Chronicle 19 May 2017

Cranmore Chronicle 19 May 2017 Editor: Mrs R Spooner

In This Issue...

• The Headmaster

• Action Day Fundraising

• Note - Miss Kieran

• 6th Form Community Service

• House News

• Cricket News - Phillips-Travers Trophy

• Golden Awards - Junior Department

• Skiing News

• Marvellous Merits - Junior Department • Music News • Supermerits - Senior Department • Bright Stars News • Sponsored Cycle Ride for Kobey

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Dear Parents This week we have news of our Skiing success at Sandown, the magnificent performances of our cricketers to win the PhillipsTravers Trophy, the Sixth Form community service at Cherry Trees and the presentation of the cheque to CAFOD following the fundraising from Action Day. I was delighted to see so many of you in the audience for our Choral Concert on Wednesday. It was a fabulous programme with a wide range of musical styles which demonstrated the enormous vocal talent which our pupils have developed at Cranmore.

The excitement is building this morning as we prepare to host the live BBC broadcast this evening for Any Questions? We shall welcome a distinguished panel whose members are sure to engage in some lively debates. If you are not attending in person (by prebooked ticket only), then please do tune in on Radio 4 at 8 pm.

Michael Connolly

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Dear Parents I had great pleasure in welcoming the new Head of the Junior Department, Mrs Fiona Nicholson, this week. We spent a day together in the first part of the ‘handover’ of the Junior Department.

I am so delighted that everyone warmly welcomed Mrs Nicholson, especially the children. We spent a very productive day together. I feel completely reassured that I am handing over the huge responsibility of the care and education of your children to the perfect person for the job. If you were unable to meet Mrs Nicholson there will be plenty of opportunities at the beginning of the new academic year.

This week we have also been trying to walk more in recognition of national ‘Walk to School Week’. Form 1 even measured the perimeter of the Paddock during their walk!

MP, UP and Form 1 had a wonderful treat on Monday when the orchestra performed and informed us about their love of Music. If you were able to attend this event on Monday I am sure you will agree that the Senior pupils who addressed us were so impressive.

LP, MP and UP are now preparing for the performances next week of ‘There’s a Sunflower in my Supper’. I really look forward to welcoming you to either or both shows on Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th at 9.15am.

Have a good weekend.

Kindest regards Margaret Kieran Head of Junior Department

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House News Radford do the double!

Highest Merit Total in the Junior Department last week: Radford

Highest Merit Total in the Senior Department last week: Radford

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Junior Department Golden Awards Week ending 12th May 2017

Name Jamie Tarbuck

Class LJ

George Wildbur Eoghan Fuller

LC

LL MC

MG

MH US UW 1G

Mahmoud Azwai

For showing real Artistic skills while creating a 3D model village.

For creating an excellent ‘Wanted’ poster for his missing Fantastic Beast.

1R

Ben Mc Kay Henry Young

For showing such enthusiasm during our Summer Production rehearsals.

For consistently high scores in his spelling this term. Well done, Sam!

Arthur Brown Louis Wilkinson

For always being so kind and thoughtful to others.

For working so hard on our ‘Big Write’ activities.

Samuel Millington Michael Bosman

For excellent effort in all subjects and for being such a bubbly member of MH! For perseverance and progress in keeping the Golden Rules. Keep it up, Otis!

Lucia Meneghin Michael Coppola

For working brilliantly at Maths this week, listening and working through problem solving activities.

For always being thoughtful and considerate to others.

Otis Worth Kobey Mack

For being conscientious in lessons and a caring member of our class.

For being a kind and considerate class member.

Oliver Atkinson Leo French

For kindness and thoughtfulness. Thank you, Daniel!

For working hard in class and for her cheerful manner. Fantastic, Katherine!

Sam Allen Ben Rendle

For brilliant writing, re-telling the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Well done, Eoghan!

For working hard in Maths, learning the names of 3-D shapes. Great work, Isola!

Katherine Harjo Maggie Basnett

For his super retelling and drawing of the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Well done, Jamie!

For super problem solving and for his wonderful enthusiasm in Maths lessons.

Great work, George!

Isola Rossi Daniel Di Paola

Reason for award

For creating a 3D shape using the J2Code program! It was brilliant! Well done, Louis!

For drawing a fantastic sketch of West Horsley. Well done, Ben!

1S

For always having a cheerful and positive outlook and for caring for his friends.

For great improvements in his reading and for always trying his best in his work.

