A note from the Head…
This week Year 4 and Year 5 girls have enjoyed their visits to Patterdale Hall, and they have been so lucky with lovely weather too! Year 6 had some very informative talks in our Careers Carousel and also helped out Year 9 pupils in a Dragon’s Den exercise. There have been class treat picnics for two forms and the remaining House Swimming Galas have also taken place.
Thank you very much to all the staff who have accompanied the residential trips during the last few weeks, and to the Patterdale team who have looked after us so well. Well done to the girls too, for their effort, resilience and great sense of fun. I think everyone thoroughly deserves their half term break and I hope you all enjoy a lovely week!
Mrs C Laverick
UKMT Junior Mathematical Challenge
A group of 20 girls took part in this competition earlier this term and we were delighted with their results. Kate Brooks, Matilda Clough, Zara Gilani, Ryanna Hung, Aisha Masood, Inarah Seedat, Molly Wilkinson and Ella Wrigley all received a fabulous Bronze Award and particular congratulations to Emily Guo who was the top scorer and winner of a Gold Award. Well done!
Pupil Achievements
Congratulations to everyone who shared their achievements with us this week. We had trophies, medals and certificates in swimming, dancing, netball, gymnastics and running. Please do continue to encourage your daughter to bring in any awards she is given out of school.
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Worth a particular mention are Molly Wilkinson who was awarded a Distinction in her Grade 1 Piano Examination andFleur Oxley-Harrison who has just qualified for the Trailblazer National Show Jumping Championship, Trailblazer National Dressage Championship and Aintree National ShowJumping Championship. We wish her every success in these events!
Harry Potter Cub Camp
12 – 14 May
With the sun shining, the Cubs arrived on Camp to discover a number of Wanted posters hidden in the Forbidden Forest. This started off the Harry Potter theme to the weekend. All seven Horcruxes had to be overcome before we could sleep safely on Friday evening. After attending potions class, whittling their own wands, creating Hedwig with origami, throwing an axe or two, vanquishing dragons from grass sledges and experimenting with making Butter Beer, a banquet was served in
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the Grand Hall complete with floating candles and flying letters. Before collapsing into sleeping bags, we also fitted in a traditional campfire, aided and abetted by Mr Britton.
On Sunday morning, the camp was rounded off with the Triwizard Tournament. Quidditch was definitely popular and hotly contested. When all the House Points were counted Sunrise were the best Six and Gryffindor the winning House!
Individual awards went to:
Akela’s Award – Theo
Hathi's Award – Florence
Best Seconder – Isla
Runners up best Sixer – Om and Shriansh
Best Sixer – Sam and Avni
Many thanks to all the volunteers who gave up their time and contributed their creativity to make this a very memorable weekend, and in particular to 'Akela' - Mrs Hough for such a fabulous camp!
Year 4 Patterdale Hall
Monday 22 – Wednesday 24 May
Year 4 enjoyed their first trip to Patterdale at the start of this week, with activities including bush craft, gorge walking and paddle boarding. They also explored the local area around Patterdale, looking in particular at features they have been learning about in their Geography lessons. There are a few pictures here, but lots more on Twitter!
AJIS Proms
Saturday 20 May
Erin Chalk and Stephanie Li were very pleased to be selected for the AJIS Proms event, taking part in a large orchestra with talented musicians from Independent Schools across the North West. They worked with individual music teachers before coming together under the expert tutelage of professional conductor Stephen Threlfall. What a great experience for these young musicians!
Year 6 Careers Carousel
Wednesday 24 May
Year 6 girls and boys enjoyed a series of talks as part of a Careers Carousel on Wednesday afternoon. There were fascinating presentations from brain research centre manager Alisha Patel, sports journalistDaveWoods, careers teacherMiss Jones and trauma and orthopaedic surgeon Mobeen Qureshi, who recently also featured on the BBC’s Race Across the World. We were very grateful to all of our speakers for giving up their time so willingly – thank you!
Year 5 Patterdale Hall
Wednesday 24 – Friday 26 May
At the time of writing, Year 5 are still at Patterdale Hall, having a wonderful trip and relishing the opportunities to try lots of different activities. Sessions have included paddle-boarding, climbing, low ropes, walking and archery. There are lots of pictures and videos on Twitter, with a few favourites included here.
Dragon’s Den
Wednesday 24, Thursday 25 May
Year 6 girls spent some time this week assisting Year 9 in their ‘Dragon’s Den’ activity. They formed focus groups, giving feedback on products that the girls are designing – they were very impressed with the ideas pitched to them. It was lovely to see some old Hesketh House girls too!
