BHHS Issue 31 Newsletter

Newsletter Brighton & Hove High School GDSt

Issue 31 June 2015

Dear Parents and Girls,

Looking at the range of political news stories this week - Grexit, rules for the EU Referendum and so on - I reflected that one of the most important skills we can acquire in life is the art of compromise and one of the most important qualities of a leader is the ability to achieve consensus. This idea was reinforced by a visitor we’ve hosted this week from the Department of Education who’s been shadowing staff at the school. He described to us his job where he has to ensure the safe passage of education policy through both the Commons and the House of Lords and the tricky waters of compromise and consensus that have to be negotiated there. Such skills are challenging for most of us as adults (especially headteachers who are naturally bossy!) never mind young people, and so it is important that from early on we give girls the opportunities to observe and practise them.

We try to introduce collaborative working throughout the school and encourage team and group activities wherever possible, of course, and we encourage debate through School Council, Debating Club, the Feminist Society, the Politics Society and so on, but it’s also important that girls have role models who excel in these areas. For this reason, among many others, I will be sad to see three of our wonderful governors leave BHHS this summer.

Father Phil Ritchie has been Vicar of All Saints Church, Hove, since 2008 and a parent governor for the past two years. He and his family are moving to Oxford this summer.

On Monday he delivered a fantastic assembly about his views of the church’s attitude to LGBT men and women, giving us plenty to think about the nature of tolerance and compromise, showing how he follows a path of inclusivity whilst being sensitive to the views of others in his Church. Phil has been a wonderful support to the school, working regularly with the RE department and contributing to our assembly programme. We shall greatly miss him and his daughters.

Emily McWhirter is an old girl of BHHS and was Head Girl in 1986. She has a PHD in Nursing and is Director for the Kent, Surrey, Sussex Air Ambulance, a charity that provides pre hospital helicopter emergency care to the most critically ill and injured people following severe accidents in the South East coast region.

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dates

Saturday 20th Summer Garden party for Alumnae, 2pm; German exchange leaves Monday 22nd Y12 UCAS day; 8S to Boughrood; Spelling Bee at Croydon GDST (tbc); UCAS briefing for Y12 parents, 5:30pm; Hullabaloo Community Choir, 6:309:45pm Tuesday 23rd 7M Guild day; Wednesday 24th Y11 Paddle Boarding (am); Book Day; Y10 trip to Ricardo; Prize Giving, 7:30pm (preceded by reception on vicarage lawn) Thursday 25th Open Doors, 9:30-11:30am; Associated Board Music Exams (all day in Music House) Friday 26th Y13 Leavers’ Day; Leavers’ Ball Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th DofE qualifying overnight camp Congratulations to Mrs Mashford and all the CRED girls and staff from last summer who, yesterday, won The Argus Award for Education Excursion of the Year (Ethiopia Trip) at the Youth in Action presentations.

achieving fast consensus being essential. Emily has been a hugely supportive governor of the school, giving freely of her time to both girls and staff. She is leaving because the demands of her day job are paramount. We wish her well.

And, finally, Juliet Smith, who has been a BHHS school governor since 2006 and our Chair of Governors for the past five years, is retiring. She began her professional career at Nottingham High School for Girls, GDST, and went on to have over twenty five years’ experience of senior management roles in both the maintained and independent Sectors. She also worked as an educational consultant specialising in the appointment of senior staff, including heads. She has been a schools’ inspector, a Fast Track assessor and a graduate teacher tutor. Juliet has led the governing body through many changes, all the time demonstrating that essential leadership quality of obtaining consensus with great warmth and charm. I often describe Juliet as the ‘ultimate networker’ and her knowledge of Brighton and the people who live here is without peer. We were very proud when she was sworn into the ancient office of High Sheriff of East Sussex – one of the highest secular offices in the country – in March this year.

Juliet has been a staunch supporter of BHHS, carrying out her chairmanship duties meticulously and turning up to all events despite an extremely busy life. She always finds time to engage with girls and staff and she has been a good supportive friend to me in my first years at the school. We are all immensely grateful for everything she’s done for the school and look forward to celebrating with her at her last Prize Giving next week. ©Tony Mould: Thank you to all our governors who tirelessly My Brighton and Hove volunteer their time to support Brighton and Hove High School, and we send every good wish for the future to our three departees.

