House singing competition - Orchard Style!

House music

Watch this space for some videos covering this year's house singing competition with some exclusive behind the scenes interviews with Orchard staff and pupils.

House rowing - results and times

VIII

1^st Skipwith 7.38.5

2^nd Everett 7.52.6

3^rd Orchard 8.12.4

4^th Burr 8.22.9

5^th Welsh 8.56.4

4x

1^st Orchard 8.33.7

2^nd Skipwith 8.51.1

3^rd Welsh 9.04.0

4^th Everett 9.10.6

5^th Burr 11.34.1

2x

1^st Orchard 8.01.8

2^nd Burr 8.09.7

3^rd Skipwith 8.25.3

4^th Welsh 9.15.6

5^th Everett 9.26.5

1x

1^st Everett

2^nd Skipwith

3^rd Burr

4^th Orchard

5^th Welsh

Overall Points

1^st Skipwith 21

2^nd Orchard 18

3^rd Everett 16

4^th Burr 12

5^th Welsh 8

Orchard tutors help Shiplake staff win OVS hockey tournament.

Thanks to skill and expertise of Mr Mannix, Mr Gould and Dr Snellgrove, Shiplake staff were victors in the OVS hockey tournament held this past weekend.  Below are some photos of the intrepid trio in action.  Congratulations gentlemen!

Shiplake Masterchef

Masterchef kicks off at Shiplake College shortly and one of Orchard's previous competitors will, undoubtedly, be honing his skills in preparation for the forthcoming event!

Senior House Hockey

Orchard seniors made a sterling effort to retain their house hockey title but fell just shy this past weekend.  The report below from Mr Fitton gives an account of the afternoon's play:

Many thanks to all of those who made it down to watch at the astro this afternoon (02/03/13) on what I know was a very busy day for most people, and thank you to those who helped organise the house teams to put out a good turnout this afternoon.

It was very pleasing to see the competition played with a great deal of respect between the teams even with the fierce rivalries that can become evident and for other houses’ keepers to play in goal for Everett.  The feedback I have had from the boys so far has been positive on what was a much better afternoon than for the juniors with no snow!

The results from the day:

1^st Welsh

2^nd Orchard

3^rd Burr

4^th Skipwith

5^th Everett 

Mr Fitton

Shiplake quiz night!

Becoming a Prefect - What would you do?

Seven of Orchard’s Year 12 pupils have applied for the role of a prefect for the next academic year.

The process started when we had to first write a letter of application to the Headmaster saying why we would like to become a prefect and why we should become prefects. On Wednesday evening the seven of us (Max Hearnden, Charlie Hancock, Harry Fisher, Oscar Burgess, Alex Collis, Hux Loudoun, Ruaridh Scott) all had our first interviews with both Mr Curtis and Mr Mallins. Both asked us questions on why we should be prefects and why we would like to be prefects. We were all given a situation that as a prefect we could come across and we had to say how we would deal with that situation, the situations varied from catching friends smoking in school, seeing the Headmaster smoke himself on school grounds to Year 10’s not behaving in the lunch queue. The interviews were tough as we were really put on the spot with some questions and had no time to think of the answer. The process has given us a practical insight on how to apply and interview for future careers.

We are currently waiting to see if we are going to make it through to the next stage were we will be interviewed by The Headmaster and other Senior Members of Staff.  

Ruaridh Scott