27th June 2017

Dear Parents and Guardians,

With under a week to go before the end of term we just can’t stop winning things! On Saturday evening a team of Katie Akers, Tundun Basorun, Mariam Makhmutova, Gian Marco Serra and Joshua Yeung were victorious in the Bromsgrove School Research Competition. They presented their opinion that the government’s priority should be to tackle youth unemployment and were judged the winners for their meticulous research, coherent arguments and their fluency in presentation. They enjoyed their prize of a meal out at Grafton manor with Dr Rimmer and Mr Ruben and we are really proud of their efforts.
It wasn’t long until the second competition victory in a week. The house bake off competition is an annual highlight for me and always great fun. The pupils prepare their cakes in advance and then gather together on the school house lawn on the final Monday lunchtime to decorate their cake on a theme. This year the theme was recreation and Housman Hall gave it their all. The team began their work on Sunday afternoon baking four sponge cakes and creating marshmallow fondant characters and all the accoutrement for their swimming pool master piece. The lunchtime competition went as planned and the jelly swimming pool was a drew a huge crowd as well as the admiration of the Headmaster as judge. So the bake off, wooden spoon trophy, has pride of place next to the Netball trophy and the House Table tennis trophy but most importantly of all the team of Altyn Timraliyeva, Robyn Davies, Melis Gilroy and Gian Marco Serra had a great time creating their masterpiece and the whole house enjoyed the experience.





If Housman proved that they were more than a match for other houses in both the creative and the academic competitions this week the girls were keen to demonstrate that they have sporting prowess as well. The house rounders competition is one of the fixtures on the house calendar that allows the girls’ to compete in atmosphere that is fun, friendly and guaranteed to raise a smile. The team did exceptionally well and lost only one of their games but as importantly a large number of pupils took part and had a brilliant time in the Friday afternoon sun.



In between these competitions there was more reason to celebrate Housman Hallians efforts and talents as Robyn Davies and Tosin Attah joined the “Big Band” at Upton Jazz festival where they played in front of a big crowd and immensely enjoyed their chance to shine.

It has been a wonderful last weekend at the house and the “icing on the cake” of a wonderful year. I am sure that the reminder of the week and commemoration will live up to the same high standard.

I am looking forward to seeing you all at commemoration and wish you the very best for the summer.

Kind regards


James