The Flagpole

On Monday 20 April the College waited with anticipation to find out who would be the winners of the 2019/2020 House Cup. The well-deserved winners were announced via a video, which featured highlights of the year's house activities.

During the school year a plethora of House activities take place, organised by Jessica Newborough (House Activities Leader) and assisted by her enthusiastic team Hannah Carminati, Julia Lindsay, Lily Dyble and Anna Fennell-McLoughlin.

Pupils from all houses and all year groups are encouraged to take part and win points for their house and of course the staff get involved too.

Activities this year have included; a Spelling Bee, Bake Off, House Sports, House Activities Day, European Languages Day, Welly Wanging, Christmas Tree Decorating, Talent Show, Christmas Quiz, University Challenge and The Oscars. There's definitely something for everyone!

Winning the House Cup isn’t easy, to succeed every single pupil needs to pull together and do his or her very best. This year More pupils finished first, having amassed a huge total of 8,398 points. The key for winning was participation and More are always great supporters of all events. Benet finished in second place with 7,538 points, Fisher came in third with 6,369 and Austin in fourth place with 5,882 points.

Some of More’s many successes along the way included wins in: the Spelling Bee, Ready Steady Cook, the Weekly Quiz and they came top overall in the House Sports played throughout the year, not to mention a heady second place in the College Feast Day's House Singing Competition with a superb rendition of 'Sweet Caroline'!

The House Cup was presented 'remotely' to More’s Head of House, Simon Robertson, and outgoing House Captains, Katie Shorten and Oscar Phillips.

A delighted Mr Robertson said, “I am overjoyed that More have again lifted the House Cup - it is testimony to the hard work of everyone in the House that we are champions for 2019/2020. A well deserved and hard fought victory. I look forward to celebrating with the whole House when we return to school!"

The House Challenge for 2020/21 has now begun! Why not join in the Tuesday Challenge and start winning those points for your house, every point counts! All staff and pupils can participate and challenges will be posted via Teams or on the house instagram page theprincethorpehouseteam. Good luck to all!

View the End of Year House Assembly here.