Senior School News HOUSE COMPETITIONS By Mrs Georgia Ward
House Competitions have begun the year with a varied and interesting array of events and experiences. It has
been fantastic to watch competitions return in their full capacity and for students to be able to try themselves out and represent their House in sports, art, and music. Events have been challenging and competitive with students supporting their Houses and showing their true house spirit. The year began with Mr. Tomasik hosting the annual House Quiz, which included rounds of subject specific questions, pointless answers, and familiar faces. Javi beat the rest of the Houses to become champions of this first competition. This was followed by House Debating where all four Houses played each other in a round robin style tournament for both the Junior and Senior competitions. The top two teams then played one another again in a final. The Junior final was won by Hafeet, who beat Yibir by 142 points to 118 and the Senior final was won by Yibir, who beat Javi by 142 points to 131. Javi took the trophy overall as they scored the highest points throughout the competition to become champions for the second time. House Football was the first sporting competition of the year and took place over a series of lunchtime games. Students cheered on their houses from the sidelines and all year groups were able to take part and represent their House. The overall winners were the undefeated Javi team once again. House Photography this year was themed around 'Orientation in Space and Time'. Photographs have been displayed in the Gallery and show just how open to interpretation the theme was. Each house was judged on ten entries and the overall winners of the competition were Hafeet who gained the most points from the three judges. We were delighted to watch House Music in which all Senior School students took a role in the House Song. This led to a sprint to the Term one finish line and an opportunity for houses to pick up double points in this competition. Good luck to all four houses in House Music and term two competitions starting in January.
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