Have a good weekend and I look forward to seeing some of you at our Alumnae Picnic on Saturday.

Have a good weekend.

RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS

Jennifer Smith recommendations from the RE & Philosophy Department Mrs Dowglass

Until 17th July |Muslim|Ramadan Fast 21st June|Pagan|Summer Solstice Festival of midsummer. The light of the sun is at its height of its power. A time of plenty and celebration.

21st June|World Humanist Day A day for spreading awareness of Humanism as a worldview and effecting change in the world.

TV & RADIO

Sun 20th BBC1, 10am - The Big Questions Sun 20th BBC 1, 2:20pm - Yoga: Bend it Like Britian Sun 20th Channel 4, 1:20pm - The Simpsons - The Joy of Sect Mon 21st Radio 4 - 8:30pm - Analysis - How Gay Became OK 2014-15 Issue 31: 2

congratulations to Josie! arun iron man swim

Josie Grumitt finished the swim with an absolutely stunning time of 1:01, only four minutes behind the first junior boy and nearly 40 minutes faster than her time last year! All her training clearly paid off, well done!

donations request…

If you have any unwanted digital cameras, working film cameras or decorative vintage photography equipment needing a new home then please get in touch with us! We would also be grateful to receive any studio lighting equipment or photography books that you may want to turn out.

Please email Ms Dury if you would like to donate. a.dury@bhhs.gdst.net Thankyou

prizegiving rehearsals

Music Rehearsals for Prize Giving Senior Choir will be rehearsing their item for Prize Giving in the Hall on Monday 1:00-2:15pm.

String Group will be rehearsing the Vivaldi Concerto for Prize Giving in the Hall on Tuesday 1:00-2:30pm.

All members are required for the rehearsals where final performance details will be provided.

Mr Lloyd

sixthform

Amelia

Hello, I’m Amelia and I’ve been newly elected onto the Leadership Team as the Marketing Officer! One of my roles this year will be to write a weekly article about life in the Sixth Form and helpfully, this week has been extremely busy. Firstly, we were launched into EPQ (the Extended Project Qualification).

You may be aware that Mrs Ashdown and Mr Sherwood have fortunately already started our training for this with the likes of TPQ (the Temple Project Qualification). Both involve the same principle; the creation of a project based on anything and everything that you have a passion for. For example, I’m interested in doing Classics and English at university so I’m going to be doing my EPQ on the influences of Greek mythology in Shakespeare’s works. The format of your project is also very unrestricted; it could be a film, a piece of artwork or simply an essay. The great thing about EPQ is that it is completely independent. Although you are allocated a supervisor to guide you along the way, they can’t be a specialist in your chosen subject. What’s more, EPQ counts as an AS level and it is a fantastic addition to have on your UCAS, to prove to universities that you are capable of time management, organisation and critical thinking. We are all very excited to be starting our projects and delving into our interests.

Last week, some of us were also invited to the GDST Annual Reception, held at the Royal College of General Practitioners in London. It was lovely to meet other sixth formers from the other GDST schools and to network with the developers and leaders of the GDST. As well as this, the Head Girl Leadership Team also had the opportunity to give an assembly to the Junior School, where we explored the value of teamwork. The girls were a brilliant and engaged audience and we can’t wait to watch the Year 6 production in July. We also spent some time with Year 6 and we look forward to welcoming them into the Senior School on Friday.

and from Mary...

Last Wednesday, I had the pleasure of attending the GDST Annual Conference. I was invited to sit on the student panel and talk about our CRED trip to Ethiopia in front of head teachers, chairs of governors, members of the GDST Council and even some journalists! The theme of the conference was ‘networking and collaboration’ and I was asked to reflect on some lessons we had learnt about teamwork.

It was lovely to meet the other girls on the panel and learn about their experiences - from charity coordination to teaching young children numeracy and sitting on the advisory panel at the Geffrye Museum. I also had the opportunity to practice some newly acquired networking skills and benefited from talking to other head teachers as well as the founder of Firefly, Simon Hay. I’d like to take this opportunity to wish this year’s CRED team a fantastic trip and to thank Dr Kevin Stannard for his kind invitation. I’d also like to thank Mrs Mashford and Mrs Smith for giving me this opportunity to represent our school.

