6th form social meal

Members of the 6th form from School and Upper got together for a yummy chinese last Friday.
Lots of food, good banter and fun had by all.

U6  tucking in... Liv's 7th helping!!

Jojo, Rachel and Cat were impressed

Liv P, Rhiannon, Liv P, Molly, Issy and Lillia

GOLD DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD EXPEDITION

Four of our current upper sixth form pupils 'enjoyed' glorious sunshine in the Lake District during the summer holidays...

The group with Katy, Liv and Rosie

Gerald is certainly enjoying all the attention!

A summer memory

Last summer some of the boarders headed out to Bradford-on-Avon and enjoyed a bit of sight-seeing and a yummy cream tea.
We are hoping to do more of the same this year...

Rachel, Jojo and Cat alongside the River Avon

Yummy!

Miss Paver, Cat, Jojo, Rachel and Andrew

Introducing our International Boarders

Mrs Dudley-Ward (i/c Marketing) popped round to say Hi to our boarders, especially those international boarders.  We have 15 boarders in School House this year.  A real international mix with girls from Hong Kong, China, Germany, Italy, Russia, Lativia and Kenya, as well as some home grown girls!

From the back and left to right:  Sina, Anna K, Anna B, Eni, Cat, Alexa, Jojo, Rachel, Kate and Scarlett

Kiera-me bitely

Mrs Marshall's cat ready for an outing in Mrs Reeman's bag...

HOUSE MUSIC

School and Upper were delighted to win this prestigious event!!
We not only won the House Song with our professional rendition of 'Living on a Prayer' by Jon Bonjovi, but also the Ensemble with a show stopping performance of Stevie Wonder's 'Superstition'

Ethan doing his stuff...

Sophie and Martha backing up

Perfect timing!

And again...

Felix and Rosie

An update from Claudia

Claudia has been busy over the summer - here is her latest update:

On Sunday 6th July Dessie and I went to Barbury international horse trials to represent my pony club in the team showjumping. The course was huge with a lot of distractions around the arena. Unfortunately Dessie had some faults but we were still pleased as the course was so challenging.

On Wednesday 16th July I took Brook to the Badminton Grassroots dressage championships. With Brook having been on for almost 4 weeks before the competition with an injury to make it to the day was an achievement in itself. Having qualified in March we had trained for this day ever since. Brook produced a really beautiful test that left us on a final score of 71.5% and put us into the lead. Unfortunately the last 3 went a little bit better so we finished in 4th place only 1.2% off the winning score.

Finally on Wednesday 13th August Brook was out again at Beaufort hunt supporters club show. Here Brook did a lovely dressage test to score 74.8% finishing in Fourth place. We then competed in the veteran class for horses over 15 years old and it is judged on how they move. In a very big class with very tough completion we managed to win it and qualify for the veteran horse and pony south west championships. 

Lucy's England debut

We were delighted to hear that Lucy (Year 9) was selected to represent England in the Junior Home Internationals.
Here is her report:

Being part of the England team was a new challenge for me and also my best orienteering accomplishment. The event was near Oban up in Scotland.
After a long journey up we met all the other athletes from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. We had a team talk where they spoke to us telling us that we were expected to win as England had won 12 years running. This was going to be a hard race against Scotland as it was home ground for them. We all went to bed that night feeling nervous.
In the morning we all got woken up early by very loud music. We left the hostel and headed into the countryside to a place called Creag Mhic. This is an area with woodland an open areas. I went to the start and did all the warm up exercises I'd been taught. I was really worried that I’d make a big mistake because I wasn’t feeling nervous at all! I took the course slower than usual but at a steady speed. The area was very well mapped so I found the navigation not as hard as I thought it would be. The area was covered in marsh though so I was very wet by the end of the course. I was very pleased with my first run for England as I came fifth this day.
That evening we found out the results. England came first that day, 6 points ahead of Scotland. All the athletes then enjoyed a Ceilidh. It was really fun!!
The next morning we went to a different area. This area was called Ardnaskie and was the area for the relays. We all applied our face paint then the race began. There were two races. A girl’s and a boy’s race. The teams consisted of one person from each age group (14, 16, 18). The 16s went off first. When you saw your runner come through the spectator control you had to enter the waiting pen. The area was completely different from the day before. It was very vague compared to the day before. But with some good advice from team mates I made it round coming second overall on my leg. My relay team didn’t do that well though coming 9th overall. It was still amazingly fun! Sadly though despite England’s efforts Scotland won by two points. But it wasn’t a clean sweep for them though because we won the individuals!! We then had the long journey back home!

