Y7, 8 & 9 Inter-House Chess Competition

First, thanks to Mr Watson and Miss Lacey for organising this.

Following on from the successful Y10 & 11 competition held before Christmas, this begins on Monday 13th January. Our entrants are:

+ 7S: Jacob Calvert (Reserve: Thomas Beecroft)
+ 8S: Nathaniel Hillman (Reserve: Karanjot Chhatwal)
+ 9S: Alfie Caine (Reserve: Rohan Sharma)

Here are the details:

• The competition will be taking place between Monday 13th and Friday 17th January.
• All matches will take place in MA4 at lunchtime. You must arrive promptly at 1.00pm and 12.05pm on Wednesday.
• There is to be one applicant from each form. One from each year group.
• A win will be worth 3 points, a draw 1 and a loss 0.
• If a player is unable to attend a game, another person from the House and year group (the reserve) may take their place or automatic win to the opponent. In the event that neither competitors show up, they will both score 0.
• Players entering will earn House Points dependent on what position they finish.
• Games start at 1:05pm or there is a forfeit of the game. Early lunch passes should be provided by your Head of House if necessary.

Our matches are taking place on:

+ Monday 13th - versus Telford
+ Tuesday 14th - versus Brunel
+ Wednesday 15th - versus Darwin
* Thursday 16th - NO MATCH *
+ Friday 17th - versus Newton

Good luck to all competing. Thanks for representing the House.

Mr Jarrett
PJarrett@wgsb.org.uk

House Charity @ 10th January

I'm pleased to say that our charity total is now £514.55. Thanks to everyone who's contributed to date. Donations by form are:

+ 7S: £44.77
+ 8S: £33.34
+ 9S: £24.01
+ 10S: £73.07
+ 11S: £13.60
+ Y12: £76.52
+ Y13: £85.65

The balance of £176.99 comprises the money collected on 13th, 20th, 27th September and 06th December (which wasn’t broken down by form), £14.23 carried over from 2012/13 (which wasn't included in the final cheque to EllenorLions in July) and the £103.00 raised at the Display Auction on 16th December.

I'd like to thank Miss Alcock for her excellent work - yet again - for the House. Before Christmas, not only did she organise and run the Display Auction, she also oversaw the successful 'Wilmington Bake Off' Inter House competition which proved extremely popular. I think there'll be demand for that to be repeated next year, Miss!

To have raised so much since September for The Parents Consortium is a great achievement and I'd like to thank everyone for their generosity, particularly Y10, 12 and 13 for setting such a great example to the younger students.

Have a great weekend.

Mr Jarrett
PJarrett@wgsb.org.uk

House Points @ 10th January

The latest positive and negative House Point comparison is:

1. Newton: 11573
2. Stevenson: 11438
3. Darwin: 10958
4. Telford: 10882
5. Brunel: 9672

As you can see, it's very close indeed at the top so let's see if we can resume the lead in the coming weeks. Well done to the highest achievers in their respective forms, who are:

7S - Matthew Lecoq: 277
8S - Karanjot Chhatwal: 154
9S - Reuben McQueen: 159
10S - Joshua Bunce: 135
11S - Girgio Savva: 73
Year 12 - Elizabeth Cornford: 170
Year 13 - David Roddy: 71

Thanks everyone. Keep up the good work.

Mr Jarrett
PJarrett@wgsb.org.uk