Christmas came early to Strode’s this year as we enjoyed a festive make-over for the Christmas Fair. Staff and students alike put on their jolly jumpers and embraced the festive spirit by drinking hot chocolate and singing along to the staff band as they play some Christmas songs.
In addition, this year we had some extra special guests Buddy and Bobby the Christmas Reindeer who needless to say were a huge hit with the students as they tried to entered the ‘selfie reindeer’ competition.
In the sports hall, students were trying to put a different spin on the festivities by making some moves at the roller disco.
We also had a number of very busy stalls including jewellery, henna and face painting and as always a popular attraction throughout the afternoon was the festive photo booth.
Back by popular demand was the core-studies bake-off competition where we saw 12 competitive entries with the theme “Christmas”. The judges, had the equally enviable and unenviable task of determining the first place. After deep debate and a couple more samples just to be sure, the winning prize was presented to Jim Brennan’s tutorial group for the Strode’s Christmas Train.
What a great way to end a very busy term