Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Swimming - ESSA Berkshire Qualifying Round

  Mon 26 Sep 2022

  On Monday 26th September Mr Breen took nine swimmers to St George’s School in Ascot to take part in the English School Swimming Association Berkshire qualifying round. Two teams were entered, one into the intermediate division and one into the senior division. Both teams took part in two events, the 4x50 freestyle relay and the 4x50 medley relay.  

   

  The senior team, James Murphy, Jonah McIntyre, Toby Davies and Tomasz Peczak, raced in medley relay and then Aaron Wilks replaced Jonah for the freestyle relay. Both teams won the events with very fast swims from the whole team, beating the large numbers of private schools that they were competing against.

   

  The intermediate team, Oviyan Mandal, Tom Crossland, Finbarr Eaton and Darius Sofizadeh also competed in both relays and like the senior team they all put in some very quick swims which meant they won both events by a long way.

   

  Hopefully both teams put in quick enough times to be able to qualify for the national finals that will be held in November.                        

   

  Jonah McIntyre, Ford

   

   

• Year 9 v Salesian School

  Fri 23 Sep 2022

  Last weekend Windsor played Salesian school at their first home game of the season. Unfortunately, Salesian arrived without a full team, so we helped them out by taking it in turns to play for the opposing side. The game started out quite slow and it was about twenty minutes before we scored our first try. After that, we started to pick up the pace and dominated the second half scoring try after try, only missing two out of eight conversions. The game ended early as Salesian had no chance of coming back. The game finished at 66-0 to Windsor, a big win for our first game. Well done to all those who played and to those boys who helped out the opposition. Thanks for the coaches for their hard work and for helping us as a team.             

   

  Match Report by Aidan Manwaring (9 Woodland)

   

  

• Cricket

  Fri 23 Sep 2022

  As the cricket season draws to a close, it is worth reflecting on the outstanding achievements of some of our young cricketers after a summer which saw a number of personal milestones and great representative achievements.

   

  Two of our cricketers achieved great things with Berkshire (coached by ex TWBS cricketer, Tom Lambert). Charlie Dunnett (pictured left), who left us in the summer, scored an incredible 300* for the Berkshire U18s, a team that went on to win the ‘double’ over the course of the season. Josh Jayasingh was also an ever present in this team, and scored an unbeaten 100 against Suffolk in the National Cup quarter final.

   

  Tegh Banse (pictured right) also broke a club record for Stoke Green in a partnership of 385, scoring 200* in a league match, bringing up his 200 with a six off the last ball of the innings.

   

  Congratulations to the boys on these achievements, and to all those who have played cricket over the course of the summer.

  

• Rugby U15B v Isleworth U15A

  Sat 17 Sep 2022

  The U15B team stepped out to a nice sunny morning on Saturday 17^th September. With only eleven players available after a number of late dropouts due to illness and other issues, this was always going to be an uphill struggle. However, all the boys put in an amazing performance, trying their hardest against a very strong Isleworth’s A team. A number of trys were conceded, but with twotrys for Ben Swanborough and another for Christian Jeremiah the boys can hold their heads up high. It wasn’t enough for the win but we come again next week stronger than ever.

   

  Other notable mentions include debuts for William Griffiths, Isher Dhillon and Leo Murrel who are all a credit to the team and we hope will continue progressing and improving.

  

• Football Year 9 v District Teams

  Fri 16 Sep 2022

  Year 9 Football team started their TWBS career with a good 3-2 victory against the District team. Each year this is our curtain opener and gives our lads a real test to show their skills against a quality opposition. Windsor struggled for any kind of fluency at the start of the game but this is unsurprising as this is their first ever game together. The lads lack drive and determination and found themselves 1-0 after ten minutes after a mix up at the back. However heads did not drop and Windsor soon equalised with an excellent individual goal from Alex Szymczyk. This gave Windsor confidence and they started to take control of the game through a goal from Ed Bartlett, taking off where his brother (Jo Bartlett, last year’s 1^st XI Captain) had left off. Towards the end Windsor scored a third with the goal of the match, winning the ball in midfield, spreading wide to the full back, sending the winger up the line to cross and finished off by Josh Hill. The District team did get one back just before full time but Windsor held on for a very deserved victory.

  

• How to become a documentary film-maker- talk at Eton College

  Tue 13 Sep 2022

  On Tuesday 13^th of September, A level and Year 11 Media students were invited to attend Emma Cooper’s “How to become a documentary film-maker” talk at the Jafar Hall in Eton College from 20:45 to 21:45. Emma Cooper is an independent film maker with a prolific career in the mass audio-visual mass media industry and an extensive filmography. She is also the founder of Empress Films.

