Houses
Bournemouth School has five 'houses', named after famous Englishmen:Elgar, Darwin, Newton, Scott and Turner. Until September 1993, there were six: Avon, Forest, Hambledon, Portchester, Romsey and Twynham. All forms are delineated by house affiliation and as such pupils from year 7 to year 11 remain in the same form, in the sixth form the pupils from each house are distributed between 3 forms to encourage a better relationship between lower and upper sixth. Although their 'form tutor' and 'form room' usually changes every year, their house remains the same for the entirety of the school. It has become convention for siblings to be placed in the same house, although this is not always possible/desirable. The Housemasters are, Mrs Looker (Elgar), Mr Pritchard (Darwin), Mr Robjohns (Newton), Mr Hughes (Scott) and Mrs Teenan (Turner). The houses compete in school competitions ranging from sports to educational competitions. The House Captains are Simon Kenchington (Elgar), Connor Sharp (Darwin), Chris Evans (Newton), Ryan Gruss (Scott) and Matt Siely (Turner).
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest.”
—Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)
“To me heaven would be a big bull ring with me holding two barrera seats and a trout stream outside that no one else was allowed to fish in and two lovely houses in the town; one where I would have my wife and children and be monogamous and love them truly and well and the other where I would have my nine beautiful mistresses on nine different floors.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
“The name of the town isn’t important. It’s the one that’s just twenty-eight minutes from the big city. Twenty-three if you catch the morning express. It’s on a river and it’s got houses and stores and churches. And a main street. Nothing fancy like Broadway or Market, just plain Broadway. Drug, dry good, shoes. Those horrible little chain stores that breed like rabbits.”
—Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993)