Thank you to everyone who has competed in any house sporting event this year, it has been fantastic to see so many of you representing your house and enjoying the various activities. The following points (12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2) are given for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th respectively for each event. They are accumulated over the year and the final results are as follows…
Well done to everyone who competed at the Interhouse Swimming Gala on Friday. It was a great day with lots of competitiveness and house spirit! Our final event of the day was Freestyle Championship where students choose to compete for the annual trophy!
It involves students swimming freestyle for 100 yards (4 lengths) in the quickest time – competing against all age groups. Over 20 students competed in the heats before lunch and the quickest 4 in the final were Teah Gregory, Autumn Shine, Katie Gorman and Olivia Wright. Congratulations to Teah Gregory in Year 9 who won the Freestyle Championship for 2022!!
Year 7 Victrix Ludorum
Scarlett Victory – 1st in High Jump and broke the school record, now stands at 1.31m
Year 8 Victrix Ludorum
Evelyn Pearce – 1st in 800m and broke the school record, now stands at 2.45s
Year 9 Victrix Ludorum
Teah Gregory – 1st in Hurdles and broke the school record which stood since 2000! Also broke the High Jump record, now stands at 1.42m
Year 10 Victrix Ludorum
Ellie Bostock – 1st in Shot and broke the school record, now stands at 12.56m
Year 12 Victrix Ludorum
Sam McHale-Edwards – 1st in High Jump and broke the school male record in Sixth Form, now stands at 1.40m
Other records broken:
Tonye Ikeyina – Year 9 in 100m
Alice Lynn – Year 9 in 200m
Beth Botheras – Year 9 in 300m
Ruby Cheshire – Year 8 in 300m
Jonathan Pennant – Year 12 in 800m
Rosie Bentley – Year 8 in High Jump
Caitlin Ryan – Year 10 in High Jump
9DS – relay
The English Department is delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 Creative Writing Competition. The challenge this year was to write the opening chapter of a fantasy novel, to include one item from a list of objects linked to the six houses: a crown, a placard, a bus, a lamp, a test tube or a diary.
Year 7
1st prize – Libby Caine – 7LH
2nd prize – Scarlett Mills 7LC
Year 8
1st prize – Caitlin Lambourne 8FG
2nd prize – Alice Hawkins 8NP
Year 9
1st prize – Madison Scully 9JC
2nd prize (joint) – Anjali Jadeja 9EF and Chloe Wood 9JC
Year 10
1st prize – Poppy Friedner 10NW
2nd prize – Daisy Reid 10KM
Year 11
1st prize – Alexis Broad 11LD
2nd prize – Madalyn Parker 11GP
Year 12
1st prize – Amber Mills 12DS
2nd prize – Roisin Hurley 12LM
Year 13
1st prize – Anthe Beston 13NG
2nd prize (joint) – Myfanwy Harlow 13AH and Maddie Hunter 13AH
Staff Prize
Mr Boyter
We also awarded a number of highly commended certificates.
Videos are being uploaded below featuring staff reading extracts from the first prize winning entries.
Well done to everyone who entered – keep writing!
Year 7 Winning Extract
Well done to all of the girls who have been involved in Inter-house football this week! Across this week at least 180 girls have represented their houses on the pitch in support of #LetGirlsPlay day, an initiative to help encourage greater opportunity for girls to play football in schools! The girls displayed incredible enthusiasm and commitment throughout and most importantly had lots of fun!
Please see the results below…
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Coming Up
Tuesday 11th
Year 13 Learn4Living (am)
Thursday 13th
Year 13 English Lit students to conference, London
Sixth Form Open Evening, 6pm to 8pm
Friday 14th
BFI Newspaper Day for Year 13 Media Students
Dance Evening tech rehearsal
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Headteacher:
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