Winter Concert

On Wednesday evening in front of packed audience in the sports hall, Everett musicians (and a few from other Houses!) gave us a great nights entertainment. Opening the evening was an energetic performance on the drums and accomplished piano playing by Josh and Eleanor in the Motown bands rendition of Feeling Good. Willing? conscripts to the Headmaster’s choir, Kieran, Freddie and Charlie were up next with Come from Heaven above. Lucy, Emma and Eleanor performed a very tuneful and enjoyable seasonal favourite Let it Snow with the girls’ choir, hot on their heels were the Rock choir – Josh on percussion, Robbie, Chris, Gus, and Oran on vocals with two contemporary songs, Things we lost in the fire and Counting stars. They were followed by the Chamber choir with Birthday Carol – Robbie, Chris and Josh singing well. Finally Chris, Josh and Greg in the Senior orchestra played The Planets medley followed by an energetic rendition of Sleigh ride.

Excellence award for Kieran

Excellence award – this week Mr Jones the Deputy Headmaster recognised the magnificent effort this term by Kieran Leach, he had earned the most excellence slips in Y10 in the first half of term and no less than 9 last week alone! Well done Kieran.

CCF Biennial Inspection

Last week the CCF Biennial Inspection took place, several Everett boys were involved in a very successful afternoon, in particular well done to Gus and Jamie who were part of the banner party that took the salute from Lt Col Ladd. Also well done to Myles, Dom, Jamie and Gus who led their platoon sections well during the afternoons events. All the cadets took part in a variety of activities. The Royal Navy section conducted man overboard drills, as well as kayaking and command tasks on the river. In the squash courts, the RAF section learnt about the theory of helicopter flight before putting this theory into practice by experimenting with some remote controlled helicopters. The Army section took part in a blank firing pairs fire and manoeuvre activity on the New Field whilst the Year 10 recruits completed a number of short activities such as command tasks, drill, a first aid scenario and an introduction to the Cadet weapon systems.

Excellence award for Emma

Well done to Emma Haynes who received an award in assembly this morning from Mr Jones for the most excellence slips gained in the first half of term.

Computing competition

Last week Mr Caine organised an entry into a National competition designed to introduce students to the applications of computer science, in particular problem solving using computational skills and logical thinking. A good entry from Everett pupils resulted in some pleasing performances. In the Intermediate class, Distinctions went to Faan Tsang, Harvey Ward, Joseph Gilbert-Blay and Bilal Akeil. A great effort from Josh Towell made him the overall winner of the Senior category which included Y10 and Y11 pupils, his prize was a Raspberry Pi computer.

Philippine DEC appeal Mufti Day

Well done to all in Everett Y9 to 12 who raised £130.50

House badminton and table tennis

Junior House table tennis and badminton – This Thursday Charlie Ward, Darien Patel, Bill Su, Faan Tsang, Oscar Fagerstrom-Day and Kieran Leach took on the other Houses in a keenly fought battle on the ping pong table and badminton court. Although we didn’t triumph, several games were won and all were played in a good spirit. All the boys enjoyed the afternoon and did the house proud – well done.
Senior House table tennis and badminton - On Friday it was the turn of the seniors, initially volunteers were hard to come by, but Harry Geisler, Myles Everett, James Martin, James Baker and Guy Pollard stepped up to the mark. Again they played in great spirit but found the competition tough, however they won a few hard fought games and didn’t give up. The final results are below.

Juniors Badminton: Seniors Badminton:
1st – Orchard 1st - Burr
2nd – Burr 2nd - Welsh
3rd – Skipwith 3rd - Skipwith
4th – Everett 4th - Orchard
5th – Welsh 5th - Everett

Juniors Table tennis: Seniors Table Tennis:
1st – Burr 1st - Welsh
2nd – Welsh 2nd - Burr
3rd – Orchard 3rd - Orchard
4th – Everett 4th - Everett
5th – Skipwith 5th - Skipwith

Junior House rugby

On a cold Wednesday afternoon, in difficult muddy conditions, all of our Y9 and 10 pupils who were on games took part in the House rugby competition. With no subs and no where to hide in a 9 aside game, it was a tough afternoons rugby for all players. The Juniors gave of their all and there were 2 pleasing wins for the A side they also drew 2 and lost 2 matches whilst the B’s faired better winning several games and only losing 1. The overall results are below, a good showing especially 2nd place for the B’s.
A
1st Orchard

2nd Skipwith

3rd Burr

4th Everett

5th Welsh

B

1st Welsh

2nd Everett

2nd Burr

4th Skipwith

5th Orchard

Junior Leader

After discussions with House tutors and Mr Brownley, we were delighted to announce this morning the new Junior Leader for Everett will be Tom Mottram. He has made a positive impact since joining the house this year, made a big effort to quickly integrate himself and is already proactive on the charity committee. He has also given of his all in House sport and will I am sure do a great job.

Bill Su cooks up a tasty treat

As part of his IGCSE course Bill has been studying the topic of health and fitness. This module has incorporated all elements of a healthy, balanced lifestyle. As well as mastering various terms and jargon associated with sports and exercise, an important focus has been on healthy eating. Bill along with his fellow students decided to make egg fried rice with bean-sprouts, spring onions and sausages; a dish they appropriately named ‘Shiplake fried rice’. Joe Sung, Bill Su and William Yan are pictured below enjoying the tasty lunch. Bill might find himself busy on Wednesday nights if the Everett boys decide to cook rather than order their usual take away.

Winter Concert

A number of Everett pupils will be performing in the Winter Concert advertised below.

Remembrance Sunday

Thank you to those parents and pupils who came to the service on Sunday. Well done to Jamie Mottram who carried the CCF standard so well in both the service and at the wreath laying ceremony at the memorial in Shiplake, thanks also to Zach Messer who helped with the CCF parade. Our presence is always much appreciated by the local members of the Royal British Legion.

Berkshire U16 selection

Congratulations to Greg Cooke who has been selected to play for Berkshire U16 on Monday evening at Maidenhead RFC, all in Everett wish him well and look forward to hearing about the game.

Henley Sculls win for Tom Mottram

On the final Sunday of half term Tom Mottram was competing in the Henley Sculls Head. I was pleased to hear he came a very creditable 5th in the J15A 1x, but very impressed with his win in the J15A 2x with fellow Shiplake student Seb Newman. Well done Tom.