CHRISTMAS DINNER IN GODWIN

 

After much anticipation the first House Christmas dinner in Godwin Hall took place on 12 the December. Black tie was the order of dress and everyone enjoyed a glass of bucks fizz before sitting down to a delicious meal prepared by the catering staff. All our tutors and several members of the SMT joined in what was to prove to be  a lovely evening with continuous banter and  relaxed conversation, and the usual pantomime from Mr Robinson  (triple name check Ho Ho Ho raising a loud cheer!)

Mr Robinson's Pantomime Hat!

SECRET SANTA

After a week of mysterious gifts appearing in pigeon holes, on desks, in wardrobes and in laundry pigeon holes, we all met to exchange the major gift before some headed off for Oxbridge interviews, early flights home etc. It was a lovely change to the usual morning callover and the orange juice and chocolates certainly helped set us all up for the day!

INTER-HOUSE HOCKEY

The old rivalry against Toynbee was reignited on the hockey pitch as we battled to revenge the near miss from last year. It was an excellent match with a wonderful mixture of excellent skill, good natured banter, controversial umpiring decisions and a huge amount of house spirit… the lead changed hands on a number of occasions but the girls were dogged to the end and ran out winners by 2 clear goals – an awesome match and a FANTASTIC achievement!!

 

WINNERS!!

SANTA IN THE PARK FUN RUN

Girls from the House entered into the spirit of the Santa in the Park event donning their Santa costumes and completing the fun run with energy and enthusiasm.

Fantastic Smiles!!

 

INTER-HOUSE MUSIC WINNERS

Every year comes a day where all of the houses at the college compete against one another performing a wide variety of music. This year, with 20 minutes to fill, our music representatives Hannah Brand and Amanda Chan organised our set. To start, we had an amazing performance from Jennifer Forster on the oboe playing a piece by Poulenc. Her ability was definitely shown by her opening phrase. Then followed Harriet Kottering on the flute,  where her gentle and emotional playing wowed the audience. After Harriet was a wonderful duet called "Let Me Be Your Star" sung by Amanda Chan and Georgia Kinahan with gorgeous harmonies, they did the house proud. Last but not least was an ensemble group made up of Steph Bland, Hannah Brand, Amanda Chan, Amelia Elwin, Jennifer Forster, Harriet Koettering, Georgia Kinahan, Poppy Madaras-Smith and Imogen Smith who sang Royals by Lorde. In the end all the rehearsing done by all or performers, Woodard Girls came Third overall and our ensemble group one Best Performance. Well Done Girls!!"

Harriet playimg her flute

Jenny just before her beautiful opening phrase



Amanda guiding the winning ensemble group

The winning ensemble

STEEPO WINNERS!!

The annual steepo competition once again created great excitement in house as the girls pulled on their new bright pink house T-shirts and donned the face paint – alias war paint for the annual competition against Toynbee. Although the weather in previous days had been cold and wet to say the least, it was a great relief that the sun decided to shine on the day and that certainly helped to motivate the House .. and what stars they proved to be.

EVERYONE ran their heart out – determined to catch any “black Toynbee shirt” in front and it proved to be a proud day for all concerned:-

EVA CHILD – WON THE SENIOR EVENT with ABBIE HOSIER  a close second and ISSY JACKSON

Fourth.    Harriet , Tash, Tori  Emmanuelle and Arianne all finished in the top 10, and WG were easy winners of the Main inter-house cup. However this was not enough and when everyone’s position was taken into account we also ran out winners of the ENDEAVOUR CUP – fantastic!!!!                 Well done girls – you should all be so proud of your efforts!!

Eva coming in to WIN the senior girls event!

abbie coming in 2nd!