A New Young Hockey Umpire

Congratulations to Orchard's Sam Cooke (Year 11) who has completed and passed his hockey umpire qualifications. Hopefully he knows more of the rules than some of the staff, eh Mr. Mallins?

Every Cloud...

Although the snow has caused a few logistical headaches, we at the blog are very pleased that for the rest of the week we are allowed to wear our own warm clothes to school!

Inter-House Art Competition Results

Sadly, we were not able to hold on to this trophy this year with Orchard ending up in second place behind a worthy Welsh House. Nevertheless, there were some really outstanding individual performances from the Orchard cohort. JACK LEIGH came second in the Year 9 photography class with TOM WILLIAMS winning the Year 9 drawing competition. TOM DALE came second in the Year 10 painting event and TOM HOWE picked up another second place in the printing category of the Year 13 competition. And finally, in the Year 12 painting section, OSCAR BURGESS and HUX LOUDON came in first and second places respectively. Well done to all participants and congratulations to all the prize winners!

Photos from some of these artists will be posted soon!