6 DECEMBER 2021
Message from the Headmaster Our Egyptologist visitor on Wednesday had the Year 4 pupils fascinated with stories of ancient history and the pharaohs. His discussions on hieroglyphics, architecture, art and monuments captivated the minds of the children and his personal journeys of discovery to Egypt to find and hold ancient artifacts had everyone enthralled. The Year 2 and 3 Nativity Lights, Camel, Action! was certainly one of the highlights of the week. It was packed full of energy with incredible singing, dancing and acting and was immensely entertaining throughout. We were all so fortunate to be able to come together and appreciate the talents of the children. After all their hard work, Year 2 and 3 pupils visited London to see the Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre and had the opportunity to enjoy the story set on the plains of the Serengeti bringing the award-winning story to life. Year 6 pupils had a festive outing to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford to watch Dick Whittington. This enabled them to consolidate the exploration of pantomime in their Drama lessons. Upper Prep and Senior School pupils are already excited about the auditions for the school production of Bugsy Malone. They will take place next term and I am delighted pupils will have yet another opportunity to hone their performance skills over the coming months. Have a restful weekend.
Mr Everitt
Lights, Camel, Action! Year 2 and Year 3 loved performing 'Lights, Camel, Action!' to their parents this week. We were all blown away by their wonderful singing, dancing and how they delivered their lines with such confidence.
Year 4 Egyptian Workshop Year 4 were visited by Mr Egypt, an Egyptologist, to further explore their history topic on ancient Egypt. The pupils started the day with life as a small child and progressed throughout the civilisation’s timeline to the final pharaoh, Cleopatra. On the journey, the children learnt an Egyptian dance, practised Egyptian hieroglyphics and maths, handled real artefacts found by Mr Egypt in tombs and participated in a mummy wrapping contest. The day ended with a truly memorable and inspiring story followed by prizes made from real papyrus. Mr Peach, Year 4 Form Tutor
Nativity in our Nursery
In Nursery this week, the children have enjoyed participating in lots of Christmas craft activities. The children enjoyed their Nativity play and were wonderful angels and stars. In our RE session, the children have been learning all about Advent and the meaning of Christmas and acted out their very own journey to Bethlehem. Ms Luke, Head of Nursery
Festive Phonics in Reception Reception have been practising their blending of CVC words this week. They had to match Christmassy pictures with the corresponding word and then think about the letters that make that word. We are very proud of all the children in Reception for working so hard on their Phonic skills! Mrs Green, Reception
Upper Prep and Senior Production 2022
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Year 2 Forest School Adventures Year 2 loved visiting Forest School this afternoon. They loved raking leaves, feeding and spotting birds and using a saw and drill safely to make their own wooden Christmas decoration. Mrs Carpenter
Sports Roundup The following rugby matches have taken place over the last week: U10s vs Rokeby, U11s vs St George's, U12s and U13s vs Sevenoaks. We also had a great swimming gala against Danes Hill and a fantastic racquets fixture against Shrewsbury House. Mr Hodgson, Director of Sport
Music News Congratulations to Otis W (6EF) who gave a fine performance on his cello of ‘Russian Wedding’ during assembly on Monday. This was all the more impressive as he played the piece by memory.
Surrey Arts is holding a Pianothon at the Piano Bar, New Victoria Theatre, Woking on Saturday 8 January, 9.00 - 15.00, to raise money for the Woking Hospice and Woking Young Musicians’ Trust. The Pianothon aims to provide students of all experience levels, a great opportunity to entertain, without the pressure of a formal concert. For more details please contact Mr Harris. Mr Harris, Director of Music
Pantomime Time for Year 6 The Year 6 pupils were very excited to be going to the Pantomime on Tuesday 7 th December to watch Dick Whittington in Guildford. The performance was full of energy, modern themes, involving saving the independent retail shops on the high street and avoiding the takeover of Ratazon and Rataroo. The pupils experienced the joys of audience participation, learning dances and songs. The moral of the play was “Don’t stop believing!” and have a great Christmas. Mrs Hanson, Head of Drama
Year 6 Exchange Christmas Letters Year 6 pupils have written carefully penned Christmas letters to residents in Dene Place Care Home in West Horsley. In them, they wished the residents well and told them about their hopes for Christmas this year. In return, the residents of Dene Place will be sharing letters with our Year 6 pupils about their memories of Christmas past and the traditions that went with them. Mr Chapman, Head of Year 6
What is it? This National Young Writer Competition is a well-established and successful competition promoted by Rotary International in Britain and Ireland (Rotaty GB&I). It is designed to support and encourage development of writing skills. This competition aims to encourage young people to use their writing skills and to write with imagination and creativity Who can take part? The competition is open to all pupils in Years 3 to 8. The competition is split into two age categories: Junior (7 to 10 years old) and Intermediate (11 to 13 years old). The task: To produce a piece of writing entitled, ‘Environment’. The entry could be fiction or non-fiction, prose, or a poem, as long as it relates to the theme. Up to maximum of 550 words for prose entries. Up to a maximum of 40 lines for poetry entries. No pictures/drawings to be part of the entry. All entries to be legible. Can be written or typed Speak to your English teacher if you are interested in taking part.
Notices Christmas Jumper Day, Tuesday 14th December Thank you so much to everyone who has already contributed towards our Christmas Jumper Day charity, Shooting Star Children’s Hospice. If you would like to find out more information about the charity, please click here.
Please use this link if you would like to still make a donation.
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Kind regards Ms Schembri, Assistant Head
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Upcoming events at Our Lady of Sorrows
Menu
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Soup
Soup of the day
Soup of the day
Soup of the day
Soup of the day
Soup of the day
Main
Mild beef chilli con carne served with hand cut nachos & dips
Xmas lunch day, locally sourced turkey with all the trimmings
Locally sourced pork sausages & onion gravy
Oriental style chicken breast strips with fresh vegetables & noodles
Traditional battered cod fillet or jumbo fish fingers
Jacket potato & Jacket potato & Jacket potato & Jacket potato & beans beans beans beans
Jacket potato & beans
Jacket potato & beans
Jacket potato & beans
Jacket potato & beans
Vegetarian
Fresh vegetable & bean chilli with hand cut nachos & dips
Baby spinach, feta cheese & vegetable pithivier
Vegetarian sausages with onion gravy
Red lentil & butternut squash dhal with naan bread
Mac ‘n’ cheese with Italian style salad
Sides
Vegetable rice Roasted carrots / Mediterranean vegetables
Roast potatoes, Brussels sprouts / honey roast carrots & parsnips
Mashed potato Broccoli / sweetcorn
Roasted courgettes Mange tout & green beans
Chips/peas/ baked beans
Additional
Salad bar
Salad bar
Salad bar
Salad bar
Salad bar
Dessert
Banoffee pie
Chocolate orange brownie
Rice pudding with a selection of sauces
Apple pie & custard
Fruit Friday
Items in Italic - Sourced from F Conisbee’s, our local butcher