The last weekend of term

Fox house split into two parties today, with some of our seniors going on a shopping expedition to Leeds, followed by a meal in Maxi's. Many thanks to Robert Sandercock and Sarah Mallinson for leading that. The balance of twenty three other members of the house chose not to go on the Leeds trip, but instead went out for a meal together at a local curry house. Well done to everyone who managed to finish their vindaloos! There were some pretty red faces by the end, but not a scrap of food was wasted.

Tomorrow, we have the meeting in York Minster Crypt to look forward to, mince pies and hot chocolate in the committee room, and Carols by Candlelight in the school hall. It's a busy life at Bootham at the best of times, but this week will be a lot busier than most!

Christmas @ Evelyn House

The Christmas tree and associated decorations came out of storage and were decorated by the boys at Evelyn, to the sound of the usual Christmas songs from that CD that has to be played, by order of the memsaab (Sandy Gordhandas), when the tree is decorated. After a little guidance the decorations were taken off Jamie and put on the tree!


We had no star for the tree so Suzie came to the rescue with a tebby bear with was christmas-fied.

Once the decorations were finished then there was the usual family photograph of everyone in front of the x-mas tree. The evening was finished off with mice pies and hot chocolate.

Here are two short videos of the evening in glorious technicolour!

Happy Blogging until next time!

Christmas comes to Rowntree

It is that time of year again. It may only be November but with only 2 weeks of term to go,  the Rowntree Christmas tree has been brought down from the attic. A Cd player was found ( not an easy feat amongst the Ipod generation) and the Christmas tunes played as the girls decorated the tree.

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It's the end of the world as we know it.

So, who'd have thought it? The Mayans had it right all along. This Sunday, the whole of Fox went along to see the latest blockbuster 2012, in which the end of the world happens because the Sun manages to microwave the Earth's crust or something. Tremendous special effects, a witty and lively performance from John Cusak, and a not half-bad ending. Here, two boys can be seen making preparations on their return from a hair-raising evening...

Leave Weekend (Evelyn House)

Wishing all Evelyn boarders a safe journey to home or host families. Enjoy the weekend after exam week.

We look forward to receiving you back on Sunday night with your batteries recharged!

In addition to last term's successful Ghost Walk, Halloween antics, strat of the climbing club with Robert and Bowling (see pic) we res grads have been busy again taking trips here and there this half term. Firstly we started with a bang, quite literally, with the fireworks party; which I personally hope will become an annual Bootham boarding event as it was so much fun for the children and grown-ups alike! Since then Lynn and I have taken an enthusastic group of Rowntree College girls late night shopping in town. We saw some lovely light displays, an ice angel, bought some interesting bits and bobs and most importantly had a dance in St Helen's square to the sounds of a brass band playing Christmas Carols (to the embarrassment of one or two!) Next up there will be a trip to see Twlight: New Moon, which has already proved to be a crowd pleaser :) and Robert Hudson is kindly taking some of the boys to see York City play!

That is all for now but we will keep you posted....


Sarah

Talent, The Musical

Congratulations to Beth Brown, Charlotte Noon, Charlotte Levesley and of course to everyone involved in the musical last night. Those from Rowntree who went to support their fellow boarders were very complimentary about the excellent performance on the opening night. The Campbell family ( minus Murphy) and the Schoolroom girls will be there to offer our support this evening. Well done!