Sunday, 5 January 2014

Dunbar Bulletin Michaelmas Term 2013 4

From the Housemaster

Happy New Year to all of our Dunbar families! We hope that you have had a relaxing break and that the high winds and relentless rain have not dampened your spirits. The end of
Michaelmas Term seems an age ago but here are a few key events that stay firmly in my memory.
The main end of term event was the Dunbar production of ‘Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations’. In the words of the Headmaster in his tweet after seeing the show ‘Well done to all the boys and girls on a fantastic show’ - ‘slick and highly entertaining’. I was extremely impressed with the way the pupils delivered their lines confidently and with the way they all worked as a team to achieve a common goal.

 

 
The end of term trip to see ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ was a great success with all of the pupils getting fully involved in the pantomime audience participation, only to be occasionally upstaged by Mr Bates and Mr Metcalfe!
On behalf of the College and the PPA may I thank you for all of the Tombola donations and the cups that were decorated, filled with sweets and donated for the PPA Christmas Bazaar. The prize for the best decorated cup went to Archie Coltart for his ‘Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer’ cup.
The pupils were in fine voice during the Dunbar end of term disco! Luckily they still had some of their voices left over ready for their singing in the Carol Service! I would like to take this opportunity to thank the pupils for all of their hard work this term in preparing for the Carol Service. I would also like to thank Miss Bastin for leading the Dunbar Choir rehearsals and Mr Bates for his assistance.
Whilst the term ended there for most of the pupils and staff, a group from Dunbar travelled to  Claviere in Northern Italy for the Dunbar Ski Trip. I have heard reports that all went well and we will hopefully be publishing a full report on the trip in due course. Thank you to Mr Corry for organising the trip and to Mr Bamforth and Miss Long for accompanying the trip also.
You will have received your son’s/daughter’s report over the holidays, so please do take time to read these reports and return the Parents’/Guardians’ Response form if you wish to make any comments. Also, if you would like to discuss the report, please do contact your son’s/daughter’s academic tutor in the first instance.
We held our Final Dunbar Assembly on the last Tuesday of Term and various prizes were awarded and 2nd Form students were promoted to become Dunbar Prefects for the Lent Term 2014.
 
The prizes for Michaelmas Term 2013 were awarded as follows:
 - Student with the most House points: Cameron Branney and Louis Winter with a fantastic 121 Housepoints each!
 - Housepoints Cup: Forward Watch, captained by Sam Holloway
 - Best Shoes and Uniform: Forward Watch, captained by Sam Holloway
 - Boy of the Term: Zac Fryer; for his positive approach to life and selflessness.
 - Girl of the Term: Lucy Perring for her industry and integrity.
 - Boarder of Term: Bastien Hamilton
 - Best Dorm of the Term: Dorm 4 (The Girls’ Dorm!)
The promotions to Dunbar Prefects for Lent Term 2014 were awarded as follows:
Head Boy: Cameron Branney
Head Girl: Abbie Lewis
Port (red) Watch Captain: Archie Coltart
Starboard (green) Watch Captain: Louis Winter
Forward (yellow) Watch Captain: Peter Hyde
Aft (blue) Watch Captain: Wills Wildern
Co-curricular Prefects: Peter Bezant and Luke Hedley
Dunbar Sports Prefects: Alex Barnes and Sam Holloway
Chapel and Choir Prefect: Lily May-Howe
The Dunbar girls’ hockey team deserve a special mention for their efforts in being named the overall College team of the term! They won 10 of their 13 games, losing only two games and drawing one. A fantastic display of team work—well done girls!
We have three new boys joining us next week and I am sure that our Dunbar pupils will give them a warm welcome. We will be down to only two spare beds on the boys’ side of the boarding house as two of the new boys are boarders. 
I am really looking forward to the Lent Term and one of my New Year’s resolution is to tweet more! If you would like to follow Dunbar our Twitter address is @PCDunbarHouse. You can also see the Dunbar Blog page by following this link:  http://pcdunbarhouse.blogspot.co.uk/ 
May I take this opportunity to thank all of the parents and guardians for your continued support with all that we do here at Pangbourne College.

Will Ogilvie-Jones
Housemaster of Dunbar

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