Friday, 11 December 2015
Xmas Dinner 2015
We had a fantastic Christmas dinner on the final night of term.
90 of the Talbot's family; boys, staff and parents, descended on the school's cafe bar for the Talbot's dinner this year. As ever Mr Grieve and the staff had done an amazing job, no wonder...
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
Christmas Decorating
The barn is looking extremely festive thanks to the hard work of a few of the boys this week. We can't wait to share it with you all at the House Christmas play and/or dinner.
Whilst you are waiting, here's a sneak preview:...
Friday, 27 November 2015
St Cecilia's Concert 2015
Alikhan in action
Thursday night saw the annual St Cecilia's concert. As ever, it was of an excellent standard and was enjoyed by all who attended. From amongst the men of Talbot's, Ben.W, Adrian and Alvin played in the second orchestra whilst...
Bounce Trip
This evening saw a return to Bounce with a mixture of fourth, remove and lower sixth boys. it was teenagers night would you believe which meant the lights were out and the music was pumping. There were also members of the wider house family in the...
Friday, 13 November 2015
Friday Celebration 13/11/15
Last weekend we were celebrating the amazing efforts of Ben, Tizian and Samuel in the choir's trip to sing at the royal Albert hall. If you haven't seen it yet, they come on after about one hour and twenty minutes in the programme which you can find...
Journey's End - Live Stream tonight and well done to Lennart and John
Lennart in action
As with many of the great things at the school, the current school play has some men of Talbot's right at the heart of it.
Lennart is cast as the German army officer and apparently has a very effective accent....
Benno and Danny...
Sunday, 8 November 2015
Friday celebration 6/11/15
It was hard to believe we had only been back to school for 5 days as we all met together. Everyone is back into the swing of things quickly and as ever, the lads are keeping very busy and achieving much.
There were two major achievements to be celebrated:
Firstly,...
Thursday, 15 October 2015
House Singing 2015
There's just a few hours left before we (hopefully) win house singing!!
For those of you who were unable to get tickets, you can watch the live stream on Bedford Schools YouTube channel.
Wish us luck!...
Saturday, 10 October 2015
September - A month in the life...
Where we can we try to look back on each month just to remind ourselves what has happened. What about all of this for a first month...
[View the story "September in Talbot's 2015" on Storif...
Friday, 9 October 2015
Friday Celebration 9/10/15
Apologies to all for our delay in producing blog entries over the past couple of weeks. They will be added posthumously, especially the epic karting trip.
This has been an epic week in the house, as they all are, as house singing rehearsals ramped up...
Saturday, 3 October 2015
Karting 2015
Last week saw us go karting in Milton Keynes. as ever the competition was fierce and we were very well looked after by the team at daytona.
The drivers aged under 16 were in a team endurance race for a full 2 hours. Everyone had half an hour on the...
Friday, 2 October 2015
Friday Celebration 2/10/2015
This week saw Ben.W play his second concert
Rugby matches tomorrow-
Playing away for the 2nd team against Oakham is Charlie.
John is captain for the 3rd's against Oakham, again playing away, along with ed.
Playing against Oakham away for the the fourth...
Saturday, 19 September 2015
Friday Celebration 18/9/2015
Yet another week has flown by here at Talbots. House singing rehearsals have begun under the supervision and expertise of Mr Finch. This week we have hosted two young men in Talbots, one from Chile who is touring with his rugby team and also Ollie, one...
Monday, 14 September 2015
Ickwell Nature Reserve Trip Video
Check out Mrs Sampson's video of our day out at Ickwell below!!!
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Sunday, 13 September 2015
Ickwell Trip
The big trip to Ickwell, on the second Sunday of the first term. Everyone from Talbot’s house enjoyed themselves and had a great time. We played a lot of fun sports, like football, rugby etc and also a lot of games, like four way chess. We also had a...
Saturday, 12 September 2015
Friday Night Celebration 11/9/15
Our first full week is over at Talbot's and everyone in the house is getting to know each other. We have some fantastic new boys in the house, all with smiles, joining in and learning about our community. They have all worked out where the biscuits are...
Friday, 11 September 2015
Ousel article 2015
Alex.S has just penned the below for this year's school magazine, The Ousel, so we thought we'd give you all an advanced preview!
2014/2015 in Talbots House
The
year really started in full when as a house we had our first competition at
Sports...
Sunday, 6 September 2015
First Weekend Fun
This weekend has been a whirlwind of activities and fun. Everyone was tired tonight but that is normally a good sign and we are certainly going into the first full week as a community that is starting to look coherent and is plenty of fun!
On Saturday...
Saturday, 5 September 2015
Friday Celebration 4/9/15
The start of the term has gone really well and there are lots of impressed house members at how friendly and involved our newer members have been.
On Wednesday night we all met each other and had plenty of rough and tumbling on the football pitch. On...
Saturday, 8 August 2015
Orchard Growth looking good...
All the summer and autumn fruits are starting to come through over the holidays in the orchard. These should make for some great eating (and maybe drinking...) when everyone comes back!!!The apples, peaches, blackberries and green gages are starting...
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Tom's England Performances
The England U18 squad maintained their top flight status in the European Championships in Santander last week. Tom played in every game and scored goals against Russia in the group and Scotland in the final game. We are really proud of him and it hopefully...
2015 Round up
Massive apologies for not posting this sooner, but it seemed to have slipped through the net!
Still, here is a great reminder of what we got up to last year, and hopefully a little taste of what you can expect next year for any new boys who are checking...
Saturday, 18 July 2015
Watch Tom at The Hockey Euro Champs
Tom is in action for the England U18 boys Hockey side this weekend and into next week in the European Hockey Championships.
England are in a group with Spain, Belgium and Russia with the fixtures at the times below:
Sunday 19th - 2.30pm vs Russia
Tuesday...
Saturday, 4 July 2015
Friday, 3 July 2015
Summer Concert
Last night saw Adrian, Alex and Ben play in the sumemr concert series, a day after Leon had entertained with an excellent sonnet on creative arts night. For those of you who couldn't make it, the video of the concert from the live broadcast is below...
Congrats to Crows
Tom has heard this week that he is selected for the England U18 boys squad for this summer's European championships in Santander, Spain. We know how hard he works and his dedication to the sport (and what a legend he is) and we are so proud of him!!...
Sunday, 28 June 2015
Henry V
This week saw the grand opening of the school's new theatre, The Quarry at St Luke's. The play chosen for the occasion was Henry V which is no small ask. To take on the performing of Shakespeare with a cast of mostly fourth and Remove formers for the...
Friday Celebration 26/06/2015
This week has been a quiet week in Talbots with many boys leaving for their much deserved summer break. We have a few lower sixth boys with us as the rest are relaxing in the sunshine or chilling at home.
We won the junior house cricket this week-well...
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
Goodbye Mr Chance
Last night was Mr Chance's last ever duty in Talbot's house, after nine years of faithful service it was sad for all, but especially his tutor group to say goodbye.
Mr Chance has written us a fantastic poem to express his gratitude to the house and...
Thank You JSC
Last night was the final duty in the house for Mr Chance. He has been an amazing tutor in Talbot's for the last 9 years and will be missed by us all.
Charlie led a special house meeting to thank him for his efforts and noted that he was one of the kindest...
Friday, 19 June 2015
Friday Celebration 19/6/15
As we well know Friday celebration is about making a big noise about the great things the men of Talbot's do. As I write though the greatest thing is happening - 2 big games of football and volleyball with mixed ages, nationalities and year groups all...
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