Winchester Weekly

Drama

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Parents are welcome to the school play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, showing in the QEII Theatre this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 1930. 

Please book tickets by emailing Suzie Kight with your name, preferred date, and number of tickets required.

The show will last 1hr 50 mins in total, including a 20-minute interval.

Good luck to the cast and crew!

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Music

St Mark Passion

On Sunday 13 March 2022, the College hosted a performance of Mr Oliver Tarney’s St Mark Passion: a powerful setting of the narrative of Jesus’ Passion and Crucifixion, based on St Mark’s account, with a libretto by English don Mrs Lucia Quinault. Winchester College Glee Club was joined by eight brilliant soloists, a professional orchestra, and a professional choir, Sansara, who sang the semi-chorus parts. 

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Societies

Fashion Show 5 May 22

On Thursday 5 May, at 6pm, students from Winchester College, St Swithun’s School and Peter Symonds College will take over Flint Court for Resilience 2022, a fashion show and auction in aid of local children's hospice charity Naomi House & Jacksplace. 

The goal of Resilience is to showcase the phenomenal breadth of expression we have at our disposal every day when choosing what to wear. The Sustainable Fashion Society began as a collaboration between Winchester College and St. Swithun’s School but Resilience 2022 will play host to three separate “Fashion House” entities: Winchester College, St. Swithun’s School and Peter Symonds College.

Sixth Form Summer Course

World Experts Join Us

The line-up of experts and innovators joining our new digital summer course, Catalyst, has been announced. They include:

Pete Convey - world-leading polar explorer, 25+ years' experience with the British Antarctic Survey

Nishika de Rosairo - founder of a venture capital-backed start-up using HyperQ to unlock human potential

Major General Jonathan Shaw - former Director of the Special Forces, 32 years’ experience in the British Army

Ninel Musson -  founder of South Africa's leading independent record label 

Catalyst will run 18-29 July and is open to current and prospective V Book and VI Book 2 pupils. Applications are processed on a rolling basis with a limit of 30 spaces available. Applications received before 18 April are eligible for an early bird discount.

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Inter-house competition

Wilson Pot

The inter-house science quiz, known as Wilson Pot, took place on Thursday last week.

The junior quiz was won for the third time in five years by Toye’s (pictured), with Cook’s 2nd, and College 3rd.

The senior quiz and Wilson Pot itself was narrowly won by Furley’s, in a high-scoring year for the competition. Kenny’s came 2nd after a storming multiple choice round, and Hopper’s 3rd.

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Greek & Latin Recitā

On Wednesday of last week the Final of the Greek and Latin verse recitation competition was held in Musā. The thirteen finalists had battled their way through heats to make it to the Final, and their performances of passages of Homer and Virgil were polished and captivating. The adjudicator, Professor Philomen Probert of the University of Oxford, judged that the following were the winners in their categories:  

Junior Greek: Ben Aubury (V Book, College)

Junior Latin: Felix Edmondson (MP, College)

Senior Greek: William Thomson (VI Book 2, College)

Senior Latin: James Fulcher (VI Book 1, Beloe's)  

The Queen’s Silver Medal itself was the prize for the Senior Latin category, and was won by James Fulcher, who only just made it back in time to perform from the Final of a national French debating competition.

Mr Edmund Lewis, Head of Classics


Virtual Stock Market Competition

TraderSoc is the school’s new investment and trading society that has been running for the past academic year. We have enjoyed numerous talks by experienced professionals, including some OWs, and have been preparing students for the competition to come.

We currently have 81 pupils and staff members competing in the school's first ever Virtual Stock Market competition, which will run until Friday 17 June. There will be prizes for the top three wealthiest players at the end of term.

We hope the contestants use all the preparatory resources we have provided for them throughout - we will publish weekly updates including leaderboards, the current market conditions and any big changes in the stock market.

Tomiwa Oshai (VI Book 2, Chawker's)