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ardingly

On Monday, as a treat after our exams, we went to Ardingly Activity Centre for a day of water sports. We enjoyed trying a variety of activities - raft building, windsurfing, sailing and kayaking. Thank you to Mr Goold, Miss Plank, and Mr Whiteside for coming with us and to Mrs Hart for organising it. (Some of us enjoyed splashing Mr Goold during the kayaking and watching him windsurf into the bushes!).

I’d say it was one of the best Enrichment days we have done and it was great to end it by jumping off the jetty!

Almi Nerukar

sportsreport

Town Sports | This week has seen the athletics teams competing at Town sports at Withdean. This is always a highlight of the athletics fixtures because as a district the standard is very high, so it is always good competition. On Monday the Year 7 and 8 Championships were held. Unfortunately because of Boughrood we had several of our Year 8 team missing but the girls all performed to their best. Notable performances were Grace Conley (2nd in Y7 75m Sprint), Josefine Fast (3rd in Y7 Long Jump) and Carla FollettPedeira (2nd in Y7 Discus) Again on Wednesday the weather was conducive to good athletic performances at the Senior Championships. Almi Nerurkar set the ball rolling by winning the U-15 800m with an excellent second lap. Eve Hull in the 15-17 age group also had an impressive 800m race, finishing in 3rd place. Natasha Russell won the U-15 75m Hurdles and Eden May was second in the U-15 Javelin. Thanks also to the Year 10 girls who competed - Josie Grumitt, Eve Hull, Penny Majithia and Carmen Adjare.

Sports Day awaits - how many school records can be broken??

County Championships | Last Saturday four of our athletes competed at the County Championships - Almi Nerurkar, Eden May, Eleanor Briddock and Natasha Russell. Natasha and Almi won Bronze medals in their events and will be competing for Sussex at an InterCounties competition in Kent this Saturday. Well done, girls.

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Brighton & Hove High School GDST

cabaret evening Tuesday 30th June, 7:00pm An evening of light music and song given by Cantabile and Guests in the Main Hall Tickets priced ÂŁ8 & ÂŁ5 (conc) which include wine & nibbles Tickets available from ParentPay

Brighton & Hove High School GDSt

JuniorSchool Dear Parents,

We all understand that feedback can be a hugely powerful motivator and that it is also an important part of the learning process. We are always keen to make our girls reflective as this will help them to have a realistic perspective on their progress. Equally, as a school we are always keen to listen to comments on how we might develop. This week we have had a series of visitors to the school (governors, prospective parents, current parents and even somebody from the Department of Education) and their feedback has been so positive that it reminds me to sometimes take time to reflect on the huge number of things that are so tremendous about our school! I was particularly delighted on Tuesday afternoon to see the quality and enjoyment of our singers and soloists at the neighbourhood concert at the Church of the Good Shepherd. I was hugely proud!

Best wishes, Sian Cattaneo

calendar monday 22nd Modern Foreign Languages and Geography Day; Year 6 First Aid Assessment – Life Skills wednesday 24th U-11 Rounders and U-10 Tennis GDST Tournament at Northampton (Overnight); U-10A&B Rounders v Brighton College (Home), 2:40pm thursday 25th Associated Board Music Exams, Senior School friday 26th Crossover Food Van; Non-Uniform Day (Bring £1 donation for Children’s Hospice); Gymnastics Display (Recreational and Squad), 4pm new dates...

Please note that this term’s Associated Board Music exams will be taking place at the Senior School on Thursday 25th June. Pupils taking exams will be advised of the exact time they need to be there. Good luck! club updates...

Athletics Club has been cancelled on Tuesday 30th due to Sports Day

sainsbury’s vouchers It’s your last chance to search your purses, wallets and pockets for any remaining Sainsbury’s vouchers.

The box is no longer in the pupils’ entrance but we are still collecting them. If you have any please could you give them to Mrs Donley or Mrs Rose.

Thank you

year 5 visitors

Year 5 had some surprise guests last Thursday. It was a truly Disney moment. Words like adorable and cute just didn’t do these chicks justice! The hearts and minds of the girls were completely won over... even Mr Stacey’s heart would have melted if he had been there! Thank you Jasmine!

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econews eco warriors…

We have been very busy this term - the girls have been working together to make scarecrows for our garden and they are looking fantastic. We hope they will be ready very soon (sorry, no sneak previews.).

