Senior School News HOUSE COMPETITIONS By Georgia Ward
It has been an exciting and diverse term of House Competitions involving a variety of sports and academic events. Mrs. Monaghan led the Spelling Bee at the start of the term in which Hafeet became champions, spelling a wide variety of complex words aloud to the audience. The following competition was House Chess. The students who took part in House Chess required focus, resilience, stamina, and studiousness. Mr. Riddler ran a round robin style chess tournament, which was eventually won by Yibir. House Rounders involved some exceptional fielding, batting, and bowling. Well done to Jais who won their first competition of the year, becoming 2022 champions of House Rounders.
House Badminton was run by Mr. Bland and a fantastic opportunity was provided for students to join Ms. Powell and Lin in the Badminton ECA to train for the competition. Sports Day was worth double, being the most important competition of the term. House spirit was in full swing as students cheered on both staff and students in a range of events. It was excellent to see mentoring between students in Houses and the Sports Captains taking on responsibility and leadership on the day. What a wonderful way to end term two House events – I cannot wait to see the results in term three of our final House competitions of the year.
HOUSE JAIS By Chris May Spring term has been an interesting one for Jais House. We have continued to strive for success with somewhat mixed results but for those who know me well, it is not the winning that matters, it is the fun we have trying to win that makes being in Jais so great. We did win rounders this year, which being the ‘largest of all the trophies, is an added bonus. I am incredibly proud of all the students who have stepped up in competitions such as spelling bee, public speaking and of course, sports day. As we move towards the end of term, our focus turns to leadership. It is at this time of the year that we say thank you to those who have served the last 12 months as House leaders. Isabelle as House Captain, Elias as Sports Captain, Josefina as Vice House Captain, Naba as Assistant House Captain, Allegra as Assistant Sports Captain and Jiwoo and Francesco as members of the Student Council. I am pleased to announce that we have a wonderful new team who will start the Summer term as our leaders. Josefina will be our new House Captain supported by Avdesh as Vice House Captain and Maxima as Assistant House Captain. Our new Sports Captain will be Ethan supported by Tom as Assistant Sports Captain. Next term will see a newly created student council with representatives from all grades and houses working together to be the voice of the school and also to organise a myriad of events throughout the year. I also want to thank all those who applied. Their determination and drive to help and be a true member of Jais was evident in both their letters and interviews and I am confident that we can all work together and aim for success and happiness. 12
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