Students are nominated to receive a Head’s Praise for exceptional achievements and contribution to school life.
Headmaster’s Praise – 21 September 2018
21 September 2018
Today five boys came for Headmaster's praise:
- Thomas Batchelor for acting as an excellent ambassador for the school during the Moldova Project trip, helping to organise activities for over 120 Moldova children, carrying out community work in the village of Ialoveni, and furthering our links with our partner charity Agape (including raising over £2,400 through a sponsored event).
- Daniel Chamberlin for receiving the Head's Award for English in his entrance test.
- Max Hall for acting as an excellent ambassador for the school during the Moldova Project trip, helping to organise activities for over 120 Moldova children, carrying out community work in the village of Ialoveni, and furthering our links with our partner charity Agape (including raising over £2,400 through a sponsored event).
- Howard Hawkes for acting as an excellent ambassador for the school during the Moldova Project trip, helping to organise activities for over 120 Moldova children, carrying out community work in the village of Ialoveni, and furthering our links with our partner charity Agape (including raising over £2,400 through a sponsored event).
- Matthew Kunov for stepping in to take a tour around the School at the last moment – Matthew did an excellent job.
Headmaster’s Praise – 14 September 2018
14 September 2018
Today 15 boys came for Headmaster's praise:
- Adewale Adebutu for stepping in to take a tour around School House when no member of staff was available to do it. He did an excellent job.
- Joseph Allen for looking after a lost and worried dog walking on Park Crescent and bringing it to Mr Kendry. He then looked after it while the relieved owner was found in the park, and Joseph reunited them. Joseph showed considerable kindness and presence of mind in doing this good deed.
- Charles Bromage for acting as an excellent ambassador for the school during the Moldova Project trip, helping to organise activities for over 120 Moldova children, carrying out community work in the village of Ialoveni, and furthering our links with our partner charity Agape (including raising over £2,400 through a sponsored event).
- William Cope for acting as an excellent ambassador for the school during the Moldova Project trip, helping to organise activities for over 120 Moldova children, carrying out community work in the village of Ialoveni, and furthering our links with our partner charity Agape (including raising over £2,400 through a sponsored event).
- John Dickson for taking it upon himself to come in every day over the summer holidays to build the new flight simulator donated by OA Tony Edwards, saving the school over £10000 in build cost so that it was ready for the start of term. John is an outstanding cadet and his selfless commitment to the CCF is highly commendable.
- Freddie Fleck for acting as an excellent ambassador for the school during the Moldova Project trip, helping to organise activities for over 120 Moldova children, carrying out community work in the village of Ialoveni, and furthering our links with our partner charity Agape (including raising over £2,400 through a sponsored event).
- Suleman Irshad for acting as an excellent ambassador for the school during the Moldova Project trip, helping to organise activities for over 120 Moldova children, carrying out community work in the village of Ialoveni, and furthering our links with our partner charity Agape (including raising over £2,400 through a sponsored event).
- Benjamin Lovejoy for acting as an excellent ambassador for the school during the Moldova Project trip, helping to organise activities for over 120 Moldova children, carrying out community work in the village of Ialoveni, and furthering our links with our partner charity Agape (including raising over £2,400 through a sponsored event).
- James Madeley for acting as an excellent ambassador for the school during the Moldova Project trip, helping to organise activities for over 120 Moldova children, carrying out community work in the village of Ialoveni, and furthering our links with our partner charity Agape (including raising over £2,400 through a sponsored event).
- Thomas Monger-Godfrey for acting as an excellent ambassador for the school during the Moldova Project trip, helping to organise activities for over 120 Moldova children, carrying out community work in the village of Ialoveni, and furthering our links with our partner charity Agape (including raising over £2,400 through a sponsored event).
- Henry Muller for acting as an excellent ambassador for the school during the Moldova Project trip, helping to organise activities for over 120 Moldova children, carrying out community work in the village of Ialoveni, and furthering our links with our partner charity Agape (including raising over £2,400 through a sponsored event).
