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

Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Christmas Dinner 2016 #TalbotsTV

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House Christmas Dinner 2016

We've received some great photos from the house Christmas Dinner that we thought are worth sharing whilst you are all still in Christmas mode. Special thanks to Joseph for taking the house camera up to the dinner and Ms Ranner for photos at the pa...

Friday, 16 December 2016

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

What a whirlwind of a term!! This year has flown by so far, and it only seems like yesterday we were welcoming 17 new members to the house, and yet here we are saying goodbye for the Christmas holidays. We've packed so much into the last four months...

Thursday, 15 December 2016

Autumn Term 2016 #TalbotsTV

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Saturday, 10 December 2016

Friday Celebration 9/12/16

This week is just about the hardest in the whole year. We have the tiredness of being at the end of the longest term but none of the fun Christmas events to break things up and school activities still in full swing. It is true to form for this remarkable...

Thursday, 1 December 2016

Amazing events including live feed for St Cecilia's

Wow! It is going to be  an amazing few days for the men of Talbot's; busy, but amazing! Today is going to be manic with the following things happening: Curtis is singing in the lunchtime concert and then Arthur, Lennart, Dan and Luca have their...

Friday, 25 November 2016

Friday Celebration 25/11/16

Its been a week of much success; of course, we are Talbot's! Ben.W was awarded a place in the national youth choir which is a huge achievement, especially when put in the context of his not quite making it in last week. The Mo Bros, Ben, Duncan and...

Monday, 21 November 2016

Karting Trip 2016

We had a great time karting last week in Milton Keynes. The boys raced in groups of 6-8 and in between had the chance to relax, play some Mario kart, cheer on the other racers and indulge in some hot pizza if they wanted. As ever, they all had a great...

Saturday, 5 November 2016

Movember 2016

Fresh faced boys on day one It's that time of year again where several of our boys start growing some interesting facial hair and the head master lets the rules on shaving relax for just four weeks in aid of 'Movember'. This year we have Mo Bro's...

Monday, 31 October 2016

Talbot's House Singing Video 2016 #TalbotsTV

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Sunday, 30 October 2016

Welcome back from a special guest!

It is always so exciting (We know that's a bit sad!) to welcome everyone back after a holiday! There is a sense of anticipation about what is to come and a feeling of accomplishment from what went previously. This is no exception and it was particularly...

Saturday, 8 October 2016

Friday Night Celebration 8/10/16

Another big celebration last night with two Kings of Merit. Both Divine and Jason got an incredible eight merits each. The competition was fierce this week with nearly 60% of the house receiving at least one merit, but these guys were way ahead of...

Saturday, 1 October 2016

Friday Night Celebration 30/09/16

We've had another great week in the house, with loads to celebrate, but special mention this week goes to Jason, Charles, Curtis, Dan, Arthur and Joseph for their incredible resilience. Each of these boys has faced difficult challenges this week, and...

Thursday, 29 September 2016

Florider trip 2016

Tonight we had our first whole house outing this year to the florider complex at twinwoods, near Bedford. The boys got to choose their activities from the surf simulator (the florider), climbing, a racing simulator and shooting/archery. This meant everyone...

Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Sports Day 2016 #TalbotsTV

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Thursday, 22 September 2016

Bowling Trip

We had a great evening last night joining up with St Peter's Day House for a bowling trip with the fourths and removes. Lots of fun, lots of food and a great chance to get to know one another a little bit better.   ...

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

Ickwell Day

On Sunday we had our annual trip to Ickwell with the boys and as promised, here are the photos. As usual, the day started out with some football games:   A couple of the boys got into some shelter building. Ruslan...