Garry Joint Winners of Middle School Masterchef

On Sunday 11th March, 6 pairs of competitors from each house took part in the annual Year III & IV Inter-house Masterchef competition. After an incident of confusion with times; everyone got off to a good start (apart from Pitlochry) and everything went well with the preparation of the food with every pair getting their dishes out on time.

Duncan won best starter with a traditional German (Maultaschensupper) soup.

Garry won best main course with their yummy chicken stuffed with Philadelphia and red pepper pesto served with new potatoes and a salad.

School won best dessert with their delicious sticky toffee pudding.

The results for this competition are as follows:

In 6th place was QM Hall. 

In 5th place was Duncan.

In 4th place was Pitlochry.

In 3rd place was St. Aidan’s and,

In joint 1st was School represented by Abi Hindmarch and Celia Boddy and Garry represented by Sophie Bland and Emma Hill.

Everyone did a fantastic job and the food looked and tasted amazing.

We would like to give Miss Kelly a big thank you for judging the competition

The running totals for the 2012 MasterChef competition are extremely close and are as follows:

Duncan has 39 points

QM Hall has 39.5 points.

Pitlochry has 41 points

Garry has 43.5 Points

St. Aidan’s has 44.5 points

School 45 has points

The Year 1 and 2 competition, which will be held in the Easter term, should be an exciting finale to this year's competition.  

Garry House Annual Dinner

On Friday 9th February an excited group of QM pupils gathered in the Wenlock Library for the first annual Garry House Dinner. Students and staff from Garry enjoyed a pinata (perhaps a little too much!), frantic games and a tasty three course meal. If that wasn't enough guests were treated to some astonishing entertainment at their tables from magician Ian J Lea.

House Captain Violet Manners said of the evening 'Pinatas, quizzes, a miraculous magician and most importantly equisite food is, without question, the key to unlocking the door to a magical evening full of fun and laughter!'

A big thank you to everyone who helped put the evening together, and of course to Ian for providing the entertainment.

Garry Win Best Dessert in Senior Masterchef

 

 

This Sunday, twelve budding chefs took to the kitchens to participate in the school’s annual Senior House Masterchef. 

 

The competition consists of each house planning, preparing, cooking and serving a two course meal for two people. We were given two and a half hours preparation time knowing that marks would be awarded for overall presentation, the appearances of both courses and the flavour.

 

Judging the best dessert was difficult as it was hard to separate Garry’s and St Aidan’s melting chocolate puddings but Garry just pipped St Aidan's at the post.

 

The final results were as follows;

 

6^th place, Lily Walters and Grace Gardener for Duncan

5^th place, Rosie Haggas and Grace Hammond for Garry

4^th place, Daisy Greville Williams and Molly Davidson for QM Hall

3^rd place, Chloe Norton and Tak Wai Chan for Pitlochry

2^nd place, Eritrea Willoughby and Fleur Congreve for School House

1^st place, Hen Titcombe and Hannah Wilkinson for St Aidan’s

 

With only 2 ½ points difference between 1^st and 6^th place, this proves how high the standard of cooking was. 

Thank you to Miss Rickard for making this possible, Miss Stanglewicz for judging the competition and to all of the competitors!

Report by Henrietta Titcombe and Hannah Wilkinson (Upper Sixth)

Garry Wins House Cup









Many congratulations go to Garry who topped the leader board just above second placed School House to win the House Cup. Garry have had a fantastic year with win after win and hope very much to continue their winning streak next year.

Garry Wins Senior House Tennis

Congratulations go to Garry for scoring first place in the Senior House Tennis that took place last week. Despite tough competition from the other houses Garry secured pole position above second place QM Hall and School. Well done to all those who took part.

Garry Wins Inter-House Quiz

Congratulations go to Garry for their triumphant win in the Inter-House Quiz. Dominating from the first to the final round Garry remained in pole position throughout the competition to win with the convincing score of 1676 points, a total of 231 above second placed School. 

Garry Wins Fun Song 2010

DJ Got Us Falling in Love Again with the music last night at Queen Margaret’s annual Fun Song. With songs from the seventies, the eighties and the double zeros the audience wasn’t left Holding Out For a Hero for very long with St. Aidan’s kick starting the performances. Girls not only danced with military precision but dressed up in outfits ranging from the incredible hulk and batman to those that would prompt the question ‘Does your mother know’ you’ve come out dressed like that?? The evening proved as popular as a Candy Man giving away free chocolate and despite some Dynamite performances from the seven Houses and some Hot and Cold scoring from some of the judges, Garry was declared the winner with their performance of ABBA’s 1979 Classic, Does Your Mother Know?

