Head Girls and Houses

Meet the Head Girls

2017/18

Head Girl: Dayvana DavabalanTheverajah

Head Girl Team:

Lydia Buckroyd. Hannah Nicholson, Celia Riddiough, Imogen Kurek-Smith

2017/18 HEAD GIRL TEAM (Left to Right) Hannah, Celia, Dayvana, Imogen, Lydia

2018/19

Head Girl: Frankie Wilson

Getting to know... the Head Girl

What is the best thing about being Head Girl?

There are so many lovely things about being Head girl, but I think the best thing about it – apart from seeing my name on the front page every time I open my homework diary – is the fact that I get to be part of a really close knit Head Girl Team, which is a support network I never had before and I’m very grateful for.

What’s you favourite school meal and dessert?

Games Captain: Cameron Thomas

Head Girl Team:

Rinda Naresh, Sharuka Ravichandran, Phyllis Keen, Rosie Glenn My favourite school meal in the canteen would be fajitas and in the Sixth Form café has to be Bushra’s potato and chickpea curry. My favourite dessert is of course the amazing chocolate crispies.

2018/19 HEAD GIRL TEAM (Left to Right) Sharuka, Frankie, Phyllis, Rinda, Cameron, Rosie

Introducing...

Caecilius - Our new house bear.

T-shirt design by: Rhea Johri, Nightingale

The outgoing House Captains What is your favourite film?

I don’t really have a specific favourite film but I am a huge fan of Disney films, I love the classics like Mulan as well as the newer ones like Zootopia and Moana. I could spend a whole evening having a Disney movie marathon!

If you could be any film character, who would you be and why?

I would probably be Dorothy from Wizard of Oz, it was one of my favourite books when I was little and I also enjoyed the film. I think it would be fun to go and explore a mysterious new land like the Emerald city and meet all these different characters on the way...

Funniest moment at Notting Hill?

When I was in Year 11, I was in the changing rooms with my friend and we were in the middle of a rather serious conversation. I was moving back into the shower cubicle to change and because I wasn’t looking, I ended up turning the shower on and soaking my school skirt and head! I also let out quite a shrill cry when the water hit me (it was very very cold) which I’m pretty sure scared

Outgoing House Captains 2017/18

NIGHTINGALE: Captain - Cameron Thomas Vice Captain - Leena Van Surell

HEPBURN: Captain - Frankie Wilson Vice Captain - Priya Suji

ELIOT: Captain - Sharuka Ravichandran Vice Captain - Rosie Glenn

Incoming House Captains 2018/19

NIGHTINGALE: Captain: Rania Al Ali Vice Captain: Lucia Hodgkinson

HEPBURN: Captain: Dhruti Vijay Vice Captain: Sapna Joshi

ELIOT: Captain: Anna Mackenzie Vice Captain: Amrita Arneja

House Art Week

Canvas Painting Competiton

One girl from each year in each house was chosen to take part, and given a square of a tropical rainforest themed painting to paint. All twelve paintings were then put together to make one large painting and were judged to see which house would win!

And the winner is...

Eliot (middle painting at the top)

House University Challenge

The songs of which band were the basis for the movie Mamma Mia? Abba, of course. Who was the first person to run a mile in under 4 minutes? Any idea? If you said Roger Bannister, then you knew the answer to one of the rare few questions that the competitors in the Interhouse University Challenge couldn’t answer.

Sitting in front of the school, house representatives from Years 10-12 battled it out, answering questions ranging from which state Mount Rushmore is located in to the name of Kylie Jenner’s new baby.

All three houses gave it their all, but ultimately Eliot triumphed, having answered the most questions correctly overall, with Nightingale in second and Hepburn in third place.

Despite being slightly nerve-wracking answering questions on the spot, this was a really fun new house event (organised by the House Captains) which definitely tested our general knowledge and hopefully will become an NHEHS tradition!

And it goes without saying that the question about the name of Kylie Jenner’s baby was answered perhaps the fastest of any of them. Despite being barely a month old at the time, Stormi Jenner has accomplished more than Roger Bannister (but maybe only in terms of NHEHS quizzes).

Elizabeth Down, Year 12

House Shout 2018

Theme: One Hit Wonders

Songs:

N – All Star (Smash Mouth) H – The Lion Sleeps Tonight (The Tokens) E – Mambo No. 5 (Lou Bega)

Hymns:

N - Lord of Dance H - Shine Jesus Shine E - All Thing Bright and Beautiful

And the results are in...

Best hymn – Nightingale Best song – Eliot Overall winner– Nightingale!!