Valentine's Dinner

This evening our annual Valentine's Dinner took place and despite being nearly a week too early a great time was still had by all. Delicious food was created by the Catering Department and music was provided by Mr Chua, Johnny and Max.  The boys became waiters for the evening and did an amazing job serving the couples.  Most importantly we hope to have raised several hundred pounds for our chosen charity this year: HemiHelp. 

Mr Chua and his band

Bowling and Bake off

Several of the boys went ten pin bowling this weekend.  Thanks to Mr Chua for organising this.  The boys also entered the boarding Bake off organised by Miss Wright.



Callum and Moto with their entry for the bake off



End of January...beginning of February

It has been a really bust week for the boys in Hall over the last seven days.  On Sunday evening the whole boarding community got together to celebrate Burn's Night.  We enjoyed the traditional Scottish food of haggis, neeps and tatties and then all proceeded to the Sports Hall to do some traditional Scottish dances.  The boys were also given the opportunity to have a go at providing the air for the bagpipes!!  Enjoy looking at the photographs below; as you can see, a lot of fun was had.

Antonio, John and Oscar do their best to assist the bag piperer

Callum, Mykyta, Moto and Donald provide some wind!!

Dancing

John persuading Dom to have fun

On Wednesday and Thursday evening no less than TEN of the boys were involved in the GCSE production of, "The 39 Steps".  The show was a huge success and plenty of laughs were had by the audience as they enjoyed this spoof of the John Buchan classic.  Well done to all involved who not only acted but also provided the technical expertise in the form of the lighting and the sound.  Photos to follow soon....

Happy New Year

It is great to see the boys all back safely in the house.  After a good break over the Christmas period, it was straight back to lessons and activities with the 6th form sitting their mocks throughout this first week.
Lots of the boys were involved in hockey matches this weekend - well done to all of those taking part, and lots of the year 10s rehearsed on Sunday afternoon for the up and coming production of extracts from "The 39 Steps".
There was still an opportunity for some down time over the weekend and several of the lads played a bit of JENGA!  As you can see from the photographs below the tension was, at times, palpable!


BEST WISHES FOR 2017 from all in Hall!

Callum carefully removes a block...

Easton contemplates where to go next.

Christmas Celebrations

The end of the calendar year really finished on a high.  The boys got together with the girls from Fonthill for our annual Christmas celebrations and we all went ice skating followed by all 200 of us then descending on Jimmy's World Grill.  It was a great way to end the year and fun was had by all as can be seen from the photographs below.
Earlier in the day we presented Toby with the trophy for Hall House Rugby Player of the season as voted for by the boys. This was after he had already been awarded the school prize for Rugby Player of the season.  It was also great to see Jah collect the award for Most Improved player and Tom get recognition for his superb play when he was awarded his school colours.

First on to the ice...

Some of our year 9s enjoy "Jimmy's" hospitality!

Our successful rugby boys, Tom, Jah and Toby

Hall and Fonthill win House Debating

A massive well done to Maddie and Sam who were crowned House debating Champions 2016.  After their superb win in the first round they were red hot favourites to win the competition and did not disappoint with their strong argument for why the Internet has NOT done more harm than good.

Sam and Maddie

Another week, another birthday!

On Sunday it was Antonio's 15th birthday and on Monday, Vlad also turned 15 so we celebrated with not one but two cakes!  As ever, the boys in the house enjoyed the wonderful creations.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY to room- mates Vlad and Antonio!