The Chronicle, Summer Term 2017

7 ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE

Nick Coram-Wright

of community around School. After their assigned activity, and usually ravenous, the pupils return to their boarding houses where they devour the banquet laid out before them by their HM and make short work of the many pizzas available. As you reach the dizzy heights of the Sixth Form, the rules and timings for the Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth are slightly more lenient and there is a greater sense of freedom, but also inevitably you need to be more self-sufficient. Saturday nights for the Lower Sixth consist of the Junior Common Room, where you gather as a year group and the mood softens as you indulge in two

bells, rousing us to shower and shake-a- leg. Somewhat zombie-like, the Lower School file into the Service, ready to listen but also longing for brunch. Sixth Formers can choose to go to Theme (a secular alternative) later, so a slightly longer lie-in is possible - the perks of seniority. On Sundays after Chapel, some of us filter off to parents and guardians for family fun, whilst others take part in the busy weekend programme or venture into Summertown or Oxford for a breath of fresh air.

small bottles of beer each (very carefully controlled!). Every week the Houses take it in turns to choose the dress theme. It is an amusing way to chill, chat and have a dance with your friends. For those in the Upper Sixth, the freedom is even greater; with no call over until 11pm, most venture into Oxford city centre with all its attractions. At 11pm the flock are all safely back in House to meet for cheese and biscuits with their HM, and to chat and reflect on the night’s excitements. Come the Day of Rest, there isn’t much! Lie-in luxury is limited to 8:30am. We are woken by the sound of the Chapel

Emily was previously at Queen Anne’s School.