This term saw the first Scott and Rammell quiz, which was led by our Social Captain Hannah, well done to the year 12s who came runners up. We have seen increasing numbers representing the house this term in inter house hockey and the super Saturday programme, which bodes well for next term.

The usual festive activities in house have been in abundance, consisting of gingerbread making, Bedgebury lights, Somerset house ice skating, House Christmas dinner, Secret Santa and the always hilarious Christmas sketches. It always amazes me how entertaining the girls can be on the last night of term!!

A special mention to Nerea our Charity Rep who rallied the house to support the homeless charity by supplying unwanted winter clothes, the house donated two large bin liners full of clothes.

The social rooms have been alive with games, music, chat, more heated chat, tea, occasional study and most importantly, laughter.

I would like to thank the whole house for buying into the Rammell spirit. There is a very special atmosphere among this group of boys and no matter whether they are playing ultimate frisbee, going for a walk in the rain, tidying the kitchen or organising a dodgeball tournament, I am always proud of the inclusive ‘have a go’ vibe.

Tutor trips, something very much reduced last year due to Covid, were back with a bang this term with Year 9 heading off to Slap n Dash for some pottery painting, Year 12 out for dinner and Year 13 going to Bluewater for ice skating and Byron Burger. It has also been a term packed with whole house activities including Christmas card making, inter-house sport, and a mini-Thanksgiving celebration!

One of the highlights this term was the house theatre trip to see Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cinderella; it was an amazing feeling to be back out in 'theatreland' and had been very much missed.

We rounded off the term with a fantastic festive treat, a meal at The Castle Inn at Bodiam. It was a lovely atmosphere with excellent food which we followed up with mince pies, yule log, secret Santa and sketches back at Blubery.

There have been so many highlights, from the involvement of many in cross country to spooky fun at the Halloween party, from Crowden classics like dodgeball and many games of basketball. Do keep track of these on our Facebook page.

There's a homely feel in the house too, with new furniture, a coffee machine for the 6th form and a promised table tennis table to look forward to.

For many, boarding has been a new experience and probably at times daunting, but they've done themselves proud, especially coping with the constantly meandering threat of COVID who, for some, has impacted their term with the annoyance of isolation at various points.

On a sporting front, 15 of the boys in the House have represented the school for rugby playing in the first and second teams. 5 boys have taken part in the local park runs – a couple of whom probably didn’t realise what they were signing themselves up for! Remember boys, the K in 5K stands for one thousand metres!! 🙂 6 of the boys have played in the School basketball team and 3 came in the top 10 for the School Cross Country event. School Lodge is fortunate to have some outstanding musicians, who have taken part in the Newcomers Concert, the Remembrance Service and whole-school assemblies.

Weekends have been busy with the majority of the boys staying in House and many of them taking part in weekend activities – from paintballing to watching DanSing, a show put on for the kids and by the kids!

Some of the many include BBQs, bat wrangling, paintballing, raft building, quizzes, coach house nights, bonfires, lots of rugby, dinners, walks, and movies, unofficial and official inter-house football and basketball competitions, ice skating, and various teenage flirtations and heart breaks as well as all of the usual shenanigans that go on when I am not looking!