We have been planting in abundance in our new raised beds – last week the girls were able to pick their own lettuces and radishes to take home. We’ve also got strawberries, beans, sweet peas and marigolds growing. This week we planted sweetcorn, chard, beetroot and rocket so watch this space for more news of our latest ‘harvest’ in the garden.

thank you to the PA…

We would like to say a huge thank you to the PA for their generous donation to support the development of the garden area. Amongst other things we have bought ¾ sized forks and spades, a new wheelbarrow, a hose, 2 rakes, 4 watering cans, a new hose and a brush to stock up our recently re-vamped shed.

We have also bought a lot more seeds so we are looking forward to doing more planting… watch this space!

a greener way of getting to school...

We are almost at the end of week 3 and the weather has mostly been on our side. A huge well done to Mr Keefe’s Reception class who have just pipped 1-1 to the post for Class of the Week for both weeks 1 & 2.

Just to recap we are awarding the following points for a greener way of getting to school - 3 for walking all the way, 2 for cycling/scootering etc and 1 for park and stride/car sharing. This year we have decided to work as a whole school. I have been really impressed with the results in the last 2 weeks (788 form Week 1 and 1015 from Week 2) and I have set our target at 3,500 so can we beat it?

Thankyou for your continued support, Miss Lyons

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year 5 dramaworkshop

Year 6 enjoyed a fantastic drama workshop with Helen Hollingdale, which focused on their understanding of presenting and engaging with an audience. We are hoping that this really helps in the run up to our Year 6 production.

neighbouringschools concert

Last Tuesday afternoon our Upper School Choir girls - 82 pupils from Years 4, 5 and 6 - took part in a concert at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Hove, an event organised by Father Felix Mascarenhas. This year there were two other schools taking part in the concert, Stanford Junior School and Lancing Prep School, both of which produced some excellent performances from musicians, singers and dancers.

Brighton & Hove High School were first to perform, led by our talented solo musicians, Daisy (voice), Frieda (flute), Riya (piano), Bonnie (tenor horn), Isobel (cello) and Beverley (piano). Our choir performed tremendously well, singing two songs by Bob Chilcott and two traditional spirituals, with solos by Daisy, Grace and Tanusha.

It was, as always, a lovely occasion and a chance for the girls to contribute something to our local community.

matchreports

U-9A v Brighton College | Wednesday 17th June | Huge congratulations to the U-9A team who played Brighton College. We batted first and learned from the previous match, taking risks and putting the fielding team under pressure to score 7½ rounders in the first inning, 4½ of which came from Eliza. During our first fielding, we communicated well, but slipped up on a few rushed throws and not always being prepared to receive the ball. At half time the scores were level. During the second inning, Eliza batted first, but was stumped out following the next bat. This could have impacted negatively on the team’s morale, but instead they stepped up their game and batted well, reading the game and taking risks. They scored an impressive 6½ rounders, from a reduced 18 good balls (due to time restraints). Isabella in particular did really well to score ½ rounders at 4th base having missed the ball. During our second period of fielding, our decision-making improved and our concentration increased. Throwing was more accurate and we just nabbed the win, 1413½ rounders. Players’ Player was Eliza and Coaches’ Player was Izzy B. A great team performance, well done girls!

U-10C Rounders v Burgess Hill | Burgess Hill had the first innings, and took advantage of a few noballs and some hesitant fielding from us and scored 6½ rounders. Nonetheless it was a good start; we worked well together as a team and got four of their players out. We batted well in response and managed 4½ rounders. Burgess Hill upped their game during the second inning but we did the same on the pitch. Lyla W got into her stride and her bowling was accurate and consistent.

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several Burgess Hill players. Our final inning needed a strong performance and the girls really went for it; connecting with the ball, taking calculated risks in their running and making the fielders work.

Several of the team scored half rounders, and with Millie scoring two full rounders from only two balls, we made 8 for the second inning and a total score for BHHS of 12½. Not quite enough to catch the opposition but a great effort. Final score 15-12½ to Burgess Hill. Players of the Match were Lyla W and Nathalie.

U-10A Rounders v Burgess Hill | Our girls fielded first and got off to an absolutely fantastic start.

