Talbot's House

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Well, it's been a fantastic year in Talbot's. So many wonderful memories of fun in the house, great trips and events and lots of everyday laughs. Here's some of the best memories from 2018-19 in video form: ...

We are feeling really grateful for tonight. It's been a wet week with lots of cancelled sport and not being able to use our lovely garden. Most guys finished their GCSEs today though and the sun is out for some extended garden time; the summer is returning...

It has been a week of focused work as the men of Talbot's have approached their exams with vigor, but still a healthy mindset, especially enjoying some outside time in the sunshine earlier in the week. In sports Tom was part of...

The weeks continue to give many awesome Talbot's memories. As we had some sunny evenings and the days got longer there has been some epic backyard football, especially on Wednesday when we finished prep early for it. We also had the traditional...

Our musicians have been to the fore with James, Ben and Tizian singing at new college Oxford on Tuesday and then James and Ben performing in the music scholars' concert.  A big accolade was Ben being named head of brass for the upcoming year,...

It's been a very busy week with many midweek fixtures and concert playing alongside the start of GCSE exams. The house is buzzing, but there is some rest needed this weekend too.  This week also saw the culmination of the...

It's been an eventful and at times rainy week.  Merits (double rollover due to exeat): 1 -- Makar, Tizian 2 --  Roy, Jason, Richard, Brady, Dan, Moritz 3 -- Max, Orlando, Michael, Will, Desmond, Lennart 4 -- Owen, Alex 5 -- Dell,...

Yesterday evening we held a pancake competition between the tutor groups.  Each group had to decide on recipes, acquire ingredients and make their own pancakes which were then later judged for taste and presentation. Making the pancakes: Eating! Voting Winners: ...

It's been a lovely week to return. The evenings are lighter, the newly chopped trees are letting this in more and the warmer air has given us all a spring in our steps! Earlier this week, we had football house matches and Makar battled in...

It's been a great week in the house finishing with our Chinese New Year celebratory meal last night.  The house is starting to look very different with some rather dramatic tree surgery happening in the orchard, and obviously the snow this week...

It's been a difficult week for everyone to come back to after bad news and 2/3 of the house being in mock exams. This is where our culture of everyone being valued and the house family really come into their own though. We love seeing everyone looking...