Lent Term - 23rd January 2017
Dear Parents
It is hard to believe just how quickly the first two weeks of the new term have flown past. The children have now settled back into life in the House very well. We have five new boarders in Page this term Justin Fung, Ryan Bradley, Jack Ma, Kasemi Wikoma and Lily-Mae Wood. We also have Sanghyup Lee boarding with us for one term from our sister school in Thailand. His sister Dayon was with us last year and we hope he enjoys his stay with us as much as she did. The children have made them so welcome and are enjoying looking after them and being their buddies.
Last weekend we enjoyed our first boarders’ trip of the new year, Go Karting. We had planned to take all the children Ice Skating but with only four children wanting to participate in this trip we decided to make alternative arrangements. The four wanting to go Ice Skating did still manage go with the Senior School group. After speaking to the children to find out what they would prefer to do for their activity, we quickly organised Go Karting. This proved to be a much more popular option with over thirty children signing up.
On Sunday, we held our House table tennis and pool competitions. These always prove to be very popular with the children as everyone wants the bragging rights to being the best in the House. We split the House into two groups, Years 4, 5 & 6 taking part in the junior competition and Years 7 & 8 in the seniors. With so many close matches we did not manage to complete the senior competition and will continue with these this week. Rohan Adams won the junior table tennis in a closely fought match against Daniel Vassell. Sophia Mills won the junior pool competition, beating all the boys in her year group.
We would like to thank Mr Wood for donating an Air Hockey Table to the house. The children have not stopped playing on it since it was delivered.
This weekend the children are looking forward to a trip to Air Space, a giant trampoline park. If you have not already signed and returned the special permissions form enabling Caroline and I to sign on your behalves, I will be requesting your child contacts to the complete the online disclaimer. If you are happy for us to complete this for you and you have not yet returned the special permission form, I have reattached this for you to do so.
Thank you once again for your continued support.
Tony and Caroline