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:
“It breedeth no small offence and scandal to see and consider upon the one part the curiosity and cost bestowed by all sorts of men upon their private houses; and on the other part the unclean and negligent order and spare keeping of the houses of prayer by permitting open decays and ruins of coverings of walls and windows, and by appointing unmeet and unseemly tables with foul cloths for the communion of the sacrament.”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
“Strange that so few ever come to the woods to see how the pine lives and grows and spires, lifting its evergreen arms to the light,—to see its perfect success; but most are content to behold it in the shape of many broad boards brought to market, and deem that its true success! But the pine is no more lumber than man is, and to be made into boards and houses is no more its true and highest use than the truest use of a man is to be cut down and made into manure.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“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.)