Live Well Week 2020
A super week of various activities centred on enjoyment of the good things in life ended with a wonderful performance of Indian music at our ‘Mela’ in The Aske Hall. Habs have built the idea of ‘Live Well’ into the last week of half term, welcoming the lengthening days with a celebration of food and talent to boost our wellbeing. Mindfulness Art ran all week with the calm and cakes proving popular!
This week we have been entertained by the brilliant pop-up kitchen show from our caterers, Chartwells. Year 7 and Year 8 learnt about nutrition and the joyful theatre of cooking as two teams of boys competed in Red and Green brigades to produce meals fit for critiquing by their peers! All the action was backed by a soundtrack and directed by the head chef, who called the hall to attention at various times with his commentary.
The fun continued in the Medburn with the ‘Smoothie Bike’ proving popular with the boys, pedalling and blending their choice of fruit and yoghurt and using their energy. Our weekly HabsDash, became Live Well Dash for the day and we had the excitement of the Prep School running for the first time in the event!
More focus on food was provided by Executive Chef Graham Ogden in his terrific assembly to the Sixth Form on Viking Cuisine. His presentation of his visit to explore the culinary delights of Tromso in Norway emphasised how much we can learn from the history and geography of cooking. We were delighted that he could give the talk to our Pre-Prep classes as they joined in with our Wellbeing Wednesday.
A superb day of activity in the Prep featured the planting of bulbs up and down the North Drive, yoga classes, art and design tasks and alternative outdoor games. The highlight for many of the boys was the assembly from Jamie Knight,
a world class freestyle footballer, who performed with outstanding skill and took workshops all afternoon. The queue for autographs was lengthy!
Around the School, the theme was continued in form time, lessons and the Library, putting us in a great frame of mind for half term and planning for Live Well 2021!
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