Berkshire U17 XV

Congratulations to Greg Cooke who has been selected to play for Berkshire U17 XV next Wednesday against Oxfordshire at Maidenhead RFC.

He may well be facing a number of Shiplake boys in the Oxfordshire side!

CCF Field Day

All of Everett Y10 and a good number of Y11 and 12 took part in this weeks CCF field day. The RN senior cadets went to the sea survival training school at HMS Collingwood, whilst the juniors had a days sailing at Dinton pastures, Darien, Josh and Charlie are pictured below. The RAF visited an air base, whilst the Army section had an overnight exercise followed by field skills and weapons training. Full details to follow next week.

UK Intermediate Maths challenge

In assembly this morning the Headmaster gave out certificates to the following Everett pupils who performed well in this national competition. Well done to Josh Towell who gained a Silver certificate, and to Greg Cook, James Martin and Matthew Tse who all earned a Bronze.

James Martin - GCSE drama

James represented Everett magnificently in his GCSE drama performance. The scene was East London. The plot was a collage of monologues from each GCSE student. Despite the regeneration of the area due to the Olympics, deprivation and depression still exists on the streets and in the hearts of the poor and homeless.

James gave an impressive performance as an empathetic ex 'Westfield Shopping Centre' security guard who feels a sense of responsibility for the lost and lonely people amongst him. James was responsible for orchestrating one of the most powerful 'physical theatre' moments in the piece. As he spoke about the people he cared and worried for, he gently touched each motionless character on the shoulder signalling their cue to move into their positions from the beginning of the performance.

James received one of the highest marks in the group for this performance and has proved his talent for acting in fantastic fashion.

Academic scholarship

Congratulations to Greg Cooke who, following scholarship exams and interviews last Saturday, has been awarded an Academic Scholarship for the 6^th Form.

CCF promotions

Congratulations to Freddie Ireland and Ben Chambers who passed their RN proficiency exam and were promoted to Cadet AB on Tuesday afternoon’s parade.

Senior House Hockey photos

Mr Baker took some fantastic pictures of the Senior House hockey event.
he has kindly allowed me to post the link below.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shiplake/sets/

Senior House Hockey - Winners!

On a glorious sunny Saturday afternoon Everett took to the astro turf in the Senior House Hockey competition. The first game was tense and we took a while to settle, an early goal from Skipwith shocked us into playing a much better game, but in such short matches despite battling hard we lost the first game. Next up were Orchard, we started well using the wings to good effect, alongside good passing and finishing saw us take the lead from a great shot by Greg. Rory and Greg were proving a constant threat up front, whilst solid defence from Oran and Chris kept the opposition out. Great play in midfield and on the wings by Anthony, Myles and Emma again led to another goal this time scored by Anthony. We closed out the match with another excellent goal this time by Rory, 3-0. Harry Frost in goal made some fantastic saves and went on to keep a clean sheet in this and the final games. Our confidence was high and the final two games were exciting end to end battles, we won against Burr with another goal from Greg and a great final match against Welsh was finished off in style by Chris who broke out from defence to speed down the right wing and smash home the winning goal. I was very proud of the whole team, Everett triumphed as deserved winners overall!

House Singing

House singing took place on Wednesday, a real whole House competition as everyone from Y9 to 13 had to sing! The House song was Dancing in the Moonlight, and I was delighted to hear a tuneful performance, lyrics were perfect and the timing spot on, helped by Luke Wilkinson whose solo in the fourth verse ensured they all knew when to come in – Miss Rapple one of the judges placed us in first place for this performance. Earlier in the day the soloists performed and Lucy Collings gave a fantastic rendition of ‘Love me Again’. In the small group round, Lucy, Eleanor, Emma, Gus, Josh, Chris and Kieran gave an assured and tuneful rendition of ‘We can’t stop’. Bill also did his trademark ‘Gangnam style’ to rousing applause from an enthusiastic crowd in the lunch time round. However the competition this year was fierce and despite our best efforts we didn’t win, but did come a very creditable 3^rd. Well done to all.

Junior House hockey

I really enjoyed watching the competition this afternoon. All the games were close fought and competitive. I was really pleased with our Y9 and 10 boys, they played fantastically, showing skill, determination and great team spirit. Our opening game against Skipwith was an end to end affair, neither team could quite dominate the game and we were unlucky to lose by one goal. Next up Orchard, one of the pre tournament favourites, this game was played at high pace, Everett communicated well and good passing play and decisive breaks led us to run out deserving winners 2-1 both goals score by Hassan. Hassan, Kieran and Joseph were proving a potent combination up front, whilst wingers Harvey, Charlie and Ben provided good ball and helped keep a strong defence with Josh; Oscar kept goal well and Bilal proved useful coming off the bench. Our heads were up and a crunch game against Burr proved to be a real nail biter, this one we snuck 1-0. That left us the deciding game against Welsh, again played at a cracking pace, with both teams giving their all, in the end a 1-1 draw was a fair reflection of the game. The boys were delighted as that placed us joint first with Skipwith on 7 points, unfortunately Skipwith were awarded the trophy on goal difference, Everett losing out by just one goal!

Sports Dinner

Exeat date change

Mr Jones has asked me to pass on the following information about the November exeat.

Please be aware that we are moving the November exeat from 21^st – 23^rd November to 28^th - 30^th November. 

Rob Jones

Deputy Headmaster

Grease Lightning

Chris Baker performed in Queen Anne’s concert – A Night at the West End on the last Friday before half term. This was a high profile joint collaboration between the schools, a black tie evening with music from many musicals including Grease, Les Miserables and We Will Rock you. Chris performed many songs including a solo piece in Grease Lightning and Mr Jones Director Music was very impressed with his performance. There is a link to a short video provided by Mr Jones of the concert http://youtu.be/kGjMZPUvcnk

Winter Mountaineering

Well done to Dom Marsh and Myles Everett who passed an arduous Winter mountaineering course over the half term break in Fort William Scotland. In deep snow and chilly temperatures they learnt about winter safety, equipment, navigation, ice axe skills and rope work. The course was run by professional instructors from the Snowgoose mountain centre and each day built on the previous day's training, culminating with the whole group taking part in a full quality winter mountain day. Myles and Dom are also able to use this trip and qualification towards gaining their Gold DofE award.