Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Saturday, 13 July 2019
End of year Memories 2018-19
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:
Saturday, 15 June 2019
Friday Celebration 14/06/2019
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 and we are all very happy about it!
In sports this weekend there are fewer fixtures, but Tom continues in the 1st XI and Dan in the 2nd team.
1: Max, Aslan, Alex, James, Divine, Arron, Kevin, Brady, Ben
2: Leo, Dell, Zakhar, Felix,
Man of the Week
Alex for being county 400m champion.
Nominees for Man of the Week
Ruslan - giving a geog society lecture
Ben - audition at Oxford
James and Magomed - great concert playing
Henry - helping others with prep
Moritz - giving assembly
Saturday, 8 June 2019
Friday Celebration 07/06/2019
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 victorious U17 cricket side and Alex performed very well in Thursday's athletics multi-events.
Tomorrow we have:
Cricket: 1sts - Tom
Rowing: Henry in a J16 double and an octo, Makar making his rowing debut in a coxed quad, Max also in a coxed quad and an octo, Leo in an octo, Aslan also in an octo, Orlando is a J15 coxed four and an octo, too.
Tizian, Moritz and Simon are all in the 1st 8 Tennis against Oakham.
Athletics has Alex running and jumping at Abingdon.
Even though it has been exam week, Joe still got 2 merits--a great effort!
Saturday, 18 May 2019
Friday Celebration 17/05/2019
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 Dr Seuss reading for our leavers on Thursday. Big well done to Luca who was the first man to finish all his exams. The A level guys also finished lessons forever on Thursday!
In the last week Ben and Dan gave lectures to the Adrian Boult and Investment Societies respectively and Moritz lectured to the German Society and boys and parents for 4th form revision this week.
1: Divine, Henry, Arron, Richard, Brady, Dan
2: Leo, Roy
3: Will, Simon
4: Aslan
5: Alex, Dell
The Remove form absolutely cleaned up this week, averaging 3.75 merits per person with all of them contributing at least 2!
The winning tutor group was Mr Hinkins by a huge margin
In Sports
In tennis
Desmond is promoted back to join Moritz, Simon and Tizian in the 1st teamIn Rowing, Lennart races for the 1st boat and Orlando in the top J15 boat at Eton Dorney. Aslan and Max are off to Peterborough for a training day as well.
Man of the week nominees were:
James for helping with preps and music,
Ben for helping with preps,
Moritz for his revision session and ...
Tizian for helping with preps.
Man of the week though was Leo who gave a fantastic performance to some of the house on his violin on Monday evening which has wowed a number of people
Saturday, 11 May 2019
Friday Celebration 10/05/2019
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, well done!
Academically, Ben and Dan both gave school society lectures today--Ben on links between mathematics and music and Dan on the Zimbabwean currency crisis. Others used this as an opportunity to extend their scores for the 'new things' tutor group challenge.
In sports this week we have had lots of fixtures already. This weekend we have:
Cricket
U16B: Will
2nds: Dan
1st: Tom
M is in the 1st team golf
Tennis
Tizian, Simon and Desmond
Simon will be playing for the 1sts against Kimbolton.
It is also the Bedford Regatta and we have lots of guys involved:
U14A - Max
u14D - Aslan
u15A - Orlando
U16B - Henry
1st 8 and 4 - Lennart
This week's merit comp was a rollover with the following being gained:
1: Curtis, Stephen, Desmond, Ben, Will, Jason, M, Max, Makar
2: Simon, Moritz, Divine, Roy, Magomed
3: Joe
5: James, and Alex
Saturday, 23 March 2019
Friday Celebration 23/3/19
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 two week tutor group challenge for most overall contributions to the house. In this one, Ms Thompson's group were the winners, owing much to Richard's prolific helpfulness to matrons and the house team.