Round up of 2009-10

Garry has had an excellent start to this term. Winning fun song was a fantastic achievement and it was all down to our amazing Lower Sixth who made up the dance, our team spirit and obviously our natural flair for singing and dancing, receiving 9/10 across the board. Another early success came in the first round of the Inter House Quiz where we came out on top with the highest scores of the evening, a very impressive start that we aim to continue through the rounds so bring it on. Another triumph was winning in the Junior Netball, on the lines of sporting achievements we had a very competitive and fun filled swimming session where Garry 4^th years came second following closely behind Pitlochry who just managed to scrape the win. Unfortunately Pitlochry have been on a bit of a winning streak bar Fun song of course (the most important event – that we like won! Yay). However their chocolate bar on bonfire night was very impressive, but we are happy that Garry’s personalised coca-cola can came in close second (we prefer not to mention that it was joint 2^nd with the four other houses!)  
 

Pitclochry Come Third in Senior Masterchef


 This Sunday, twelve budding chefs took to the kitchens to participate in the school’s annual Senior House Masterchef. The competition consists of each house planning, preparing, cooking and serving a two course meal for two people. We were given two and a half hours preparation time knowing that marks would be awarded for overall presentation, the appearances of both courses and the flavour. Pitlochry, represented by Chloe Norton and Tak Wai Chan, excelled in both their table presentation and the presentation of their dishes. 

 

 

The final results were as follows;

 

6^th place, Lily Walters and Grace Gardener for Duncan

5^th place, Rosie Haggas and Grace Hammond for Garry

4^th place, Daisy Greville Williams and Molly Davidson for QM Hall

3^rd place, Chloe Norton and Tak Wai Chan for Pitlochry

2^nd place, Eritrea Willoughby and Fleur Congreve for School House

1^st place, Hen Titcombe and Hannah Wilkinson for St Aidan’s

With only 2 ½ points difference between 1^st and 6^th place, this proves how high the standard of cooking was.Thank you to Miss Rickard for making this possible, Miss Stanglewicz for judging the competition and to all of the competitors!

Report by Henrietta Titcombe and Hannah Wilkinson

Pitlochry Win Fun Song!


Congratulations to Pitlochry House crowned Fun Song Champions 2011 last night, October 13th, following their fantastic feline display. In a performance that would have made Tony the Tiger's whiskers twitch with delight and with not a caterwaul to be heard Pitlochry danced and sang in perfect time. The judges loved Pitlochry's dance to the best selling hit of 1974 by the band Mud and with a near clean sweep of 10s on the score board Pitlochry really were the cats that got the cream! 





Pitlochry Triumph in House Festival Sport!

Congratulations go to Pitlochry who won the House Festival Tennis on Saturday 11th June and came joint top with QM Hall in the Rounders.











Pitlochry Comes Joint Top in Senior Masterchef!

 

Unlike the usual Sundays where the Art Block is empty and quiet, this Sunday everything was different. Smoke was coming out from the food technology room – it was time for Senior House Master Chef. Under the guidance and supervision of Miss Rickard, 6 pairs of girls were all aiming for one thing only—to impress the ultimate of judges, Mrs Cameron.

It all started off very cool, as everyone set out, weighed and eventually cooked their ingredients but with 5 minutes to go before the judging there was some very frantic rushing around trying to get all their dishes finished on time.

Thankfully, everyone made it to the end without anything blowing up and the results were delicious, tantalizing all the right taste buds.

Thank you to Miss Rickard for organising the event, Miss Cameron for her brilliant judging and everyone who took part – your food was amazing.

 

Saria and Tak

 

The results were extremely close:

 

St Aidan’s Chicken Pie accompanied by a Warm Rocket Salad

 

Pitlochry’s Chocolate Tart with an Orange and Chocolate Sauce and

School’s Trio of Chocolate Desserts and Homemade Vanilla Fudge

 

6^th        Garry

5^th        Duncan

4^th        School

3^rd        Q M Hall

1=        Pitlochry & St. Aidan’s who were represented by Saria & Tak Wai Chan and Teresa Leeming and Eliza Plowden respectively.

 

Congratulations and well done to all who took part.

Round up of 2009-2010

Pitlochry has got off to fantastic start to the new school year. We started the first part of the term with many long fun song rehearsals in which everyone worked really hard. By the end I think we were all relieved to show our masterpiece to the rest of the school and show them who are best! We came a brilliant second place with our energetic dance routine to Katy Perry’s “Hot n’ Cold”. It didn’t stop there either, after an extra long half-term Pitlochry came back raring to go, showing off our artistic skills in making the Bonfire Night Guy, a delicious looking Cadburys Dairy Milk Bar. Painted by the talented Yun in UVI, our creation stunned the judges who placed us in first place. It was a weekend for coming first as a day later Saria and Tak impressed Mrs Cameron with their mouth-watering senior master chief dishes and once again Pitlochry topped the leader board and came joint first place. We are also doing well in house sports with our year 4’s winning their swimming competition. Well Done Pitlochry for an amazing start of term, keep it up!
Report by Silvia Chaver and Phania Dalrymple

QM Hall Win Junior Inter-House Squash

On Tuesday 14th February, Years I and II took part in Junior House Squash. It was a very competitive event, with many girls taking up Squash for the first time.

