Academically, Courtenay also demonstrated exceptional attainment this year, with Nancy Baldwin, Didi Brooks and Esther Ma jointly coming Best in Year, beating their Cameron counterparts and making good progress across 2nd Form. Zuzanna Aleandri-Salawa, Afraz Malik and Umaiza Malik also achieved exceptional academic results this year and are an absolute credit to the House. Esther Ma achieved the highest effort grade in addition to the joint highest attainment across the whole of Kirby, making her our top student this year!
I am truly proud of the progress that Courtenay House have made this year, the hard work, maturity and engagement with their learning has exceeded my expectations, and I am very pleased to be taking some of the boys with me to Newlands this year, and look forward to more of the 1st Form joining me by the end of 2024.
HOUSES
Mr M Ravenwood, Courtenay Housemaster
CAMERON
KIRBY HOUSE
This year has marked major changes for Courtenay House, which began with Mr Peters joining the school in September as Housemaster for Courtenay and then taking over as Housemaster of Kirby House in January. As a result of this restructure, Courtenay House has now become the home to all the boarding students in Kirby, as of September 2023. I took over from Mr Peters in February, as interim Head of Courtenay, with Mr Scruby set to take on the role in September 2023. Joining Courtenay House as tutors this year, we have Mr Senyega, who also teaches Mathematics and has been offering additional support to students during Prep time, and Mr Jones who teaches English and is working to support students in their transition between Kirby and the Senior School. Monsieur Loyrette also joined this House for part of the year, teaching French.
I am sad to say that whilst Courtenay House won the House Merits Competition in one of the 3 terms, ultimately we lost out to Cameron in the final term, so I will leave this as a challenge for Mr Scruby next year. Notable winners were Didi Brooks, Yoni Goldman, Afraz Malik and Nancy Baldwin – who all achieved more than 25 merits in the final term. Courtenay House were very successful on Sports Day, and the support from their fellow students was outstanding – Morgan Coleman in particular spent a large part of the afternoon carrying and waving the House flag. In the Athletics, Douglas Ruffer won the 100m, Light Uchendu the 800m and Connor Grantham-Stevens the 1500m. Yoni Goldman won the Long Jump, Henry Whiteley the Triple Jump, Patrick Gartrell the Javelin and Nathan Murashi the Shotput. We won by a very narrow margin – 186 to 182, so every single participant made this happen. For the girls, Umaiza Malik won the 100m and the 200m, Jimena Sanchez the 800m and the Long Jump, Nancy Baldwin the Triple Jump, Anastasia Robakowska the Discus, and we also won the 4 x 200 Relay. This competition was even closer, and we lost out to Cameron by a mere 2 points. Which makes Courtenay the overall winners!
Cameron House has had a fantastic year. We started by welcoming sixteen new pupils into the House, who were joined by a further six during the course of the year. We were also joined by two new tutors; Mr O’Callaghan as a Year 8 tutor and Miss Moody as a Year 7 tutor.
Music has enjoyed another year of growth in the House. I have enjoyed attending the many concerts and hosting the termly Theatre Thursday showcases. Particular highlights for me have been hearing Luke Jury, Oliver Milchard, Alyssa Yeung and Didi Brooks sing solos, the small but mighty Kirby Choir and Rufus Tassell’s contribution to the senior choir.
LAWRENTIAN 2023
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