The end of the spring term has seen a flurry of House activities, from sporting to music to Scrabble. The House badminton and table tennis were organized by the PE Department and the rewards spread across all four Houses. In the badminton the winners were Year 10 Radcliffe, Year 9 Skynner, Year 8 and Year 7 Mattocke. In table tennis the winners were Year 10 Pierson, Year 9 Skynner, Year 8 Radcliffe and Year 7 Mattocke.
Overall. Radcliffe and Skynner claimed joint first for badminton followed by Mattocke then Pierson. In the table tennis Skynner were the combined victors followed by Pierson, and Radcliffe and Mattocke with joint bronze. Well done to all the players. The eagerly anticipated House hockey is being played this week and the results will be out in the summer term.
The Music Competition is a huge undertaking and a real showcase of the talents of our able musicians and singers at HBS. Mrs Strachan and the team enjoyed listening to all the performers and the standard was incredibly high. The results of the competition can be found elsewhere in this newsletter, but in terms of overall participation there was a tie between Skynner and Pierson, with Radcliffe then followed by Mattocke. Thank you to all in the Music Department who worked so hard to put on this annual event.
Mr Cook undertook the organisation of the Scrabble competition. Year 11 have yet to play but the other years have been busy puzzling out words to confound their rivals. In both Year 7 and Year 8 the overall winners were Pierson. In Year 9 and Year 10 Mattocke seized victory.
In the MFL World Book Day Competition the winners were Finley in Year 7 (Skynner), Reuben in Year 8 (Pierson), and Samuel in Year 10 (Radcliffe). Thank you to the MFL department for their termly competitions and support for the House system at HBS.
Last but not least, the reward points for the last two weeks' of term have been added up, boosted by the R3 and R4 end of term achievements. Radcliffe were on top, followed by Pierson, Mattocke and then Skynner.
Drum roll please …… when all the points have been added up for this last busy period and then added to the previous totals there has been a shift in the rankings. A stunning half term by Pierson have pushed them to 229 points, with Radcliffe in second on 217, Mattocke hard on their heels with 213 and Skynner valiantly bringing up the rear with 148.
The summer term has the promise of Sports Day, the Swimming Gala and so much more – all still to strive for! Per ardua ad alta.
Ms Rogers, House Coordinator
Puzzling over the best word
Many students took part in the music competition