House Point Totals Term 2
10390 Brunel
11217 Nightingale
7662 Drake
8411 Austen
8374 Churchill
Austen
Head of House – Vacant
House Captain – Steph Lord
Vice Captain – Adam Berkshire
Jane Austen is one of England’s most widely read novelists, best known for her works such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Sense and Sensibility which have all been adapted for films and TV series. Importantly, she was one of the first popular female novelists and predominantly wrote about the need for women of her social class to marry ‘well’ during the 18th century.
Although Austen did not receive much recognition or praise for her writing whilst she was alive, by the 1940s she was widely recognised as one of England’s finest writers, and has inspired many a literary piece of work.
Brunel
Head of House – Mr G Bradbury
House Captain – Vicki Eaton
Vice Captain – Brett Mitchell & Jo Morton
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859), was a British civil engineer who built bridges and dockyards including the construction of the first major British railway, the Great Western Railway; a series of steamships, including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship; and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering.
Churchill
Head of House – Miss J Leeson
House Captain – Aisha Ruteb
Vice Captain – Ryan Khinda & Leah Walker
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders and served as Prime Minister twice (1940–45 and 1951–55). A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a writer, and an artist. To date, he is the only British prime minister to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and he was the first person to be made an honorary citizen of the United States.
Drake
Head of House – Miss Z Meeks
House Captain – Charlotte Fulham
Vice Captain – Marcus Gross
Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral (1540 – 27 January 1596) was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era. Elizabeth I of England awarded Drake a knighthood in 1581. He was second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588. He also carried out the second circumnavigation of the world, from 1577 to 1580. He died of dysentery in January 1596 after unsuccessfully attacking San Juan, Puerto Rico
Nightingale
Head of House – Mrs S Blewitt
House Captain – Naomi Jordan
Vice Captain – Zoe Stephens & Fern Gibson
The second female inspiration for our houses, Florence Nightingale, is famous for her courageous work as a nurse during the Crimean War. Known as “The Lady with the lamp” she worked tirelessly to improve the conditions of wounded soldiers during the conflict. Upon her return to the United Kingdom after the war, she set up the first nursing school at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London and campaigned to improve standards in civilian and military hospitals. To this day, International Nurses Day – held on the anniversary of Nightingale’s birth, 12 May – celebrates nurses all over the world.