- Jerome O'Mahony for acting as an excellent ambassador for the school during the Moldova Project trip, helping to organise activities for over 120 Moldova children, carrying out community work in the village of Ialoveni, and furthering our links with our partner charity Agape (including raising over £2,400 through a sponsored event).
- Andrew Russell for acting as an excellent ambassador for the school during the Moldova Project trip, helping to organise activities for over 120 Moldova children, carrying out community work in the village of Ialoveni, and furthering our links with our partner charity Agape (including raising over £2,400 through a sponsored event).
- Henry Steinsberg for acting as an excellent ambassador for the school during the Moldova Project trip, helping to organise activities for over 120 Moldova children, carrying out community work in the village of Ialoveni, and furthering our links with our partner charity Agape (including raising over £2,400 through a sponsored event).
- Ross Tselos for winning the Southern U18 challengers chess tournament.
Headmaster’s Praise – 3 July 2018
3 July 2018
Today 16 boys came for Headmaster's praise:
- Lachlan Borthwick for walking over 61km in 12 hours for the 2M charity walk.
- Ollie Breach for leading the Science Factor Photonics team presentation at Imperial College Physics Department.
- Xavi Butler for his outstanding committment in rehearsal throughout the process of staging “Accidental Death of an Anarchist” in class, with a brilliant final performance.
- Rex Langley for stepping up at the last minute and volunteering to wheel residents back to Old Station House after the tea party.
- Nathan May for making fantastic contributions to the U15 cricket team in recent weeks, with both bat and in the field, whilst helping to manage messages from the captain when he lost his voice in the last game!
- Rory Mitchell for being one of the leading members of the Young Enterprise team, Woodworx. Rory is hard working and supportive of the team in meetings and at trade fairs.
- Robert Monnery for walking over a marathon (42.1km) in 12 Hours.
- Qasim Naqvi for helping run the Community Service tea party.
- George Nott for making black perspex Griffen table numbers to be used at the Griffen Ball, as well as larger menu holders for the bar. These were made through Xylo, the YE team, and George helped to manufacture the items.
- Sam Penrose for making black perspex Griffen table numbers to be used at the Griffen Ball, as well as larger menu holders for the bar. These were made through Xylo, the YE team, and Sam was the driving force behind this project.
- Pierre-Louis Peuch for being a superb help throughout the 3rd Year Induction Day. Pierre-Louis was proactive, friendly and a brilliant ambassador for the house.
- Louis Summons for being an outstanding captain for the 15B's cricket team. Louis has led with calm assurance. He has managed a talented set of cricketers with respect and authority. It has been a pleasure to be part of the team this term.
- Mark Taylor for walking over a marathon (42.1km) in 12 Hours.
- Louis Trotter for walking 31.2km in 5 hours for the 2M Charity Walk.
- Sam Turner for walking over a marathon (42.1km) in 12 Hours.
- Jayden Zamler for being a superb help throughout the 3rd Year Induction Day. Jayden was proactive, friendly and a brilliant ambassador for the house.
Headmaster’s Praise – 26 June 2018
26 June 2018
Today 11 boys came for Headmaster's praise:
- Nick Case for being one of the leading members of the Young Enterprise team, Woodworx. Nick is very hard working and supportive of the team in meetings and at trade fairs.
- Robin Collins for producing an excellent presentation in French on a musician, and for working at a consistently high standard in French.
- James Connelly for his selection to compete at the Oxfordshire County Championships.
- Evan Hambly for being one of the leading members of the Young Enterprise team, Woodworx. Evan is hard working and supportive of the team in meetings and at trade fairs.
- Krishan Handa for being one of the leading members of the Young Enterprise team, “Global Chef”. Krishan is hard working and supportive of the team in meetings and at trade fairs.
- Freddie Nicholson for being one of the leading members of the Young Enterprise team, “Global Chef”. Freddie is hard working and supportive of the team in meetings and at trade fairs. He is also nominated for the Cyber Discovery program: out of 23,000 students taking part Freddie is through to the CyberStart Elite Camps. He will go to London in the summer holidays.
- Sam Penrose for redesigning the O'Doherty's House logo.
- Nick Raptakis for his part in the success of the Young Enterprise team, “XYLO”. They have won awards at the Area and County finals, performing consistently well throughout the year. Nick has also learnt from memory, in just a very short while, the first movement of a Haydn Piano Concerto.
- Will Tibbs for his outstanding committment in rehearsal throughout the process of staging “Accidental Death of an Anarchist” in class, with a brilliant final performance.
- Max Williams for being one of the leading members of the Young Enterprise team, Woodworx. Max is very hard working and supportive of the team in meeting and at trade fairs. He has also taken on and run his own trade stand in a Buckinghamshire garden centre.
- Ted Woodfin for his outstanding committment in rehearsal throughout the process of staging “Accidental Death of an Anarchist” in class, with a brilliant final performance.
Headmaster’s Praise – 15 June 2018
15 June 2018
Today 12 boys came for Headmaster's praise:
- James Gibson for being instrumental in the success of the Young Enterprise team, “XYLO”. The team has won awards at the Area and County finals, performing consistently well throughout the year.
- Giles Green for providing consistent and continuous support of his Young Enterprise team in his role as Finance Director. Without his efforts it would have been very difficult for the team to have made a profit this year.
- Freddie Martin for consistently working at a very high level and doing above and beyond what is expected of him.
- Kit Matthews for being an excellent Science Ambassador for two very busy Science outreach sessions.
- Joshua Mensah for his selection to compete at the Oxfordshire County Championships.
- Alex Moss for his selection to compete at the Oxfordshire County Championships.
- George Nott for being instrumental in the success of the Young Enterprise team, “XYLO”. The team has won awards at the Area and County finals, performing consistently well throughout the year.
- Luke Prior for working with the School Archivist to find out more about the history of Lower Library to create a display for the new Lower School Houseroom.
- Ashwin Tennant for giving an outstanding performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor with the Oxford Studio Orchestra.
- Matthew Viner for being instrumental in the success of the Young Enterprise team, “XYLO”. The team has won awards at the Area and County finals, performing consistently well throughout the year.
- Jake Wallis for being instrumental in the success of the Young Enterprise team, “XYLO”. The team has won awards at the Area and County finals, performing consistently well throughout the year.
- Eric Zhong for being an excellent Science Ambassador for two very busy Science outreach sessions.
Headmaster’s Praise – 25 May 2018
25 May 2018
Today seven boys came for Headmaster's praise:
- Krishan Handa for a fantastic innings of 49 & 2 wickets in the recent match vs Bradfield, and also his role as Captain of U15C cricket. The C Team are out-performing all opposition and could easily be playing for the B team in all other years.
- Edward Hayes for acting as an ambassador for the school at the Chandlings Next Steps Evening.
- Dan Keeble for volunteering to give a tour to a visiting family. Feedback from the family was that he did an excellent job and was a great ambassador for the school.
- Henry Lykke Dahn for his fantastic innings of 66 not out, 3 wickets and a direct hit run out in the match vs Bradfield recently. The C Team are out-performing all opposition and could easily be playing for the B team in all other years.
- Henry Muller for acting as an ambassador for the school at the Chandlings Next Steps Evening.
- Yazan Odeh for his outstanding work on the Headmaster's taster morning helping a child who was very anxious.
- Oliver Paton for his fantastic innings of 57 not out in the match vs Bradfield recently. The C Team are out-performing all opposition and could easily be playing for the B team in all other years.
Headmaster’s Praise – 16 May 2018
16 May 2018
Today six boys came for Headmaster's praise:
- James Gibson for making it through to the YE area final as Finance Director and part of the presentation team. The team has performed consistently well throughout the year and won best online campaign.
- Aryann Gupta for consistently demonstrating high levels of diligence and commitment to his French studies. Aryann is always keen to push himself and regularly ask for extra work to be done outside of lessons. The quality of his work is very good.
- James Hall for being a supeb Head of House this past year. He has been proactive, helpful and a great role model to the boys in the house. He has been instrumental in helping Mrs O'Doherty organise events and been reliable throughout.
- Hugo Leedham for his amazing art work, demonstrating a fantastic use of pen and mark making. He has worked tirelessly on a very detailed fantastical art piece.
- Sam Penrose for his exceptional annotation and presentation of his GCSE Art sketchbook, showing thoughtful and anaylitical understanding of his own art practice.
- Noah Williams for being a superb Head of House this past year. He has been proactive, helpful and a great role model to the boys in the house. He has managed this role whilst also maintaining a balanced OH and academic life at school. He has shown good humour with the boys and watched out for the younger boys in the house.
Headmaster’s Praise – 11 May 2018
11 May 2018
Today 16 boys came for Headmaster's praise:
- Cameron Aitken for his diligent and mature attitude to his A-level Art exam, working and preparing independently.
- Geordie Anderson for gaining the joint highest number of commendations (16) in the second year in the Lent Term.
- Rory Bishop for making it through to the area YE final as MD of team XYLO. The team won best online campaign and has performed consistently well throughout the year.
- Ben Crofts for making it through to the YE area final with Team Zero Degrees, where they had to present and set up their stall. Ben has been in charge of the finance and has consistently supported the team.
- James Gibson for making it through to the YE area final as Finance Director and part of the presentation team. The team won best online campaign and has performed consistently well throughout the year.
- Toby Hindley for making it through to the YE area final with Team Zero Degrees, where they had to present and set up their stall. Toby has been in charge of the strategy and has consistently supported the team, particularly in selling products.
- James Hogge for coming 1st overall in the National Cipher Challenge, and winning the GCHQ Prize of £1000. James has come second in the last two years but finally achieved the top prize this year in his final year.
- Philip Kimber for gaining the highest number of commendations (27) in the First Year in the Lent Term.
- Nicholas Ko for an excellent electronics project.
- Max McNally for making it through to the YE area final with Team Zero Degrees, where they had to present and set up their stall. Max has been supporting the team in purchasing products and dealing with suppliers.
- Dan McNamara for making it through to the YE area final with Team Zero Degrees, where they had to present and set up their stall. Dan is the MD and has helped drive the team to make a very healthy return for the shareholders.
- Seb Muller for being selected to represent Oxfordshire in the LTA County Championships, winning both his singles matches against Berkshire and Hampshire.
- Sam Penrose for making it through to the YE area final in charge of manufacturing and designing products. The team won best online campaign and has performed consistently well throughout the year.
- Mark Taylor for gaining the joint highest number of commendations (16) in the second year in the Lent Term.
- Ashwin Tennant for achieving a Distinction in the Hamilton Olympiad, placing him in the top 50 pupils across the country who qualified for this Olympiad.
- Ethan Webb for winning the Cambridge Corpus Christi College Languages and Linguistics Essay Prize 2018. He wrote an essay on “Is literature fundamentally untranslatable?”
Headmaster’s Praise – 4 May 2018
4 May 2018
Today eight boys came for Headmaster's praise:
- Oscar Bennett for gaining an outstanding distinction in Grade 8 Singing last term – a stunning mark for a Third Year pupil. He also got a place in the National Youth Choir recently and took part in the Easter course.
- Oliver Breach for gaining a distinction pass in his ARSM Piano diploma – a very impressive achievement.
- Aryann Gupta for designing and writting his own website based on the experiences and research surrounding the Syrian migrant crisis – part of population and migration work in Geography.
- Brooklyn Han for winning a national ABRSM Silver Medal for his outstanding grade 8 Singing result last year of 146/150.
- Patrick McCubbin for being selected for the team to represent the UK at the International Biology Olympiad 2018 in Tehran, Iran.
- Nat Reading for showing empathy and maturity in supporting a classmate who has been having a tough year.
- Jamie Robson for gaining an outstanding disticnction in Grade 8 Singing last term – a stunning mark for a Third Year pupil.
- Edmond Wang for achieving the maximum 135 points in the Intermediate Grey Kangaroo Maths Challenge.
Headmaster’s Praise – 28 March 2018
28 March 2018
Today 23 boys came for Headmaster's praise:
- Tom Batchelor for volunteering and participating in the Fitzharrys sixth form science mentoring programme. He planned, organised and delivered three well-taught and well-pitched lessons to 10-12 Year 8 pupils from Abingdon and Fitzharrys – a great effort.
- Timmy Chiu for being a fantastic help at the ATOM Family Science Fair on Sunday.
- Henry Churchman-Davies for volunteering and participating in the Fitzharrys sixth form science mentoring programme. He planned, organised and delivered three well-taught and well-pitched lessons to 10-12 Year 8 pupils from Abingdon and Fitzharrys – a great effort.
- Charlie Craig for volunteering and participating in the Fitzharrys sixth form science mentoring programme. He planned, organised and delivered three well-taught and well-pitched lessons to 10-12 Year 8 pupils from Abingdon and Fitzharrys – a great effort.
- Alasdair Czaplewski for being a fantastic help at the ATOM Family Science Fair on Sunday.
- Alec de Jongh for representing China at the recent MCS MUN Conference which won best overall delgation
- Didier Delgorge for volunteering and participating in the Fitzharrys sixth form science mentoring programme. He planned, organised and delivered three well-taught and well-pitched lessons to 10-12 Year 8 pupils from Abingdon and Fitzharrys – a great effort.
- Edward Gill for his outstanding sketchbook work towards his GCSE art exam.
- Michael Lam for being a fantastic help at the ATOM Family Science Fair on Sunday.
- Jonathan Lee for being a fantastic help at the ATOM Family Science Fair on Sunday.
- Alex Lee for volunteering and participating in the Fitzharrys sixth form science mentoring programme. He planned, organised and delivered three well-taught and well-pitched lessons to 10-12 Year 8 pupils from Abingdon and Fitzharrys – a great effort.
- Martin Man for volunteering and participating in the Fitzharrys sixth form science mentoring programme. He planned, organised and delivered three well-taught and well-pitched lessons to 10-12 Year 8 pupils from Abingdon and Fitzharrys – a great effort.
- James Moore for volunteering and participating in the Fitzharrys sixth form science mentoring programme. He planned, organised and delivered three well-taught and well-pitched lessons to 10-12 Year 8 pupils from Abingdon and Fitzharrys – a great effort.
- Isaac Morrow for being a fantastic help at the ATOM Family Science Fair on Sunday.
- James Ng for volunteering and participating in the Fitzharrys sixth form science mentoring programme. He planned, organised and delivered three well-taught and well-pitched lessons to 10-12 Year 8 pupils from Abingdon and Fitzharrys – a great effort.
- Freddie Nicholson for being a fantastic help at the ATOM Family Science Fair on Sunday.
- Toby Rock for winning the Taekwondo British Open Nationals.
- Calum Steer for qualifying and representing Abingdon and Oxfordshire at the English School's National Cross Country Championships, in which he finished 68th best in the country.
- Calvin Tan for being a fantastic help at the ATOM Family Science Fair on Sunday and for volunteering and participating in the Fitzharrys sixth form science mentoring programme. He planned, organised and delivered three well-taught and well-pitched lessons to 10-12 Year 8 pupils from Abingdon and Fitzharrys – a great effort.
- Oliver Williams for being a fantastic help at the ATOM Family Science Fair on Sunday.
- Kevin Yuan for being a fantastic help at the ATOM Family Science Fair on Sunday.
- Louis Yue for being a fantastic help at the ATOM Family Science Fair on Sunday.
- Andy Zhang for volunteering and participating in the Fitzharrys sixth form science mentoring programme. He planned, organised and delivered three well-taught and well-pitched lessons to 10-12 Year 8 pupils from Abingdon and Fitzharrys – a great effort.
