German Exchange to Hamburg Over 20 Years
Eleven Oundelians took part in this year’s Fourth Form German exchange to Hamburg. The link with this particular school is now in its second decade.The programme included visiting the historic city...
View ArticleSpectator Panel Discussion on French Election
A group of Lower Sixth Form French pupils currently studying the presidential election travelled to London to attend a Spectator magazine panel discussion, featuring distinguished writers, journalists...
View ArticlePre-Season Training Camp in Spain
In the last week of the Easter holiday, 24 pupils travelled with three members of staff to the Catalunya Tennis Resort in northeastern Spain for five days of pre-season training. Every day involved...
View ArticleImperial College Bring STEM Challenge to Local Schools
The second annual Imperial College STEM Challenge took place at the start of the Summer Term.Imperial College use STEM facilities at Oundle School as a regional hub for the East Midlands area. This is...
View ArticleThird Form Head off on Adventures for Field Weekend
The entire Third Form set off on expeditions and adventures over Field Weekend. While some Houses travelled as far as Norfolk and the Isle of Wight, Crosby House stayed close to home, enjoying a mix of...
View ArticleCross-cultural Trip Explores Granada
Thirteen Third Form pupils accompanied teachers from the Religious Studies and Spanish Departments on a trip to Granada. After we landed in Seville, we had a two hour bus journey to our hotel in...
View ArticlePhysicists Explore Science and Innovation at CERN
Over the Easter holidays, School physicists travelled to Geneva to visit CERN (The European Organization for Nuclear Research), a European research organization that operates the largest particle...
View ArticleSports Round-up Week Ending 6 May
The sailing Oundle 1st team produced a strong result against Kimbolton School this weekend at Grafham Water in lovely conditions, winning all three races. There was some good solid performances from Ed...
View ArticleIntroducing Girls Cricket at Oundle
Thursday 4th May marked an historic moment in Oundle’s cricketing history, with the 1st XI girls cricketers not only playing, but winning their very first match in a fixture against The Perse School....
View ArticleGeography Trip Experiences the Forces of Nature in Iceland
Iceland, the ‘Land of Fire and Ice’ was experienced at its best by Geography pupils from the Fifth and Lower Sixth Forms during the Easter holiday.Stepping off the plane and heading straight for the...
View ArticleA Field Weekend Brimming with Activities
Over Field Weekend the Community Action department hosted two popular events brimming with activities.On Sunday over 200 adults and children with physical disabilities and/or learning difficulties,...
View ArticleGold Awards Achieved in Chemistry Olympiad
Two Upper Sixth Form pupils, Andrea Verenose (C) and Kevin Law (Sc) achieved Gold Awards in this year’s Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemistry Olympiad 2017, with a further six pupils achieving Silver...
View ArticleFour School Cricketers Captain Northants County Teams
Three Oundle cricketers, Tommy Simeons (StA), Will de Capell Brooke (L) and Will Park (L) together with Laxton Junior School pupil, Thomas Kemp (Y6) have all been selected to captain their respective...
View ArticleSports Round-up: A Weekend on the Water
On Saturday the Oundle sailing team took part in the annual BSDRA Easterns team racing tournament, which faces teams in a round robin fashion against one another to determine a winner. The Oundle team...
View ArticleDown by the River in Wind in the Willows
Last week at the Stahl Theatre, we joined the well-loved classic characters of Rattie, Mole, Badger and Toad down by the riverside in an enchanting production with First and Second Form pupils of The...
View ArticleThe Rowing Club Qualifies at National Schools Regatta
The National Schools’ Regatta is by some counts the largest school event in the country in terms of attendance. From a kilometre out from the finish, the rowers are hit with a wall of spectator...
View ArticleMattie and Master Brown at the International Grand Prix
In mid-May, Mattie Lanni (L) competed and finished in second place at her first U14 International Grand Prix event at Sentower Park, Opglabbeek, Belgium.Mattie and Newbridge's Master Brown (‘Boston’ to...
View ArticleSidney House 'Swims the Channel' for WaterAid
On the final Sunday before Half Term, boys from Sidney House took part in a relay swim with the goal of swimming the width of the channel in support of WaterAid.Forty-four pupils from every year group...
View ArticleSienna Selected for U19 England Tour to NZ
Oundle netballer, Sienna Rushton (Sn) has been selected to go on tour to New Zealand with the U19 England Netball Squad in July.The highlight of the tour sees the team compete in the 2017 Netball NZ...
View ArticleSciTec Rededicates a Laboratory in Honour of Rosalind Franklin
After first arriving at School 80 years ago, Roland and Colin Franklin (School House 1944, 1941) returned to Oundle along with their sister Jenifer Glynn, who travelled from Cambridge, to rededicate a...
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