The children in nursery have decorated their seasonal tree with these lovely cheerful robins.

Well done to the Year 3 girls who represented White House at the Eagle House High Five Tournament last Saturday. The girls played well and convincingly won two of their matches.
Years 5 and 6 competed against Daneshill on Wednesday. The Year 6 hockey players lost 6-2 and the Year 4 netball players won 2-1. Both teams played extremely well and benefited from the match play.
Year 5 visited the Living Rainforest. See the gallery for more pictures.
On Friday, the girls came to school dressed as teachers to raise money for Haiti. There was a raflle, for which the prize was break in the staffroom.
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Every single member of the school took part in a wonderful skipping workshop. The older girls developed thier skipping skills and each group demonstrated their new skills during the afternoon display. Breaktimes are now full of children using their skipping ropes!
As part of the Year 1 curriculum, the children walked around the park area and then along the High Street and saw the Tudor Houses. They visited the Post Office to buy stamps and the girls sent postcards to their parents. They also visited the Town Hall; the Mace Bearer talked about the Mayor and someone dressed up as the Mayor. Despite the cold, it was a very successful afternoon!

After over thirty years serving the school as a member of the Governing Body and as its chair, White House presented Dr Houghton with a beautiful painting of the school. The current chairman Mr Ralph Higson spoke to the school and the girls sang. It was a touching moment as we realised how many changes Dr Houghton has seen at White House over the years.