HOUSE R EPORTS
School As another year passes, it is quite amazing to reflect on the depth and breadth of experience and success during another year in School House. As ever, the House has provided plenty of opportunity for pupils to thrive beyond the classroom and it has been a privilege in watching so many pupils wear the maroon of School House with pride!
“It has been a privilege in watching so many pupils wear the maroon of School House with pride!” In classroom settings, both the Senior and Junior Challenge teams reached the semi-finals of their respective competitions, with some outstanding general knowledge on display along the way. Whilst the Junior Debaters couldn’t progress further than the group stages, Will Brown won plaudits for Best Speaker in the opening stages. Jamie Dunsmore, Mathis Piquot and Tom Uren led the seniors who swept all before them in the group stages before bowing out against Temple at the semi-final stage. On stage, Wannabe by The Spice Girls was the choice for House Sing and with Mathis Piquiot conducting, rehearsals went well and we managed to blend a perfect concoction of rhythm, melody and actions. Indeed we felt confident going into the event itself but alas, once again, the judges did not place us in the top three (we were clearly fourth) but this wonderful event was great at ensuring the whole House unites together towards a common goal. On the sporting front this has been an incredibly successful year, starting with cross-country and particular praise going to Tierney Walsh who lead us home to win the Junior Girls event whilst Maddy Bennison and Ellie Spencer both finished in the top five and led us to win the Senior Girls event: what a start to the year! Sporting success continued throughout the year, firstly on the
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squash courts where the trio of Ellie Spencer, Amelia Blackburn and Hannah Aubrey gathered momentum throughout the Inter-House competition and successfully defeated The Rise in the final, whilst we had to settle for semi-finalists of House Badminton. After a narrow defeat in last year’s final, the girls took to the hockey pitches determined to go one better and with Fifth Formers LucyMay Robinson and Hannah Aubrey leading the goal-scoring threat, a 2-0 win over Clifton in the final saw us become House Hockey Champions 2018. Meanwhile over on the rugby pitches, the Senior Boys led by Upper Sixth Formers Tom Hatfield and Zak Darbandi saw us through to an impressive semi-final stage with a young and talented team missing a few key personnel through injury. Fourth and Third Form girls joined forces to finish in fourth place in the junior netball whilst the seniors, led by Millie Redshaw and Amelia Blackburn managed to go one better and edged a tight final to become House Netball Champions 2018. The Lower Sixth Form footballers qualified with style from the group stages of the House Football League, with the silky skills of Luke Race and Ewan Findlay, allied to the goal-scoring threat from Tom Robins, proving too much for the other teams. Despite taking the lead in the final, we lost out to a strong Temple team and finished as runners-up. The year
