House Events
Team Maths Challenge
The House Maths Team Challenge was completed during activity time this week with over 35 contestants from Years 7 and 8. There was a great atmosphere and the pupils really seemed to enjoy themselves.
We also had eight helpers from Years 11 and 12, who acted as adjudicators and scorers; they were very helpful and also enjoyed the event.
Well done to everybody involved, including those supporting their friends and Houses.
The scores were as follows:
Year 7
1st Penningtons 60
2nd School 45
3rd Listons 33
4th Howarths 30
Year 8
1st Howarths 60
2nd School 51
3rd Penningtons 42
4th Listons 33
As at 10th February the overall House Competition standings are;
1st Penningtons 140 pts
2nd School 135 pts
3rd Howarths 130 pts
4th Listons 125 pts
Lower School Merits
1st Listons 410
2nd Penningtons 383
3rd Howarths 351
4th School 330
Over 80% of the Lower School pupils received merits this term
On average each pupil received six merits
Nine pupils received more than twenty merits
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Most merits in Year 7 |
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Girl |
Rachel Hyde |
23 |
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Boy |
Harrison Wilde |
28 |
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Most merits in Year 8 |
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Girl |
Maria Milesi |
26 |
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Boy |
Matthew Swallow |
15 |
Netball and Hockey
The girls inter house sports competitions got off to a highly competitive start with each house winning one of the age group competitions. Many girls took part and enjoyed playing competitive netball and hockey matches against each other. Well done to all competitors who worked hard to do their very best for their respective house teams.
The next round of competitions will take place at the end of the Spring term - Years 7,9 and 10 and seniors in a hockey tournament and Year 8 in netball.
1. Listons 2. School 3. Howarths 4. Penningtons
Junior Girls Hockey Competition (Year 8)
1. School 2. Howarths 3. Penningtons 4. Listons
Intermediate Girls Netball (Years 9 & 10)
1= Howarths 1= School 3. Penningtons 4. Listons
1. Penningtons 2= School 2= Listons 4. Howarths
Drama
Many congratulations to the winners of the House drama competition, Natasha Dagger and Rachel Hammond of Howarths. The runners-up were Megan Bruce and Isobel Clark of Listons. Megan also won the prize for the 'best indivdual performance' of the competition.
Hard Spell
This week children in Years 7 and 8 have notched up an impressive list of correctly spelt words as they battled it out to gain the Hard Spell title.
The final sixteen who made it through to the house teams had to fight off stiff competition from many other pupils. Indeed, throughout the preliminary rounds, the English Department has been very impressed by pupils' standard of spelling and, more importantly, their enthusiasm.
In the semi-finals on Tuesday competitors from Listons beat those from School House. Listons were represented by Megan Bruce, Isobel Clark, Simran Singh and Anish Verma; School by Jacob Ingham Gore, Michael Smith, Eleanor Greenhalgh and Clifford Price. Well done to all involved.
In the second semi-final on Wednesday Penningtons were victorious against Howarths. The competitors were Harry Wilde, Fatima Safri, Ishani Ghosh and Rachel Hyde for Penningtons and Natasha Dagger, Anna Marsland, Asim Iqbal and Jack Bottomley for Howarths. This meant that Penningtons played Listons in the final.
The closely fought contest between Penningtons and Listons remained tied until the last few rounds when Penningtons managed to inch ahead and gain a sweep of correctly spelt words. Well done to all involved.
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ROUND |
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LISTONS |
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PENNINGTONS |
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1 |
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1 |
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2 |
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2 |
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3 |
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4 |
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3 |
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2 |
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0 |
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4 |
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2 |
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2 |
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5 |
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2 |
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6 |
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RUNNING TOTALS |
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10 |
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14 |
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