Elodie caught out two batters on their first hit and stumped out another two on their first bat! Jaia and Ruby worked well together feeding the ball to second and 4th base, and this allowed Burgess Hill to score 6 and a half. It was our turn to bat and the girls quickly saw how strong Burgess Hill’s fielding was too, but we didn’t let this stop us. Rachael demonstrated some very consistent batting and we finished off the 1st inning with 5 rounders. There was only 1½ rounders in it and all to play for. Burgess Hill came back fighting and scored 8½ rounders. We knew we had work to do so the girls gave everything in their final inning. We scored 7½ rounders and unfortunately just got pipped to the post. Burgess Hill took the win at 15 to 12½. It was a very tight match and the whole team worked tirelessly. Our Girl of the Match went to Elodie who displayed fantastic fielding skills. Well done to all of the girls, you were a credit to the school. Go BHHS! U-10B Rounders v Burgess Hill | The U-10B team were very focussed in the first inning on Wednesday.

They showed great consistency with batting and took misfielding opportunities helping them score a total of 10 rounders. Our opponents scored only 4 rounders in their first inning, often frustrated by our tight fielding. In the second inning, we extended our total to 18½ and in the final inning BH scored 4½ and so the final score was a strong victory of 8½ – 18½. Player of the Match was India. Umpire’s Choice was shared by India and Hannah on 2nd base.

Cricket v Lancing Prep | BHHS Y6 cricket team (half the squad) took part today in our first inter school “Kwik” cricket fixture for... as long as I can remember. The girls had a fantastic opening game, and everyone rose to the occasion enthusiastically. BHHS came 2nd scoring only 9 runs less than the winning team. The final score was : Lancing 231; BHHS 222. (How did they manage to score so many runs in 15 minutes batting? Kwik cricket starts on a score of 200 runs!). All the girls had a turn at batting, bowling and fielding, and there were some exciting wickets taken by Holly T, Bonnie W and Ella J. Overall it was a great experience for the girls. We now look forward to our next fixture v Hurst, where the remaining players in the squad will take their turn. (Date and venue TBC) .

U-11A&B Rounders v Hurst | Wednesday 10th June | The U-11A team met a very tough opposition.

They fielded well in their first inning. We saw some consistent bowling from Holly throughout the inning. It took us a little while to wake up and our use of long barriers was sloppy allowing the opposition to score relatively easily. We quickly switched on some very good fielding. In particular, Phoebe and Jess both took an excellent catch. During our first bat, the team’s target was to get more power in their hits to give time to make it to 2nd base and score. They hit with more power as asked, but sadly straight into the fielders’ hands for either a catch or stump out! In five bowls we had five out. However, the remaining batters battled on and ran their socks off to get round and stay in, although we only managed to score 1½ rounders. The girls kept a really level head and approached the 2nd inning with determination. They topped up their score to 5½ but the opposition’s lead was just too strong and they finished ahead on 14.

The U-11Bs played a pleasing game. At the end of the first inning the opposition held a 10-6 lead.

We had seen some very good batting from India in particular. During the second inning the girls listened well to Esme who commanded the field and where she wanted the ball to go. We saw some excellent spells of bowling from Isobel. Regardless, the opposition batted well and scored a further 10½ rounders. During our batting, we saw full rounders scored from Ellie, Amelia, Esme and Isobel. We improved on our score and took 7 rounders. The final score was 20½ Hurst – 13 BHHS. 2014-15 Issue 31: 9

B team: On Wednesday 10th June the U-10B team played a fantastic rounders match against Hurst.

The first inning started off slowly with both teams getting used to the very windy conditions. Shortly both teams got in to the swing of things and we managed to score 4 rounders, with Grace, Natalie and Layla scoring half a rounder each. Hurstpierpoint fought back and finished the first inning with 6 rounders. It was all to play for in the second inning and Brighton and Hove really stepped up their game, demonstrating some superb batting skills. Grace scored an excellent full rounder and could even have run round once more! We worked hard and managed to score 6½ rounders.

Hurstpierpoint came to bat and our girls showed some exceptional fielding skills. Natalie caught out one batter and then another three batters were stumped out at second base by Millie. This only left six batters in but Hurstpierpoint weren’t going to give up that easily and scored 6 and a half rounders. This led to a 12 ½ to 10½ win for Hurstpierpoint. Player of the Match went to Grace for her wonderful batting skills and commitment to the game. Our girls worked so well as a team and we look forward to seeing you play again soon.

