Chronicle 5 May 2017

Cranmore Chronicle 5 May 2017 Editor: Mrs R Spooner

In This Issue...

• The Headmaster

• Supermerits - Senior Department

• Note - Miss Kieran

• Forest School - Lower Prep

• House News

• Music News

• Golden Awards - Junior Department

• Heathrow - Third Runway Debate

• Marvellous Merits - Junior Department • Piano for sale

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Dear Parents I was delighted to see so many of you at our Future Schools’ Evening and I know how much you appreciated the opportunity to hear the views of the various representatives from these leading senior schools.

This morning we are celebrating our special Mass for Grandparents in recognition for all that they do in supporting you and, of course, their grandchildren.

There is a busy weekend of sport ahead and a special event at the rowing club on Sunday when Mr Martin will be hosting the President’s Reception.

You will have noticed that our car park project is making good progress and that the netball court has been completed.

Yours sincerely Michael Connolly

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Dear Parents Further to my letter of 17 March, I would like to remind you that Mrs Fiona Nicholson, our new Head of the Junior Department from September, will be visiting Cranmore on Tuesday 16 May. You are warmly invited to meet her in the Auditorium at either 3pm or 6pm on that day. I hope that as many of you as possible will be able to come along at one of the suggested times.

Kindest regards Margaret Kieran Head of the Junior Department

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House News Borelli do the double!

Highest Merit Total in the Junior Department last week: Borelli

Highest Merit Total in the Senior Department last week: Borelli

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Junior Department Golden Awards Week ending 28th April 2017

Name Ben Travers

Class

Reason for award

LJ

For his wonderful Little Red Riding Hood story writing. Well done, Ben! For drawing and painting a wonderful picture of a pig. Well done, Hermione!

Hermione Birks Isla Bowen

LC

For doing brilliant writing, using adjectives to describe Little Red Riding Hood. Great work, Herbie.

Herbie Critchlow Oscar Boorman

LL

MC

Zach Grimshaw Edward Barnard

MG

MH

US

UW

1G

Conor Dobson

For showing an excellent knowledge in Maths, and for being able to double and halve numbers with a decimal place!

For writing an excellent dialogue between two characters using perfect punctuation and really engaging the reader!

1R

Joseph Norton Dexter Roe

For making a really positive start at Cranmore. It’s great to have you in the class!

For being a true friend, looking after those around you. Thank you, Mohammed.

James Ross Tommy Williams

For managing so well with his broken elbow.

For being such a kind and helpful friend to Oliver.

Mohammed Benotman Aayan Ali

For having such an excellent attitude towards all his work and for being such a kind member of MH. Well done, Solomon!

For working hard on his reading and handwriting. Well done, William!

Austin Hodgett Alex Bowen

For fantastic writing of instructions using verbs! Keep it up, Edward!

For working so hard on his reading and having a great attitude to learning new things. Keep it up, Harry!

William Spencer Oliver Langton

For a brilliant effort with his handwriting. Keep it up, Harry!

For an excellent attitude to our class work. You always try your best Zach!

Harry Charlton Solomon Mais-Harding

For working so hard on his Little Red Riding Hood story writing.

Oscar has a super attitude towards his work. Well done, Oscar!

For his delightful picture of a pig. It makes me smile every time I walk past it. Thank you, Charlie!

Charlie Martin Harry Phillips

For settling so well into Cranmore School and for always being so cheerful, smiling each day!

For listening attentively in all lessons. Well done, Tommy!

For always completing his work to a very high standard. Super work, Joe!

1S

For excellent attention during English lessons and for making a fabulous effort to punctuate speech.

For persevering with his handwriting and thereby making huge improvements with joining letters.

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Junior Department Marvellous Merits Week ending 28th April 2017

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

Leo Man Alexander Coetzee Daniel Aazh Charlie Weatherall Alex Gill Luke Barrett Joseph Abdul-Rassak Ben Clark Gabriel Ladds Louis Wilkinson Max Barrowman

Alexander Denham Joshua Goldsmith Angus Chapman Ashton Harrison Ollie Pearce George Purvis Freddie Firth Jamie Ellis Benjamin Goldsmith Edward Agar Henry Steen

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Senior Department Supermerits

Brown, Cameron Cook, Morgan Durie, Seb Galbraith, Finlay Kemp, Jonte Mather, Alex Roberts, Alex Wood, Felix

Stokes Radford Radford Radford Tylor Stokes Bowen Borelli

2T 5MF 2T 5MF 5MF 3H 3H 5MF

Maths Science DT English x2 Music Geography DT Music

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At Forest School last week, the Lower Prep children took part in Little Red Riding Hood’s treasure hunt and a blindfold trail. The children worked in teams, eagerly reading and solving the clues which lead them to the treasure. Luckily, the Big Bad Wolf was not seen lurking behind the trees! Wearing blindfolds, the children explored using their other senses. They held on to a rope to guide them through a woodland trail that went up, down, under and through obstacles.

There was a wonderful buzz of excitement as they helped and cheered on their friends.

Miss Jefford Assistant Head of the Junior Department

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Music News

The Cranmore Young Musician Competition The heats for this competition will take place in senior class music lessons during the week commencing Monday 15 May. Any senior pupils who play an instrument or take singing lessons are encouraged to take part in this competition.

Participants are reminded to bring in their instrument and music for their performance. Those who enter will be rewarded with merits for their performance and some pupils will be selected to progress to the section finals which take place in late June.

Good luck to all who take part.

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Highly Commended Our 5th & 6th Form pupils recently entered a competition, organised by KCS Wimbledon, to create a poster addressing the issues about whether or not Heathrow Airport needs a third runway. To do this, pupils had to learn how to analyse data, identify propaganda and create reasoned arguments in pictorial and eye-catching form. This was a cross-curricular project involving both Geography and English – as well as effective design skills.

In a strong field of entries from across the South East, N Nassuphis was highly commended by the judges for his work.

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Piano for sale Upright piano for sale ÂŁ500 Contact Mrs Preedy for further details.

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