Talbot's House

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...

Thursday saw the year 9 house Rugby competition take place. As St Peter's we found ourselves in by far the hardest group with Paulo and Crescent. It was a shame for Crescent who were probably the 3rd best team in the competition but had to settle for...

On the 11th of October, Miss Dimmock's tutor group ventured out into Bedford town, careless of the treacherous journey they were making, in search of the italian restaurant that they planned on descending on. The journey was made treacherous by the...

The pressure is mounting as we are less than 24 hours away from the house singing competition! The boys have been rehearsing hard and this week we were fortunate enough have one of the percussionists from the London stage show of the Lion King come...

Friday Night Celebration capped off another fine week in the house, followed by the all important fish finger butties. The singing is sounding great and there have been many notable achievements this week. Mr Chance shared with us how impressive Assan...

The professor Francesco Paresce Marconi, who's grandfather Guglielmo Marconi was well known by the world as the inventer of radio, made a fantastic speech in the Erskine May Hall to Bedford School students on the 9th of October. Professor Marconi vividly...

After a long Founders and Benefactor's chapel service earlier in the day, the boys were thrilled to hear that there would be a house barbecue later in the day. As promised, at eight o'clock the cooks began their work and the queue promptly formed. ...

Another great week has passed in the house. There were two rounds of rugby matches where our leading try scorers extended their tallies but Fuga Iwama was the rugby hero this week, having jumped to the U16Bs after starting this season in the D team....

On a misty autumn’s night on the 30th of September, 16 men from Talbots accompanied by Mr. Gracie headed to Franklin’s Gardens, the home of Northampton Saints. The drive was long and arduous in the mini bus, but spirits were held high by a continuous...

Two boys from Utrecht, Holland stayed with us for a few nights as part of a school exchange program. They felt at home instantly as the boys welcomed them into the house, getting involved in house singing rehearsals and other activities. They got a...

The foyer currently has an exhibition of DT work from last year. Three of our boys have some fantastic work in it: Assan Amirov's piece is an advert for nuclear disarmament. Keving Ching's is about advertising nuclear power as an important future...