5 in a row!

Delighted to report that Drake has finished the autumn term with a 5th win of the house shield! Congratulations to the whole house. This is an amazing achievement and demonstrates superbly how well the house functions as a unit.
They are most definitely not 'one trick ponies' as they are excellent across the board, which has secured the house shield for the 5th term.

Excellent led by Anna and ably supported by Henry and Pauline, they are a house to be reckoned with! Well done Drake! Can we do it for a 6th time??

HOUSE SHOUT!

Delighted to report a trimvirate of success by Drake pupils at the House shout today!
Bea came first in the Junior competition (jointly with Edward), with Chris winning the middles and Kit winning the seniors. Well done to the three of them!
As for the house shout....we won on the musicality..but the overall performance this year went to Nelson...and if I honest, it was justly deserved. However.....we came a highly creditable 2nd....and very very proud of everyone I am too! Thank you to them all for their hard work.

Here is the house about 15 minutes before we went into the theatre.....!

Happy half term to all of Drake!

Drake House Successes so far......

Drake have gone from 4th to joint 1st in the stars over the course of this half term. In addition they are performing their duties brilliantly and have also earned a huge number of pinks, which are awarded for being good and kind citizens of the school. As their House Mistress I cannot take any credit for their achievements but you as parents, must be (rightly) extremely proud of them.
Have a good half term everyone!

Drakes of the week!

Well done to Oliver, Alex, Bea and Mimi for getting the most stars in Drake this week!

 

Senior House Hockey!

When the whole country seems to be buzzing about rugby at the moment, the Senior House Hockey in our wonderful sports centre provided a welcome change. Some great hockey moment were seen, some fabulous goals and terrific displays of teamwork. And an extremely creditable (joint) second to Drake! Well done ladies!

Welcome back to the little Drakelets!

 

 

So, welcome back to everybody! We've had a great start here in Drake and excitedly looking ahead to many great house competitions this term.

Firstly I need to thank all of the Drake Seniors who have now left us to go onto their new schools. We had the most successful end of summer term, with a 4th win of the house shield and it was largely down to them. We would like to wish them every success at their new schools and look forward to hearing tales of their new endeavours.

 

Drake now welcomes Dima, Sasha, Benji, Mimi, Alba (yr 7), Bart, Ti, Jose,

Lucia, Jensen, Alba (yr 8!), Phoebe, Matthew, Blake, Rebecca and Nathan to join the extremely happy throng of children wearing red and carrying ducks around the school! Welcome to you all. We hope that you will be very happy in our house.

 

 



Last Tuesday of term house meeting

 

A huge thanks to the whole house for being so amazing this academic year.

Go Drake!

Junior and Middle House Cricket

Wednesday 17th June: weather cloudy but warm. Just the perfect weather for the Junior and Middle House cricket matches. Superbly umpired by Mr Franklin, Mr Brundish and Mr Johnston. Mrs A in support of Drake, having dispensed with her usual 'pink' now sporting a superb outfit in red...complete with 'that hat'!
It was a terrific afternoon's play, with some great displays of fielding and batting by all players. Well done to all!

Results: 3rd in the Middle House Cricket and Drake won the Junior House Cricket.
Thank you to all of the boys in Drake for a splendid afternoon's entertainment and examples of good sportsmanship.

Where know where we're going.....

An excellent house meeting for Drake this morning...mainly to discover that they have gone from 4th to 2nd in a week! Well done to all and especially to our highest star achievers this week: Anna for the seniors, Jamie for the middles and Bea for the Juniors.

Assault course

A beautiful afternoon's assault course, immediately before an exeat weekend with a Bank Holiday: what's not to like?
Superb team work demonstrated by the whole house and a creditable second.....well done Drake!

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

So, second House meeting of the term....! I leave it in the hands of Mr Miller and Miss Wybar as I am off to London with the Year 7s. And what does the House get up to in my absence???!!!

 

I hope that they are not so laid back that they think this is the way to win the

House Shield again and pass CE?!!

 

That said, I am sure that a little relaxation before the start of a very busy day

probably won't have hurt any of them!

SPRING TERM SUCCESSES!

Following the last night of Oliver, I did not think that my term could have got any better. But I had not remembered the fighting spirit, which is Drake....! The rest as they say...is history!
The week began well with the Cross Country: beautiful afternoon, stunning wins by Issy and Oskar and an extremely commendable 3rd for Cosmo gave us a comfortable win!

Prize giving: March 2015...this is a long list......

An award for Alex for the U10 Sussex boys' hockey

Junior DT colours for Tess

Stars: winners Anna H, Joe, Pauline and Finn

Runners up: Max, Blanca, Oliver and Millie.

100+ stars: Bea

IT pinks winner: Hugh and Pauline, with Daisy as runner up

Send up prize: Antonio

U11 Maths challenge certifcate for Oliver and Joe (bronze) with a silver for Fynn. 

Junior progress in DT: Oskar

House Rugby winners: Drake

Colts players of the season: Oskar

Junior House hockey winners: Drake

House X country winners: Drake

Litterick squash cup: Charles

Dorm prizes: Lime (Jamie) and Alder (Oliver)

Won the inter House golds, won the sports cup, came second in the inter house pinks and then overall won the Shield for a 2nd successive term. WOW! Fabulous achievement and great teamwork. 

February already?

Really? Almost half term already? Good grief...where has the half term gone too? The seniors are committing their hearts and souls into their rehearsals for 'Oliver', which has just four weeks to go until our first dress rehearsal! Time seems to be flying and there is never a quiet or dull moment: the children are considering themselves, whilst enjoying their food glorious food before they pick your pockets!

And what about the rest of Drake? How have they got on this first half term? Well...after the first two weeks...they were in second place to another house...but then two weeks ago, they pulled together as a team and are now leading in the stars and minuses. This week we had a junior who beat everyone in the house with a terrific score! Well done to Ferdinand: your house is proud of you. But also congratulations to the other children who have achieved high scores this week: Toby and Millie. Well done.

Sport: mixed bag of sports results so far this term. 3rd in the senior house rugby (it was a bitterly cold day and we suffered more than our fair share of injuries that afternoon), 2nd in the middle house rugby BUT we won the junior hockey and also we won the junior house rugby. Both teams are clearly forces to be reckoned with. Congrats to all of our teams and huge thanks for your commitment to Drake.