy the community atmosphere in boarding and get on very well with my room-mates. I am also really enjoying the chance to study abroad. I have been involved in many school activities in my first term and I am a member of Debating Club and the school CrossCountry team. I have also helped the local community with my work with primary school children in our Maths master-classes. I have also loved boarding trips to the historic city of York and to London for a West-End play. It has been a busy and fun term and after the Christmas break back in Shanghai I am looking forward to returning to boarding in Loughborough.
The new boarders in Denton House have already experienced some of the natural delights of the British Countryside. To get some perspective on their new town the boys climbed Beacon Hill and took in the views of Loughborough and the surrounding villages from the top.