Westwood House Song Competition

Thursday 2nd March.

Many thanks to all the children for an excellent evening of music and entertainment in the school theatre last night.

The main event were the four house songs; Beckford singing Happy, Hamilton singing Dancing Queen, Posnett singing Sugar and Cusworth singing Uptown Funk.  The prefects did an excellent dance and there were special guest star appearances from the Westwood staff who performed California Dreamin as well as Westwood City Limits ( with apologies to I and T Turner. )

 In between the four house songs there were a number of brilliant dance and musical items showcasing the wonderful talents of the Westwood children.  These photos show just a glimpse of the talent on show.

The winning house this year was Posnett with their rendition of the Maroon V classic "Sugar ".

Well done to everyone who participated.

Westwood House Music Practice

A good number of Westwood boarders were involved in sports fixtures against Queen's College Taunton (boys' hockey) and Bristol Grammar School, Bristol (girls' netball). All the matches were well contested and pupils survived the tough weather conditions. We celebrated Tae-Tae's birthday in the evening whilst also watching Ice Age 5.

This morning a good number of boarders enjoyed competitive games of benchball and indoor football before brunch.  The pupils needed plenty of energy before House Music Practice from 2 - 4:30 pm which involved all the day pupils, too, in four venues with the creative minds, which are this year's Westwood Prefects who are responsible for the choreography. The competition is a closed event, but takes place on Thursday and is the 'cultural highlight' of the Westwood year. Each house has its own song and dance routine.  The pupils work with four of five prefects each. Posnett will be performing Maroon 5's 'Sugar', Cusworth are taking on 'Uptown Funk You Up' by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars, Beckford are tackling Pharrell William's anthem 'Happy' and Hamilton are doing ABBA's classic 'Dancing Queen'. Here are some action shots from today, which evince the energy, some lack of timing, but a whole lot of fun being had. Thanks to the wonderful prefects for keeping the pupils on task. Improvements were definitely made. Who will win?

Today's rehearsal schedule

 Break time!

 Keep in time!

 Great energy from Hamilton!

 Beckford breaking it down, group by group!

 Posnett making progress under the watchful eye of prefects!

 Cusworth get their chance in the theatre! Time is running out, dancers!

Westwood Trip to Ashton Gate.

This Sunday the boys on their annual pilgrimage to Ashton Gate the home of the mighty Bris.

This year we watched Bristol take on Exeter Chiefs in the Anglo-Welsh Cup.

The boys are clearly all Bristol supporters.

Kenneth celebrates his birthday at the gate.

The boys all enjoy a pasty and a drink as Mr Webb looks out to the bright future ahead of him.

Johnny and Karan winners of the Westwood section of the bake-off.

 Mary and Paul special judges for the event, as supervised last weekend by Mrs M.

Bake-off winners form the boarding community.

Westwood Boarders Concert Thursday 1st Feb.

The annual boarders concert was held in WW last evening with all boarders showcasing their talents.
We were delighted to welcome Miss A Wright the Head of Boarding and Mr G Opie the Deputy Head.

A wonderful time was had by all with some great entertainment ranging from magic tricks and beat boxing to jokes and exquisite violin playing.

All of the boarders performed in one way or another displaying the great range of skills within the house.