Latest Totals Week Ending 15/11/13

Highest House Point Earners Year 7 – Joshua Rydell- 99 Year 8 – Joe Lambourne and George Taylor - 89 Year 9 – Tom Clark - 125 Year 10 – Olumayowa Oloke- 72 Year 11 – Nathan Miller - 71 Year 12 – Dan Cooke- 115 Year 13 – Dan Ahamefula- 42 Total House and C Points across the houses Newton: 7512 Stevenson: 7290 DARWIN: 6968 Telford: 6715 Brunel: 6404 Total Charity Money £164.40 Keep working and donating!! :)

Latest Totals

Highest House Point Earners Year 7 – Harry Whittaker- 83 Year 8 – Joe Lambourne - 85 Year 9 – Tom Clark - 117 Year 10 – Femi Okegbola - 65 Year 11 – Nathan Miller - 63 Year 12 – Dan Cooke- 100 Year 13 – Dan Ahamefula- 39 Total House and C Points across the houses Newton: 6731 Stevenson: 6612 DARWIN: 6157 Telford: 6049 Brunel: 5841 Total Charity Money £151.23 Keep working and donating!! :)

Charity Update

Thank you to all the charity captains that spoke on behalf of their form about their chosen charity. The overall winner was Marie Curie as chosen by year 10s. Well done Femi! Our current charity total is £100.74. Year 7 have raised the most so far with £18.53. Keep digging deep every week and if you have any fundraising ideas, please speak to me. Miss Lacey

Introduction to the Year 13 House Team My name is Dan Ahamefula and I am your house captain. I study Economics, English Literature and Business Studies. I have been a member of the Darwin house since year 7 for which I've had the privilege to particpate in a number of house activities. The family-orientated environment which the Darwin house is especially known for, has been a driving tool for myself over the past 7 years. Being able to give back to Darwin as a house captain is most definitely the best way I can show my appreication for support the house has given me. My contribution to Darwin over the past years has enhanced my skills as a team player and a leader, and it's with these skills I wish to captain the Darwin house. Hi, my name is Fatmata Lee and I'm the year 13 charity captain for Darwin house. I currently study Chemistry, Pyschology and Sociology. The reason I wanted to become charity captain is because I want to contribute to the school community. I look forward to working with you. Hi guys, my name is Rob Foreman and I am the year 13 sports captain for Darwin. I study German, Geography and Economics for A-Level. I wanted to be sports captain because I am a very keen sportsman and I want to contribute to the school more.

Welcome Darwin to a brand new year! So far, so good.... We are currently first place in the number of house points but Telford and Newton are very close! We do however need to ensure that we do not get C points as they are bringing our total points down. I hope you enjoyed the first assembly on "My Word is my Bond" and understand the implications of following through with your actions. Make sure that if you sign up for a house event that you do it or organise somebody else to. You don't have to be good at the event to take part, just getting involved and trying your best is enough. On that theme, the first round of house football begins on Saturday 28th September with year 7s, followed closely by year 7 rugby on Saturday 12th October. I am sure that the year 7s will do Darwin proud and I look forward to watching a few victories :). Year 12 and 13 will follow on shortly after and dates will be confirmed. Please remember the promises that I made to you: 1) I will buy a tub of chocolates for the form that gets the most house points by Christmas 2) I will buy Krispy Kreme doughnuts for the form that collects the most charity money by the end of the year. 3) I will show you my very short appearance on Wipeout if Darwin are the overall house winners at the end of the year. Although a house charity has not been selected yet please remember to donate any spare money when the collection comes round as it will give us a great start. Keep checking the house blog for updates :)

Non-school uniform day

A big thank you to all the students in Darwin house who took part in the non-uniform day. The day added £155 to our total.

As a house our charity total is now a healthy

£1017.89

This is more than 50% of our goal for the year - well done to everyone but keep going as the £2000 is still a way off.

