Westwood House Rocks!

It is lovely to have all the pupils back in Westwood. There are many new faces in Year 8 and Year 7. The new boarders are adapting well to life at Kingswood School and in this friendly House. It is amazing despite the distance some pupils have travelled to reach us how soon they feel at home. We are delighted to welcome Isabella, Perry, Sasha, Vic, Kenneth,  Thomas, Robert, Wilf, Tae-Tae, Mink,  Dario, Yuma, Hannah, Rachel, Sophie, Colby, Ishika, Ningwa and Nino; they have been really positive since their arrival and are throwing themselves into Kingswood life.  These pupils come from China, the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Mexico, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and the UK, which creates a really global feel to the community! We also have Miss Thomas, the new German Assistant, helping out at the weekend sometimes.  Within hours of her arrival we were all enjoying the bread-sticks and biscuits she made with Kenneth! 

Our prefects this weekend have been Jasper, Yemi, Laura and Jamie, who have been very helpful. The boarders went into town yesterday afternoon and had a steep climb back up the hill because the buses were not running. Last night's film was Pan and this was enjoyed with an interval of Pizza.

Today a good number of pupils played basketball before brunch and then we headed off to Bowood House and Park (about 30 minutes from Bath) for an afternoon walk, the adventure playground and invariably an ice cream given the sunshine.  The pupils enjoyed the high ropes, slides and swings!

We have all enjoyed watching Dario's Rubik's Cube skills.

Some pupils swam tonight before we celebrated Thomas's birthday with an amazing Top Gear designed cake from home; it was yummy! What a great first weekend of the new academic year!