   

  In her talk, Emma Copper spoke about her struggles in a male dominated industry and how she did a job that she didn’t enjoy for nine years at the start of her career. After a long period as a runner, she met and started working with Louis Theroux for the BBC. After several projects with Theroux, and a time working as Commissioning Editor in Documentaries at Channel 4 and Global President of Non-Scripted Television at Pulse Films, producing films for BBC, Channel 4, SKY, she now runs her own successful film production company Empress Films, an independent production company and has offices in London, Los Angeles and Manchester, where she has produced films for big companies such as Netflix, Peacock and CNN. In her own words: “The company is dedicated to platforming under-represented voices and creating inspiring and creatively nourishing relationships with talent across the industry. Empress works with many film-makers, producers and commissioners and in partnership with other similarly minded companies to create a body of work.”

   

  Having been founded in 2020, Empress's most recent work includes the series ‘Epstein's Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell' (Peacock and Sky) 'DIANA' (CNN Original Documentaries). Some of her most recent films are ‘The mystery of Madelyn Monroe: the unheard tapes’ on Netflix and ‘The Black Cop’ which recently won the British Short Film category at the 75th British Academy Film Awards. Emma Cooper’s lecture was enlightening in showing us that if you have the skills and desire to work in the film industry that is possible with patience and tenacity, therefore this is an inspiration for any young men or women that want a career in the film industry.  

    

  Report by Ben Chandler, Media Studies student, Year 12.

• Rugby U14A v Emanuel School

  Sat 10 Sep 2022

  Saturday was an enjoyable experience for all of the squad. It was the first time that many of us had played a competitive rugby match and certainly the first time that we had come together as a team.

   

  Meeting very early on a Saturday; putting on full school uniform was a novel experience. Emanuel School had the luxury of playing at home and the advantage of two previous seasons of rugby as a unit prior to our fixture.   Mr Woods was invaluable during our preparation and was able to guide us through early altercations. We benefitted from ‘on-field’ coaching and enjoyed the support of the opposition coach who was impartial. Although the result rather flattered Emanuel School, we came together and lost the second half by just a single try. We certainly found our feet and made excellent progress. Bearing in mind we had only met as a group two days before the match, we played pretty well and kept things within the spirit of the sport.  Emanuel School 25 – TWBS 0      

  
  Match report by, Joseph Melville, 9 Burnett.

  

• Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022

  Fri 09 Sep 2022

  The Windsor Boys’ School community was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II yesterday.

   

  As a school set in the shadow of Windsor Castle, we have had a strong connection to the Royal Family over many years and were honoured when Her Majesty opened our ‘new building’ (now D block) in 1994, and as recently as the summer our students were fortunate enough to play a role in celebrating her Platinum Jubilee with weeks of celebration and commemoration. Over the years, many TWBS students have met the Queen, and her presence in the town and its community was always important to her.

   

  Students will this morning have an assembly in tutor time to reflect upon her life and reign. Over the coming weeks there will be further opportunities to mark her reign, both at school and within the local community. Many families in the school will have close connections to the Queen because of military links or working on the Royal Estate and we recognise that the sense of loss can affect people differently. As a school, we will offer support to any student that is affected.

   

  Throughout the last 70 years, the Queen was a symbol of kindness, dedication and loyalty; a role model to all our young people. She was a monarch, but also a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and we extend our sympathies to the Royal Family at this difficult time for their personal grief.

   

  Your sincerely,

   

  Mr Sean Furness

  Headteacher

  

• Rugby 1st XV v Reading Rams

  Wed 07 Sep 2022

  Windsor Boys’ travelled with high hopes to play a tough Reading Rams team as both teams looked for there first win of the season.  Rams kicked off and early pressure came from TWBS. A good passage of play for Windsor’s forwards lead up to push over a try for Will Moss in the corner after multiple phases. A quick start for the Windsor Boys’ was quickly repaid by Rams scoring immediately after. Pressure from TWBS in defence lead to turnovers from George Moran and Leo Ardali. The boys had a lineout from 15 metres out, the ball is smarty shipped out from Tom Coomber into Will Moss who breaks through to score TWBS’s second try.  The ball is converted and TWBS went 12-7 up. On the stroke of half time Windsor Boys’ came yet again with some big ball carrying from Amari and Tomi before Mark Venter picked up the ball and went round Rams’ defence to score.  TWBS went into the break leading 19-7.  Rams’ came out firing, scoring straight away to make it 19-14. Windsor Boys’ came back with Tomi in the corner powering over to make it a two try game with 20 mins to go, conversion made by Tom Coomber.  Relentless pressure from Rams gained them a try to make the score 24-19 heading into the final 10 minutes. TWBS were again under massive pressure but some key turnovers from Lewis Flynn and big hits from Lawrence Beboso and Dom resulted in TWBS amazingly holding on for a well earned win.    

   

  Match report by Will Moss, 6 Woodland