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HOUSE SUMMARIES

Stonehill

s the newest addition to the Gold Duke of Edinburgh practice
Bloxham’s houses, Stonehill made expedition in Wales.
A its mark with several triumphs.
The many social events we have
As a house, we have enjoyed competing in attended over the year have been fun
Bloxham’s competitions. For house drama, but the highlight was joining forces with
we all decided on ET, with Caitlyn Kennedy Crake, in April, for our house dance: a highly
playing a key role in organising the script and entertaining night.
production of our performance. Sienna Callen-
Franklin did an excellent job playing the role of ET and Overall, this year has been a new experience for us,
some of the boys were cast as female characters, which since most us are new to the school, and being the first ever
they executed hilariously. The competition also included a year in Stonehill has been very exciting. We have benefitted
monologue piece, and congratulations go to Louis Garnier, from Mrs White’s support as we have adjusted to our new
who performed a powerful piece and drew praise from the surroundings. Our new Matron, Elaine Herbert, is also a
audience and judges. great addition to our house, as she is kind and caring and
willing to help us at any time. Sadly, we have said goodbye
The next house competition was debating, in which Harri to some fellow students, Hector Stapleton, Louis Garnier
Barnden, Jack Rigby, Harry Horrocks and Matthew Paul and Caitlyn Kennedy, who are all very much missed from
represented our house. Each debating team had a motion in Stonehill House. We are also saying goodbye to our Assistant
which they debated for and against. Debates included: should Housemaster and boys’ tutor, Mr Hudson, who will be moving
British sign language be part of the national curriculum? and to Crake as Housemaster; he will be very missed by all of us
the statements: euthanasia should be legalised in the UK, and and we wish him good luck with his next endeavour. We
protecting the public from terrorism should come before civil welcome Mr Hussain and Mrs Moyle. We hope next year will
liberties. Harri Barnden was chosen as Best Speaker for his be just as exciting and triumphant as our first year as a house.
performance in the sign language debate.
Eva Whitworth, Lower Sixth
We also took part in squash, swimming and chess, in which
our House Captain, Morgan Haylor, was our star player. In
cross country, all our competitors were placed mid-way in
the results table. For house netball, Sienna Callen-Franklin
played for Raymond, which won!

We will also remember the many trips we have experienced
during our studies this year. Stonehill’s drama students
enjoyed a performance of That Face; the historians visited
Paris; and several of us were lucky enough to go on the
business trip to Shanghai. We also celebrated Jack Rigby
taking part in Young Enterprise, where he was a key member
in the team which set up the successful company- Probloq.
Morgan Haylor and Sienna Callen-Franklin participated in
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