House Debating

The semi-finals of the house debating took place this evening. The head of English had chosen two excellent motions and the boys had prepared well.

In the first debate the motion was, "This house believes that sportsmen should be paid the same as sportswomen." Fox were speaking for the motion but they were outgunned by some good points from Girdlestone.

The motion for the second debate was, "This house believes that nothing is more important in education than reading." This was an interesting topic and probably more difficult to debate than it first appeared. We were slightly lost when it came to defining what the terms of the motion really were but both teams argued well and the initial result was a tie. The adjudicators then had the opportunity to ask questions and Sheepshanks were declared the winners.

This is such a good activity for the boys to take part in both as speakers and as members of the floor and everyone is much looking forward to the final for which the motion is, "This house believes that British troops should withdraw from Afghanistan immediately."

Fort!

The construction of our new fort is underway. I am not sure who is more excited - me or the boys!!

Charity Day

Charity Day was amazing! We were raising money for an amazing project in Mumbai, the Door Step School.

The stalls were fantastic; from 'splat the rat' to 'soak the teacher' (which really hurt!!!!!). We had Krispy Kremes, Dominos Pizza and some enormous inflatable obstacle courses and games.

The tombola stall was very popular as was the raffle which included nights in Paris, amazing wine and vouchers for butchers and restaurants.

The day ended with house tug-of-war and then all retired to watch the rather disappointing football in the cinema room.

The weather was amazing and I hope we have raised lots of money to help this fantastic cause.

La Vacquerie

Early start this morning to get packed and ready to go and catch the ferry. The trip has been a great success.

We are so lucky to have this wonderful house. It is such a great spot and I feel we need to use it more and more. We now send French, Geography and Science trips as well as the choir tour and a leavers' trip. I think a history trip is in the planning.

Camping at La Vacquerie

The tents at La Vacquerie.

The boys are on great form and have been having a really good time. Today was 'parcours acrobatique' and shrimping on the beach.

I arrived with the two exam boys to see the BBQ alight and supper on its way!

Choir Recording

The chapel choir are busy recording this afternoon at Farnborough Abbey. The beautiful abbey church was founded in 1881 by the Empress Eugenie as a mausoleum for her late husband Napoleon III. The Abbey boasts a fine organ and an excellent acoustic for recording.

This is a new experience for most of the boys - it is incredibly hard work having to stand stock still and perform their very best for an entire afternoon of singing.

After all of their hard work, the choir will certainly be looking forward to hearing the finished CD.

Staff T20

Looking forward to sporting our new shirts for the staff twenty twenty games. Thanks to Taittinger!