Westwood House Blog: March 2017

Saturday, 25 March 2017

Westwood Inter-House Orienteering Competition

Wednesday March 22nd.

The Inter-house Orienteering was held on Wednesday in drying conditions. However, the going underfoot was soft and very muddy in places particularly through the woods. All the competitors coped really well with the tricky conditions and adapted well to the exciting course set up by Mrs Hallett and her excellent team.

The children set off at regular intervals - every 30 secs - and their finish time is printed out by the computer.

The race to the first check point. We use the modern electronic system of punching.

The scores in the Individual Competition were as follows;

Yr 8 Girls

1st Olivia Patterson

2nd Grace Ardus

3rd Emily Ardus

Yr 7 Girls

1st Molly Williams

2nd Hannah Gunn

3rd Charlie Hollywood

Yr 8 Boys

1st Seb Crow

2nd Ollie lechmere

3rd Alexander Bushell

Yr 7 Boys

1st Will Connors

2nd Wilfrid Wishaw

3rd Oscar Power

The team scores were as follows;

Girls

Beckford 1st 1945 points

Hamilton 2nd 1830 points

Boys

Cusworth 1st 2335 points

Posnett 2nd 2215 points

Well done to all the competitors who all did so well.

Sunday, 19 March 2017

Westwood at the Hollywood Bowl

The boarders all enjoyed their trip this week to the Hollywood Bowl at Cribbs Causeway. All the children had two games - without bumpers - to try to hit their highest score. No max scores of 300 this time but good practice was had by all including the odd chip here and there.

Taetae was eager to prove that he had actually scored a double strike.

Oscar was not too sure what to do with this large round thing.

Despite the lack of bumpers he was pleased to record his highest score and got better as the round progressed and even managed to eventually remove his coat.

Dario making the most of the catering facilities on offer at the Hollywood Bowl.

Eloise staring desperately at lots of money behind class.

As always Polina wins on the machines.

Top bowlers today were Polina and Taetae, well done.

Sunday, 12 March 2017

Westwood love bouncing at Freedog

After two weekends based around school, Westwood boarders ventured to Bristol to enjoy the trampolines and parkour at Freedog.http://www.freedog.com/bristol These are photos of your children, but they are blurred because they were bouncing and moving so fast! We expect them to sleep well tonight!