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| Housemistress of Msddock, Abbi Freeman |
Maddock girls are a mixture of flexi, weekly and full boarders with the youngest years (L4, 4 and U4) sharing in rooms of three and the senior girls (L5 and U5) benefiting from double or single study bedrooms. The girls mix well across the year groups promoted by L4s and 4s sharing in rooms together in these first years at Queen Anne's. All girls have a ‘mentor' in the House who looks after them in their first few days and weeks and who remains a source of support throughout their time at QAS. In addition U5 and L6 students take up prefect roles and offer another layer of support to the younger girls.
Maddock benefits from a very large family style kitchen which is well stocked with fruit, milk, hot drinks and bread for the prerequisite after school toast and the girls spend time relaxing and chatting here as well as in the two sits which are equipped with table football, air hockey, Wii, TV's and DVD's. There are staff on duty in the office at all times during the day and evening and girls are free to come back to the House and relax at break and lunch times and can ‘sign in' friends from other Houses also. For most, Maddock really feels like their second home and we constantly encourage girls to contribute to our ever evolving environment. The girls laundry is done in House by the House staff during the day and is ready to collect in the evenings and the girls play their part by taking up washing up and sit tidying duties in the evenings.
There are two set prep times in the House in the evening of which girls must attend one, with supervised prep taking place for the juniors in our workroom which has computers available with access to the school network and internet. Senior girls are encouraged to manage their studies more independently and do prep in their study bedrooms during the same prep times. In addition to the computers placed in the workroom the House also benefits from a Wireless internet connection and all girls are free to have personal laptops which can be set up on the school wireless system by the IT department. Junior girls however, are required to hand their laptops in at bedtime along with their mobile phones and the wireless connection is turned off over night.
Maddock has a large number of girls who stay in at weekends and take advantage of the weekend trips on offer which include anything from water sports to shopping, cooking to Theme parks and cinema trips to high ropes courses. There are many inter-House events for girls to get involved in and Maddock girls have a fantastic spirit and are always the loudest supporters! We also have plenty of fun together as a House with a House outing every summer and celebrating and treating ourselves with events at Christmas, Easter, Pancake Day, Halloween, the end of year, not to mention a fair few occasions in between. All this enhances the true community spirit that can be felt in the House.