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HOUSE SPIRIT
SENIOR SCHOOL HOUSE
Also at the Prep School, our themed
CHAMPIONS FOR 23/24 WERE:
immersive activity weeks for our boarders
House Netball (Senior): Victoria
o昀昀er them unique enrichment activities,
House Netball (Junior): Pembroke
the chance to try new things, enhance
House Cricket (Senior): Moreau
skills, build teamwork, have fun together
House Cricket (Junior): Garrett
and support each other. To mark the
House Rugby (Senior): Stradbroke
beginning of the Spring Term, our Prep
House Badminton (Senior): Rendlesham
School boarders experienced the
House Tennis (Senior): Victoria
wizarding world of Harry Potter with a
magical week of events and activities.
Traditional calendar events are also
Starting o昀昀 the week, just like Harry
celebrated with house spirit. For
Potter’s 昀椀rst day at Hogwarts, pupils were
Halloween, our pupils and boarders
sorted into Hogwarts houses before an
embraced spooky season as pupils
evening of ‘potions’ in the science labs
turned detectives with a Murder Mystery
and wand making in the DT workshops
Night, fancy dress parties and pumpkin
with their fellow Gry昀케ndor, Hu昀툀epu昀昀,
carving as boarders teamed up to sculpt
Ravenclaw and Slytherin classmates.
and design some spooktacular Jack O’
Other activities throughout the week
Lanterns. There was plenty of festive
included a Horcrux Escape Room – where
cheer and wonderful activities available
pupils worked together against the clock
for our boarders throughout December –
to 昀椀nd all the hidden horcruxes to defeat
from Christmas sports events, festive visits
Voldemort and escape the common
to Southwold, the Framlingham Christmas
room – as well as a classic Harry Potter
light switch on, Christmas house dinners,
昀椀lm night complete with sweet treats from
tree decorating, and Secret Santa gift
‘Honeydukes Sweet Shop’.
exchanges.
For the 昀椀nal evening, pupils dressed to
In the spring, our Senior School pupils
impress as their favourite Harry Potter
looked forward to the annual House
characters and headed to the ‘Grand Hall’
Easter Egg Hunt which takes place across
for the closing Hogwarts house dinner
our grounds, while our Prep School
‘feast’, before gathering in the common
pupils had a fantastic afternoon during
room for a wonderful reading of ‘The
our annual Pancake Day Races, as the
Philosopher’s Stone’ by Principal Louise
four houses went head-to-head to sprint
North.
the fastest and 昀氀ip the most pancakes
in the quickest time. Congratulations to
Gainsborough for a brilliant 昀椀rst place win,
followed by Britten in second, Constable in
third and Wolsey in fourth.
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