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Junior Department Marvellous Merits Week ending 12th May 2017

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

Jack Denyer Herbie Critchlow Leah Wadey Thomas Cowper Sofie Sherazee Isabella Sunderland Thomas Lindsay Alex Bull William Kemkers Ben Jales Jerome Barnes

Erik Fielding Isla Bowen Thomas Young Yash Sharma Oliver Barrowman Oliver McKay Max Odling Dominic Powell James Ross Oliver Chalmers Alexander Page

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Senior Department Supermerits

Barklam, Freddie Bowles, Archie Boyle, Liam Clarke, Conrad Cook, Harvey Cook, Morgan Farhadpour, Fred Finlayson, Darragh Hill, Jacob Howes, Joseph Hyner, Zack Inglis, James Knocker, Thomas Little, Josh Loest, Max Muir, Marcus Musgrave, Harvey Paulson, Georgie Simmons, Louis Soley, Archie Troman, George Wallage, Sebastian Weekes, Nathan Wilkinson, Charlie Williams, Henry

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

3J 3H 4C 2DS 5M 5MF 3C 3J 3H 4S 2JH 4S 4P 4C 3C 5MF 5M 3J 3H 4C 4S 2JH 2T 3H 4S

Playing Piano in assembly RE Music School Council English - Spelling French Exchange French Exchange French exchange French DT Chapel Reading Science RE talk RE talk French Exchange Science Silver Reading Award Chaplaincy RE DT Science English English DT Science

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Bright Stars News This week Pre-nursery have learnt about different countries in the world.

We practised a Mexican hat dance in the Gym and used oil pastels to colour in different flags. We made guacamole and cheese quesadillas – they were delicious!

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Congratulations to Kobey in Upper Prep who raised an amazing amount of £160 for Challengers last weekend by completing a 7 mile road ride in 50 minutes. Kobey said, "I want to raise money for Challengers so they can look after disabled children and help them have fun!". We are very proud of Kobey and warm heartedly congratulate him on his achievement particularly as this is his 6th charity sports event! If you would like to add to Kobey’s sponsorship total please visit: https://charity.kellystorage.co.uk/Events/2017/CycleChallenge/sponsor/team-Kobey-s-team Miss Kieran

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Action Day In senior assembly on Monday, a cheque was presented to Jo Lewry from CAFOD for the funds raised from Action Day. Many thanks to family and friends for sponsoring the senior pupils.

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Community Service Well done to our 6th Form, some of whom spent time at Cherry Trees last week, undertaking some community service work. They proved to be very competent at a variety of tasks from weeding and sweeping to washing minibuses and soft play equipment. Although the weather wasn’t particularly kind to them, their enthusiasm wasn’t dampened! Thank you 6th Form.

Many thanks to Mr Hall and Mr Jakubowski for accompanying them.

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2017 Phillips - Travers Trophy Our annual cricket fixtures against Rokeby in which we compete for the Phillips-Travers Trophy took place in the first week of May. Thirty teams and over three hundred pupils participated in the matches. The week started well for Cranmore with wins for the U11 A and C teams. The Seniors continued the success with a fantastic bowling performance from the 2nd XI and a well-timed run chase by the 4th XI ensuring that Cranmore led ten points to eight by the midway point.

On the Thursday, the U8 matches at Rokeby were convincingly won and the U9 matches took place at Cranmore. Both the A and B teams played well but were unable to prevent a strong Rokeby year group levelling the scores going into the last day.

A win and a draw by the U.10’s on the Friday would be enough to regain the trophy. This was achieved with the B team winning commendably and the A team securing a hard fought draw.

The final total of 15 points to 14 meant that Cranmore have now been successful five times which equals the overall score between the schools. We now hold the Henkes Shield, Dunckley Shield and the Phillips-Travers Trophy. This is truly a whole school achievement.

Well done to everyone involved and let’s try to keep the winning records coming for the rest of the season.

Mr Down Head of Cricket

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Showdown At Sandown Cranmore race team returned to Sandown last Sunday to defend the dual slalom title. The day was packed with lots of activities for all those attending including the new Skywalk.

The U10 were first up and after some competitive racing the final was between Cranmore and Danes Hill. On a best of 3 runs, the Cranmore team won the first two to secure gold.

In the U12 category, Cranmore had two teams entered, one on either side of the draw. With eleven teams entered it came down to Cranmore A and SPRC. With each team winning one race it came down to a final run. Cranmore were trailing by half a gate B Aldridge-Bate put in the ski of his life and overtook on the line.

So that left the U14. Our Ski Captain C Barnes had pulled out with a broken finger, so a late substitution of J Mellstrom (an ex-Cranmore pupil) helped the team to pull off the triple and enable the Cranmore Ski Squad to remain unbeaten at the event.

A big thank you to all the parents for supporting the club and helping out and Miss Wilkinson for managing the team so well on the day.

Mr Mellstrom Head of Skiing

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Music News

A Pupil’s Guide to the Orchestra Following on from the demonstration of orchestral instruments on Monday, if any parents wish their child to be considered for lessons on an instrument, they should email Mr Harris at their earliest convenience.

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A Pupil’s Guide to the Orchestra

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