SHIRBURNIAN SENIOR SCHOOL
AHMED AHMED AHMED AHMED The pupils and staff from Ahmed House have worked hard this year under exceptional circumstances taking part in the Interhouse competition. Historically our events have been team based, practical, physically demanding and more socially interactive. The challenge this year was for pupils to participate in a socially distanced competition, relying on their hard work, resilience and honesty while taking part in challenges online. Ahmed House staff have done a fantastic job and delivered many exciting challenges which have kept pupils engaged, brought them together to socially interact in online teams, and developed our pupils beyond their classroom lessons. Fun and engagement has been at the heart of our events, which included mystery kidnappings, code breaking exercises, my personal sporting best, guess the teacher/historical figure/place/object, and quizzes testing knowledge of different subject areas throughout our school. The Ahmed House Captains have been fantastic. Samer Baqla is an aspiring young gentleman who is conscientious and has been dedicated to doing the best for our House. Nadeen Yousif Khalil is a young lady who is intelligent and always happy and willing to take the lead. All our Captains and Vice Captains have led by example, participating in planning House events. It has been clear to me that all members of our team, including our Charity and Representatives have wanted to do as much as possible this year to get involved, through our meetings discussing participation and engagement, and by each taking responsibility to lead events taking place in school. I look forward to working with all of our Representatives next year, and to welcoming new pupils who choose to develop themselves through taking leadership roles. The best Ahmed House pupils participate with all members of our House demonstrating kindness and creativity. My favourite memories of Interhouse this year have been when walking into rooms with pupils talking, laughing, and smiling together. Experiencing the creative work done in art projects or seeing how pupils represent themselves through their character boxes. I have listened to teams trying to break codes and analysing clues to solve mysteries. And after these sessions I have received messages from different pupils telling me how they each enjoyed their experiences. By focusing on the similarities that bring us together, as well as the differences which make all of us unique, our House becomes stronger. Life is all about doing your best. If you are blessed with the character to happily enjoy working, learning, exploring creativity and experiencing together, then you can win any competition. Well done for keeping strong and doing your best in Interhouse 2021. One team, one vision! Edward Hake 128
