Conker Cup 2014
What a sight it was to see the whole of Main and Upper School take to the quad for the inaugural whole school conker competition just before the exeat weekend last month. Equipped with the requisite conker on a string (all 200 of which were patiently prepared by Mr Bayne and his team of able Teaching Assistants!) every single pupil took on another pupil from another house in a knock out competition. It was good to see that age offers neither advantage nor disadvantage in the battle for conker supremacy as younger pupils pitted their skills against older pupils to whittle the field down to just two competitors from each House. These final eight competitors then faced each other one morning break time just before half term in the Conker Cup final, where again, older pupils found themselves being challenged by some of our youngest competitors. Huge congratulations go to Form 1’s Harvey Auckland who took on Thornton pupil Pippa Cook to win the Conker Cup 2014.
Halloween disco
As the sun went down and dusk fell on Cundall Manor, all manner of ghost and ghoul, witch and wizard, vampire and werewolf made their way to the darkest recesses of the school gym for the annual spectacular that is the Halloween Disco. Organised by Thornton and Mrs Hall, the Halloween Disco is a major event in the Upper School Expedition fundraising calendar and it was wonderful to see so much effort going into the event and so many children supporting it. Mrs Hall is very proud of the Thornton crew who decorated the gym, ran the tuck bar, and laid on an array of attractions for the children including a ‘tattoo’ parlour, nail bar and glow stick stall. Special thanks must also go to Mr Smith for all his help and support, ex pupils Will and Louis Shaw for their fabulous disco, Mrs Edgar for running the photo booth, and Miss Creed for keeping the dancing going! Thank you too to all those who attended and helped Thornton raise over £400 for their summer expedition.
Pre-Prep’s Halloween transformation
Pre-Prep children arrived on the last day of the half term to a big surprise. Mrs Feeley and Mrs Majewski had transformed the Pre-Prep main building into a Halloween extravaganza with pumpkins, cauldrons, giant spiders and spooky ghosts! The children then had great fun playing games, decorating biscuits and listening to spooky stories. The highlight was to make your teacher into a mummy game where the children raced to cover their teacher in toilet roll to look like a mummy. The poor teacher’s couldn’t even see by the end of it, but the children all thought it was hilarious, especially Mrs Weber and Mrs Living who were wrapped together! It was a lovely way to round off the half term and to celebrate the hard work of the children in Pre-Prep.
Halloween cake stall
Thank you to everyone who supported the Friends’ Halloween cake stall both with purchases from the stall and with wonderful contributions of appropriately themed cakes and treats.