It has been a warm half term, though with not much sun or rain. The weather forecast yesterday said there would be rain this morning, and they were definitely right: some of it has been almost torrential. It began at about 0900; it is still raining now (1145), but they say it should be brighter this afternoon. We will see if they maintain this accuracy ...
Taken at 1030
The fitful alternations of the rain,
When the chill wind, languid as with pain
Of its own heavy moisture, here and there
Drives through the gray and beamless atmosphere
Shelley (1792-1822)
... and they are still right!
Taken at 1600
Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
While barrèd clouds bloom the soft-dying day
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river-sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
The redbreast whistles from a garden-croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.
Keats (1795-1821)
Isn't it interesting how young these two romantic poets were when they died! Shelley was 30, Keats just 27.
Where are the songs of spring? Ay, where are they?
I'm afraid that this is of no particular concern. The weather, as predicted by the Met Office, is great: notice blue sky compared to previous grey sky. For the moment, my interest is focused on Paula Radcliffe (I hope) about to win the NewYork Marathon. It will be tight ...
... 1930: A good run, but a bit disappointing. Only fourth! (I'd have been very happy with that in my running days!) |
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House Competition - 2 November |
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After this very long 'week' Jenkins are once more the victors.
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This evening was yet another fantastic display from the chefs:
The Caldicott Addams Family. Like the real thing, a bit scary but actually harmless
THE ADDAMS HALLOWE’EN MENU
APERITIF
Fester’s Cocktail - Bermuda Triangle (drink too much and you get lost)
MAIN COURSE
Gomez’s Braised Baboon Brains, cooked slowly in Morticia’s French Fiery Sauce, and served with Wednesday’s & Pugsley’s Worms, dug up from the Addams Crypt topped with Fester’s Cheesy Foot Shavings
DESSERT
Thing’s Thing!!! Jellified, of course
HALLOWE'EN TREATS
Freshly picked bogle popcorn
THING’S SURPRISE LUCKY DIP
Ready and waiting
IT’S HALLOWE’EN - BY THE CHEFS
The chef’s nowhere to be seen,
So we called the Addams family to
Provide a spooky theme.
There will be Gomez & Morticia
Uncle Fester & Thing,
Wednesday & Pugsley
& Lurch, who can dance & sing.
So as this evening draws near
There is nothing to fear
The food will be done
And you all will have fun.
Happy Hallowe’en!
Even the teachers joined in
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There were a pleasing number of Superstars and Highly Commendeds this morning:
AWARDS
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| SUPERSTAR |
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| English |
J Bell |
| Geography |
R Mendis, A Nicol, O Parsons, J Rogers |
| Music Performance |
R Marshall, H Starey, JJ Wong |
| Reading in Chapel |
N Brown |
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| HIGHLY-COMMENDED |
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| Art |
D Birkinshaw, E Pycroft, T Wildblood |
| Divinity |
T Ren |
| English |
J Awdry, G Bracken, E Eyton, A Shoff |
| French |
N Brown (x2) |
| Geography |
S Ahmed, F Andreae, O Arzt-Jones, G Atkinson, N Brown, R Dick, F Eglinton, H Kirkby, T McCullagh, M Mirzan, B Nunn, A Peters, C Plant, M Temple |
| History |
S Aspland-Robinson, G Blandford-Newson, B Tholstrup |
| ICT |
G Thompson, H Wakefield |
| Latin |
J You |
| Music Performance |
G Green, H Nicol |
| Photography |
H Kirkby |
| Reading in Chapel |
F Andreae, A Peters |
Then came even more! Earlier in October there was a Maths Challenge at The Oratory School, where we put in two teams form the Fourth Forms. This is The Oratory's description of the competition:
Nineteen schools (152 children) took part in the half day challenge earlier this month. The challenge comprised two phases - the first a series of different estimations which required the students to model real-life situations and use a little ingenuity, and the second a relay where each team had a maximum of two attempts at a question before moving on to the following question.
Caldicott 'A' Team (J Awdry, A Shoff, C Temple, J You): Category position 5th/14, Overall position 11th/38
Caldicott 'B' Team (D Birkinshaw, J-y Jung, E Pycroft, S Trew): Category position 10th/14, Overall position 30th/38
The Headmaster awarded certificates to all of those boys.
This was a relatively short Assembly. However, there will be another on Saturday morning to describe the arrangements, and stress the importance of safety on the famous Caldicott Bonfire Night.
Finally, pictures of the three Highly-Commended awards for Art:
E Pycroft (10.07)
T Wildblood (10.05)
D Birkinshaw (10.11)
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During Focus Week the 1st and 2nd Form boys were taught how to do French Knitting. This skill was difficult at first but the frustration of picking up the dropped stitches was soon overcome and the boys were seen sitting in the courtyard hard at work on this new craze. They were then asked to take their work home and bring it back to school after the holidays so that we could see who had made the longest piece. As a maths challenge the boys were then asked to measure and compare the finished items. Here you can see the results of the competition:
Note from AGP: I remember doing this when I was their age, in the late 'fifties. In those days we used cotton reels. They were made of wood, rather than the plastic we use today, so four nails could be hammered in to make the bobbin. We used to call it corkwork. Does anyone else remember this? |
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