The Lions of Longleat

The weather had changed for the worse this weekend, but the spirit in the boarding house
was still excellent. After an extremely busy match day on Saturday, the boarders sat down to an Italian themed evening. After a fine meal it was time to cosy up in front of a DVD and relax in warm.

Sunday morning began with a full English Breakfast to set us up for the busy day ahead. The coach departed at 11.00 for Longleat so that we could make the most of our time. There was so much to do! We started with the Safari and our coach driver took us around the park although, because of the risk of damage, we missed out the monkeys. (And in truth there were enough of those inside the coach!)

After the safari we visited the Bird of Prey Show, adventure playground, maze, Jungle World and even had time for ice cream.

Upon our return it was time for mass, before getting ourselves prepared for the week ahead.

Thanks to Mr Green for taking some excellent photos at Longleat.

Pizza Orienteering!

There is a veritable feast for your eyes this week. Loads of pictures from last weekend. To start off the Sunday, the children Orienteered around the school site, finding money tokens as they went. After exchanging these tokens for real money, a trip to Tesco followed where the groups bought their toppings and other treats to eat. The pizzas were cooked in the clay oven in Scouts Wood under Mr Somerville's expert guidance. A fantastic day was has by all, as you can clearly see from all of the pictures, which were taken by Mrs Blakely. Enjoy!

Josh and Oscar tuck in!

What a feast!

The new outdoor classroom in Scouts Wood

Rolling the dough, while below the oven heats up!

Shopping in Tesco!

"Does anyone know how to read a map!"

Mrs Toomey's breakfast?!

Sunday breakfast is a very leisurely affair!

St Bede's is very well used.

The ball skills club in full flow!

Cookery Club!

A little bit back to front with this week's blog I am afriad. The midweek blog comes before last weekend's posting which is still under construction. (It will be on tomorow with lots of great pictures from Pizza Orienteering!)

As you can see fom the pictures below, The Cookery Club have been hard at work making some healthy creations to enjoy. I am pleased to announce that, as yet, there have been no confirmed outbreaks of food poisoning!

I hope to get some pictures posted from other clubs soon.

Obviously with the fantastic weather of the past week the children have made great use of the outdoor facilities, which has been a joy to behold. With the change in weather it may be that children swap the swimming pool and tennis courts for the log fire in St Bedes, which now has a new DVD player and Nintendo Wii, ready for the colder months ahead.

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