Christmas Festivities in Westwood

 The Advent Service - Sunday Nov 30th .  

Sam, Tomiwo, Ritika and Cherry light the candles on the Advent Crown.

Dinner in the Main Dining Hall with all the boarders.

 

 The Annual Westwood Christmas Disco

as organised by the prefects.  This year's theme - The Jungle.

       Spot the wild animals and Tigger too!!

 The animals graze at the water-hole.

 Jungle vines grow from the ceiling of the Yr 7 grotto.

Thanks to all the prefects and staff for helping to organise a great evening.

  We raised over £185 for charity - Hemi-Help.

Yr 7 boys under the leadership of Ben prepare the tree for the festive season.

Westwood House Matches

Yr 8 Match Saturday November 22nd.

Posnett vs Cusworth

Posnett in black, Cusworth in red.

 Marcus gets flattened by Henry.

 Sabin storms through the middle.

 Another great tackle from Fin.  Sam looks to keep the ball alive.

 Ben crosses for a decisive score.

Final result

Posnett 21     Cusworth 17

 Marcus stops Antonio in his tracks.  Ref up with play; as always!!

Mr Reeman looks on  - he seems happy.

Many thanks to Mr Hooper for the super photos.

Trip to SS Great Britain. Sun Nov 23rd

 The WW crew next to Isambard Kingdom Brunel's famous ship.

 Underneath the vessel.  Humidity of 20%, same as the Arizona Desert.  Not the same as the Upper!!

 Upper Class passenger Tomiwo surveys the horizon.

 Along with his fellow travellers.

 ps Ed you are going the wrong way.  Best to face the bow of the vessel!!

Trip to Legoland

Sun 5th Oct

 Another lovely day out.  This time to Legoland, Windsor. 

 The boys meet the lego family.

The dog and the coolbox are made out of Lego.  The boys, generally, are not.

Yr 8 Geography Field Trip to Swanage.

Thursday Oct 2nd.  Fun in the Sun on the South Coast

Pos and his class at The Foreland.

A welcome lunch stop on top of the Headland at Old Harry Rocks.  The Western end of The Jurassic Coast.

Old Harry Rocks with very little wave erosion - today.

  The walk along the South West Coastal Path.  The Pinnacles in the distance.

Field Sketching on Ballard Down looking towards Swanage Bay.  Incredible weather !!

At last!  On the beach at Swanage.  Compare the Chalk cliffs with the clay and sand in the foreground.

Yes boys.  The waves do break up the beach ( the swash.)

Wookey Hole Trip

Sunday 21st September.

By the exit of the caves.

 

Ashish, Matt, Sam and Sabin relax against the leg of a gorilla.

 Lulu being attacked by a Dire Wolf

 A stone age family !!!

Boarders trip - Open Top bus tour of Bath

 Ben and Edward

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                                     The boarders enjoy the first trip of the year.  Bus tour of Bath

 Antonio and Tomiwo

Lulu, Abi and Louise enjoy the sights of Bath

Prize Giving Friday 4th July

Congratulations to all the prize winners who received awards today.

Max  and Alice

win the Heart of Westwood Prize.

 

Happy Hols to all !!!

Westwood Sports

Westwood Sports on The Upper - Thursday 3rd July

Another beautiful day on The Upper.

 Girls play Inter-House Rounders.

 Boys play Inter-House Cricket

Demob Happy !!

One more day to go.