Gravesend win the Inter-House Art Competition 2015!

This year the theme for the Inter-House Art Competition 2015 was: APART & TOGETHER

Pupils from Years 7-13 were encouraged to take part and the competition was held from Monday 16th - Thursday 19th March during Period 7.

Five pupils from different year groups for each House worked in a range of media which this year included painting, collage, drawing, mixed media and photomontage. The title was given to the Houses beforehand so they could research, plan and have a good idea of what they were going to do during the 2 hour competition.

The pupils’ work was then judged on the following:

IDEAS: Originality, and an obvious development of an idea.
RESEARCH: Evidence of link to art /the arts for inspiration.
PRACTICAL SKILLS: Ability to use medium or materials.
PRESENTATION: Overall finish to the final piece.

Each year I am delighted to see each House put a lot of time and effort into thorough planning, research and organisation. This year was no exception and the judges were particularly impressed with all the creative ideas, as it was clear careful thought and imagination had gone into considering a personal and collective link to the title ‘Apart and Together’. The judging was difficult as the competition was very close. However, the judges were unanimous with their top 3:

The winners of the Inter-House Art Competition 2015 are:

1st Place: GRAVESEND

2nd Place: SANDRINGHAM

3rd Place: KHARTOUM

Congratulations to Gravesend! Full results are listed below:

1st Place GRAVESEND: 68 marks
2nd Place SANDRINGHAM: 64 marks
3rd Place KHARTOUM: 60marks
4th Place BUCKINGHAM: 55 marks
JOINT 5th and 6th Place CHINA and KENSINGTON: 54 marks
7h Place AUGUSTA: 51 marks
8th Place BALMORAL: 48 marks
9th Place WINDSOR: 45 marks

Ifiok Essien

George Hawkins

James Kennett

Kyle Campbell

Robert McKenzie Shannon

Sammy Parmenter

Magnus Fotheringham

Alex Saunders

Charlie Daubney

Ollie Blackwell

Milly Boyd

Jess Tillman

Mulan Bentham

Loulou Mattison

Charly Tyson

AUG

Maddy Vann

Tabitha Nicholls

Freya Smith

Zoe Harris

Tehya Rana/ Betty Dempster

Dan Farrow

Dan Gurzynski

Will Blackburn

Tate Pilgrim

Oliver Pinder

Calum Luke

Josh Richardson

Harry Porter

Jack Ma

Benji Holland

Amy Beet

Lucy Kirkby

Sophie Benson

Teresa Stander

Sara Taylor

Jess Hooper

Mattie Bradshaw

Laura Gumbrell

Libby Nowell

Charlotte Preece

Olivia Kelly

Many thanks to Heads of House, House Tutors, gap students, pupils and to the judges for all your help and support with this year’s very successful Inter-House Art Competition. Congratulations to Gravesend for another win and well done to everyone. I look forward to next year’s competition.

Mrs Gibbs