Last week of Term one

I cannot believe that we have gotten to the last full week of Term One already - it seems like only the other day that we ended our holidays!
Last Sunday, the boarders' enjoyed a walk to Stourhead - an old English Manor - with Mr and Mrs Somerville. Once again it was an absolutely lovely day - we are all loving the sunny weather although it doesn't seem to last too long before typical English weather kicks in.
The walk included extremely beautiful scenery such as an old building that was used in the filming of 'Pride and Prejudice', and also a serene lake that made for amazing pictures during the trip.
It was almost like something out of a movie with the weather, the scenery, and the kids enjoying running through the trees and daffodils.
Overall, it was a relaxing two hours for both children and staff who enjoyed an ice-cream at the end!

 

Some amazing photography skills shown by Georgia Freeley, Ben Hadfield, and Paul Bostier!

                                     Teresa clearly thought this was the highlight of the day!

                                                     Perhaps a model in the making?

                      Absolutely picturesque scenery - I'm really beginning to truly love this country!

Wednesday's boarding house was the second disco of the term - this time it was 'Neon Night'!
We had a big influx of day pupils as the discos seem to be the most popular of the activities which added to the fun atmosphere of the night.
Everyone dressed up in at least one neon coloured thing, whilst others were completely covered with fluorescent clothing - it looked amazing!
St Bede's once again transformed into a disco with Mr Callow organising the lights, Mr Opie on sound, and DJ Wheatley controlled the tunes.
It was an extremely fun night, with everyone getting into the dancing and neon dress-up!
Hopefully the next disco will be just as big of a success :)

Paintballing

We had another amazing weekend last week with beautiful sunny weather - a perfect day for some paintball!

Four of the teachers from the school accompanied the boarding children on the trip. They immediately began to set up for the activity by mostly just covering themselves in war paint - especially some of the older girls, such as Christina (Year Eight) and Teresa (Year Seven).

They then proceeded to play four games of paintball where the aim of the games was simply to escape being hit as much as you could - luckily, the paintball guns were set to low impact! There was some excellent dodging and shooting skills shown, especially by Lucas (Year Eight) and Isabel (Year Seven).

The last paintball activity, however, was apparently the best as it was a pupils v teachers game. It got pretty competitive, with both sides fighting to win - especially the teachers who didn't want to deal with the abuse they would get from the kids if they lost!

Every child that went on the activity seemed to absolutely love it and even asked if they could go again next week. I'm sure we will organise another trip soon!

Signing off,
Miss Donato :)

Our sunny weekend!

Last Sunday the boarding children were able to finally experience some lovely sun on their faces! For me, it has definitely been way too long not being able to have any warm weather and it seemed that everybody was in a much happier mood - purely due to the weather being all of 18 degrees.

Mrs Hannah, Mr Garcia, and Mr Opie took the kids on a walk in the morning along the quarry that is just next to the school. Along the walk, they managed to collect many things such as fossils, frog spawn, and even a live frog - which the brave Georgia Freely had no problem holding. However, despite the hot weather, there was still lots of mud and puddles about which fortunately only added to the fun of the walk on such a nice day.

For a further treat, Mrs Mewburn and Mrs Green took the children for a shopping trip into Clark's Village in the afternoon. The majority of children came back with shopping bags, and even those who didn't buy anything still seemed to have a lovely day out. It was definitely a welcomed break from schoolwork and also a good change of scenery from the AllHallows' school-grounds.

Overall, both the kids and the teachers managed to make the most of the warmest day of the English year!

Will update again soon,

Miss Donato :)

Sunday Activities

This Sunday the boarders' were able to show their creative talents by painting and decorating mugs, plates, bowls, and t-shirts. They used special kinds of paint and stencils on the items, giving them quite a professional appearance!

Some of the artistic brilliance included slogans such as 'AllHallows 2014', 'Keep calm and be Spanish', and images such as dolphins, love-hearts, stars, handprints, and the Spanish flag.

It was great to see every single one of the kids really get into this activity and they seemed to have had a lot of fun decorating these items that they can keep now for a very long time.

Signing off,
Miss Donato :)