Head's Newsletter 13 December 2019

team in the pools) were short-staffed due to losing 4 boys to choir performances in London, but they still managed a narrow 1- 0 win over DW with a squad of 10 and the only goal a penalty. In the other semi-final, Drake took on Scott, and the match was goalless at full time. The first 9 penalties were scored, before Scott’s 5th was saved and the win went to Drake. In the 3 rd place play off, DW were unlucky to lose again to a single penalty as Scott took the win and 3 rd place. In the final, Drake were 1-0 up at half time with the match finely balanced, but injuries for TN left them down to just 8 players for the second half, and they ran out of steam as Drake punished them with 3 late goals. Well done to Drake, the year 7 house football champions 2019-20! Final Standings: 1 st – Drake 2 nd – TN 3 rd – Scott 4 th – DW 5 th – Raleigh 6 th – KM 7 th – Livingstone 8 th – CG

Year 7 House Football Now in its second year, the new format for Year 7 house football again resulted in an excellent competition. It was run on six afternoons after school on Fairfield and this year no matches were forfeited due to a lack of players, which shows the commitment from all Year 7s involved. The quality of football on show was also very high throughout, but what was even more impressive was the number of Year 7s who came along to support their houses and to scout the competition each week! Thank you to all staff and prefects who gave up their time to make this happen. On 5 th November, in the plate finals, Raleigh came out on top, winning their first game on penalties against Livingstone after the match finished 1-1 at full time. They then went on to beat KM 2-1 in another close game to secure 5 th place in the competition. In the other match, Livingstone beat CG on penalties to finish 7 th . A week later, on 12 th November, the top four houses from the pools faced each other in the semi-finals. In the first semi- final, TN (who were the only undefeated