Blog for Talbot's - a boarding house at Bedford School

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...