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Chapter 3 / Houses
have fun together as well as the Showcase demonstrating how
talented the girls are in so many spheres. The girls’ musical
talents have been evident in two House Shout titles in the last
four years as well as last year’s Shells winning Has Teddies
Got Talent! Upper Sixth prefects Ella and Bobbie’s arrangement
for the House Harmony this year was also very successful. In
recent years, Avenue girls have won Junior Debating, House
Challenge, Junior Hockey, Senior Tennis and the Junior
Steeplechase. In addition, four Avenue girls have won the
individual steeplechase title in recent years, with Storm holding
the record for both junior and senior events. Furthermore, we
have been proud to have supported Rose and Lily – as they
have fulfilled the role of Head Girl in the last two years. With
the girls’ impressive collective work ethic and their willingness
to get involved in many different activities, they make my job
(relatively!) easy and certainly very enjoyable.
Rachel Bellamy
Housemistress, Avenue (M)
Avenue (M)
Avenue is proud to be the House with the most key pads and
door codes; these codes are strictly on a need to know basis!
Once you reach the inner sanctum, after passing through
three coded doors, you will see the very important blue sofas.
Situated just outside the Housemistress’s office (in the part of
the House which used to be called the Link), the blue sofas
play a crucial role in allowing all years to integrate and spend
time chatting about their day. The sofas turned pink once
after a mistaken attempt to buy new covers – fortunately this
troubling stage did not last long!
During the last year, Avenue has had to contend with a
few changes. With the building of Jubilee House, Avenue is
no longer the newest House and therefore the Housemistress
has had to change her spiel to prospective parents; with the
appointment of a new Housemistress for one of the Quad side
Houses, Avenue also no longer has the shortest Housemistress!
However, despite these changes, we are proud to still have
the best House Common Room (we might be a little biased!)
which is the venue for Susan’s Cake Night on a Tuesday – with
peanut butter cookies and Victoria sponge being particular
favourites. We are also proud to be a happy and friendly
House, in which the older girls (under the leadership of Head
of House, Minnie, and Deputies, Georgia and Immy, this year)
encourage the younger girls to mix with the Sixth Formers.
As Head of House, Minnie’s Hot Chocolate Night each Friday
has been very successful – although not quite as popular as
whole-House games of sardines! As the relaxed nature of the
House befits, the Upper Sixth are often to be heard running
through their repertoire of Disney tracks whilst Fourth Formers,
Emma and Oriana, can be heard performing their own latest
songs. As Housemistress, my favourite two nights of the year
are the Christmas party (we take pride in being up later and
making more noise than Corfe!) and our House concert,
Avenue Showcase. These two events enable all of the girls to
Below: Shells compete in Has Teddies Got Talent. Right: Snowdonia, 2012.
Above: Avenue Shell picnic, 2009.
Left: Miss Bellamy, Housemistress, at the steeplechase.
Bottom: Senior Netball, 2013.
Far left: Avenue Showcase,
2011.
Left:Juniornetballteam,2013.
Below left: Christmas party,
2011.
Below: Shells dress-up day,
2009.