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Fun Day
Fun Day 2018 was an absolute joy, with every boy in every form making an enormous creative effort in nding unique and brilliant ways to raise money for our chosen charities this year. These were: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, which funds research to improve lives and one day eradicate the condition for good; Rainbow Trust, which provides emotional and practical support to families who have a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness; Contact the Elderly, who organise monthly Sunday afternoon tea parties
for small groups of older people aged 75 and over who live alone, offering a regular and vital friendship link every month; and Nabugabo School in Uganda.
The Milkshake Café did a roaring trade, whilst the traditional stalls of Tin Can Alley and Cup Pong demanded erce levels of skill. No skill, just courage, was required (by both parties) in Soak theTeacher!
A more fun- lled event would have been impossible and the great news is that all that revelry enabled us to raise a whopping £2,143.24 for charity.
Table Football World Cup
There are no easy games in intramural table football.This June, forms from Year 4 up and their teachers all played with pace, movement and desire for the heaviest trophy on record (built by our own DT Club). Come the nal, and you couldn’t have written a script like it: 7H scored early, gutsy 5H pulled back level and for a time it was anyone’s game. 7H held their nerve and were eventual champions but, at the end of the day, cheerful fair play was the winner.
Year 2 Camping Evening
Having spent a sun-soaked afternoon on the EarlyYears’ elds, the boys inYear 2 took part in a Camping Evening.They were joined by their adult guests who not only enjoyed the den building, jubilant camp re singing, ar ts and crafts and tasty hot dogs, but were also treated to a gripping wild birds display. It was an excellent end to an enjoyable term.
Year 1 Grandparents/Senior Citizens Coffee Morning
TheYear 1 boys had the pleasure of
inviting grandparents and senior citizens
for a Coffee Morning.The visitors were treated to wonderful musical performances by each class, ranging from Frère Jacques on the bells, to songs about the school Tribes. Finally, the visitors and the boys shared pastries and biscuits over tea, coffee and juice.
Prep+
The Prep+ year ended with 24 boys, parents and staff being wonderfully entertained on
a beautiful midsummer’s evening at Matilda
in the West End (the minibus ride across the bridge, with London sparkling and a huge moon above was worth the trip alone!). Other theatre highlights included a trip to
see Mel Brooks’ outrageously funny Young Frankenstein, and a visit to the Globe to see Twelfth Night.The latter was another beautiful riverside experience, which the boys really enjoyed, and the river was also central to
our penultimate trip of the year when the wonderful Philippa Owen took us on a historical walk around London Bridge (seeing the sites of the Old Globe and Old London Bridge).We ended up mudlarking on the river at low tide, and there was great excitement and real archaeological interest as clay pipes and old tiles were found.
These visits concluded a year of around
30 ‘cultural adventures for boys, parents and staff ’. Seeing the enjoyment the boys get from the social aspects of the trips, shows, walks, museums and galleries, performances and activities has been a great pleasure.