Chronicle 17 March 2017

Cranmore Chronicle 17 March 2017 Editor: Mrs R Spooner

In This Issue...

• The Headmaster

• Rugby Festivals Update

• ‘Any Questions?’ Broadcast

• Hockey News

• House News

• Cross Country News

• Golden Awards - Junior Department

• Running Success

• Marvellous Merits - Junior Department • Cranmore Cricket Helmets • Supermerits - Senior Department

• Easter Holiday Cricket Course

• Bright Stars News

• Athletics/Gym Camp

• Lower Prep Investigating Numicon

• Rowers Meet Olympic Champion

• Middle Prep Trip To The Discovery Centre

• Notice - Cranmore School Shop • Mini Musketeer Awards

• ‘Come & See’ Lower and Middle Prep

• Picnic In The Paddock - Save The Date

• Junior Language Challenge - Round 1

• Whippets Production Seussical Jr.

• Form One Visit The Roald Dahl Museum

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Dear Parents We are enjoying a particularly good spell on the sporting front. In this edition you can read about rugby, hockey, cross-country and rowing. On Wednesday we had further triumphs in our very own Rugby VIIs Tournament.

Tomorrow we shall be hosting the Surrey Rugby Festival for some 48 teams which is sure to be a magnificent programme of sport. We offer our best wishes to our ski squad which has travelled to Italy for the British Interschool Races.

Of course, Cranmore is not simply about sport. We are having some remarkable successes in the Godalming Festival and we are immensely proud of the exceptional performances given by our choirs.

Yours sincerely Michael Connolly

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BBC Radio 4 Any Questions? to be broadcast live from Cranmore

On the evening of Friday 19 May Cranmore School will be hosting the Any Questions? Radio 4 live broadcast. Any Questions? includes topical discussion and questions to a panel of political and media personalities. We are waiting to hear from the producer about who will be on the panel that evening!

The broadcast is strictly entry by ticket only and you will receive details shortly of how to apply for (free) tickets.

I very much hope that some of our 5th & 6th form along with their parents will be in the audience and may even get to put their question to the panel!

This is a first for Cranmore and promises to be an exciting evening.

Best wishes, Susan Walker

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House News Highest Merit Total in the Junior Department last week: Radford

Highest Merit Total in the Senior Department last week: Tylor

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Junior Department Golden Awards Week ending 10th March 2017

Name Emily Tramontano

Class LJ

LC

LL

Leah Wadey Barnaby Higgins

MC

MG

For a super effort in improving his handwriting! Keep it up, Harry!

MH

For excellent effort in kung-fu punctuation and spotting pieces in his reading books! Well done, Rory!

For being a wonderful lost sheep in our assembly!

For working hard at his spellings and reading each week. Keep it up, Matthew!

Matthew Oakenfull Alex McDougall

US

Max Odlind Noah Cobb

UW 1G

William Jackson

For making excellent progress in his Maths work, in particular the grid method for multiplication.

For making a real effort in his writing and using some lovely descriptive language.

1R

For having a lovely, kind, caring personality and for always paying attention and contributing in lessons. Well done, Oliver.

For having a sparkling, happy, friendly personality and for being happy to help a friend in need at any time! Well done, Louis.

Louis Loest Max Barrowman

For his super news writing this week. A really impressive piece of work!

For showing such enthusiasm in his writing recently. Well done, Omar!

Zac Sherazee Oliver Chalmers

For improved concentration on tricky Maths problems.

For writing lots of good ideas for stories.

Omar Sherif Benjamin Goldsmith

For fantastic effort and determination in our gymnastics and sports lessons! Keep it up, Barnaby!

For helping to tidy up the classroom without being asked.

Rory Brown Eloise Hinds

For excellent effort in reading. Well done, Jack!

For working hard on her number bonds and writing this week. Keep it up, Leah!

Yash Sharma Harry Ivings

For making fantastic progress reading and always being so enthusiastic to read each day. Brilliant!

For always working so hard in Maths and for learning his number bonds to 10. Well done, Alexander!

Alexander Coetzee Jack Thompson

For her wonderful phonics work and sentence writing. Well done, Emily!

For working so hard on using a number line to solve his number sentences. Well done, Maximus!

Maximus Gates Joshua Goldsmith

Reason for award

1S

For being a thoughtful and caring friend.

For acting sensibly and quickly to inform a member of staff when a friend ate some food they could have been allergic to.

