House Points @ 27th February

Good news!  We’ve moved up one place from fifth to fourth and are now not far off third place.  Here’s how things stood on Monday:

 Telford - 9959 (20.3%)
 Darwin - 9921 (20.3%)
 Newton - 9734 (19.9%)
 Stevenson - 9690 (19.8%)
 Brunel - 9664 (19.7%)

Congratulations to everyone who has contributed to this total, particularly our top performers who are:

 7S:  Karanjot Chhatwal & Nathaniel Hillman - 107
 8S:  Connor Weeden - 135
 9S:  Peter Farmer - 165
 10S:  Sam Boorer - 98
 11S:  James Cushway - 81
 6S1:  Kishanthan Johnson - 74
 6S2:  Matthew Williams - 75

Well done - keep up the good work.

Mr Jarrett

House Charity Total @ 27th February

Up to Friday 15th February, our charity total was £1067.93. The breakdown is as follows:

 £709.63 (total at Friday 08th Feb)
 £136.50 (non-uniform day – 15th Feb)
 £13.70 (additional donations – 15th Feb)
 £208.10 (Pancake sales on 12th & 15th Feb)

So, as you can see, it was an amazing last week of term in which our fundraising total increased by an incredible £358.30.  I’d like to especially thank Miss Alcock and her amazing team of student (and staff) helpers for their outstanding efforts.  Last year’s total of £1522.00 is now well within our grasp.

In addition, George Stephen in 8S raised £32 last term (not included above) through sales of a booklet of short stories.  I know he has plans to repeat this and once I know exactly how much he’s raised in total I’ll re-blog with an updated figure.

Thanks for all you’re doing to support the House.  It’s much appreciated.

Mr Jarrett

House Points @ 08th February

Up to last Friday you had been awarded 8932 House Points.  Here's how we compare with the other Houses:

1.  Telford - 9308 (20.4%)
2.  Darwin - 9258 (20.3)
3.  Newton - 9051 (19.9%)
4.  Brunel - 9012 (19.8%)
5.  Stevenson - 8932 (19.6%)

As you can see, we're only 80 points behind Brunel and 119 behind Newton, so please keep trying your best because there's no reason why we can't improve our overall standing sooner rather than later.  Although it's a marathon and not a sprint, let's not be complacent though because the sooner we can redress the balance the better.  Although I'm not overly concerned about our current position, I really do not want to finish in last place again this year.  I hope you feel the same.

However, I'd like to finish on a positive note by congratulating everyone who has contributed to our current total, especially the boys listed below who are the highest achieving students in their respective forms:

• Karanjot Chhatwal (7S) - 107
• Connor Weeden (8S) - 129
• Peter Farmer (9S) - 139
• Sam Boorer (10S) - 94
• James Cushway (11S) - 77
• Kishanthan Johnson (6S1) - 72
• Matthew Williams (6S2) - 69

Well done, boys - keep up the good work.  

Mr Jarrett     

House Charity Total @ 08th February

Our fundraising total up to last Friday is £705.05.  This works out at £4.02 per student since September.  Given that our end-of year target is £2000, it's fair to say that we have a lot of work to do to reach that milestone.  As I've said before, if every student in Stevenson (there are 175) gave 20 pence each week then we would raise £1330 by the end of this academic year.  That, coupled with money raised as a result of other fundraising events, should mean that £2000 is a tough but realistic target.

I'm pleased that students in both 7S and 8S have made some excellent suggestions to boost our fundraising total.  Dan, Tom and I are meeting next week to see what we can do to make as many of their ideas happen.  These events, together with money raised through my participation in the Paddock Wood half marathon in April - and several non-uniform days, the next of which takes place on Friday 15th February - will I hope mean that we can all be really proud of our efforts by the end of July.

Thanks for your generosity so far but there's so much more to do, so please make sure you play your part. Remember, this isn't about where we finish in the end-of-year House rankings as is usually the case.  It's simply about trying to trying to honour the wishes of Mr White and his family by raising as much as we possibly can for such a worthwhile and deserving cause.

Mr Jarrett