Celebrating the Coronation

It’saKnockout

At DH we love a party, and what better cause for celebration than the Coronation of King Charles III? With this in mind, the DH ‘fun factory’ sprang into action and conjured up the notion of an Eighties Throwback ‘It’s a Royal Knockout’ competition; namely a day of inflatable mania for pupils, staff and parents alike.

The children could barely contain their excitement when they walked through the DH gate that morning, All sorts of weird and wonderful things were happening up on the pitches ahead of the day’s entertainment. Staff, aware that it was to be their turn later in the day, perused the scene with trepidation, but never fazed, were keen to have a go nonetheless.

All the children from Reception to Year 8 (with a cameo appearance at breaktime from Bury Manor Pre-School!) took part throughout the day, sporting their House t-shirts to add a healthy dose of competition to proceedings. First game up was the brain baffling ‘Beat the Cube’ competition. Children scaled the giant inflatable steps before hurling themselves down the slide and throwing a ball at a target to release a part of the ‘cube’. When all the pieces of the ‘cube’ had been collected, then for the tricky part: building the cube. Judging by Mr. Annison’s face, more vexing that it would initially appear!

The next game was ‘I’m a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here’. Competitors performed ‘Australian push ups ‘ (upside down!) before entering ‘Bishy Boshy land’, a quick scamper though this inflatable wilderness and on to ‘The Wall of Doom’ which involved plunging your hand inside to collect a series of ‘critters’ to take back to your team mates (thankfully not to eat!). The first with ten critters in their bucket was the winner.

The final game was ‘Foam Pit’! Double space hoppers ahoy for the first leg of the race, bouncing into the foam pit to