Portraits and New Friends!

What a busy weekend. Saturday was a very full day. The morning began with our weekly boarders meeting, before lots of the children took the opportunity to watch Wales come close to reaching their first World Cup Final. (In truth Mr Lucas and Mr Hanratty were more upset than anyone else!) Following on from that was the Saturday moring enrichment programme. A stand out on the day was the Year 6 Ready Steady Cook held in Scouts Wood. Two teams created a three course meal for the judges to try. I hope to put some of the pictures on the next blog for you to see. Next came a whole raft of sports fixtures, all played in fine weather. By the evening everyone was fairly exhausted and relaxed in the Boarding House as the darkness drew in.

On Sunday we had guests from Hazlegrove School join us for the afternoon. The boys and girls from each school were mixed together to form eight teams each consisting of eight children. Each team then undertook three challenges designed to test their ability to work together as an effective unit. Each challenge was timed and the team that completed the challenges in the quickest time were then crowned the winners. At the end of the afternoon all the children were treated to a barbeque before Hazlegrove headed home to Sparkford. It really was a pleasure to see the children from both schools bond and develop new friendships as the afternoon progressed.

At end the day we went to Mass before indulging in some hot chocolate and a movie before bedtime. Some serious sleeping took place after such a hectic fun and food filled weekend!


I have also taken pictures of a few of the portraits that Mr Lucas has taken of our boarders. I apologise for the flash that is in the pictures, but they give you a taster of what is on display. Each boarder has been photographed and their pictures adorn the walls of their landing.