Officials:
House Master :  Mr. SEDGLEY     House Mistress : Miss TURNER

Staff Members:
Mr. WELLS,   Mr. HANDFORTH,   Mr. REEVES,   Miss TAYLOR

House Captains:
FRANK McCLANDLISH,    BERYL CRESSEY

Vice-Captains:
ALAN HOLT,    JEAN WHITTAKER

Secretary:
BERYL GARTSIDE

Another school year opens and the house has more new members, whose talents, as yet, are unknown, but we hope they will all try very hard to gain merit for the house. We have also a new staff member, Miss Taylor, who is familiar to many pupils in the school.

At the end-of-term presentations last year, our house came second in the competition for the best work all through the term, but it was third on the sporting side.  Four of our girls, Margaret Butterworth, Jean Wolfenden, Mary Mulholland and Beryl Cressey, are on the 1st XI , Hockey Team and have received girdles for good work on the team.  The boys also have some members playing on the rugby and soccer teams.  A noticeable success is Fawsitt House Cricket Team, who won every cricket match they played.  Unfortunately, one match was abandoned owing to rain, but the game was very much in their favour.

 

Perhaps if Fawsitt continues with the good work we shall come out top next year.

 

House Master :  Mr. G. N. WRIGHT     House Mistress :  Mrs. V. MORRIS

 

 

 

 

 

Games Committee: 

Boys		Girls
F. SMITH		G. JONES
J. W. WAREHAM		S. KNOTT
I. HlBBERT		B. HlCKLING
J. MYERS		B. McGEE
C. FLETCHER

 

Lees House began its career successfully by winning the Merit Shield and the Athletics Shield. We also did well in all the sports, gaining 27 first places, 16 second places and 14 third places.

 

We welcome as our House Mistress, Miss Best, taking the place of Mrs. Shepherd, who left us last term. We also lost Joan Wild, the girls' House Captain, who is going to a training college, and in her place Sheila Knott, who holds a girdle for hockey, was elected. We have been joined by a number of first formers who will, no doubt, maintain a high standard of work for their House.

 

It only remains for us to keep up the good work both in school and on the playing field and then we will do even better next year.

 

 

Secretary:
BETTY SHANLEY

On behalf of last year's Walton House, I should like to welcome all new members of the house.

 

We were sorry to lose Mrs. Dearnaley at the end of the summer term, and are indebted to her for such invaluable assistance to the .games captains in the coaching of the teams for the inter-house sports competitions.  Before Mrs. Dearnaley's departure, Joan Marland, the girls' House Captain, presented her with a magnificent powder compact to show the House's appreciation of her assistance.  We are glad to have Mrs. Ford hack after her absence during the summer term, and welcome Mrs. Kuler to the House Staff.

 

There have been three changes in the House sports captaincy : Colin Bentley is now soccer vice-captain, and Fred Brook and Richard Murphy rugby captain and vice-captain respectively. Colin Bentley also takes the place of George Hibbert on the magazine committee.

 

The last term has been quite a successful one for Walton House. The girls won the tennis tournament, although competition was very strong, and the junior rounders team also came out on top. These victories, and a tie for first place in the junior cricket, gave us a narrow victory in the Games Cup. 

 

In the swimming gala, many vociferous supporters cheered the House to an easy victory.  We were second in the school sports, hut in the Merit Shield, Waltcn House were a sorry third, and we must hope for greater effort in the next examinations.

 

Although we did quite well, I hope that in the coming series we will do even better.