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<strong>Hitchin</strong> <strong>Girls</strong>’ <strong>School</strong><br />
10 students were able to go along on the first day of play.<br />
The annual Gym and Dance display involving over 200<br />
students took place during the week of 2 July. The<br />
participation rates in these clubs and activities are unfailing<br />
and we are continually amazed at the commitment and<br />
enthusiasm for this annual event. We are also very grateful<br />
to the army of senior students who assist and lead a variety<br />
of Gym and Dance clubs; without them we would not be<br />
able to offer the breadth and range of activities.<br />
As another busy Summer comes to an end, we continue to<br />
be impressed with the achievements of the girls and look<br />
forward to re-starting the Winter activities in September.<br />
Have a good Summer and enjoy the Olympic Games!<br />
Mrs. D. Maydom, Head of Physical Education<br />
AUSTEN HOUSE<br />
Well done to all the girls who have worked very hard for their<br />
exams. I hope the results will send you off to your chosen<br />
destination at University or College. I must also thank the<br />
outgoing Prefects, for their hard work. I would also like to<br />
welcome Austen’s new Prefects who have already started<br />
enthusiastically becoming involved with the lower forms.<br />
Since the school exams each form has been busy getting<br />
ready for various activities happening this term. There have<br />
been House Rounder’s and Tennis Leagues, teams for Sports’<br />
day, stalls for the Enterprise event and Choir and Orchestra<br />
rehearsals for Founders’ day; We gained an excellent result<br />
on Sports’ Day with 7A in 3rd place, 10A in 2nd place and<br />
9A winning their year group. Overall Austen House won<br />
Sports’ Day, an excellent achievement! I am very proud of<br />
all the girls. Well done to all those girls who have managed<br />
to work all year with 100% Behaviour for Learning; at half<br />
term there were 73 girls. Also a very special mention to<br />
95 students who have an exceptionally good attendance<br />
record of 95% or above. Certificates will be awarded for<br />
this outstanding achievement at the end of the Summer term.<br />
May I take this opportunity to wish Miss Rai all the very best<br />
in her new job and thank her for all her hard work with 9A.<br />
I wish all Austen girls and staff a very restful Summer holiday.<br />
Mrs. J. Cornell, Head of Austen House<br />
BRONTE HOUSE<br />
Bronte students have been working hard this term to organise<br />
wonderful Enterprise stalls for Founders’ Day, which include<br />
selling bath bombs, face masks, henna patterns, bracelets,<br />
fruit cocktails, samosas and the ever popular cup cakes!<br />
We have had representatives from each Bronte form taking<br />
part in the Summer Sports League at lunchtimes throughout<br />
this term and I am delighted to say that Bronte came 2nd<br />
in Sports’ Day this year.<br />
I would like to take this opportunity to thank our Bronte<br />
House Prefects and welcome in the new.<br />
As House Captain, Tara Anderson-Bonner has represented<br />
Bronte House with confidence and an approachable smile.<br />
This term Tara delivered a thoughtful and insightful wholeschool<br />
assembly reflecting on her trip to Auschwitz. This,<br />
as well as helping to organise numerous House activities<br />
has shown Tara’s competence as a leader and she has<br />
done herself and Bronte House proud. I would like to thank<br />
Tara and the rest of the Prefect team for their contributions<br />
to Bronte House this year.<br />
We took time this term to look at photographs and share<br />
stories of students in Years 11 and 13 who will be leaving<br />
us at the end of this academic year. It was a time to<br />
remember the good times and celebrate their growth as<br />
individuals and their achievements. We wish you every<br />
success in your next steps.<br />
Miss. C. Evans, Head of Bronte House<br />
CURIE HOUSE<br />
This term has been an eventful one for Curie House with<br />
many individual achievements and successes across a wide<br />
variety of criteria. At the annual Sports’ Day whilst Curie<br />
House did not win the overall competition, there were some<br />
individual successes. Amy Allpress (7C) was our only<br />
individual champion winning the Junior Javelin, and 7C and<br />
8C achieved 6 more second place finishes in other events.<br />
Four new prefects have been appointed, they will be<br />
supported by additional appointments to the prefect team<br />
in September. I would like to extend my personal thanks to<br />
our departing prefect team, led by Rebecca Dawson, for<br />
their contributions during the past 12 months.<br />
Our second annual Enterprise Day was an opportunity for the<br />
lower school forms to follow in Sir Alan's footsteps and turn<br />
£10 into a healthy profit. Whilst at the time of writing totals<br />
are yet to be submitted, our stalls had an impressive diversity<br />
and creativity. From a Ja-make-a-cake stall and a temporary<br />
tattoo parlour to a bracelets and a cut out lion king photo<br />
opportunity, it was a very successful afternoon and a great<br />
advert for the school. A special mention needs to go to 7C<br />
who somehow convinced their Head of House to stand in the<br />
stocks whilst they tipped a bucket of water over him....<br />
As always when we reach the end of a year we say goodbye<br />
to some members of the House. Some of our Year 11 students<br />
and all our Year 13 students have already left and Mrs.<br />
McAdam will be leaving to work in Scotland at the end of the<br />
term. I wish all of them the best of luck in the future and look<br />
forward to a successful year for Curie House next year.<br />
Mr. A. Jackson, Head of Curie House<br />
FRANK HOUSE<br />
7F has had an excellent term. The Charity Carwash raised<br />
a great deal of money. We also had the Easter Raffle, Easter<br />
Quiz, Rainbow Revision Tombola and a Sweet Sale. Scarlett<br />
Welbury has also launched a Creative Writing Competition<br />
and we will be publishing the winners in September.<br />
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