Chronicle 20 January 2017

Cranmore Chronicle 20 January 2017 Editor: Mrs R Spooner

In This Issue...

• Mrs Walker

• Gymnastics Taster Session

• House News

• Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers

• Cranmore Rowers At The London Boat • Marvellous Merits - Junior Department Show • Half Term Rugby Camp • Supermerits - Senior Department • Golden Awards - Junior Department

• Bright Stars News • Lower Prep Polar Explorers • Note - Mrs Walker

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Dear Parents, We are well into another busy and exciting term and I look forward to seeing many of you at the various events coming up shortly.

We will be continuing with the next in our programme of pastoral talks both for the children and parents on Wednesday 1 February and I would urge you to keep the date free.

There is a definite winter theme in the Chronicle, following the brief snow fall last week. The younger children have produced some wonderful table paintings and Bear Grylls would certainly be proud of our Nursery children who have been building their own shelters and dens at Forest School.

On the water, new challenges presented themselves for the rowers with the promise of more exciting things to come in the summer. As always, your children delight us with their enthusiasm and determination for all the new challenges Cranmore presents to them.

Best wishes, Susan Walker Deputy Head

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House News

Last week’s Junior merits winners: Stokes

Last week’s Senior merits winners: Borelli

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Junior Department Golden Awards Week ending 13th January 2017

Name Alexander Denham

Class LJ

LC

LL

MC

MG

MH

US

UW

1G

1R

Vince Cook

For being so helpful in class and for having a wonderful smile that cheers everyone up when they see it!

For being a caring, kind, and hard working person who is always willing to help without being asked! Thank you, Louis.

Louis Wilkinson Henry Young

For showing real enthusiasm towards our new topic of India!

For developing an excellent knowledge of 3D shapes. Keep up the good Maths work, Ben!

Ben Goldsmith Tommy Williams

For an enthusiastic start to the Easter Term. Well done George, keep this up!

For working hard and making great progress in his Maths this week. Well done!

Dominic Powell James Ross

For helping a visiting child and showing him what to do. Well done, Thomas.

For adding a great deal of ‘Thank you’ ideas for our prayer during R.E. Well done, Lucia.

Lucia Meneghin George Childs

For a big improvement in being more tolerant of others and following the Golden Rules. Keep it up, Otis!

For great enthusiasm in class and for reading a friend a story when she was upset. Well done, George!

George Steen Thomas Lindsay

For settling into our school so brilliantly and making lots of new friends! Well done, Gabriel!

For being a great friend to our new member of the class and looking after him very well. Well done, Edward!

Edward Barnard Otis Worth

For being a responsible and caring class member.

For excellent effort and determination in some tricky Maths work!

Rocco Hughes Gabriel Curham

For being such a kind and helpful friend and working hard in our lessons.

Excellent, Josh!

For taking extra care with his work and for being a smiley and happy boy.

Fantastic, Daniel!

Daniel Di Paola Jack Brod

For brilliant work in our Maths lesson. Joshua solved all of his number sentences independently. Fantastic!

For excellent News writing work. Alexander wrote very neatly, and worked really hard to spell each word. Well done!

Alexander Coetzee Joshua Taylor

For starting the new term with such enthusiasm. Keep up the hard work.

Well done, Alexander!

For settling in so well and making friends at his new school. Well done, Jack!

Jack Denyer Joshua Goldsmith

Reason for award

1S

For his impeccable manners and a persistently positive attitude to all he does.

For an excellent week’s work, particularly on 3D shapes.

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Junior Department Marvellous Merits Week ending 13th January 2017

LJ LC LL MC MG MH US UW 1G 1R 1S

Charlotte Millington Zach Green Charlie Martin Harry Phillips Harry Ivings Leo French Jack Harris Mohammed Benotman Gabriel Ladds Ben Buckle Ben Fortescue

George Wildbur Elijah Maucksch Aadi Paul Thomas Cowper Ben Rendle Hugo Jones Sam Barklam Michael Coppola William Kemkers Louis Wilkinson George Wiesener

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Senior Department Supermerits

Boyle, Liam Brooks, Lawrence Crehan Mills, Jacob Dicker, James Hess, Killian Inglis, James Langton, James McLean, Thomas Pontin, Joseph Santoni, Mattia Tokarczyk, Igor

Tylor Stokes Morton Bowen Tylor Morton Morton Tylor Stokes Morton Bowen

Assembly Music English Maths x2; Music Maths Music RE Music x 2; Maths Music Silver reading Maths

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Bright Stars News We have had a lovely start to the term and we loved talking about our Christmas holidays.

The children in pre-nursery have drawn pictures of their favourite Christmas presents and have done some wintry table top painting!

The Nursery children have enjoyed making dens in Forest School!

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Our Nursery children in Bright Stars have enjoyed building dens at Forest School.

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Our Lower Prep Polar explorers wrapped up warm and headed off on an icy adventure! They have been busy finding out about the Antarctic, including where it is, how cold it can get and what animals live there. They have enjoyed using globes to locate the Polar regions and learning interesting information about Emperor penguins.

Wonderful clay models and paintings of penguins have been created by our Polar explorers.

Next week they will be heading off on another icy adventure to discover all about the Arctic and the polar bears that live there. What brrr-illiant facts can they share with you?

Miss Jefford Assistant Head Department

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Use of School contacts list Dear Parents, January is often a popular time for businesses to try and encourage people to try out their products or visit their establishments. Please be aware that email addresses given to the school by parents must only be used for school related activities. Please could I respectfully remind parents that you should not use your school contacts list for the purposes of marketing.

Thank you for your understanding.

Kind regards, Susan Walker Deputy Head

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FREE TASTER SESSION FOR GYMNASTICS There is an opportunity to welcome all pupils from Middle Prep to Form 6 to come along and try gymnastics class at lunchtime on Friday 27th January 2017.

(With the view to continue for the remaining of the Easter Term) The club teaches a very dynamic and diverse variety of skills, which includes the vault, trampette and development of floor and acrobatic skills. We have also have introduced speed and agility training which will help performance in other sports.

If you would like you child to take part please email Miss Gibbins on Polo82@btinternet.com so that you child’s Form Tutor can be informed.

Once again, we are collecting the Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers.

Please leave your vouchers in the collection box located at the front of the School Office.

Thank you

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Rowers find out how the other half lives!

The 5th & 6th form rowing squad recovered from their exams at the London Boat Show. They were taken around several of the multi-million pound superyachts with all their incredible hi-tech gadgetry.

Much more fun was the pool where Rockley instructors, who knew several of our pupils from the summer watersports holiday, taught them stand up paddle boarding and kayaking. It certainly made us look forward to the South of France and the Cranmore watersports holiday in July We were then off to experience the Clipper Round the World yacht race - a rather more challenging version of our Tall Ships weekend in June.

Mr Martin

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