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 of our day boys has spent the week with us.
Although many boys in the house this week have been suffering with awful colds they have braved school everyday with plenty of olbas oils!
Ben.W played his first cocnert which was a pleasure to see.
Brady's mum, Theresa popped into the house on Thursday evening with two big boxes of delicious home-made chocolate cookies which were shared and very much enjoyed by the boys. Thank you Theresa they really were yummy!
Tomorrow brings rugby-
For the 2nd team Charlie will be playing Stamford at home, a great promotion for him.
John will be captain for the 3rd's along with Ed at home against Stamford
For the 4th team Nihat and Alex S. are playing Stamford at home, another promotion for Nihat.
Playing for the U18E team are Duncan and Matthew at home against Merchant Taylor's
George.S is sub for the U16A away at Stamford as he returns from an ankle injury
For the U16C's are Alex G. and Teepee away against Stamford
Adrian, Frank, Sam, Jonas and Justin are all playing for the U16D team at home against Merchant Taylor's
U15A's, Leon is playing away at Stamford. Lennart is in the U15C along with Dan.S
Brady is playing for the U14D team at home against Merchant Taylor's
And last but not least Tizian and Ben.W make their debuts for the school playing for the U14E's at home against Merchant Taylor's.
Man of the week this week goes to Brady for trying a new sport, getting into the gym, making a great effort all round and sharing his cookies!
Top bloke of the week is Samuel for his tidying the kitchen to keep it open for everyone.
This weeks merits go to:
1: Brady, henry, Duncan, Charlie, Fuga
2: Curtis, Igor, Luke
3. Dan.R, Oscar
4: Tizian, Alvin, Lennart
5 - and King of Merits - Stephen
Room of the week is Hepworth-well done to Dom B. George C. Adrian, Sasha P. and Sam.
Although many boys in the house this week have been suffering with awful colds they have braved school everyday with plenty of olbas oils!
Ben.W played his first cocnert which was a pleasure to see.
Brady's mum, Theresa popped into the house on Thursday evening with two big boxes of delicious home-made chocolate cookies which were shared and very much enjoyed by the boys. Thank you Theresa they really were yummy!
Tomorrow brings rugby-
For the 2nd team Charlie will be playing Stamford at home, a great promotion for him.
John will be captain for the 3rd's along with Ed at home against Stamford
For the 4th team Nihat and Alex S. are playing Stamford at home, another promotion for Nihat.
Playing for the U18E team are Duncan and Matthew at home against Merchant Taylor's
George.S is sub for the U16A away at Stamford as he returns from an ankle injury
For the U16C's are Alex G. and Teepee away against Stamford
Adrian, Frank, Sam, Jonas and Justin are all playing for the U16D team at home against Merchant Taylor's
U15A's, Leon is playing away at Stamford. Lennart is in the U15C along with Dan.S
Brady is playing for the U14D team at home against Merchant Taylor's
And last but not least Tizian and Ben.W make their debuts for the school playing for the U14E's at home against Merchant Taylor's.
Man of the week this week goes to Brady for trying a new sport, getting into the gym, making a great effort all round and sharing his cookies!
Top bloke of the week is Samuel for his tidying the kitchen to keep it open for everyone.
This weeks merits go to:
1: Brady, henry, Duncan, Charlie, Fuga
2: Curtis, Igor, Luke
3. Dan.R, Oscar
4: Tizian, Alvin, Lennart
5 - and King of Merits - Stephen
Room of the week is Hepworth-well done to Dom B. George C. Adrian, Sasha P. and Sam.
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| Brady gets the coveted golden stag as M.O.W |
Monday, 14 September 2015
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 fire, made amazing spears, tried trapping crayfish and melting marshmallows, and, you guessed it, lots of them burned. We also had competitions like the steak cooking competition. Tizian, our German friend, won by his awesome ribeye steak, although Harun was very close to victory.
At the end of our trip, we went to collect the traps, but unfortunately we did not catch any crayfish. Obviously, cleaning up after us is what every human being should do, so we made sure that the area is extra clean and green. We also made sure that the fire was completely out and there is no way that it can be relit accidentally. We packed all or things and left Ickwell. On the bus, lots of boys were tired and fell asleep, this was a fun day.
Danny and Igor
At the end of our trip, we went to collect the traps, but unfortunately we did not catch any crayfish. Obviously, cleaning up after us is what every human being should do, so we made sure that the area is extra clean and green. We also made sure that the fire was completely out and there is no way that it can be relit accidentally. We packed all or things and left Ickwell. On the bus, lots of boys were tired and fell asleep, this was a fun day.
