Senior House Cricket

Senior House cricket took place on a gloriously sunny Monday afternoon. The Everett team batted first and amassed a strong total, including a very impressive 25 not out in a single over, including 3 sixes from Captain Rory O’Conor who had to retire in this limited over game. We were pleased to welcome Eleanor, the first girl to play cricket for Everett, to the crease, who showed assured batting and good calling in her partnership with Charlie Proctor. Eleanor finished on 8 not out and Charlie 19 not out. Alex Sanderson also contributed to the run total. We also fielded and bowled well, a highlight being a wicket for James Martin off the first ball of his over, he went on to take 2 wickets for just 4 runs. However a mix up in fielding too many players at one point led to a run penalty, but even so we took Burr to the last ball of the last over, before they just clinched a narrow victory. Matthew even stepped up and took on a few balls from Burr’s Fili Savou.

House Chapel Wardens

Congratulations to Jamie Mottram and Myles Smart Everett who have accepted Reverend Cousins invitation to be Everett House Chapel Wardens for 2013/14. I know they will both do a great job looking after the spiritual and pastoral needs of the House. This is an important role in the House and school, much of what they do goes on 'behind the scenes', and a great number of pupils benefit from the support Chapel Wardens provide.

Green fingers

As part of their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze award, Josh Hirst, Austin Burnand, Darien Patel and Charlie Ward have spent this term setting up an allotment in the Orchard. The first stages required the boys to build a solid frame and to clear the land of any loose rocks and weeds – by no means an easy task! The boys have decided to grow a variety of beans and are looking forward to eating them at the end of the summer term. Darien has said he was particularly surprised at just how much the seeds needed watering, particularly with the recent sunshine. We look forward to watching the vegetables grow over the coming weeks.

GCSE performing arts : Oscar helps bring the show to life

On Thursday afternoon the Performing Arts GCSE class performed their own devised play, Look how far we’ve come. The play was centred on two families going to fight for their country, one family set in 1914 France and the other family in 2012 Afghanistan. The play was both moving and exceptionally well acted with a cast of just four actors. Oscar Fagerstrom-Day was responsible for sounding and did an excellent job choosing the music and timing the sound effects to bring the play to life! The play was performed outside in the glorious sun and overlooking the river and was watched by parents, staff and all year 9 and 10 borders. 

House Colours

It was my pleasure to award Mrs Davies her House colours on Thursday. She has been an excellent tutor for Y11 and Y10 pupils, she supports House events and I know Everett is in safe hands when she is on duty. Her colours were a well deserved recognition of all she does for Everett.

Cricket excellence

There has been a lot of great cricket played by the Everett boys this term, but of particular mention two boys earned excellence slips for their efforts last Saturday against Bloxham School. Mr Milburn took a side depleted by injury and unavailability away and was really pleased with Bill Su who took two wickets in his first ever competitive cricket match (in his first over, no less) and was on a hat trick ball.  Bilal Akeil formed a solid batting partnership with Kerim from Burr and contributed excellently to a 35 run stand, with well thought and positive calling and running. Well done to both.

Athletics results

Mr Crisford has just released the results of the Standards competition.
Well done to all Everett pupils, as everyone's score counted. The Girls and Juniors did particularly well.
Mr Bluck took the pictures below on the Junior afternoon.

Seniors

1^st Orchard

2^nd Skipwith

3^rd Burr

4^th Everett

5^th Welsh

Juniors

1st Everett

2nd Orchard

3rd Burr

4^th Skipwith

5^th Welsh

Girls

1^st Burr

2^nd Everett

3^rd Orchard

4^th Skipwith

5^th Welsh

Junior Athletics Standards

Junior Athletics Standards were run on a lovely sunny afternoon. Despite a few boys missing through injury, Y9 and 10 did us proud with some excellent running; Y9 all scored A standards in the 100m sprint! Hassan Rubbani again showed he is one of the fastest runners in the school, whilst Tom Mottram threw the shot putt the furthest in Y10.

