HOUSE R EPORTS
Temple September 2018 heralded the start of another successful and enjoyable year in Temple House. We were joined by Lydia Gill and Rhianna Bunn in the Lower Sixth and by Annabel Kelley in the Fourth Form who returned from Spain to meet up again with her old friends from St Olave’s. We also welcomed a new group of Third Formers and within this group there is some undoubted sporting talent. There are currently three sporting trophies residing in Temple (a record!): the boys’ Inter-House cricket trophy which we were unable to defend due to the poor weather, the junior boys’ Inter-House Hockey Trophy plus the Lower Sixth House Football Trophy which we won this year for the second time since its inauguration. We narrowly missed out on a trophy for the girls with our senior badminton team finishing second overall. Sports day took place for the first time in five years and proved an enjoyable occasion. Special mention should be made of: Jack Mayfield : Winner of the senior boys’ long jump Marcus Taylor: Winner of the senior boys’ javelin Valentina Cross: Winner of the senior girls’ discus
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James Harvey: Winner of the junior boys’ 1500m Josh Ellis: Winner of the junior boys 400m Miranda Moulton: Winner of the junior girls’ 1500m Elias Smith: Winner of the junior boys’ discus. Elias enjoyed further success later in the term when he was selected to play for the Yorkshire County Cricket U14A team, a tremendous achievement. The creative arts is an area where Temple pupils continue to excel. Highlights of the musical year were Rachael Green’s victory in the U19 Woodwind section of the Harrogate Music Festival which meant that she qualified for the final where I was privileged to watch her win the title of Young Musician of the festival with her piece on the saxophone. This is quite a feat bearing in mind the fact that she is still only 15. The Junior Music Festival brought more success for the young musicians in Temple and was a proud and memorable evening. Charlotte Gee won the overall competition for her cello piece, having already won the Strings and Woodwind sections, James Harvey was joint winner on the electric guitar in the
