Houses
Pupils at the School are divided into the following Houses:
- Bannerman, for Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. (Red)
- Clyde, for Lord Clyde. (Blue)
- Law, for Andrew Bonar Law. (Green)
- Moore, for Sir John Moore. (Yellow)
The School operates a house competition, and pupils may earn points for their house through excellence in areas such as sports, music, academia. The current holder of the overall house championship is Moore House. The Junior School Houses take their names from British lifeboats: Broughtyferry (red), Campbelltown (blue), Lizard (green) and Longhope (yellow).
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“You know, what I very well know, that I bought you. And I know, what perhaps you think I don’t know, you are now selling yourselves to somebody else; and I know, what you do not know, that I am buying another borough. May God’s curse light upon you all: may your houses be as open and common to all Excise Officers as your wifes and daughters were to me, when I stood for your scoundrel corporation.”
—Anthony Henley (d. 1745)
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—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 12:26-27.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)