WELCOME TO SCHOOL HOUSE

Yr 8 and 9's tuck into ice-creams...

School House welcomed the girls in Year 8 who would be joining the House in September.  Pizza and pop was rapidly consumed following by yummy ice-creams

RACE FOR LIFE

Thank you to all those staff, parents and pupils who supported Cancer Research by running in the Race for Life in Bath on Saturday.
If you would like to donate any monies the link for our Just Giving Page is:
- http://www.justgiving.com/team-reem5/?utm_source=Sharethis&utm_medium=fundraisingpage&utm_content=team-reem5&utm_campaign=pfp-email

A big thank you to all the girls who ran on Sunday

Mrs Morris and Mrs Reeman before the start

Issy doing it for her Dad

Some of the runners

And some more...

Here we go...!

That's the way to do it..

RACE FOR LIFE

A small group of School House pupils and staff will be taking part in The Race for Life at Victoria Park on Sunday.  The weather looks set fair, and the excitement is building!
As a warm up fundraiser School House have been selling cookies in the quad during quarter.  One more day to go and we have raised approximately £200!!
A big THANK-YOU to everyone who made cookies to sell and to those hungry punters who bought cookies.  Thanks also go to the Fudge Factory for their generous support.

A cookie bonanza with Bryn on guard.

Mrs Morris and Mrs Reeman encouraging the cookie buyers

Furious selling!

Many thanks to Ella for the photos!

BREAST CANCER CARE

School House were delighted to hand over a cheque for £760 to a representative from Breast Cancer Care

The Final Day of lessons...

Pirates rampaged throughout the school and transformed the common room into the 'Scallywag'

Lining up the apple shots at the Jolly Roger Rum shack

Captain Big Dog Rachel

Bell Dog Bird Brain, Captain Morris and Stanny G Rough Knuckles

 Izzo the Parrotless, Chaz Ting Jelly Bones and Bell Dog Bird Brain

Stanny G Rough Knuckles, Parrot-Got-Me-Eye Big Jen and First Mate Em Ting

Peg Leg Lawman and Dull Blade Grints

Long John Sazzy, Rum Guzzler Connors, Plank Walk Chan and Captain Big Dog

Corralled Year 9's

Not so bothered Year 10's

Attacked by an Orca!

The Last Tutorial

Tuesday saw the last tutorial for the Upper Sixth.  Miss Paver and Mrs Dakin treated the girls to brekkie on the Upper...

The Upper Sixth

Georgia, Anna, Bella, Issy and Charlotte

Sarina, Georgia, Liv and Anna

Anna, Bella and Issy

Rachel and Jen

 Jessica, Lara and Ant

Charlotte, Emma and Stanya

ATHLETICS AT CANFORD SCHOOL

The Junior, Inter and Senior Boys and Girls teams travelled to Canford on Saturday and competed against the hosts, Clayesmore, Dauntseys and Milton Abbey.
The weather was glorious and the competition was hotly contested.  Kingswood were delighted to win four of  the 4 x 100m relays.
School House were well represented on the day...

An impressive back drop...

Simon and Vice Captain Clare warming up

Ashley and Beth weighing up the competition

Jesse waiting for her race

The Inter Girls 200m

Hattie and Clare in the Senior Girls 200m

Liv and Hattie in the 4 x 100m