Monday 8 December 2014

Div. Ergo Champions 2014!

Hesperus retained their Div. Ergo title this afternoon with a great performance in Drake Hall. Well done to team captain Luke Towers and all the boys who raced and supported. Thanks to Matthew Montgomery for taking the photos.



































Tuesday 2 December 2014

Muster 02/12/2014

Hesperus Muster

Praise
  • Well done to the 1XV, 16A, 14A and 14B teams who won their rugby matches against Worth School on Saturday.
  • Angus Findlay and Will Owen who performed brilliantly in their GCSE Drama assessment on Friday.
  • Well done with Parade on Sunday.
Gail & Jack's Room Inspection - 25/11/2014

Well done to the following boys who received 10/10:

Tommy Hessian, Sam Holloway, Louis Winter, Kenny Xu, Ed Chapman, Ed Digby, Philip Garnier, Jack James, Tom Paine, Jamie Perring, Bertie Pugh, Nick Riley, Angus Findlay, Rory Findlay, Tom Nash, Nathan Wang, Seb Bearn, Adam Cook, Hugo Dwerryhouse, George Lacey, Matthew Montgomey, Alex O'Sullivan, Tom Perring, Olly Rogers, Finn Slevin, Ed Winter, Alex Carr, Olly Chapman, Harry Farrant, Charles Guest, Seb Guest, Joe Holloran, Stuart McLeish, Will Read

Merits

See previous post

Student of the Week

Matthew Montgomery for his prodigious accumulation of Merits (nine in two weeks)

This weekend
  • Rugby & Hockey Dinner on Saturday
  • Cinema trip on Saturday
  • Sunday - boarders' trip to Newbury Christmas Market (11.30)
End of Term

I will send an end of term plan later but the highlights are:
  • Monday 8 December - Div. Ergo (14.30) & Fireworks (19.00)
  • Tuesday 9 December - Senior Div. Touch Rugby (14.30), House Party (18.45), College Disco (20.30), 6 Form Medway (21.00)
Thought for the Week

Harry Farrant spoke to the house about learning from failure.

SDCH

Merits

Well done to the following boys who received Merits last week:

Pearson, Cameron Hesperus 3S 1
Xu, Kenny Hesperus 3S 1
Perring, Jamie Hesperus 4S 1
Garnier, Philip Hesperus 4S 1
Newcombe, Ollie Hesperus 5S 1
Bunyan, Max Hesperus 5S 1
Montgomery, Matthew Hesperus L6S 4
Rogers, Olly Hesperus L6S 2









Friday 28 November 2014

Parade Cup - it all comes down to this Sunday...

Hesperus are in joint 1st place in the race to this term's Parade Cup. Win on Sunday and we win the cup!

College Sunday Parade Scoring Sheet
Michaelmas Term 2014
Division         TOTAL so Far
  14-Sep-14 05-Oct-14 09-Nov-14 30-Nov-14  
HARBINGER 14 16 16 ? 46
ILLAWARRA 14.5 14.5 15 ? 44
HESPERUS 15 15.5 16.5 ? 47
PORT JACKSON 14.5 15.5 15 ? 45
ST GEORGE 14 16 17 ? 47
MACQUARIE 14.5 15 15 ? 44.5
BAND 14 14.5 15.5 ? 44

Tuesday 25 November 2014

Merit Table

Here is the total of Merits received by each Division since their introduction last week.

Well done boys!

Form
Div 3 4 5 L6 U6 total per division
H 8 4 5 3 2 22
             
S 8 3 10 6 2 29
             
I 4 4 2 7 7 24
             
Q 10 4 6 0 3 23
             
PJ 3 3 6 0 0 12
             
ST G 10 1 7 7 1 26
Total 43 19 36 23 15 136

Muster 25/11/2014

Hesperus Muster

Praise
  • Well done to the 1XV Rugby players and everyone who supported them last Wednesday. A great victory against The Oratory. Joe Holloran and Will Read, in particular, deserve a special mention. Due to injury they were unable to play but remained positive and supported the team wholeheartedly despite their disappointment.
  • Olly Rogers performed very well at the St. Cecilia's Concert last Thursday.
  • Well done to the boys who received Distinctions and the Silver D of E Awards in Assembly yesterday.
Room Inspection - Mr Bamforth (18/11/14)
  • Mr Bamforth awarded no 10/10 - what would you expect from a former Macquarie Housemaster!
  • He would like to see more inspirational quotes in rooms and pupils working in rooms when he comes in.
Merits

