Hoop Trundle

Another lovely day of weather and a busyish day... Confirmed yesterday that I will be moving into a newly built classroom from September. As my wife was in on supply I took the chance to start the clear out of 10 years of accumulated 'crap'. Managed to get three black bin bags sorted and plenty of recycling too. At the end of the day, we were able to catch the finals of this year's hoop trundle - an annual tradition after Senior school prize-giving. And that was a wrap on another half term!

This involves King’s and Queen’s Scholars bowling traditional wooden hoops over a course on the East Lawn of Ely Cathedral and commemorates the re-founding of the school by King Henry the 8th  in 1541. Having dissolved Ely monastery, which had educated children for centuries, he gave the school its first Royal Charter and inaugurated the 12 King’s Scholars. One of the privileges he allowed them was to play games, including the bowling of hoops, in the Cathedral precincts. In 1970, the school admitted girls for the first time in its 1,000 year history, and three years later the King’s Scholars were joined by Queen’s Scholars at the request of Queen Elizabeth 11 during her visit to the school in 1973.