House Drama

Hugo, Finlay, Joachim, Zeb and Will all took part in House Drama yesterday representing Burr House. The boys worked very hard on their act during the afternoon and at the end the judges decided the it had come down to just two houses with just one point separating them. Orchard won with Burr a close second.

The overall results were as follows:

1^st – Orchard

2^nd – Burr

3^rd – Skipwith

Thank you to Mr Alcock, Mr Bluck and Mr Jones for judging and Miss Unwin and Mrs Pearson for organising.

Below are some very fetching pictures of the boys:

National Schools Regatta

At the start of half term rowing squads from all year groups competed in the National School's Regatta in Nottingham.

The 1st VIII were very successful and got a Silver medal in a boat which contained Dom Parnell.

The Championship Coxed IV also achieved a Silver medal and again Dom Parnell was a member of the crew.

Finally the J15A Coxed Quad won a Bronze medal of which Hugo Oglina was a member of the crew.

Well Done Boys!

Y10 Drama Performance

Last night George Martin, Finn Arbuckle and Kerim Philiskirk were all involved in a Drama performance as part of their GCSE work on the Skipwith lawn. The work about war was watched by a large number of boarders and parents and the performance received many complements. Below you can see some pictures:

Art Work Published

Rob Downing a Year 11 boy in Burr has had artwork he has painted published in the School Advertiser magazine. A link to the page in the magazine can be found here.

Edinburgh Fringe

Students from Shiplake are going to be performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer. Tickets are available from here. You will see that the group is called Scruffy Penguin and the image shown on the page was created and drawn by George Martin. George who is really into his art should be very proud of his work which is displayed on the website of an international festival. See the drawing below:

House Athletics

Last Friday was the Senior House Athletics promptly followed by the Junior House Athletics on Monday. The weather was nice allowing the girls and boys of Burr to complete in the 100m, 200m, 400m, Long Jump and Shot Put. The results are shown below and lots of photos have been added to the Photo Gallery which can be accessed from the blog home page. Well done to everybody especially the girls who came first!

Seniors
1st Orchard
2nd Skipwith
3rd Burr
4th Everett
5th Welsh

Juniors
1st Everett
2nd Orchard
3rd Burr
4th Skipwith
5th Welsh

Girls
1st Burr
2nd Everett
3rd Orchard
4th Skipwith
5th Welsh

Young Enterprise - Lumijars

Over the last few months Dan DiGuilio and Harry Marsden have been part of creating a company which has had great success selling Lumijars. The company has had so much success that they were entered into the Young Enterprise Regional Finals where they won awards for the Best Interview and Company Stand. Well Done Boys!

Below are some picture of them from a trade fare in Stratford-Upon-Avon where they made £120 selling the product: