With just 20 minutes to complete their designs, students were challenged to carve pumpkins based on the theme "Gordano 70", celebrating the school's 70th anniversary. The impressive creations were then judged by Ms Blundell and Mrs Luton, who had the difficult task of selecting the winners from a strong field of entries. 

A huge thank you goes to Ms Thomson for organising and hosting the event, which proved to be a fun and festive way to round off the term. 

We are also extremely grateful to our prize sponsors. Sainsbury's kindly donated a selection of Halloween-themed treats and goodies, while Portishead Town Football Club generously provided family tickets to their fireworks display for the first and second-place winners. 

The standard of entries was exceptionally high, making the judging process very challenging. After much deliberation, the results were as follows: 

Winners 

🥇 1st Place: India (Biscay) 

🥈 2nd Place: Lev (Portland) 

🥉 Joint 3rd Place: Harry and Harry (Shannon), and Seth (Lundy) 

5th Place: Cromarty 

6th Place: Fitzroy 

Congratulations to all the students who took part. The competition produced some fantastic designs and demonstrated great creativity, enthusiasm and house pride. Well done to everyone involved!

The Pumpkin Carving Competition is just one of many exciting interhouse events taking place this year. Students will have plenty more opportunities to earn valuable house points and showcase their talents in a range of creative, academic and team-building competitions. Upcoming events include the Christmas Card Competition, Hairstylist of the Year, the 70th Anniversary Year 7 & 8 Woodwork Challenge, the Year 11 English Quote Off, an Imaginative Writing Timed Competition, Glow Up! Make-Up Competition, the ever-popular Staff Masked Singer, and an Interhouse Tutor Group Teamwork Challenge. We look forward to seeing students get involved and represent their houses throughout the year.