Internships for Business students Markus and Will

Well done to Markus Grun and Will Clarke full story by Mr Edwards below.

‘How big can Chattoo become?’ was one of the frequently asked questions at the interviews for a Chattoo internship. Seb Brock, one of the founders of Chattoo, had been impressed by the quality of Shiplake pupils’ questions and input at the recent product trials for the new app. He subsequently invited applications for a 3 month internship.

‘It is a laid-back internship. We will not be contacting you everyday but we want interns to act as a bridge between us and the market,’ Seb told the interns just 24 hours after Chattoo had become available on the App Store. ‘Sadly we are too old to be part of the target market. We need your input and your feedback.’

Chattoo are going for a ‘soft launch’. No money has been invested in advertising the app as yet. Over the coming months the company want to develop the app’s functions and they are looking for ideas from the interns on how they would like to see the app move forward.

With Chattoo’s inclusive approach the interns will be kept informed of business objectives and strategy. Currently the company aim for weekly growth of 10% as they aim to met the targets on their growth matrix. If they can maintain that growth their business mentor believes that they should be able to attract the investment capital which will fund a phase of serious marketing involving technology blogs, television and appearances on stage at events.

‘I can see benefits from using the app for a night out. I would Chattoo my friends,’ said Markus Grun, introducing a new verb to the English language.

Chattoo will undertake some split testing. The five interns – Will Clarke, Chloe Goodman, Markus Grun, Annabel Seward and Suilven Wagner-Piggott – will receive different screens. Chattoo’s systems developer will investigate which prove to be the most user friendly and promote usage.

Senior Athletics Standards

Senior Athletics standards – well done to all the Y11, 12 and 13 boys and girls who took part in Friday’s events. Everyone competed in the 100, 200 and 400m and also two field events – long jump and shot putt. Pictured below are Luke Wilkinson in the long jump, Emma Haynes getting a pre run rendition of ‘Let it go’ by Sophie, Y13 in post race contemplation and Matthew who came in a little way behind our Y12 in the 400m!

Y9 Internal exam timetable

Shiplake Year 9 Exam Diet: Summer Term 2014

All exams will take place within scheduled lessons, as directed by class teachers, during the timeslot below.

Art: Week beginning 12^th May

Design and Technology: Ongoing assessment of practical skills throughout the Summer term.

Drama: Ongoing assessment of practical skills throughout the Summer term.

English: Wednesday 14^th and Thursday 15^th May

Geography: Week beginning 19^th May (NB Mr Duncan’s class will sit their paper week beginning 12^th May)

History: Week beginning 19^th May

ICT: Week beginning 19^th May

Philosophy: Week beginning 12^th May

Physical Education: Ongoing assessment of practical skills throughout the Summer term.

Maths: Tuesday 20^th May, Wednesday 21^st May, Tuesday 3^rd June & Wednesday 4^th June      

Modern Foreign Languages: Week beginning 19^th May: Listening, reading and writing & Week beginning 6th June: Speaking

Music: Ongoing assessment of practical skills throughout the Summer term.

Science

                               

	Biology		Chemistry		Physics
Set 1	Thur 22nd May		Fri 16th May		Tue 20th May
Set 2	Tue 20th May		Fri 16th May		Thur 22nd May
Set 3	Tue 20th May		Thur 22nd May		Fri 16th May
Set 4	Fri 16th May		Thur 22nd May		Tue 20th May
Set 5	Fri 16th May		Tue 20th May		Thur 22nd May

Deputy Head Chapel Warden

Well done to Emma Haynes who has been appointed Deputy Head Chapel Warden for next academic year. I know she will do a great job.

New Sports Kit

Greg Cooke started a new career in modelling this week when he was chosen to launch the new look College sports kit.

New day room furniture

The day room has had a makeover, with new carpet, paint, curtains and furniture. A new look and a much appreciated new level of comfort!

Girls Sport Awards

At the Girls Sports Dinner on Tuesday night, I was pleased to hear that Lucy Collings was awarded Half-Colours for Netball and Emma Haynes won the Rower’s Rower award.