The U-10A Rounders team played a fantastic match against Hurstpierpoint on 10th June. The match was highly competitive with both schools demonstrating some very impressive batting skills. Elodie, Olivia, Hannah and Rachel managed to score some excellent rounders in the first inning. Our girls worked hard as a team, supporting each other all the way. Rithika showed excellent bowling skills, with quick reactions and made some brilliant fielding decisions. Unfortunately we were falling behind at the end of the first inning and we just couldn’t manage to catch up with Hurst, however the girls fought until the very end. This led to a 22-11½ win for Hurst. The girls worked exceptionally well as a team and began to show real initiative out on the field. Hannah was awarded Player of the Match for her grit and determination, as well as superb batting skills. Well done to all of the girls.

Everybody in the team has improved and this shows real promise for the future.

U-9 Rounders v Hurst | Year 4 played away at Hurst on Wednesday 10th on a sunny but very windy afternoon which made playing conditions a little tricky. It was agreed to play a 10 minute inning, we lost the toss and were put into bat first and managed to amass 6 rounders. Full rounders were scored

by Eliza and Amelia and two half rounders each from Amy, Izzy B and Eliza and a half rounder from Alicia. Hurst then batted and we fielded well for the first 8 minutes of their inning, Ava L took a great catch at fourth base and we restricted them to 4½ rounders. At that stage they decided to gamble and put pressure on our fielding and we conceded a further 4 rounders making the score 6 all at the half way point. In our second inning we batted brilliantly with Amy leading the way with three full rounders from three hits. This together with full rounders from Eliza, Leah, Isabella P and Lila and 2½ rounders from Amelia and Eliza gave us a score of 9½-15½ in total, a good lead and hopefully a total we could defend. Hurst’s first batsman stepped up, hit well but was stumped out at second base by a combination of Lila and Amelia giving us the perfect start. The Hurst girls were hitting the ball much better in their second inning but our fielding was extremely tight with everyone working as a team. This together with some great bowling from Eliza including one caught and bowled, meant that they only managed one full rounder and seven half rounders and with a couple of half rounders for no balls their score was 6½ giving them a total of 12½. Eliza was named Player of the Match and Amy was named Coaches’ Player. A fantastic performance by our girls with the bat and in the field and everyone contributed to a wonderful win 15½to 12½.

U-8A Rounders v Hurstpierpoint | Another confident rounders match from the U-8A team. BHHS fielded first with some great bowling from Rosie. There were some decision-making errors from the fielders, who were unsure where to field the ball and hesitated occasionally. Hurst scored 5 rounders.

On their inning Ruby A scored a full rounder from a ball that went behind. Harriet and Rosie scored 2 half rounders from great hits, and Phoebe and Fleur also scored half rounders. Final score 5-4 to Hurst. Player of the Match: Elsie.

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U-8B Rounders v Hurstpierpoint | This was the first outing ever for the U-8Bs and they demonstrated a huge learning curve since the start of the term. BHHS fielded first with confident bowling from Ruby T. Despite some lapses in concentration BHHS kept the Hurst score to 3 rounders. In their inning BHHS came confidently to the box. Amy was the best hitter of the inning and scored a half, narrowly missing out on a full rounder. Lucy M made a full rounder, so narrowly missing being stumped out.

Amelie and Ruby T also scored half rounders. 3-3 great effort U-8Bs. Player of the Match: Ruby T

athletics

A huge congratulations to the Year 4 and 5 Athletics squads who participated in the Inter Preparatory Athletics Meet on Monday 15th.

The girls competed incredibly well at this extremely high standard event against 24 other schools. We had a number of impressive results, including; 2nd position from Zahara in the 600m, 2nd from Eliza in the Rounders Ball Throw, 5th from Amelia in the High Jump, 5th from Hannah in the 300m, 5th from Libby in the 1500m, 7th from Leah in the 200m, 7th from Libby in the High Jump and an 8th from Hannah and 9th from Leah in the Long Jump. We were really pleased with the girls’ attitude and team spirit throughout the day. Well done girls!

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nursery

Our topic this term is based on the book ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’. We created our own version of the story by going into the school garden to see if we could identify some lettuce, pick it, wash it and then taste it. Most of the comments were ‘yummy’ ‘that’s delicious’ ‘can we have more?’. But two of the children could not understand what all the fuss was about and decided that they would rather give the lettuce a miss next time!

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