Bowling

Due to a wet weather forecast yet again, our plans changed. This time the boarders went bowling in Yeovil. With the lanes booked for 2pm, a nice warm roast lunch was had before the minibus and car set off for Yeovil. There were lots of smiles and cheers, as bvowling balls zoomed down those lanes. Some spending money was given out, so most children cxame back with a faces full of smiles, and bags full of sweets! Hope everyone has a lovely half time, and that the ch9ldren come back fresh faced for the rest of the term!

 

~The boarders all lined up in  their lanes!

 

 

Paul putting a French swing on things

 

 

The girls lining up to bowl...

 



An unexpected change

Due to some unexpected English weather, our boarders had to change their trip on sunday. Instead of visiting Stourhead gardens in the rain, they opted for a trip to the cinema! Wells Cinema was inundated with All Hallows boarders all ready to watch the thrilling movie... Turbo! About a snail who becomes a really fast race car driver, or so ive been told. Haven't heard any reviews yet from the kids but ill get back to you!

Red and Black!

This wednesday night activity was red and black night! Names and challenges were drawn out of a bowl to decide which teachers, Mr Callow, Mr Toomey, Miss Palmer, Miss Bottger, Miss Stubbings and Mr Wheatley, would compete against each other. For each challenge, the children had to pick a side. If their chosen teacher won their challenge they were still in the competition, if not, they were booted out! Some of the challenges included the longest head stand, wall sit, hand walking, juggling and heads and tails. A lot of noise and cheering was heard in the gym, all of the parents could probably hear from Cranmore, im sure!

The crowd waits for the next challenge..

 

Mr Wheatley and Mr Callow in the head stand challenge, the winner was... Mr Wheatley!

 

Miss Stubbings and Miss Palmer in the heads and tails coin challenge!

 

Miss Bottger and Mr Toomey using their chopsticks to transfer as many sweets as they can

 

 

 

Surf Simulator!

After a very busy saturday full of enrichments, hockey and rugby tournaments our boarders were rather tired come sunday. luckily it was a lovely day outside so we all could enjoy the sunshine and some chill out time. the tennis courts were in use, as well as the adventure playground. We had a very special treat, being the surf simulator. I have heard some great reveiews from the kids about the surf board. The aim is to stay on the board for as long as you can, while it moves to and fro in order to make you fall. Our champion surfer on the day came very close indeed, Maria and Benedict came to the same time of 1 minute and 25 seconds, however Benedict spent the last two seconds on his knees! So Maris was crowned champion of the day! Hot chocolate and biscuits were a nice final treat at letter writing before bed. Hope this weeks weather stays nice and sunny, highly ulikely im sure.

 

Sophie standing up!

 

 

 

Lucas is a natural

 

Isabel, Maria and Christina are pretty proud of their efforts!

 

Miss Sapsead giving Tatiana a hand

 

Oskar showing off his moves

 

 

Antonio manages to stay upright!

 

 

 

 



Quiz Night, Zorbing and cooking!

last wednesday night all the boarders took part in our Quiz night! Split into 7 different teams, we all answered a variety of questions to win the special prizes! The first round was Maths, some difficulties there, also alot of "why do we have to do maths after school??!!" Next round was Sports, followed by music, a spanish round for our spanish pupils and finally a general knowledge round! our winning team won with 24 correct answers out of 33! Im sure they will happily collect their prizes  from Mr Callow!

Everyone listening to our Quiz Masters

 

Teams await the next question

 

 

 

Teams thinking and discussing

 

 Sunday we had some cookery with Susanne in the kitchen and Zorbing in the gym. Chocolate chip muffins were made and then eaten at supper. The zorbing got some good reviews from the boarders, all enjoyed running into each other whilst inside big blow up balls!

Longleat Safari park!

This weekend gone the boarders went for a trip to Longleat. With our coach booked we were on our way, heading towards the huge estate. The bus was full of excitement, especially from our spanish and younger students. Our packed lunches were eaten before we headed off in separate directions to explore the Animal Kingdom, the sea lions and gorillas on the boat ride, a jungle train ride, to feed some deer and get lost in a maze! After wandering around the park our bus picked us up to go on our safari! lots of oohs and ahhs were heard from the children as they saw new animals up close. Giraffes, Zebras, lions, tigers, wolves, camels and Rhinos were just some of the many animals seen on our safari. A quiet bus on the way home after a big day in the rain and fresh air, a good sleep was had by all last night!

Georgia, lara and Sophie enjoying the wind and rain!

 

Ellie and Tia feeding the parrots

 

Some of us saw Nicco the gorilla on his little island!

 

                           Some of our new Spanish girls, Lola, Elena, Cristina, Victoria and Maria

 

"All aboard the Jungle Express!"

 

sorry for the lack of photos, a dead battery doesn't help anyone!



 

 

The beginning of a new year

So we are all back to start our new school year. The boarding house is looking crisp and clean, ready to be overun by numerous childrens clothing, posters, sports kit and mess all round. We have some new additions to our residents family, Mr Emsley, Miss Palmer and Mr Wheatley join us in the boarding house. First week back and already the kids are involved in nightime activities and settling themselves back into routine. We have some new boarders which have all started to get comfortable with this new environment which is great to see. This term our boarding house fun night is on a wednesday, so look forward to lots of photos of what we get up to here. This weekend everything will begin again. Enrichment starts up and our fixtures get underway. The boarders are looking forward to a trip to Longleat which will be lovely, if the weather holds up. keep up to date with all of our activities in the boarding house as the term progresses!