Danny and Igor
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 in Matrons room!
Mrs Hills-Jones and her tutor group went out for a meal on Wednesday and had a great evening.
The rugby season is upon us again and this Saturday brings the following matches-
Playing for the third team at Uppingham are Charlie as vice captain and Ed.
For the fourth team Alex S. is also playing away against Uppingham.
Nihat, Matthew, Duncan and Simon are playing away at Uppingham for the U18E team.
U16B's are playing at home against Uppingham-George C. Sasha P. and Teepee.
U16C's are playing at home against Uppingham and Alex G. is playing.
U16D's again are home and playing for them are Adrian, Justin, Frank and newcomers Jonas and Samuel.
U15C's are home and Dan S. and Lennart will be taking Uppingham on.
Leon will be looking for his usual epic performance in the U15A team too.
Good luck to you all!
Room of the week this week goes to room 21-excellent work Alex C.
Man of the week goes to Alex.S for being really helpful, getting us merits, going hard in rugby and bailing Mr G out by writing the house Ousel article.
Top bloke of the week is Jonas for his reading in chapel and getting stuck into the house community so well.
This weeks merits- gaining one merit are Jonny, Dom K., Ed, Matthew, Edwin, Tizian and Dan R.
Charlie and Alex S. have 2 merits and we have 3 King of merits this week, each gaining 3 merits- George C. Tom and Luke.
Mrs Hills-Jones and her tutor group went out for a meal on Wednesday and had a great evening.
The rugby season is upon us again and this Saturday brings the following matches-
Playing for the third team at Uppingham are Charlie as vice captain and Ed.
For the fourth team Alex S. is also playing away against Uppingham.
Nihat, Matthew, Duncan and Simon are playing away at Uppingham for the U18E team.
U16B's are playing at home against Uppingham-George C. Sasha P. and Teepee.
U16C's are playing at home against Uppingham and Alex G. is playing.
U16D's again are home and playing for them are Adrian, Justin, Frank and newcomers Jonas and Samuel.
U15C's are home and Dan S. and Lennart will be taking Uppingham on.
Leon will be looking for his usual epic performance in the U15A team too.
Good luck to you all!
Room of the week this week goes to room 21-excellent work Alex C.
Man of the week goes to Alex.S for being really helpful, getting us merits, going hard in rugby and bailing Mr G out by writing the house Ousel article.
Top bloke of the week is Jonas for his reading in chapel and getting stuck into the house community so well.
This weeks merits- gaining one merit are Jonny, Dom K., Ed, Matthew, Edwin, Tizian and Dan R.
Charlie and Alex S. have 2 merits and we have 3 King of merits this week, each gaining 3 merits- George C. Tom and Luke.
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 day. This was the first time that the whole house had properly joined
together whether taking part or supporting. The fact that we won highlighted
the strength of the house’s sport and support. Weekly competitions in the house
such as tidiness and number of merits helped give the house a competitive
atmosphere, despite Darren. Pang inevitably winning and accepting everyone’s
cheering graciously. Within the house there were many trips including
paintballing, go-karting, bowling as well as visits to Alton Towers theme park
and wake-boarding at Box End. At the end of the first half term we had our
hardest challenge as a house as we prepared for house singing. This involved
consistently practising every week for a month. However we were ready to put
everything into it and we won the Unison cup. This was one of the highlights of
the year and set the tone for the rest of the year as we took part in all the
house matches with a full bench of Talbot’s support at every venue. My
favourite thing about the house that I took away from the year was the amazing
way in which everyone fitted in so well almost immediately despite ages ranging
from 13-18 and boys from all over the world. This is the case from the staff
down to the fourth form. It was a very good and enjoyable year for the house in
which we won many of the major competitions and, of course, won the house cup.
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 Edwin and Igor and others prepared 3 incredible crumbles at baking club for our suppers which were very well received! this was followed up by everyone going out for meals in Bedford ranging from Subway to the all you can eat Chinese and Italian.
Sunday has been frenetic. We started off as the duty house for chapel where Matthew and Luke provided the ushers and Ben.W and Jonas read superbly. The fact that there are now 3 men of Talbot's in the choir (Tizian, Ben and Sam) made it a strong morning for us!
The fourth and Remove formers then joined the new fourth form from St Peter's and 3 other houses for an afternoon of paintball. Everyone got stuck in and had a lovely afternoon in the sun (though there may be a few bruises) and there were smiles all around afterwards as we hosted the St Peters for some joint house bonding over pizza, playstation and the normal garden soccer game. Unsurprisingly the St peter's teams also competed heroically against the other houses and one of ours were the winners. You'd expect nothing less from the reigning house champions.
