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

Saturday, 8 December 2018

Friday Celebration 07/12/18

It's been a great week. Last Sunday we were the duty house in chapel and Orlando and Alex did an amazing job reading alongside our terrific ushers. On the house competition front we have been quite phenomenal. We started with wins in the A ...

Wednesday, 5 December 2018

St Cecilia's Concert 2018

This year we had our highest levels of representation in this with James, Ben, Stephen, Owen, Jason, Alexis, Leo and Marcus. Many members of the house were able to see it live, but for those who weren't, the livestream is below: ...

Saturday, 1 December 2018

Friday Celebration 30/11/18

This has been a great week that has seen: Play practices for next week's tutor group skit performances.  An amazing St Cecelia's concert featuring 8 of our finest: James, Ben, Marcus, Jason, Stephen, Leo, Owen and Alexis. The Christmas...

Monday, 12 November 2018

Friday Celebration 9/11/18

The first week back has seen renewal of our amazing community spirit and fond memories of the first half of term where we started building an even greater house, and also happened to win sports day and singing! James played 3 pieces in...

Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Gratitude for Talbot's

We surveyed all the boys in the house to say 1 thing they are grateful for and this has been turned into a poster for the house where the most said phrases appear larger. We think it reflects a house in a healthy place and that this has highlighted loads...

Saturday, 13 October 2018

Friday Celebration 12/10/18

Lots has happened this week, especially in the field of music. There has been a choir trip and lots of hard practice for house singing.  This included our first rehearsal in the great hall with Mr Sanders watching. The musical highlight was the...

Saturday, 6 October 2018

Friday Celebration 05/10/18

It's been a really busy week with lots of great opportunities for boys to try new things or give their best in their commitments.  In music, James and Marcus performed well in the lunchtime piano concert.  Plenty of lads also went...

Saturday, 8 September 2018

Friday Celebration 07/09/18

Well...! We've only been back 3 days, but so much has happened already.  We started off with New Boys' Day on Tuesday, in which the Upper Sixth were superb! The ten newest members of Talbot's have added much and therefore had many 'firsts' such...

Saturday, 7 July 2018

Talbots House 2017-18 #TalbotsTV

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Have a Great Summer!

It's the end of term, and we're all going to be enjoying a well deserved break here at the house and strongly suggest you all do too! We'll be in touch with those of you who have exam results coming out on results day, but other than that, we look forward...

Saturday, 30 June 2018

Friday Celebration 29/6

This has been a busy week as we progress towards the end of the term and the Creative Arts Festival has been under way. James performed in the new music concert, impressively playing the piano and singing together for the first time. Will played...

Saturday, 23 June 2018

Friday Celebration 22/6

This is the first full Friday celebration after exam week and then well-being week; we are now back into the swing of things for the final couple of weeks. Recent special mentions must go to: Luca who organised a number of parts of the well-being...

Saturday, 12 May 2018

Friday Celebration 11/5

Another great week in the house!  We started with superb sunshine after the bank holiday weekend and IB exams continued whilst the 5th Form study leave and GSCE's began. James had a more fantastic musical achievement as he played in the strings...

Saturday, 28 April 2018

Friday Celebration 27/4

This week saw some excellent concert action with the following: Marcus, Ben and Jason playing in the terrific bands concert Marcus and James playing in the prizewinners' concert M also played his first matches for the school on...

Saturday, 21 April 2018

Friday Celebration 20/4

This has been a fantastic week in the house!  Most importantly, our community has grown to include M in the 4th Form who has proved a popular, friendly addition. The sunshine has also been amazing and meant that there has been the return of some...

Saturday, 17 March 2018

Friday Celebration 16/03

It's been a musical & dramatic couple of weeks!  Many of our boys participated in the Bedfordshire Festival and other events around school.  We'd like to give special recognition to Ben, James, and Stephen for their amazing work! ...

Saturday, 3 March 2018

Friday Celebration 02/03

It's been a week of freezing temperatures and snowfall!  The boys have been rather resilient in soldiering on despite the cold.  Hopefully, they'll get a chance to enjoy it once lessons are finished Saturday afternoon! Many of the sports fixtures...

Saturday, 24 February 2018

Friday Celebration 23/02

It's been a busy start to the second half of term!  Despite the cold weather, the boys are in great spirits. In Teams this week: Football 2nd - John Chan U16B - Tizian U15A - Felix Hockey U14C - Kabi U14D - Zakhar U16A - Dan 4ths...

Saturday, 13 January 2018

Friday Celebration 12/01

Happy New Year!  We hope you all enjoyed the much-deserved break.  The boys have settled back in the house now and have almost finished their first week of school for 2018.  We also welcomed new Talbots boy Felix Barth.  All the boys...