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Junior Department Marvellous Merits Week ending 10th March 2017

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

Jamie Tarbuck Eoghan Fuller Annabella Organ Charlie Cooke Rico Tarbuck Milly Bourner Austin Hodgett George Childs William Kemkers Alexander Hayward Henry Young

Hermione Birks Anna Robinson Edward Wilson Ashton Harrison Oliver Atkinson Robbie Paul Joseph Abdul-Rassak William Rosenberg Finlay Hunter Harry Way Dexter Roe

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Senior Department Supermerits

Amor, Josh Back, Theo Barklam, Charlie Barnes, Calver Brookes, Joshua Cassidy, Joseph Crehan Mills, Jacob Crehan Mills, Sebastian Curri, Marshall Durie, Jonty Finlayson, Darragh Gibbs, William Goncharuk, Michael Gossage, William Groenewald, Adrian Harris, Jonathan Harris, William Harrison, James Hartwell, Tristan Howes, Joseph Hughes, Miller Inglis, James Jamieson, Thomas Jamison, Jonny Kang, Arjun Kang, Arjun Kennedy, Joseph Love, Rhys Martin-Jones, Alexander

Radford Tylor Borelli Bowen Borelli Stokes Morton Morton Stokes Radford Morton Bowen Morton Borelli Radford Bowen Bowen Bowen Tylor Borelli Radford Morton Morton Stokes Radford Radford Bowen Borelli Stokes

5H 6H 4S 6H 6H 6H 4C 2JH 5M 5H 3J 2T 3H 2T 2DS 5H 5H 6H 6H 4S 2T 4S 5H 6H 5H 5H 4S 5H 6D

McDougall, William Moreve, Freddie Muir, Marcus Musgrave, Harvey Nassuphis, Nicholas O'Neill, Jack Owen, Edward

Radford Tylor Bowen Borelli Morton Bowen Radford

2DS 4C 5MF 5M 6H 5H 6H

Open morning RE English Open morning & Music Open morning French RE Science Science Open morning Science Science Most improved sight singer Sport Science Open morning Open morning Open morning & Music French English Science English Open morning Open morning Music Open morning Bringing in a snakeskin to school Open morning Breaking school record for swimming Frontcrawl Relay and Individual Medley Relay Science RE & English Reading English & RE Open morning Open morning Open morning & Science

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Senior Department Supermerits

Pearson, Edward Pontin, Joseph Rees, Hugo Roberts, Harri Santoni, Mattia Shaw, Josh

Bowen Stokes Tylor Morton Morton Radford

3J 2JH 2DS 5M 5H 6D

Steer, Harvey Stiles, Oliver Towers, Max Van Every, Freddie

Bowen Tylor Tylor Radford

2DS 5M 4C 5H

Van Every, Freddie Verny White, Ollie

Radford Stokes

5H 6H

Wallage, Sebastian Williams, George

Radford Bowen

2JH 5M

Science Geography Science Music Open morning Breaking school record for swimming Frontcrawl Relay and Individual Medley Relay November 2016 Breaking school record for 50m Frontcrawl and British Record holder February 2017 Science Silver reading award ESB presentation Breaking school record for swimming Frontcrawl Relay and Individual Medley Relay November 2016 Open Morning Breaking school record for swimming Frontcrawl Relay and Individual Medley Relay November 2016 Geography RE

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Bright Stars News We have had lots of fun this week playing in the garden! We have climbed on the ship, played in the mud kitchen and ridden the tractors and bikes!

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The Lower Prep children had fun using Numicon to learn their number bonds to 10. They built their towers using different ways to make 10.

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MIDDLE PREP TRIP TO THE DISCOVERY CENTRE On Friday we went to The Discovery Centre. We had a little bit of time in the classroom and then we went on the coach. It was a big coach and it was a long drive. When we got there I saw lots of very clever things. My favourite thing was the workshop. First we went to the water zone and I got very wet. Next we went up the tower and I didn’t know how high we were. Coming down I was even more scared. Then we went to the building zone and it was fun. Then we went to the adventure playground. Then we had lunch. When we went to the workshop I liked it because I was a helper. Then we went back to school and obviously I want to go back!

By Rowan Groenewald (Form MC)

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‘COME & SEE’ Lower and Middle Prep

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‘COME & SEE’ Lower and Middle Prep

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JLC Round one....Et c'est parti!

The first round of the competition is now officially open. The 61 Cranmore students will play with French language until 23rd June, at their own pace, at home, trying to get as many points as possible in order to qualify for the second round and have fun with various online games. Bonne chance Ă tous!

Mlle Meneghin Head of Modern Languages

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Form One trip to the Roald Dahl Museum We were blessed with glorious weather for our trip to Great Missenden, home of famous author, Roald Dahl.

After an introductory talk where we learnt some fascinating facts, we explored the museum, starting with the ideas station. There were plenty of opportunities to dress up as one of the characters from his books, create our own characters and story ideas and even sit in a replica chair and pretend to write stories, as he did.

Then we visited the Boy Gallery where we learnt all about Roald Dahl's exploits at school and then the Solo gallery which described his experiences as a pilot during the Second World War and allowed us a glimpse of his famous writing shed.

We were fortunate to have an exciting workshop where we thought of our own ideas for new and amazing chocolate bars. We chose the ingredients, decided who could eat the bar, what it would do and what it would be called. The bubble crunching scrumdiddlyumptious fudge delight was one idea dreamt up by our pupils for Mother's Day. I particularly liked the idea of eating one and being able to float in a large bubble.

After lunch we left the grounds of the museum and followed the village trail which took us to several points of interest in the village, many of which provided inspiration for Roald Dahl and appeared in his books.

