The ‘House Arts’ competition is debatably the most important inter-house event of the year. It includes everyone from each of Concord’s four houses and allows students from all year groups to display leadership and teamwork. It has always been a fun, inclusive and exciting experience for students to contribute to…

Despite the weather being immensely cold, a group of Form 4 Art students, dressed in their full waterproofs, went to one of the most famous sculpture parks in the country – the British Ironworks Centre, in Shropshire. We travelled there to have a better insight of what an artist’s life…

Concord’s Form 5 Geographers went on a trip to North Wales recently, for further study on coastal management, measurement of climate and settlement. Personally, I was excited about this trip as Geography is one of my favourite subjects. Upon arrival, we dropped our bags in the centre where we were…

On Friday 28th September, at morning break time we took part in the Macmillan Coffee Morning at Concord. This is an annual charity event which supports people with cancer through fundraising, in the form of bake sales. Teresa House are in charge of this event, however, of course, we wouldn’t…

I must say, the Go Wild trip was a ‘blast’. At first, like many others, I was hesitant to sign up for the event since I did not know anyone else who was going to go. I somehow managed to join the trip after originally being on the reserve list…

As we all know, the Inter-House Cross Country took place last week. Before the day of the race, the enthusiasm only seemed present on the faces of our House Captains and Prefects. Words like “agony” and “pain” were even used to describe it… So it seemed like no one was…

On 17th May 2018, the cross country team competed in the ‘Shropshire Young Athlete – Cross Country’ competition. Sushant and Mark ran in the U15 3km race, Jasper in the U19 5km race and Liza, Wing Hin and myself in the U17 4km race, as a team. As it was…

Eyebrows raised when we were told that Wednesday afternoon would be fulfilled with a jousting display. Many people had not heard of jousting before – and, to be fair, it is medieval. However, this only meant that the jousting spectacle was an exciting new experience for many. Chatter rippled through…

On the 6th and 7th of September, the new Lower School Monitors were tested as a team to lead an exciting range of activities for the induction of new students. Over the two consecutive evenings, the Monitors successfully managed the task of welcoming students into Concord, proven by the fact…