Monday, 30 September 2013
Sunday Cider Making
On Sunday a group of boys went out to the housemaster's garden and picked almost every apple that they could, in order to make cider and apple juice. At one point in the afternoon a chain of boys stretched from the trees to the end of the garden,...
Sunday, 29 September 2013
House Fives - Round 1
Last Friday, three Talbot’s boys and a day
boy took part in the St Peter’s house fives team. Karan Gupta, the captain, Dom
Brett and Michael Holroyd were
the Talbot’s contingent, with Jay-Jay
Saint the day boy. It is Karan’s last year of captaincy,...
Friday, 27 September 2013
Friday celebration 27/9/2013
Another quality celebration. We have two boys who must be the most prolific scorers in the school rugby club at the moment: Alex Sporton and Ben Kight have 7 from 3 games and 9 from 4 respectively. Duncan Keyworth and Nihat Aslanoba have been moved up...
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Sports Day
Sports day this year threatened to be a
wash-out, however, due to a fair slice of luck the weather held and Sports day
could go on as planned. It’s a good job it did, certainly from a Talbot’s point
of view. Victories were seen across track and field,...
Karting Trip Writeup
On Thursday afternoon all the boys and a
handful of teaches traveled down to Daytona Go-Karting in Milton Keynes. The boys
were split into seniors and juniors and from there the boys were split again
and were sent out onto the racetrack. The seniors...
Friday, 20 September 2013
Housemaster's Thoughts - September Exeat 2013
Well we made it! It is funny to think that less than three weeks ago, the house was set to receive 20 new boys, new houseparents and new tutors. As we go into the exeat, Talbot's is looking like a cohesive unit and has been a vibrant and happy place...
Thursday, 19 September 2013
Super Thursday
Today was an excellent way to sign off before exeat. We did ourselves proud in coming second at sports day, including winning the juniors category. That was a pleasing turnaround after being last last year. We then went karting in the evening.
Full reports...
Monday, 16 September 2013
Hat Trick Heroes
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Congratulations to Ben Kight (U15A) and Josh Simmons (U16A) who both scored hat tricks against Uppingham this weekend.
Josh on the Charge
Ben Crosses the Lin...
Saturday, 14 September 2013
Arts Colours
A HUGE congratulations to Alastair Blake who was awarded Arts Colours this week for his excellent contribution to Art around the school. It is a very prestigious award and the first major colours to be awarded in the house this year.
Alastair showing...
Friday Celebration 14/09/13
Another Friday has been and gone. It is an excellent opportunity in the house to celebrate the great things that have happened in the past week. Over pizza yesterday evening, we lauded all the new boys for having completed a full week and congratulated...
Thursday, 12 September 2013
First Weekend Barbecue
On the 8th of September the first of many House
Barbecues this year began as tournament of football for the seniors culminating in an
upset victory in the final by Mik’s team against the tournament favourites (and
unbeaten) Ben’s team. The...
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
New Juniors Challenge Day
This weekend saw the new junior boys' challenge trip to do bushcraft at Ickwell (our school's nature reserve), which was possible due to the combined effort of Mr
Gracie and Mrs Murray. The activities programme ranged from Fire
Starting, using Swedish...
Friday, 6 September 2013
Friday Celebration 7/09/13
Friday night will be our night of celebration in the house. Though we have only been back a few days, there is already much to be proud of. We have 16 boys in rugby matches this weekend, including Jack Lewsley, Teepee Princewill and Sasha Plyushchenko...
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
School Gym Record
Having taken the school back squat record last term, Head of House Dom Brett has continued to work hard over the summer in the gym. Coming back early to help with new boys day also allowed him to make an attempt at the Front Squat record before term...
Monday, 2 September 2013
Housemaster's Start of Term Thoughts - September 2013
It has been a busy summer in the house with many improvements being made. Though it may not be immediately or visibly noticeable, the new boiler and heating works should greatly improve the atmosphere of the house, especially as winter rolls on! More...
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