Harpur Assembly

Welcome to today's Harpur assembly.

As of 4 p.m. yesterday Harpur house have accrued 2144 FS merits. The breakdown is quite interesting.

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​Future Skills merits so far...

Quiz time!!!
What do you really know about your house and our school?

Multiple Choice

When was Bedford School founded?

• 1552

• 1553

• 1554

• 1555

Multiple Choice

Who was one of the main people to be accredited as one of our school founders?

• John Bunyan

• Samuel Whitbread

• Sir William Harpur

• John Howard

Sir William Harpur was an English merchant and philanthropist who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1561. Born in Bedford, he moved to London and amassed a large fortune. In 1566, Harpur and his wife Alice gave an financial endowment to support several charities including ones focused on education.

The endowment eventually became the Harpur Trust, which supports four independent schools in Bedford today.

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​Well done - you're right!

Multiple Choice

What does the school motto, 'Floreat Schola Bedfordiensis, mean?

• May they be good men.

• Flowers in school come from Bedford

• Manners maketh Bedford

• May Bedford School Flourish

Multiple Choice

Mr Whitbread has been housemaster of Harpur for how many years?

• 23 years

• 24 years

• 22 years

• 21 years

​So... How are we doing? Need some more challenging questions?

Multiple Choice

Which tutor is missing from this list? Mr Affleck, Mrs Blythman, Mrs Rossington, Miss Bamber, Mr Heaney, Mrs Osborne, Miss Goodman, Miss Cavill, Mrs Gregori

• Mr Whitbread

• Mr Loader

• Mr Lincoln

• Mrs Heywood

Multiple Choice

How many times have Harpur house won the house cup since 1992?

• 21 times

• 8 times

• 32 times

• 10 times

Multiple Choice

What is the house cup called?

• The Silk Cup

• The Thomas Trophy

• The Nestor Cup

• The Erskine May Salver

This cup was presented to the school by Lady Craig in memory of Sir Maurice Craig (OB) who was an eminent psychologist and pioneer in the treatment of mental illness- it was a house challenge cup presented to the school and is a silver gilt replica of the gold cup of Nestor found in the royal tomb of Mycenae in Ancient Greece over 4000 years ago.

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​The Nestor cup

Multiple Choice

Huckleberry wears his scarf with pride - a former boy who is now a teacher asked his mum to knit it. Who was the teacher?

• Mr Hone

• Mr Roberts

• Mr Loader

• Mr LIncoln

Multiple Choice

His big brother had a famous TV show (he doesn't like to talk about it!) What was this called?

• Santa's little helper

• Snoopy

• Kipper the dog.

• Scooby doo

Multiple Choice

The house names changed in 1992 to what they are now. What was Harpur previously known as?

• Greene

• Fanshawe

• Phillpotts

• Brerton

​The Inky

​And finally...

Multiple Choice

You are sitting in one of the oldest buildings in the school.

Why is it called the 'Inky?'

• Because boys used to write in ink & it spilt all over their fingers!

• Because, once upon a time it was a hospital.

• Because Inky stands for Independent New Kids Year

• Because it is short for incubator and the prep school was a place for nurturing boys

The Inky

​1899 - Became the prep school

For many years this building was all one school. The library was the school hall and the staff room was next door. Some of your teachers even had their lessons in this building years ago. It was nicknamed the Inky owing to the notion that young boys could be nurtured/educated in a kind way - incubation was shortened to simply, 'inky.'