Before that weekend rest comes we have the following in Saturday fixtures:
Hockey:
1st: Tom
2nd: Dan U16B
Football:
1st: Alikhan
3rd: Tizian
In merits, the following have been gained:
1: Makar, Felix, Brady, Moritz, Alikhan, Igor, Arthur
2: Dell, Roy, Sebastian, James, Jason, Oscar
3: Divine, Will, Tizian
4: Ruslan, Desmond
5: Arron
9: Richard
The tutor group with the most merits per person is:
Team
And quite clearly, therefore, Richard must be Man of the Week!
Saturday, 16 March 2019
Friday Celebration 16/3/19
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, Felix
6 -- James
Tutor group with the most merits
Mrs. Thompson's
Commendations!
Kabi, James, Alex
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, Felix
6 -- James
Tutor group with the most merits
Mrs. Thompson's
Commendations!
Kabi, James, Alex
Friday, 8 March 2019
Pancake Competition 07/03
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: Mr Waite's Tutor group
Making the pancakes:
Voting
Winners: Mr Waite's Tutor group
Saturday, 23 February 2019
Friday Celebration 22/2/19
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 a 2 man team in the juniors whilst the seniors came second thanks to sterling efforts from Alikhan, Ben and Tizian.
In sport this weekend, we have the hockey house matches in the seniors, but otherwise most teams are resting up.
A huge event this week was the Detweiler competition and a large number of our boys exhibited their painting, printing and writing in what is a fantastic opportunity for all.
We also had a great visit from the chaplain on Thursday who brought bedtime stories for the juniors and cheese and wine for the seniors!
Since we have returned, the following merits have been earned:
1: Max, Magomed, Orlando, Ben
2: Leo, James, Felix, Jason, Brady, Ruslan
3: Makar, Kabi, Alex, Michael, Simon, Tizian, Moritz
The best tutor group this week was Mr Hinkins!
Saturday, 2 February 2019
Friday Celebration 1/2/19
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 sent everyone giddy with snowball fights for a brief 24 hours before it all melted.
This week merits were achieved by:
1: Magomed, M, Will, Nathan, Simon, Kevin, Tizian, Curtis, Luca, Igor, Arthur, Lennart
2: Max, Roy, Jason, Brady, Moritz
3: Owen, Aslan, James, Arron, Desmond, Ben
4: Dell, Edwin
5: Makkar
and an incredible EIGHT merits were achieved by Orlando! Makar has also been awarded a commendation for amazing debate contribution.
In sports we have:
Hockey: 1st - Tom, 2nd - Dan, U16B - Divine and Will, U15C - Kabi, u14D - Josh
Football: All matches have been postponed but Alikhan was in the 1st and Felix in the U16A
In rowing, Nik and Evgenni are in a 4, Alex in an 8 as is Orlando and Lennart is in an 8 too at Peterborough
On Sunday, Max was in the U14 and Will in the U16 7s after making his debut for the U18s last week. Unfortunately, due to an injury this week Max will be unable to play this time.
This week's man of the week for outstanding teaching of a younger boy is Dan Reid. We love seeing older boys showing leadership skills and mentoring younger students, so we're really pleased to be able to recognise these qualities in Dan.
Saturday, 12 January 2019
Friday Celebration 11/1/19
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 after one another and the way the men of Talbot's have kept going and got on with the start of term with vigour. As a result of only being back 5 days and it being exams, some awards are lighter.
Merits:
1: Owen, Magomed, Kabi, Seb, Ruslan, Tizian, Moritz
2: Alex, Roy, Ben
In sport, Owen, Max and Alexis had another win in the U14 basketball team and will play in the county championships next week.
Hockey:
U14D: Josh
U16B: Divine
U15C: The terrible twins Kabi and Seb will strike fear into the opposition!
Football:
1st: Alikhan
3rd: Tizian
4th: Ben Watson
U16A: Felix (who is also VC)
U15A: Makar (playing a year up no less!)
Richard will test himself in the county table tennis championships this weekend.
The rowers will continue to beast themselves in preparation for great things too of course!
This weekend will be a chilled one, ready for another week of exams and settling in together!
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