Busy busy

It seems to have been a hectic week. Mrs Lowndes has been orchestrating the collection of funs for the Poppy Appeal - one collecting tin (from the village, not the College) included:

a plectrum

a screw

a piece of all-Bran (her favourite contribution)

East Caribbean 10 cents piece

2 Rands

pre-Euro Deutschmarks

1 Bank of Scotland Pound

Various Burr boys were involved in a puzzle evening at the Babbage Society on Thursday (thanks to Mr Starr and his phone for photo surveillance).













All of year 9 and many others have been involved in preparations for tonight's concert. 9 of the year 12 boys have disappeared on a Geography Field Course - year 12 have started doing duties which run from waking everyone else, to putting them to bed several hours later.



Matron Julie Hardy has been unwell, but we have managed somehow with lots of help from Mrs L, and the Laundry Ladies.

Charlie Boutwood and others continue to plan a Duke of Edinburgh Gold expedition by sailing, which I think is first for Shiplake, and unusual anyway - a considerable challenge for planning and preparation. He and other CCF members have been preparing for the Remembrance Day parade on Sunday, when we join other organisations under command of the Royal British Legion at the war memorial in the village - this is after our school service, in the Great Hall at 1045. All are welcome.


Maintenance man Mark Long has built a wall, with a door in it, for what will become known (optimistically, perhaps) as The Quiet Room, with three computers in it and enough space to work on prep. One regular quiet user is Curtis Tseng, who sat the UK Mathematics Challenge this week and found it "quite hard" which makes a change for him.


We cheered Shinsuke Haskimoto's birthday, the election victory of Barack Obama, and Ollie Warkins-Murphy's contribution to the Food Committee.


And in between all this excitement, lessons, sport, meals and reading the papers continues.