Royal Wedding fun

3rd May, 2011

Friday 29th April was a day of entertainment and celebration for all at Packwood in honour of the Royal Wedding.

There was a lie-in and special breakfast for boarders and day children had a later start to their day too. Many were splendidly dressed in patriotic red, white and blue and the younger children had the chance to add to their outfits with crowns they made themselves and decorated with ermine (cotton wool!) and jewels. While the juniors were busy doing this the older pupils completed a royal quiz. Inevitably some children took the quiz less seriously than others and enjoyed the challenge of coming up with amusing, incorrect answers – while it may conjure up a lovely image, Sarah Ferguson was NOT married to Sir Alex Ferguson! 1N, 2Class and 3Class were the winning forms and 14 prizes were awarded to children in the 4s, 5s, 6s and Acorns for the most creative crowns.

Everyone then gathered in the theatre to watch the wedding ceremony on the big screen which was followed by a rousing performance of the national anthem by the Choir and Brass Ensemble. The festivities continued with an excellent roast lunch rounded off with a treat from the ice cream van that made a special visit to school for the day.

We spent the afternoon playing a variety of fun and silly team games including one which involved much gurning and facial contortion to manoeuvre as many slices of cucumber from forehead to mouth as you could in five minutes. I don’t know where Mrs Parry comes up with these ideas but the children had great fun having a go and Gideon Turner proved to be remarkably accomplished at it!

We all had a really great time and are very grateful to Ms Gough, Mrs Parry, Miss Willis, the school cooks and everyone else who helped to make it such a wonderful day.