Thursday, 12 December 2013
#TalbotsLife
In no particular order, here are the entries for the #talbotslife competition.
A special mention for a beautiful photo goes to John H for this stunning picture:
But purely because it represents the atmosphere, personality and feel...
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Finals Night
The four semi-finalists of this terms House Table Tennis and Pool Competitions kicked off with Aaron vs James and the Michael vs Jack.
The two matches were very toughly fought however James won his match and Jack won his by just two points.
The...
Sunday, 8 December 2013
Christmas decorations
If you're joining us for the Christmas play this afternoon you can look forward to some delicious minced pies that baking club have prepared for us and a glass of mulled wine.
You will also notice that the boys have made a great effort in decorating...
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
#Talbotslife Competition Entries
We've had some great entries in our newly launched Talbot's life instagram competition this term and we are really looking forward to announcing the winner at the end of this term.
In the meantime here are a few of the top entries:
Josh S
John
Tom...
Sunday, 1 December 2013
Friday Celebration 29/11/13
Another epic week in the house has come to an end and there is much to celebrate as ever!
On the domestic front, it was exciting to see boys arriving back from Exeat with Christmas decorations for their rooms. Mrs Gracie went around them all to see...
House Trip To Grease
On Thursday 28th, the whole house went to the school theater to watch the Grease production.
Rio, Dylan and Ilya were all involved as chorus, and did the house proud with some fantastic singing and lively dancing to match. However, the most...
Saturday, 23 November 2013
Friday Celebration 22/11/13
We had a slightly different celebration this week as it is Exeat. The boys met for a surprise meeting in the TV room briefly before school to have a pain au chocolat and do the big 3 celebrations of the week.
The most merits went to Hodges with...
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
House Trip to the Lion King
On Thursday 14th, the whole of the house went on a trip to see the Lion King in the West End. The boys piled onto the bus at five o'clock, after the scramble for packed lunches, they hunkered down for the long drive through rush-hour traffic with the...
House Fives
The St Peter's house fives team continued their unbeaten run on friday, with fantastic performances from Karan, Dom K, Michael and Jay-Jay. The opposition this week were Bromham, who proved to be no match for a superior, more experienced St Peter's...
Sunday, 17 November 2013
Friday Celebration 15/11/13
Top Bloke: Jack
Man of the Week: Duncan
This week's celebration saw fries as the accompanying snack, a welcome introduction into the Friday night hot food lineup. It has been a great week with many boys in sports matches...
Friday, 15 November 2013
Rome Trip Art Exhibition
Alastair plays it straight for the camera, as ever!
It was an absolute pleasure to go and see the work Charlie, Assan, Alastair and John did on the Art fieldtrip to Rome over half term. As ever, the department catered for adult visitors excellently...
St Cecilia's Day Concert
On Friday the 15th
November, some boys accompanied by Mr Gracie, went to the St. Cecilia’s Day
concert to support those playing an instrument in one of the orchestras or
ensembles.
Our clear favourites
were the Bedford School Chamber Orchestra as...
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
U15 D - Rugby
On Saturday afternoon, Nihat, Duncan, and Matthew represented the U15 D Rugby team against Warwick. The team performed excellently, with the three Talbot's boys very much at the heart of operations. The scoring opened with a superb try from Duncan...
Saturday, 9 November 2013
#TalbotsLife
Last night we launched a new house photo competition on instagram for the best photo that represents an aspect of life in Talbots. It will be a rolling competition with a winner each half term. You can keep up with the entries by searching #talbotslife...
Friday, 8 November 2013
Friday Night Celebration
Man of the Week - Alistair
Friday night celebration is always a welcome finish to the week and never more so than after a long two week half term. This week saw a new hot snack in potato wedges and garlic bread. Though Andrea's took longer than promised...
Sunday, 3 November 2013
Housemaster's thoughts: Winter Half Term
It has been such a joy to welcome everyone back this evening. Strangely, the boys have been missed, though the peace of a 2 week half term is also not to be sniffed at of course!
Last half term was super busy, but it was only a warm up for what...
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
House Singing 2013
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Well... What to report on house singing?
The fundamental thing about the competition is that it is the one event in the year where the whole house comes together and strives for the same goal. We have achieved this most impressively this term. On the...
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