Original sentence: Horse riding was also offered on Tuesday afternoons and Swimming was done up until year 7 (Form 2) on Friday Morning at Pickering.Howsham Hall was bought in 1956 by John Knock.In the Autumn and Spring terms boys played rugby, with the school fielding a 1stXI and an U11s team.In the sumer term boys did cricket with the school fielding 2 teams senior and junior and the girls did rounders.It had been due to be demolished by the council, but in 1958 it opened as an independent boys' school.It was then taken over by Simon, Anthony and Gabrielle Knock who ran it until the school closed due to falling pupil numbers on 6 July2007 The Schools motto was Potentes Virtute (Strength In Courage).Pupils also did Cross Country on Mondays culminating a 7 mile run at the end of the spring term called the "championship" an inter house competition.The Bamburugh family died out because of the lack of male heirs, the Wentworth intermarried with the bamburughs and they to became extinct.The School has faced alligations of abuse by former pupils (See below Allegations of Abuse).The building is afected by the Curse of Kirkham, the curse states that "All male heirs of the estate would perish [and] that true happiness would never come to that family or its successors" (See below Curse of Kirkham)
Edited sentence: Horse riding was also offered on Tuesday afternoons and Swimming was done up until year 7 (Form 2) on Friday morning at Pickering.In the Autumn and Spring terms boys played rugby, with the school fielding a 1st XI and an U11s team.In the summer term boys did cricket with the school fielding 2 teams senior and junior and the girls did rounders.Pupils also did cross country on Mondays culminating a 7 mile run at the end of the spring term called the "championship" an inter house competition.The Bamburugh family died out because of the lack of male heirs, the Wentworth intermarried with the Bamburughs and they to became extinct.The School has faced allegations of abuse by former pupils.The School's motto was Potentes Virtute (Strength In Courage).The building is affected by the Curse of Kirkham, the curse states that "All male heirs of the estate would perish [and] that true happiness would never come to that family or its successors"