Weekend Boarding Activities
Senior School
This weekend the girls took part in a wide range of activities from quilting, cookery, baking canvas painting and movie evening. It was a great weekend packed with activities for all of the boarders to take part in. We also had one Year 8 boarder take part in Young Actor of the Year earlier in the week!
Crafts - Tiffany, Year 7
This weekend I did quilting with my friends, it was my first time doing it and I found it really interesting. We used different patterned fabrics to make small houses with help from Miss NJ. I really enjoyed the activity.
Cake and Hot Chocolate - Jasmine, Year 8
On Saturday, the Year 8s were given a surprise treat to go have a nice day out with Miss Standerline to a small little café in town. We all got a drink of our choice and chose a cake or brownie as well! It was a nice bonding trip together.
Young Actor of the Year Auditions - Elianah, Year 8
On 8th October, I went to audition for young of actor of the year. I performed a monologue called The Great Dictator by Charlie Chaplin, I really wanted to make sure I did not mess up on any of my lines, pronounce my words correctly and have a good posture. When the results came out, I was extremely happy to see that I had got through to the finals. I had finished my performance later that evening and the next morning the results were out. Unfortunately, I did not win but I was grateful to get through to the finals and it has inspired to continue with my acting for now and hopefully for the future too.
Baking - Sheilja, Year9
This weekend the Y9’s chose to make cupcakes with Miss Standerline and it was so much fun! We chose to make lemon and raspberry cupcakes. Yui and I worked on weighing the ingredients for the cupcakes while Isabel and Paula mixed the ingredients. When we made the icing, Yui and I mixed the ingredients while Isabel and Paula weighed the ingredients out. We had a lot of fun decorating our cupcakes with lemon flavoured pink icing. It was a lot of fun and a good experience, we had an amazing time!
Canvas Panting - Lilly, Year 10
On Sunday afternoon some Year 10s did an acrylic painting on canvases in Clive common room. I really enjoyed it because we played some calm music and you could let your thoughts wander and relax for a bit. The creative atmosphere was a nice change from the sports we were doing on Saturday. In the end, I painted a landscape scene from my favourite film 'Ponyo'.
Cookery - Sezi, Year 11
On Saturday, the Year 11’s activity was cookery. We prepared our own supper, where we made homemade burgers and fries. It was a very fun and relaxing activity with Miss Standerline. Once we were all finished cooking, we prepared the Clive common room table and had a chat while eating. It was a very friendly and happy activity.