The day ended all too quickly but we left with our heads full of ideas for our own stories and a greater appreciation of one of the world's great authors.

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Rugby Festivals Update We have had another busy couple of weeks on the rugby fields. The Under 10 squad had a successful day at the Donhead Festival remaining unbeaten. The Under 11 sevens squad nearly equalled this six days later, losing just once at the same venue. It was the Under 13 sevens squad, however, who were team of the week. They are beginning to reach their potential just in time for the Nationals 7's and demonstrated this by winning the Aldro 7's on Wednesday and the Thomas's Day Schools 7's on Saturday. More on this including photos can be found in the match reports section on the sports portal.

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Hockey News

Congratulations to the U10 Hockey team who came third at Wellington festival.

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Cross Country News

Congratulations to the U11 Cross Country team who won the U11 team event and took gold, silver and bronze as individuals at Worth last week. Congratulations also go to Ben Milne who took bronze in the individual U13 event.

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Running Success Many congratulations to J Durie who competed in the Woking 5K run last Sunday to raise funds for Anaphylaxis UK. He came 9th in the Junior category and finished in 22nd position in the overall male category (adults and children).

Well done. We wish you every success with your running in the future, a 10K or half marathon next maybe?

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Cranmore Cricket Helmets Exclusive Cranmore helmets are now available to order from the School Shop. Customised with the Cranmore badge, the new helmets comply with the latest British safety standards and are excellent value. Please visit the School Shop to view, try on and order before 21 March ready for next term.

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Cranmore Cricket Course – Easter 2017 Cranmore is delighted to be hosting a cricket course being run by Oli Hairs, a professional cricket coach, here at Cranmore School. The course will run on the following days: Monday 3rd April – U.8/U.9 (9.30-12.30pm) Tuesday 4th April – U.8/U.9 (9.30-12.30pm Tuesday 18th April – U.8/U.9 (9.30-12.30pm)

U.10/U.11/U.12 (1.30-4.30pm) U.10/U.11/U.12 (1.30-4.30pm) U.10/U.11/U.12 (1.30-4.30pm)

All of the major aspects of the game will be covered in what should be valuable preparation for the forthcoming season. Cost is £30 per session with places allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Children can wear their cricket whites or school tracksuit. Pupils in the afternoon session should bring their full hard ball equipment wherever possible. I would also recommend bringing some refreshment.

To reserve your place please email antony.down@cranmoreprep.co.uk by Friday 17th March indicating which days you would like to attend. Once places have been allocated a further email will be sent with payment instructions.

Mr Down

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Athletics/Gym Easter Camp Monday 3rd & Tuesday 4th April 2017 We will be hosting a one day Athletics & Gym camp aimed at developing Athletic ability combined with core strengthening skills. The courses are open to all children and will be coached and lead by Mr Neil Summers (ex-Royal Marine Commandos) & Mrs Fiona Summers (British Gymnast).

Course Content: Athletics - The course is designed to accommodate children of varying abilities from Lower Prep through to Form 6. It will have an emphasis on agility, speed and explosive power within body conditioning. This will allow the younger children to start to develop the fundamental levels required in many sports, as well as catering for more advanced children who wish to excel.

This will in turn assist them with physical skills required to excel in Rugby, Football and Cricket as well as Athletics and Gymnastics.

Whatever sports your child is involved in; this course will assist them to increase in speed, strength and agility.

Age: 4 years – 13 years Dates: Monday 3rd & Tuesday 4th April 2017 Time: 10am – 3pm Cost: £40 per day (cash or cheque payable on the day) Sibling discount: 10% off total fee on second & third child only.

Please arrive at the breakfast club entrance (2nd door on the right opposite the main Sports hall.)

Classes will be held in the indoor gym and on the tennis courts. Please arrive 5 minutes before the start time in appropriate sports clothing. Please bring your own lunch and refreshments.

To reserve a place, please email SummersAthletics@outlook.com

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Rowers find out what it takes to be an Olympic Champion Last weekend, Paul Bennett visited us at Walton Rowing Club and gave an inspirational talk on what it takes to win an Olympic Gold. The highlight of his visit was to hold the gold medal he won last year as part of the GB eight crew at the Rio Olympics. Once the presentation was over, we wasted no time in getting out on the river to begin our quest for gold!

Mr Martin Head of Rowing

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The Cranmore School Shop Easter Closure and Pre-Term Opening Please note that the School Shop will close at 9.30am on Thursday 23rd March for the Easter break. It will re-open on Tuesday 18th April, from 10am to 4pm for anyone wishing to purchase uniform and sports kit before the start of the Summer Term. Appointments are not necessary – please just call in. We will have a stock of cricket kit, short-sleeved school shirts and sun hats.

Thank you

Congratulations to the following boys and girls on achieving their Mini Musketeers Level 1 and 2 awards.

Level 1 Jack Harris James Guo George Childs Joseph Abdul-Rassak Pascale Weidner Alexander McDougall Ben McKay Oliver Chapman Vinny Cook Level 2 Edward Spencer Samuel Millington Max Odlind Benjamin Middleton Henry Young Well done to you all!

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