House Reports

HOUSE REPORTS Blackwater House Report

This term has been jam-packed full of events in which the girls have participated and some of which they have won.

House Tennis saw Emma Lewis, Stephanie Viera, Emma Folwell and Amber Blake take Blackwater to the finals where they scored a respectable second place after School. Lyra Ellwood and Stephanie Viera took Blackwater to the final of the debating competition and won first place! A huge congratulations goes to them both in taking the edge from School House with the question: This house believes that all museums, galleries, and cultural institutions in colonizer countries should immediately return exhibits to their countries/communities of origin. Blackwater were the opposing motion. A group of girls competed in Interhouse Swimming with Blackwater coming 1st in the senior girls, 4th in the junior girls and 2nd overall. House Fives saw the girls take victory over the other houses, so a huge congratulations goes to them too.

Blackwater is delighted to announce that our new Head of House is…. Mimi Gould!!!! A group of Year 10 girls played a game of rounders on College Field along with some boys, organised by Miss Simmons. On a separate occasion, the Year 9s played against School House.

HOUSE REPORTS Gonville House Report

This term was filled with joy and hard work. It is that time of the year when everyone is stressing about their exams and find themselves behind their desks rather than outside socialising.

However, this term Gonvilians managed to escape this exam trap and take part in different house events. Starting with Tennis, a successful side of Rohan, Luke C, Shin and Arthur managed to attain a strong second place, only being defeated right at the end of the final.

The next interhouse fixture was basketball where both junior and senior teams managed to be victorious against all houses, claiming first place. The junior squad were lead by Mo and Theo who passed down their supreme knowledge and experience about the sport. On Wednesday 18th of May, Gonville Year 12 boys had the chance to go with School House Year 12 girls to a fun paddle boarding activity and finished the day by enjoying a meal by the beach.

The pupils headed down to the river where they had a chance to try either kayaking or paddle boarding where most people went with the paddle boarding option. They started by following the river surrounded by open grass land until the limit was met with continuous attempts to knock others off their boards into the cold river before heading back again. Once changed, the pupils jumped into a bus and headed down to the seaside where they were greeted by food of their choice. After many smiles and continuous laughter between both teachers and pupils, everyone had to drag their feet back to house and back into the reality of revision.

Alejandro Maria Besora and Finn McKeown, Year 12, Gonville House

HOUSE REPORTS School House Report

The School House girls have continued to impress this term and I will be sad to see some of them leaving us at the end of the year.

To start off, the seniors brought home a win for House Tennis! Meanwhile, the Year 10s came 3rd in the tennis competition; we will beat Watt one day! Well done to those girls who stepped up and volunteered to represent the house, and to those who triumphed in their glory.

It was also a great opportunity for everyone to practise their ball crew skills ready for the Devonshire Park Tennis tournament, in which lots of School House girls are involved. Unfortunately, due to a slight miscommunication on my part and the fact that the organisation of our team for the house swimming was a bit last minute, we were slightly lacking in numbers. However, we did not let that stop us and it just meant that people were able to compete in more events! Although the number of swimmers was not extensive, the number of spectators from School House was. It was such a fantastic atmosphere and the support for each other was so lovely to hear. The juniors came 2nd overall with Lily Stoner, Chloe Williams, Nikki Ko, Chloe Ko and myself competing. The seniors came joint 3rd, their team featuring Kia Letcher, Abi Perry, Lisa Shi and Lia Krieger. Genuinely, a massive ‘thank you’ to everyone who took part, as I know it is difficult to put yourself forward for something like that, and every point counts for the grand total! I would also like to congratulate Megan Moffat as the new Head of House. She will do a fantastic job with helping Mrs Whiddett-Adams run School House. We are also very proud to present Tess Garrett and Caitlin Milborne as Head and Deputy Head of School! This is such a wonderful achievement for them and it just shows how fabulous the School House girls are. We look forward to the new year ahead with the new prefect team, as well as saying ‘goodbye’ to the Year 13s. Have a marvellous summer and I’ll see you in September!

HOUSE REPORTS Wargrave House Report

The Wargravians have enjoyed a very successful yet tiring first half of the summer term that sees our Year 11s and Year 13s revising heavily for their GCSEs and A-levels which will see them progress into the next phases of their life, whether it be at the College, university or excelling in any walk of life they may choose.

The boys have enjoyed great success with a celebratory pizza night after winning the House Hockey Competition as well as our tennis players bringing the name of being Winners of House Tennis back to Wargrave and so I will take this opportunity to congratulate them. On an even greater note, the very talented photographer Leander Walters was awarded the Khadija Saye photography award from the Boarding Schools Association (BSA), an association that involves schools across the globe and so is an extremely tremendous achievement and a great feat for the school. As the house is deep into the cricket, arguably one of the more favourite sports among Wargrave, the amount of groans of bad backs has increased due to the carrying of cricket bags. However, let’s hope that the season brings the sunny weather with it. This time of year proceeds to be very stressful for all and I hope to see Wargravians of all ages knuckling down to do some work and revision in the lead up to exams while still trying to win the house some more events with House Swimming on the horizon.

Leander Walters has been awarded the Khadija Saye Photography Award