Celebrating the Coronation

collect a coloured ball before having three goes at launching it into a giant inflatable target. Lots of wannabe snowmen emerged from the foam, grinning from ear to ear (from what we could see), this certainly was the ideal way to spend a Friday!

A big well done to Wilkinson who took home the trophy in all the age groups. At the end of the day, parents and staff geared up for the games with a rendition of ‘YMCA’ (Dad dancing included) bibbed-up in House colours, eyeing up the competition, raring to go! While the competitors warmed up, the children were treated to a sweet shop and ice cream van, whilst parent spectators could win themselves a weekend ‘tipple’ on the bottle tombola, run by our fabulous PA.

And wow! Did the parents excel themselves?! Some serious moves; commando rolling down slides, flying out of foam pits, bashing rivals with inflatable fish with a bit of goodnatured surreptitious sabotage chucked in for good measure. Sims emerged victorious, after what can only be described as a manic and utterly hilarious final; a valiant battle indeed! A huge well done to our plucky parents, we can see where our DH children get their tenacity from!

A very big thank you to our wonderful PA for their contribution to the day. I think we can all agree that a great time was had by all!

Sarah Posnett

PortraitCompetition

In addition to the fun and games to celebrate the Coronation, we ran a competition for the children to create a portrait of the new King - using any medium. There were some excellent entries and the top six can now be seen in the waiting room at Pulborough Station. Well done to: Wade Stormonth-Darling (Y7), Strawberry Frizzell (Year 5), Hermione Goss (Year 4), Storm Smith (Year 2) and the overall winner, Lucas Spellman-Welsh (Year 6) for your excellent entries and thank you to all the children who took part.