This week

I've been feeling a certain amount of guilt about the quietness of the Burr Blog.

This last week has had some great moments: the floodlit rugby at Henley Hawks was a great innovation, with half the school (uincluding half of Burr) travelling down to support our 1st XV, who lost 25-17 to Merchant Taylors, but provided good spectacle under the lights.

There have been Maths exams for year 11.

Harry Kim won another Maths prize.

Matron feels that rooms really could be a bit tidier - and there were signs of improvement by the end of the week.

Several Burr boys will feature in the Headmaster's Academic Awards next week - I won't spoil his announcements by revealing what I have seen by previewing his complex spreadsheets.

I've seen several parents from huge distances passing through - one Mum came from Cairo to watch the rugby on Friday, another is visiting from Tanzania, and a Dad is over on business from Hong Kong.

Mrs L. has to call the fire brigade when she and her sister found a smouldering campfire in a wood near their mother's in Nottinghamshire - they sent three fire engines to deal with the flames flaring up in the warm dry wind.

And now I'm in the Deputy Headmaster's detention - supervising rather too many Burr boys who are all falling behind with their work, so they earn the opportunity to put that right with an extra 90 minutes of quiet study before doing more relaxing things. As the Headmaster is fond of saying, you make your choice; there is a risk, there will be consequences.