The were some very close matches, but Hall House, represented by Rosa Onslow and Flora Bird, managed to win the title.

Middle School and Senior School House Squash will follow after half term.

QM Hall Win Best Main Course at Senior Masterchef
 
This Sunday, twelve budding chefs took to the kitchens to participate in the school’s annual Senior House Masterchef. 

 

The competition consists of each house planning, preparing, cooking and serving a two course meal for two people. We were given two and a half hours preparation time knowing that marks would be awarded for overall presentation, the appearances of both courses and the flavour.

 

The best main course dish was judged to be QM Halls roasted salmon with pesto and parmesan crust accompanied by roasted cherry tomatoes, peppers and potatoes

 

The final results were as follows;

 

6^th place, Lily Walters and Grace Gardener for Duncan

5^th place, Rosie Haggas and Grace Hammond for Garry

4^th place, Daisy Greville Williams and Molly Davidson for QM Hall

3^rd place, Chloe Norton and Tak Wai Chan for Pitlochry

2^nd place, Eritrea Willoughby and Fleur Congreve for School House

1^st place, Hen Titcombe and Hannah Wilkinson for St Aidan’s

 

With only 2 ½ points difference between 1^st and 6^th place, this proves how high the standard of cooking was. 

Thank you to Miss Rickard for making this possible, Miss Stanglewicz for judging the competition and to all of the competitors!

Report by Henrietta Titcombe and Hannah Wilkinson

QM Hall win House Guy Competition

 Congratulations go to QM Hall for winning the House Guy competition last Saturday's Bonfire Night celebrations. The category was 'Evil Characters' and their winning entry was Ursula from The Little Mermaid.
 




















QM Hall win Sports Day 2011

Congratulations go to QM Hall who won Sports Day. Coming top above second placed Garry, Hall won the Middle and Senior sections with St. Aidan's winning the Junior Section. A fine display of sporting prowess and competitive spirit a very well done to Hall.








QM Hall Come Joint Top in House Rounders

Congratulations go to the QM Hall team who played Rounders at the House Sports Festival on Saturday 11th June and came joint first with Pitlochry above third placed School.










QM Hall Win Masterchef 2011

Congratulations to QM Hall who were declared Masterchef Champions 2011. Despite stiff competition throughout the year Hall have remained consistent in their cooking ability impressing the judges time and again. The final ranking was close but following their success in the Junior heat on 15th May, Hall pipped second placed St Aidan's to the top spot.

QM Hall Win Junior School Masterchef

Congratulations go to QM Hall who followed their culinary success of March by winning Junior Masterchef on 15th May. Their menu of Fish Goujons with Sweet Chilli dipping sauce, followed by Lemon and Herb Chicken served with a Courgette and Basil Pasta Bake with Pesto Breadcrumbs and Roasted Vine Tomatoes wowed the judges and despite tough competition was declared the winner. Congratulations go to Posie Hall and Sara Apthorp for their skillful execution of the winning menu.  















QM Hall Win Middle School Masterchef

On Sunday 13th March Middle School Masterchef took place. Everybody did very well and we all had enough time to go off for a short time to compose ourselves before we had to actually cooked our final dishes. All of the dishes tasted great, and we all had great fun and we would like to thank Miss Rickard for organising it and Ben Skarrett for judging the competition. Well done everybody!

QM Hall were declared the winners with their main of Chicken Breast Stuffed with Cream Cheese and wrapped in Parma Ham, accompanied by Roasted Vegetables and Potato Rosti securing them the top spot. Hall's win of the Middle School round means they are currently top of the leader board overall but only by half a point, so it really is all to play for as eyes turn to the final round, Junior School Masterchef to be held on Sunday 15th May.









QM Hall Student Named One of Three Winners at Piano Competition

St Aidan's House Dinner: A Smashing Success!

On Friday 4^th May the whole of St Aidan’s house got together to celebrate ‘Living Life to the Full’. Having heard great things about the other Houses’ suppers, we were looking forward to the good food and the opportunity to integrate. Mr Payton and the house captains had clearly put a lot of effort into the decoration; the library was full of yellow balloons, and wine glasses of colourful sweets decorated the tables. Everyone made an effort to come dressed in their brightest clothes, and the colour clashes reflected the evening’s exciting atmosphere.

