How many of you could, with 100 per cent confidence, explain what #metoo is to someone who has never heard of it before? Even though the twitter movement has been around for more than a year, I’m still surprised by the amount of people that aren’t completely sure what it’s about, so I’ll break […]
Month: January 2019
U14A’s show their netball resilience.
The U14A’s has a challenging fixture against Kings High with a slow start that left a big hill to climb. Great character was shown with the best period of play this season in the 2nd quarter. We struggled to maintain it throughout the game but finished with a strong display of shooting by Z.Ayonote and […]
Charlotte Wren blogs about the #Metoo movement.
Who here feels as if they are directly affected by the MeToo movement? I’m guessing not many of you. It’s just something we see on social media and on the news, but we never really feel the direct effect of, especially living in our little Stamford bubble. What you may not realise, though, is that […]
Ethan blogs about the Stamford School Epee’ Fencing Club. En Garde!
Stamford School Epee’ Fencing Club Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the epee’ and the sabre’. At Stamford we use the epee’ and winning points are made through the contact with the opponent. Epee’ is the only one in which the entire body […]
Tom and Ethan make Stamford School history representing the school for the first time in “Rackethlon”
On Sunday we made our racketlon debut in a UK-wide tournament held in Nottingham. We were the first students to represent the school in this sport. Racketlon is the ‘triathlon’ of racket sports, comprised of table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis, played first to 21 points in each sport. We dominated the squash, only losing […]
Robert, Mansell, Anuraj and Ellis blog: The Royal Society of Chemistry’s ‘Top of the Bench’ competition
The Royal Society of Chemistry’s ‘Top of the Bench’ competition On Saturday 19th of January, Stamford School was represented by four boys in the East Midlands Round of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s ‘Top of The Bench’ Competition, held at the University of Derby. We were: Robert Couchman, Year 11, Mansell Harvey, Year 10 and […]
Henry, Stamford Schoolboy and Professional Stuntman!
Free Rein Filming – October 2018 In October 2018, I was lucky enough to be chosen as a stunt rider for a Netflix originals series called “Free Rein”. There are already two series out on Netflix; it’s an Emmy-award winning show aimed at 8-12 year olds, who love horses! The series needed an experienced […]
‘Blogs by Mads’ shares her thoughts on the Gillette ad!
Gillette, a cut throat ad! The razor brand, Gillette, has been bombarded with both criticism and praise after their recent video advertisement: “We Believe”. The recent engagement with the ad from celebrities, politicians and the everyday public has caused it to make waves way beyond its target market. The change in Gillette’s 30 year old […]
Freddie Pacey blogs a brilliant essay on Conn Iggulden’s War of the Roses saga
An essay on Conn Iggulden’s “War of the Roses” Saga Over the October half term I went away to America and decided to read Conn Iggulden’s War of the roses saga – a total of four books (I believe there is an extra book but it is not within his main story) – they take […]