I am yet to a receive a full list but the following boys received Merits this week:

Matthew Montgomery (5), Ollie Newcombe (3), Max Bunyan, Seth Grieve, Tom Hird, Louis Winter (2), George Liu, Ian Mucklejohn, Kenny Xu

Student of the Week

Alex Carr made a joint award this week - Max Bunyan and Ollie Newcombe - for their prodigious accumulation of Commendations / Merits and outstanding effort grades.

College Sunday

Harry Farrant spoke to the boys about the upcoming parade. If we do well then we have a chance of wining the Parade Cup. No. 1 uniform to be perfect and let's work hard during parade practice this week!

Thought for the Week

Joe Holloran (Chief of College) spoke to the boys about preparation and used the example of former Ireland Rugby player, Brian O'Driscoll, whose preparation was always meticulous. Joe challenged the house to go the extra mile and surprise teachers with extra work or early submission of prep!

SDCH

Thursday 20 November 2014

Muster 18/11/2014

Hesperus Muster

Praise
  • Well done to the 5 Form Musicians who performed last week: Charlie Riley, Chris Heathwood and Rylan Li.
  • Congratulations to Will Read and Olly Chapman on their promotion to Cadet Captain.
  • Good luck to the boys playing Rugby against The Oratory tomorrow.

Commendations

A list of boys who received Commendations and the new Merits is on the previous post. Commendations are no more but Merits, which are replacing Commendations, are essentially the same thing.

Gail & Jack's Room Inspection (11/11/2014)

The following boys received 10/10:

Christophe Dent, Finn Ellison, Ian Mucklejohn, Cameron Pearson, Luca van der Wyck, Ed Chapman, Hamish Farrant, Seth Grieve, Jake Lawrance, Jack James, Josh Orton, Hamish Owen, Tom Paine, Angus Findlay, Rory Findlay, Chris Heathwood, Tom Hird, Tom Nash, Ollie Newcombe, Charlie Riley, Seb Bearn, Adam Cook, Hugo Dwerryhouse, Jon Grieve, George Lacey, Matthew Montgomery, Alex O'Sullivan, Rory Pearson, Ed Winter, Alex Carr, Olly Chapman, Charles Guest, Seb Guest, Joe Holloran, Stuart McLeish, Will Read, Luke Towers

Student of the Week

Alex Carr awarded this prestigious title to....Kenny Xu for his great approach towards prep.

Exeat Weekend

Have a good rest - only a short time to Christmas break but a very busy period. It's been a really good three weeks since half-term. Well done and keep it up.

Thought for the Week

Mr Phillps spoke to the House about the need to pay attention to detail. Not just with your work but all aspects of life.

SDCH

Commendations & Merits

The death knell is sounding for Commendations at Pangbourne College and the new system of Merits beginning. This week's commendations will be the last ones. Merits will now be awarded in their place.

Same thing, different name.

Well done to the following boys who received (the last) Commendations and Merits last week:

Pupil  Commendation  Merit Total
Doyle, Harrison   1 1
Hessian, Tomas   2 2
Mucklejohn, Ian 1 1 2
Winter, Louis   2 2
Xu, Kenny   1 1
Grieve, Seth   1 1
Orton, Josh 1   1
Perring,  Jamie   2 2
Batchelor, Chris   1 1
Bunyan, Max   3 3
Hird, Tom   1 1
Newcombe,  Ollie   1 1
Montgomery, Matthew   1 1
Perring, Tom 1   1
Rogers, Olly   1 1
Guest, Seb   1 1
Liu, George   1 1

Here is the first Merit table. Well done boys!

12th November to 18th November
Form
Div 3 4 5 L6 U6 tot per division
H 7 2 2 2 1 14
         
S 7 3 6 2 2 20
             
I 3 4 2 4 6 19
             
Q 6 4 2 0 3 15
             
PJ 3 2 2 0 0 7
             
ST G 5 1 2 3 1 12
             
total per week 31 16 16 11 13 87