Portmuthian 2021

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HOUSE NEWS

Whitcombe House

Whitcombe's year has been an eventful one despite the challenges we have faced as a school. Even during lockdown house spirit was alive and well as we recreated famous movie scenes from the Lion King with Mr Robinson making excellent use of his dog! We even made dens to cheer up wintery blues. The energy and enthusiasm of the House has always been infectious, and remote learning did not put a stop to that.

enjoyed the green eggs and ham they concocted. House Sport continued throughout the year taking place in Games and PE lessons and all year groups showed their competitiveness. I think the award for most competitive does need to go to the Year 11s on Leavers Day rounders. Never has Hilsea seen such ferocity of play and such inspirational and motivational team talks. Next year will see a new Head of Whitcombe and a new structure to House Captains with a team rather than two individuals. Annabel, Lydia, Ben, Will, Elen and Immy will help guide you through the next year and continue to promote the green house.

Whitcombe demonstrated the talent of our musicians coming second in House Musicthank you so much to those who participated. I still think we were robbed! House Drama was our moment of triumph, winning overall, with Freya Stevens being actor of the evening.

Thank you to all who participated in House events this year, here's to a more 'normal' year of 2021/2022!

A special mention needs to also be made to Oliver Saint and Becky Wiles. Our wonderful house captains were the embodiment of House Spirit at the 'Ready, Steady, Cook' challenge. Their green breakfast delight was inspirational and luminous. Despite professing to have despised it, I am certain that Mr Doyle secretly

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PGS Connect

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page 126

Careers and Universities

3min
pages 120-121

A Level Geology

2min
pages 116-117

Ithaka Prize

2min
pages 112-113

Exceptional IB Results

3min
pages 114-115

Sparking Every Interest

1min
page 102

Year 10 Taster Day

1min
page 103

Community Action Workplace

2min
page 101

New Prefects for 2022

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page 100

Special Collections

2min
page 97

Learning to Negotiate: Heart toHeart

1min
page 96

House Drama

3min
pages 94-95

Whitcombe House

1min
page 91

Smith House

1min
page 89

Grant House

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Latter House

1min
page 88

Duke of Edinburgh Award

2min
pages 84-85

Cricket

13min
pages 73-82

Archaeology in Kent

1min
page 83

A Sporting Spirit

2min
page 69

Solem Quartet Composers Workshop

4min
pages 60-61

Arabian Nights

3min
pages 56-57

Coming Back to Sport

2min
page 70

Text into Performance

2min
page 55

The Annual PGS Library Writing Competition

1min
page 54

Art & Biology Team Up for Competition

4min
pages 49-53

A Tribute to David MacDonald

2min
page 43

Engineering Gold for

4min
pages 46-48

Staff Leavers and Joiners

8min
pages 38-42

Art Club

1min
page 37

Design & Technology

3min
pages 44-45

Stock Market Club

1min
page 35

Geo Club Collaboration

1min
page 33

Portsmouth Point: Thanks a Million

3min
page 27

Chasing The Sun

2min
pages 22-24

Citizenship Day

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Record-breaking Fundraising Success

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PortsFest: Sea Shanty Sensation

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Success at UKMT Senior Maths Challenge

2min
page 28

Geography Club

1min
page 32

Giving Day Radio

1min
page 20

Record-Breaking Donation for Wilkie Scholars

2min
pages 8-9

Diversity and Inclusion

1min
page 13

Chancellors of the Future

1min
page 15

Destined for Success: Destiny Elected to Youth Parliament

7min
pages 10-12

Dr Cotton’s Review

2min
page 7

Welcome

1min
page 6

LGBTQ+ Symposium

1min
page 14

Celebrating the First-Ever Giving Day

5min
pages 16-19
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