Great start to the second half of the term!

Hello to all and a big welcome back!
It has been an excellent start to the second half of the term with the boarders participating in a Disney disco which was held in St Bede's last night.
DJ Wheatley was on sound, rocking out tunes such as 'I just can't wait to be King' and 'The Macarena which all the kids joined in on. Jaime Marin and Mr Callow tried out their street dancing as well as some brilliant Conga lines and many more amazing dance moves :)

Additionally, the marvellous and quite inventive costumes of all the boarders were what really made it an amazing night. We had many princesses, dragons, Dalmatians, and one of the Year 6 flexi boarders - Daisy - dressed up as Jane from 'Tarzan'. A few of the other Year 6 girls - Maddy, Ilona, Victoria, and Elena - ingeniously dressed in their pyjamas and went as 'Sleeping Beauties'!

A massive thankyou to Mr Opie for setting up the wonderful - and extremely loud - sound system, as well as to Mr Callow for the amazing disco lights, and for all the other supervising staff who made sure the night ran through smoothly.

Signing off,
Miss Donato :)

 

Sunday's activities

This last Sunday, the boarding children travelled to Mendip Snowsport Centre where they were able to participate in rifle shooting, archery, and skiing!

The children were separated into 3 different groups and spent an hour on each of the different activities. For example, one of the groups began at the rifle shooting activity where they were first shown how to use the pellet guns - safely, of course! - and then they were able to begin shooting at targets. Additionally, a talk on the how to operate the rifles safely was given, as well as headphones for the deafening noise.

Next, they changed to the skiing activity which was taken out on a dry slope - has no real snow, just a synthetic flooring - where fortunately everybody had a go. The experienced skiers of the group could go and do their own thing, whilst those of us who were beginners started off slowly with lessons before tackling the slopes.

Their last activity was archery which many find surprisingly difficult - some of the kids even managed to shoot a bulls-eye!

Open mic night!

Last week's boarders' activity was the long-awaited Open mic night!

All of the boarders, and residential staff, made their way into the music room where a large projector screen was set up at the front of the room to display the lyrics to each chosen song.

First up we had the Year 4's - Teresa, Ellie, Xanthe, Grace, and Tia - who sang a beautiful song from the Disney movie, 'Frozen' which was then followed by a eclectic range of songs from all the other age groups. Some of these songs included 'Feliz navidad' (even though we are still a fair few months from Christmas...), 'What makes you beautiful' (sung brilliantly by Mr Opie and Mr Wheatley), 'Wrecking Ball', as well as many other 'classics'.

A big thankyou to Mr Callow and Miss Palmer for helping to organise the night, and also to Mr Emsley and Mr Opie for their musical talents.

It was such a fun and enjoyable night, with EVERYONE getting involved and having a go at expressing their musical talents - I certainly can't wait for the next karaoke night :)


Signing off,
Miss Donato

Judo Competition

On Sunday a big congratulations was needed for the wonderful achievements of one of our Year 7 boarders!

Isabel and Mr Garcia travelled to a Judo competition which was being held in Calne. Additionally, a few of the other pupils from Allhallows also participated in the competition and performed amazingly!

Isabel ended up coming second in one category, and first in another! Fortunately for her, Mr Garcia made a bet (which he lost) that he would buy her McDonald’s if she won.

Overall, it was a very happy day for Isabel and also for the rest of the Allhallows’ students who participated J

 

 

 

Surf Simulator

Sunday’s boarders’ activities this Sunday included the weekend boarders’ being able to experience surfing – many for the first time!

A surf simulator was brought into the school gym on Sunday afternoon where all of us had a go at trying to stay on the surfboard for the longest! The trickiest part was that the surfboard began to move in all different directions slowly at first, but then after about 30 seconds it began to drastically speed up.

During the first trials, it was Christina and Antonio who managed to stay on for the longest – I have no idea how they did it! The second trials, however, were a lot harder – much faster and moved in a much more random motion. Again, I believe it was Christina again who managed to stay on the surfboard for the longest.

By the end, even Mrs Mewburn had a go on the surf simulator in which she balanced for an amazing 26 seconds – it was much trickier than it looked!

Additionally, it was the Ellie and Tia West’s 9^th birthday was yesterday (Monday). Much cake and celebrations were had and the twins had an absolutely amazing day – a bit exhausted by the end of it though!

Will update you again soon,

Miss Donato J

Dodgeball Night

Hello to everyone once again!

Last Wednesday night began our dodgeball tournament in which the Boarders’ were separated into different teams who would try their hardest to win. Each game was an intense, fast-paced couple of minutes of dodging, weaving, throwing, and running – and the crowd was cheering crazily!

Finally, after many heart-stopping games against the teams, we were left with two triumphant teams. They faced off in the grand final of dodgeball and it was neck and neck for the majority of the game.

However, one team had to win and one had to lose – fortunately both displayed excellent sportsmanship throughout.

Thanks also to Mr Callow’s excellent umpiring of all the dodgeball matches!

Signing out,

Miss Donato J