Question 2

Congratulations to Tom Clark of 8 Darwin who correctly answered that Dawin was born on the 12th February 1809 and that his wife was Emma Wedgewood.

Question 2

To answer this question you will need to look back through the blog to find some information.

Remember that the first student in Darwin to email the correct answers will be awarded a house point.

Good luck!

Our sixth form house team is made up of three students, Faye, Oliver and Nitto. Can you answer the following questions about them?

a) What subject do all three students study this year?

b) Which of the three students wishes to work as a primary school teacher?

c) When asked, what did Oliver describe as his 'like' and 'dislike'?

House point totals on the 14th February

The total number of House points scored by each house as of the 14th Feb 2013 are:




Brunel - 9283

Darwin - 9500

Newton - 9334

Stevenson - 9236

Telford - 9603



This puts us in second place with 20.2% of the total number of house points issued. Well done to everyone but keep trying - Telford are now only 103 points above us. Last week it was 121. The are 182 students in Darwin this year so you only need to gain one house point each for us to be in first place.



The totals for each form as as follows:



year 7 - 2010

year 8 - 1865

year 9 - 1669

year 10 - 1885

year 11 - 1174

6 Darwin 1 - 388

6 Darwin 2 - 477



Year 7 now have the second highest house point total. They are only being beaten by 8 Telford who have 2149.



In each form the highest achieving students are;



year 7 - William Spencely - 111

year 8 - Tom Clark - 161

year 9 - Olumayowa Oloke - 115

year 10 - Storm Kamber - 107

year 11 - Conor Dunbar - 150

6 Darwin 1 - Dan Ahamefula - 48

6 Darwin 2 - Milad Rouf - 63

Amount raised as of the 8th February

As of the 8th February the total raised by Darwin House for the Ellenor Lions Hopsice is

£848.05

This total includes weekly collections, the year 7 and 8 disco profits and the money raised by the doughnut sale organised by Nitto.

This is 42% of the £2000 total we have been set and averages out to £4.66 a person.

To be on target we need to reach £1000 by half term. There will be two opportunities to donate next week. Nitto, Chris and Matthew will be visiting all the forms on Tuesday to do their normal collections and on Friday we have a non-uniform day.

On this day you can wear non-uniform in return for donating at least £1 to the charity. All the money donated by Darwin students will go directly into our total.

 

Question 1

This one is a three part question

a) what year was Darwin born?
b) What is his birthday?
c) Who did he marry?

House blog quiz introduction

During the rest of the year I will be posting questions on the House blog. Some of them will require research and the answers to others will be found within the blog.

The first student in Darwin to email me the correct answer will recieve a house point. Please send your emails to stame@wgsb.org.uk

Good luck

Miss Tame

House point totals as of the 7th Feb

The total number of House points scored by each house as of the 7th Feb 2013 are:

Brunel - 8773
Darwin - 8974
Newton - 8801
Stevenson - 8727
Telford - 9095

This puts us in second place with 20.2% of the total number of house points issued. Well done to everyone but keep trying - Telford are only 121 points above us. The are 182 students in Darwin this year so you only need to gain one house point each for us to be in first place.

The totals for each form as as follows:

year 7 - 1909
year 8 - 1725
year 9 - 1621
year 10 - 1782
year 11 - 1080
6 Darwin 1 - 368
6 Darwin 2 - 457

Year 7 now have the second highest house point total. They are only being beaten by 8 Telford who have 2011.

In each form the highest achieving students are;

year 7 - William Spencely - 110
year 8 - Tom Clark - 151
year 9 - Olumayowa Oloke - 112
year 10 - Storm Kamber - 104
year 11 - Conor Dunbar - 146
6 Darwin 1 - Dan Ahamefula - 41
6 Darwin 2 - Milad Rouf - 63

William Taylor of 7 Darwin and Edwin Park of 8 Darwin have both also achieved over 100 house points.

Well done to everyone - keep this going. In the past Darwin have always been very successful in the house point competition and it would be great to win again this year.