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HOUSES
W H I N C H AT
Houses
B U N YA N H O U S E R E P O RT WORDS BY
Mr Matt Allen, Bunyan Housemaster
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’ve tried to start every Bunyan report I’ve written with the line from a song, so which song do I use this time?! There could be so many, but how about this one… ‘And now the end is here. And so I face that final curtain’ Apt? Well the end is now here for me. And I certainly think that I managed to do it My Way! I could probably include a few more of
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Frank Sinatra’s wonderful lyrics too! Of all the challenges that Covid posed, building, and maintaining, a strong House spirit was one of the more difficult aspects this year. The weekly get-together didn’t happen, the House Officers weren’t able to take pride in setting the assembly rooms up, and we weren’t able to formally meet the twenty five new Bunyanites. Sport was
a challenge, Drama was a challenge, House Singing didn’t happen, and watching dozens of rambling Mr Allen assembly videos must have been interminable! Despite all of this, we built a spirit, new Bunyanites introduced themselves to me whenever they could, and we did get some sport, drama and music competitions (thank you Mr Phillips, the sports department, Mrs Turton and Mrs Gedye!), along with numerous academic competitions. Sadly, we rarely saw the Bunyan flag fly for the weekly Merits competition but, thanks to a flood of sporting wins at the end of the Spring Term, we won the termly cup and enjoyed starting the Summer Term with the flag flying high. It wasn’t to be seen again until the last week of term, when we finally won the weekly Merits competition, and we waited patiently, to see who would be the winners of the House Cup. More about that later but first, I want
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