A warm King’s Hawford welcome home to all!

Despite the initial postponement from the start of the school calendar, the weather gods blessed us with a bright, and relatively warm, late September day for our Welcome Home event on Sunday. This precipitated an influx of King’s Hawford children and their families from across the entire School, from our youngest pupils in Kindergarten to the oldest in Year 6.

The King’s Hawford Parents’ Association had arranged a broad spectrum of activities to suit all tastes and talents from Hook a Duck and a Tin Can Alley to dodgems and bouncy castles. As ever, a trip on the canal in the Katakanus was popular with both children and adults, although many left the final docking point a little soggier than when they started! Of course, pupils relished the opportunity to demonstrate their superb paddling skills to their parents whilst parents also tried to demonstrate theirs! The new barbecue was christened with epicurean delights ranging from hearty hot dogs to the somewhat more exotic halloumi burgers.  No festival would be complete without some music and the crowd were in for a treat with a couple of music sets by former King’s Hawford teacher, Jodie Loftus. Parents, pupils and staff enjoyed hits from Coldplay, Oasis, Ed Sheeran and many more.

Chair of the King’s Hawford Parents’ Association, Mrs Gemma Carlisle added that it it was “fantastic to see the Hawford community coming together for our Welcome Home event. It was great to see the kids and parents enjoy themselves with all the activities. Such a wonderful atmosphere! We’re really looking forward to seeing everyone at the events throughout the year.”

Thank you to all those King’s Hawford families who joined in the fun; all in all, it was a great way to get the school year underway, if a little later than originally planned.