Heads of House and they say: ‘We look
forward to getting to know the new boarders,
and are excited to run and hold inclusive
activities as a house.’
School has also bestowed the role of
Deputy Head Girl to Anna Wedge, and
School Prefect to Emilia Couttie and
Ellie Harrison. These girls are leaders
and role models, and it is fantastic to
see so many of our girls standing in
positions of responsibility. Well done
girls; we are so proud of you!
FENWICK-SMITH
HOUSE
2018-19 has been another really
successful year in Fenwick-Smith House
and it remains a pleasure and a privilege
to be Housemaster and part of the wider
boarding community. Once again, as
well as our regular 7 night a week and
weekly boarders we have welcomed
numerous day boys who have joined us
to make the most of what the boarding
community at Pocklington School has
to offer. We like to feel that we provide
the balance of a home from home
atmosphere, some fun activities, and
fantastic pastoral and academic support.
We have had a great team of non-resident
tutors and we have all enjoyed working
with a super set of lads. The team has
been: Mr Perham, Mr Wareham, Mr
Wheeler, Mr Copley and Mr Parker
and our fabulous Day Matron, Kim
Burnside. I am lucky to work alongside
the legend that is Mr Loten (TLo) who
continues to offer an amazing amount
of maths support to the boys and the
girls from Faircote. Mr Wareham has
moved on to pastures new and we wish
him all the best. Mrs Dare deserves a
mention as she keeps me on the right
path and supports the boys fantastically
through the OP network. Joint Head
of House, Marco Li, for example, was
very grateful to Rachel who set up a
physiotherapy placement locally and he
has subsequently gone on to university to
study physiotherapy. Sally Terry, Julia
Metcalfe, Sue Jackson, Jinny Anderson
& Lynne Baxter do a great job in keeping
the house clean and tidy and sorting the
laundry for FSH, Dolman and even
Orchard House on Saturdays too!
One of the joys of being Fenwick-Smith
Housemaster is that a significant number
of our boys stay in touch with us after
they have left, giving us updates about
their travels, study and career stories.
For example Vasyl Ilchyshyn, OP, who
is from the Ukraine did brilliantly at
university and obtained a First Class
Honours degree recently. It will be great
to see his name up on the honours board
in the music school. “Just writing to tell
you that I have achieved a first-class degree
in Business Economics. I will be graduating
from the University of Exeter next week. It has
been a fantastic journey from the A-level to a
university degree. I want to thank you and your
wife for all your help and support throughout
these past years. It was a wonderful time
back at the Fenwick-Smith house and I really
appreciate all of your time and effort that you
are putting in it on a daily basis”.
Our motto at Fenwick-Smith is “work
hard, play hard”. It speaks volumes for
the house that the last 3 Head Boys have
all been FSH lads: Rob Smith, Edward
Dare and Henry Foster. New Head boy
Mike Smith and Joint Deputy Heads Ben
McNamara & Cameron Adams have all
enjoyed time boarding in Fenwick-Smith
House. They are all great all-rounders
who embody the spirit of what it is to
be a Pocklingtonian and they are great
ambassadors for the boarding house and
the school.
Our new Head of House, Afonso
Spencer, has this to say about last year:
“This has been another fun and exciting year
for Fenwick Smith House.
A lot of pupils have joined the boarding
house which creates a good and diverse
environment in which people can have
fun, experience different cultures but
can also focus on work. We started the
year with a fresh set of 4th years who
were keen to mingle with the seniors
and become part of the Fenwick-Smith
family.
This was a year which was full of day
pupils who were boarding certain
nights or just staying in late due to the
immense academic help that is on offer
at Fenwick Smith House. As with every
year, our boarders invited day pupils
to play some games of snooker, pool,
table tennis and table football in our
traditional Christmas games or just when
they wished to play with the day pupils.
Our boarding house wishes to integrate
with day school and we like to have as
many day pupils visit our house and stay
over. We also appreciate that many of
them wish to invite their friends over for
a night especially after taking part in a
senior boarding activity: watching a Hull
city game, watching a band perform and
many more.
We also have to mention our staff who
keep the whole boarding house running
THE POCKLINGTONIAN
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