Halloween comes early to Bootham

Last night the schoolroom boarders enjoyed an evening of early Halloween entertainment as guests of Rowntree House. There were eyeballs to hunt, apples to bob and a strange game imported from Northern Ireland by Lynne Finnegan in which people have to try and trip themselves up with a broom. Students from Fox and Rowntree both sported some interesting and imaginative costumes, and the Fat Rascal recipe from an earlier post was tried out by the Fox middle schoolroom boys as a present for the girls. A comment on these from Edmund Fisher, our Fox house food critic? - "dodgy". You'll be on dough mixing next time Ed.

Towards the end of the evening, Mrs Campbell produced her winning ace, and brought a huge bucket of water into the room for the apple bobbing contest. A surprising number of Bootham students were able to get themselves an apple in the allotted ten seconds. Maybe it's all that talking they do after lights-out. Everyone ended up pretty soaking by the end of this contest - staff included, but we all stayed friends.

Next party - a Bonfire Night celebration in the Fox House garden, (so long as it doesn't rain!!)