After a delicious four-course meal, we were given an inspirational talk by guest speaker Lara Fawcett. She gave us advice on how to live life to the full, telling us funny anecdotes from her teenage years and playing songs which have particularly inspired her throughout her life. Our favourite was Baz Lurhman’s ‘Everyone’s Free to Wear Sunscreen’, which encouraged us to never worry about what other people think about you, and to make the most of what you have. Her speech was extremely touching and perfectly adapted to the mixed ages of our audience, and we would like to thank her for inspiring us all.

We then enjoyed ourselves playing an after-dinner game called ‘Suits’, which basically involves running around the table and sitting on top of other people. It was a perfect game for encouraging integration, and we all got to know each other a bit better!

Overall it was a really enjoyable evening, and we would all like to thank Lara Fawcett, Mr Payton, the kitchen staff and the St Aidan’s House Captains (Teresa Leeming and Phoebe Williams-Ellis) for organising such a successful night.

Report by Eliza Plowden (Upper Sixth)

St Aidan's Dominate String Competition 2012

Many congratulations go to Vivien, Henrietta and Debbie who were highly commended at yesterday's String Competition. Two winners and two highly commended were chosen from the Year III and IV category and the Year V and above category and three of the winners were from St Aidan's with Vivien Highly Commended, and Henrietta the winner in the Senior category and Debbie Highly Commended in the same category. The girls will have their names engraved on trophies and have also won House Points for St Aidan's.

St Aidan's Win Senior Masterchef


 Congratulations to St Aidan's who came first in yesterday's, Sunday 13th November, Senior Masterchef Competiton. Hannah and Henrietta fought off stiff competition from the other five houses but their fillet steak, dauphinoise potatoes, pea pancake and roasted tomatoes, followed by an oozing chocolate fondant wowed judge Mrs Stanglewicz and earnt them the top spot.








St Aidan's Come Second in Fun Song

Congratulations to St Aidan's for coming second in Fun Song 2011. Narrowly missing the top spot the St Aidan's crew gave a fantastic performance of Smashmouth's 1999 hit All Star. Impressing the judges with their stella moves and energetic performance St Aidan's really proved they were all stars!

St Aidan's wins Best Dessert at Middle School Masterchef

St Aidan's Individual White Chocolate and Mascarpone Tarts were crowned 'Best Dessert' in this year's Middle School Masterchef competition by judge Ben Skarrett. The tarts secured St Aidan's second place in the latest round of the Masterchef competition. With all to play for the final round is eagerly awaited by all houses and will be held on Sunday 15th May when the Junior School Masterchef competition will take place.

Middle School Masterchef took place on Sunday the 13^th of March. Everybody did very well and we all had enough time to go off for a short time to compose ourselves before we had to actually cooked our final dishes. All of the dishes tasted great, and we all had great fun and we would like to thank Miss Rickard for organising it and Ben Skarrett for judging the competition. Well done everybody!   

St. Aidan's Comes Joint Top in Senior Masterchef!

Unlike the usual Sundays where the Art Block is empty and quiet, this Sunday everything was different. Smoke was coming out from the food technology room – it was time for Senior House Master Chef. Under the guidance and supervision of Miss Rickard, 6 pairs of girls were all aiming for one thing only—to impress the ultimate of judges, Mrs Cameron.

It all started off very cool, as everyone set out, weighed and eventually cooked their ingredients but with 5 minutes to go before the judging there was some very frantic rushing around trying to get all their dishes finished on time.

Thankfully, everyone made it to the end without anything blowing up and the results were delicious, tantalizing all the right taste buds.

Thank you to Miss Rickard for organising the event, Miss Cameron for her brilliant judging and everyone who took part – your food was amazing.

 

Saria and Tak

 

The results were extremely close:

 

St Aidan’s Chicken Pie accompanied by a Warm Rocket Salad

 

Pitlochry’s Chocolate Tart with an Orange and Chocolate Sauce and

School’s Trio of Chocolate Desserts and Homemade Vanilla Fudge

 

6^th        Garry

5^th        Duncan

4^th        School

3^rd        Q M Hall

1=        Pitlochry & St. Aidan’s who were represented by Saria & Tak Wai Chan and Teresa Leeming and Eliza Plowden respectively.

 

Congratulations and well done to all who took part.

Round up of 2009-10

We started the term with our customary brilliance, winning the quiz with a top-notch display of general knowledge. However, then came Fun Song … We was robbed! We are only just coming to terms with the disappointment of missing out on first place after so many years of victory! We thought we were the sharpest tools in the box with our unique version of Usher’s “DJ Got Us Falling In Love Again”. Not to be downhearted, we bounced back with victory in the House Masterchef competition – well done to Eliza Plowden and Twig Leeming for cooking up a delicious pie and pavlova to wow the judge. Our guy for the Bonfire Night – “The Cheese and the Mice” - was a fantastic work of art, and again we can’t believe we didn’t win … Thanks to everyone in the house for all your contribution and support.Report by Tash and Tickle (Natasha Norman and Alexandra Banks)