b'For those of you of a footballing persuasion, I have11Gwinners of the house football, which is the main felt a little bit like Ruben Amorim for the last couple ofevent, winner of the house Connect 4, and second in years! I knew our long winning run wouldnt continueboth handball and indoor athletics. My thanks to 11G indefinitely, but it has still been difficult to see our titlewho have been outstanding for the last five years.wrenched away from us, by William last year, andIn addition to these events, Galahad also had who knows this year! Nevertheless, this year wasstudents in all year groups making a significant another respectable year for Galahad, continuingpositive contribution through SIMS, and now Arbor, the magnificent attitude and willingness to competewhich acknowledges academic excellence and very and participate that all Galahad forms have regularlygood behaviour. Our most impressive students since shown. It is a privilege to be house master of such aJanuary on Arbor are:positive and enthusiastic house! While coming first is enjoyable, it is always the have a go approach,7GVivaan Sondhi +157irrespective of where you finish, that we promote and8GUsman Rahiem +171GALAHAD emphasise in our form and house assemblies. With9GTahmid Labib +140two Enrichment Days, and Sports Day, still to come,10GAayaan Plummer +92here are some of the notable successes that the11GSubhan Alam +59GALAHAD students have achieved this year.7Gsecond in both the house handball and ConnectA big thank you and congratulations to all G-Force 4, and winners in the indoor athletics.forms, and good luck next year under new 8Gsecond in the house basketball. management ; )9Gsecond in the house chess. Mr Campbell10Gwinners of both the house basketball and house chess.I extend my best wishes to our Year 11 andEvent winners: 13 students who have commenced their study10WHouse Footballleave. Specifically, I would like to mention House10WChessCaptains Darin Diako and Ruby Bains. I am7W & 9WConnect 4 confident that you will bring honour to our house8WHandball through successful results in your forthcoming10W & 11WIndoor Athletics examinations. Our newly appointed house captainsHighest achievement points:for the next academic year are Shaun Saju and13WBilal AbbasFaaris Alam.12WHardev MankuHouse William are the current holders of the House11WWilliam BrookesCup. Our students have shown excellence in their10WDarren Lounguedybehaviour and performances in various events. 9WArben SidhuWe have numerous instances of excellence that8WSebastian FernandoWILLIAM warrant acknowledgment for their hard work. I7WSakithian Kareenthirantrust that they can offer encouragement and driveBest of luck for the remainder of the year. WILLIAMfor the rest of us. Mr HussainThe 20242025 academic year has been a dynamicWinning the Year 8 house competition (singing). and rewarding year for Henry. Our focus has remainedAnania (7H), Vivek (8H), Mujtaba (9H), Harisharanon fostering academic excellence, student leadership,(10H) and Nikhil (11H) are the pupils that have participation in co-curricular activities, and theachieved the most merits in each form. Well done! emotional and social well-being of our students. I amAnania (7H) has the most merits for the whole ofproud to report that Henry has shown considerableHenry!growth in both individual and collective achievements. 9H won the house basketball. 9H had the highest form attendance in Year 9.Our house CARES value this year has been endeavour 9H tied for first place for the Gothic week challenge.and I am proud to say that I have seen many students Prabhbir (11H) represented Worcestershire in the generally, but Henry house students in particular, embodying these characteristics. Endeavour is allDivision 1 cricket. about showing resilience, responsibility, bravery, andHenry continues to exemplify the schools core values commitment. I think the most important trait I haveof community, resilience, aspect, endeavour and HENRY V seen this year within Henrys is resilience. Resilience isservice. I am incredibly proud of our students efforts a key skill that is required in the modern world of workthis year and the dedication of the staff supporting and all Henry students have been able to show thatthem. Looking ahead, we aim to build on this HENRY this year. Some examples of this include:momentum and ensure that every student in Henry 8H winning the school-wide World Book Dayfeels valued, empowered, and ready to thrive. competition.Miss Morgan61'