The fifth and sixth formers took it more easy with a sociable Football tournament with Mr Finch back at the house organised by Fuga and Jonny.
It is now an established tradition that the first weekend of the term sees us have a BBQ and American Football game. Today's was a classic with Harun's team quickly taking the lead 3-0 through epic plays from Sam at QB, Alex.S and Fuga. Edwin lead the return charge for George.S's team from QB and some dubious touchdowns from Mrs Gracie, Duncan and Sasha.K meant it may have been a draw but no one is quite sure! As ever there was high levels of enthusiasm and banter and a mixed standard of skill. You can see Duncan's touchdown including a play which involves one of the trees and him spiking the ball over the wall into the Drs Surgery in celebration on Instagram here!
On Saturday Edwin and Igor and others prepared 3 incredible crumbles at baking club for our suppers which were very well received! this was followed up by everyone going out for meals in Bedford ranging from Subway to the all you can eat Chinese and Italian.
Sunday has been frenetic. We started off as the duty house for chapel where Matthew and Luke provided the ushers and Ben.W and Jonas read superbly. The fact that there are now 3 men of Talbot's in the choir (Tizian, Ben and Sam) made it a strong morning for us!
The fourth and Remove formers then joined the new fourth form from St Peter's and 3 other houses for an afternoon of paintball. Everyone got stuck in and had a lovely afternoon in the sun (though there may be a few bruises) and there were smiles all around afterwards as we hosted the St Peters for some joint house bonding over pizza, playstation and the normal garden soccer game. Unsurprisingly the St peter's teams also competed heroically against the other houses and one of ours were the winners. You'd expect nothing less from the reigning house champions.
The fifth and sixth formers took it more easy with a sociable Football tournament with Mr Finch back at the house organised by Fuga and Jonny.
It is now an established tradition that the first weekend of the term sees us have a BBQ and American Football game. Today's was a classic with Harun's team quickly taking the lead 3-0 through epic plays from Sam at QB, Alex.S and Fuga. Edwin lead the return charge for George.S's team from QB and some dubious touchdowns from Mrs Gracie, Duncan and Sasha.K meant it may have been a draw but no one is quite sure! As ever there was high levels of enthusiasm and banter and a mixed standard of skill. You can see Duncan's touchdown including a play which involves one of the trees and him spiking the ball over the wall into the Drs Surgery in celebration on Instagram here!
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 Thursday we had a big fire in the firepit and played outdoor games along with roasting marshmallows of course!
No night in Talbot's quite compares to Fridays though and this week's BBQ celebration night had the usual mix of banter and appreciation.
This week it ahs been amazing to hear great comments from teachers about Curtis, Alvin, Edwin, Stephen and Oscar as well as Sam and Ben.W getting stuck into the choir.
The options awarded top bloke to Harun who has made an imemdiate impression with his friendliness, confidence and excellent Basketball skills.
In teams this week we have:
3rd: John as captain and Ed
4th: Nihat and Alex.S
5th: Matthew
U16B: Sasha.P, George.C
U16D: Alex.G, Justin, Frank.L
U15A: Leon
U15 C: Dan and Lennart
U14: Everyone in trial matches!!!
The room of the week this week was McKendrick for a very impressive start, especially from a dorm!
This weeks Man of the week was someone who has had two teachers contact Mr G to say how well he ahst started and was also the only man to get a merit in his first few days. He is: Alvin!
On Wednesday night we all met each other and had plenty of rough and tumbling on the football pitch. On Thursday we had a big fire in the firepit and played outdoor games along with roasting marshmallows of course!
No night in Talbot's quite compares to Fridays though and this week's BBQ celebration night had the usual mix of banter and appreciation.
This week it ahs been amazing to hear great comments from teachers about Curtis, Alvin, Edwin, Stephen and Oscar as well as Sam and Ben.W getting stuck into the choir.
The options awarded top bloke to Harun who has made an imemdiate impression with his friendliness, confidence and excellent Basketball skills.
In teams this week we have:
3rd: John as captain and Ed
4th: Nihat and Alex.S
5th: Matthew
U16B: Sasha.P, George.C
U16D: Alex.G, Justin, Frank.L
U15A: Leon
U15 C: Dan and Lennart
U14: Everyone in trial matches!!!
The room of the week this week was McKendrick for a very impressive start, especially from a dorm!
This weeks Man of the week was someone who has had two teachers contact Mr G to say how well he ahst started and was also the only man to get a merit in his first few days. He is: Alvin!
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