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The Regents Review
Spring 2016
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General News
Regent Park Bake Off
To combat the winter blues, the
senior prefects organised the
inaugural ‘Regents Park Bake Off’
in January this term. It promised to
be a fantastic event as the buzz
from students and teachers spread
around the school like wildfire. It
was to follow a similar format of the
well-known TV show and the whole
school would have the opportunity to
enjoy the results.
After an exciting build up, the big
week finally arrived. Twenty teachers
and support staff from across the
school were to go 'head to head' in
one of the most competitive events
Regents Park has ever seen. Three
winners from each round were to go
through to a 'winner takes all' final.
The cakes and biscuits were to be
sold in a bake sale and the whole
event was going to be televised on
the big screens.
Round 1, biscuits and flapjacks,
was a tense affair with some big
players hoping to intimidate the
competition. Some of them, Mr
Strange and Mr Archibald, brought
their own equipment and some of
them used other more clandestine
methods to disrupt their opponents.
Mr Brown thought that distraction
techniques might work best as he
set about exploding popcorn and
burning the worktops. Miss Hocking
was not impressed. Happily though,
three worthy winners were judged
through to the Final. Mr Archibald was
declared ‘Star Baker’ with Mrs Rogers
and Mr Strange in hot pursuit.
In round 2, cakes were the order of
the day. Again it was a competitive
atmosphere, punctuated regularly
by yelps and exclamations from the
ever-present Mr Sinclair who was the
victim of many attempts at sabotage.
Happily, he and two other excellent
bakers, Mrs Moussa and Mrs Ruberry,
sailed through to the final.
The grand final was a real master-class
in baking. All of the judges agreed that
the entries were outstanding and it
was a very hard decision choosing the
champion. However, after considerable
debate, Mrs Rogers beautiful dessert
won the day and she holds the
coveted and extremely well deserved
accolade of being Regents Park's first
ever ‘Bake Off’ winner.
Special praise and mention goes to
Dominic Green who edited the whole
competition together into a 30-minute
show for the whole school to watch.
It really was a fantastic occasion and
showed off the strength and breadth
of talent that the staff and students
at Regents Park possess. The whole
event would not have been possible
without the hard work, dedication
and organisational skills of the Senior
Prefect Team and I want to thank
them for their commitment to making
this happen. I am extremely proud of
them.
Mr Holloway