Cranmore Chronicle 9 May 2022

9 MAY 2022 Message from the Headmaster

Last week, I was delighted to see the Year 8 pupils return from their visit to The Globe Theatre, having enjoyed a production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, a thoroughly enriching experience for the pupils. Year 5 had an opportunity to explore and enjoy Painshill Park and refined their orienteering skills whilst making their way through the open spaces and woodland areas.

At school we had leadership workshops, seed planting at Forest School, maths competitions and wonderful presentations on World War Two. A special mention to Nino for playing his Grade 6 piece on the piano to the school at the age of eight. Congratulations to our ski teams who won the IAPS national titles this week at U9, U11 and U13 level. In addition, our U11 swimming team has qualified for the Nationals of the School Relays in Sheffield. What a remarkable achievement.

Mr Everitt

Year 8 Trip to the Globe Theatre to see Much Ado About Nothing Last Friday, we went to The Globe Theatre to watch the Shakespeare play Much Ado About Nothing. When we arrived, we took a walk to the Tate Modern Museum Gardens where we sat and ate lunch. Then, we went to The Globe Theatre and saw the play. I enjoyed the play very much and thought it was very funny. The actors did a great job of portraying the characters and definitely made the play more modern and more enjoyable. I thought that the theatre itself was magnificent and the perfect location for Shakespeare plays. It was very rustic and had an open roof for the people standing. I would undoubtedly go and see the play again because it was the most amusing play I had ever seen. My favourite part in the play was the first quarrel between Beatrice and Benedick; the insults were delivered very well and the language used was very funny. Overall I thought that the play was amazing and it was a wonderful day out.

Seb R, 8CS

Year 8 Leadership Workshop On Tuesday, the Year 8 pupils had a leadership workshop with InnerDrive and Matt Shaw, a Psychologist, specialising in leadership development and coaching. Throughout the sessions, Matt gave the boys an understanding and vision of what leadership is, examples of both good and poor leadership as well as when and where different leadership styles work effectively. It was a timely exercise, as the Year 8 boys are now starting to prepare their applications for Senior Leadership roles in the next academic year.

Mr Hinds, Head of Year 8

Year 5 Trip to Painshill Park On Monday 9th May, Year 5 pupils visited Painshill Park in Cobham to explore the beautiful landscaped gardens, learn about the Romans and put their map reading skills to use in a challenging orienteering course around the grounds. Boys and staff were treated to glorious sunshine, beautiful walks through woodland learning about the flora and fauna and their uses in Roman Britain, and even given the opportunity to build a Roman settlement in the woods. Furthermore, the staff were delighted to have multiple compliments from members of the public about Cranmore boys’ politeness and enthusiasm. Well done, Year 5!

Mr Lamport, Year 5 Coordinator

Music News Congratulations to Nino L in Year 4 who gave a superb performance of 'Galop Final' by Casella during assembly on Monday. Nino should be applauded for his amazing playing of this Grade 6 piece to a packed auditorium at the tender age of just 8 years old. Bravo!

Mr Harris, Director of Music

Sumdog Maths Competition During the week of 25th to 31st March, Cranmore students took part in the online Sumdog maths competition, in which they competed against local schools in Surrey. During the competition period, students played maths games and answered questions either in class or at home. The questions were adapted to each student's ability, with every student limited to 1,000 questions. Classes and students were ranked on a leader board by the average number of correct answers they gave. Congratulations to all the students who took part!

Class 4FH came 2nd in the Top 10 classes in Surrey and were daily winners (photo on front cover).

Here are the other prizes which were won:

Three students from 4FH (Nino L, Henry T and Theo G) were awarded a Top 10 student certificate.

Class 5CC came 15th of the classes taking part in Surrey.

Class 6EF came 5th in the Top 10 classes in Surrey and were daily winners.

Class 4EF enjoyed taking part in the competition.

Class 4CC came 9th in the Top 10 classes in Surrey.

Miss Fagan, Head of Maths (Upper Prep School)

Year 2 learn about World War Two Year 2 have thoroughly enjoyed their topic of World War Two. They have been researching a family member or special person who interests them and finding out about their real-life experience during World War Two. The children made posters, presentations and books, and brought in special artefacts to present to the class. This has been fascinating and we have been very proud of the work they have done to share with their friends, learning so many interesting new facts about the war. The children have written fact files about the Blitz and evacuees as well as creating stunning pictures of a night in London during the Blitz.

Mrs Carpenter and Mrs Stefano

Fabulous Art Work in Year 3 Our Humanities topic this term is the Aztecs and the children designed an Aztec symbol and placed it in the centre of a golden plate. They also reproduced Van Gogh’s sunflowers in pastels and watercolour which links to our Science topic on plants and growing.

Mrs Sinclair

Year 2 seed planting at Forest School Tying in with their topic of ‘Growing’ in Science, Year 2 pupils planted sunflower seeds and explored our wonderful Forest School.

Sports Roundup Skiing Four members of our ski squad competed in the National Schools Snowsports Association Finals last Friday in Swadlincote. Samuel B, Henry B, Rafferty C-D and Freddie B had some impressive runs which helped the team to secure 2nd place. On Monday, 12 Cranmore skiers were in action at the IAPS Ski Championships. Incredibly, all 3 teams - U9s, U11s and U13s - won the team events. Well done to Mathias P, Samuel B, Henry B, Rafferty C-D, Elijah M, Rocco H, Theo T, Freddie B, Will B, Max B, Willoughby G, and Aidan H.

Swimming A special mention to our U11 Swim Team who performed in the School Relays on Saturday evening. After qualifying for the Regionals, the four pupils have now qualified for the Nationals which will be held in Sheffield. The team consisting of Freddie R, Jake M-H, JoJo S, and Henry C swam incredibly well to make the Finals. Another brilliant performance meant the boys finished 3rd in both the Medley and Freestyle Relays. Mrs Calpin was notably very proud and should take a great deal of credit alongside our other swim teacher, Ms Jones. The Finals take place in June, and we wish the team the very best of luck!

Tennis and Cricket There have been further tennis fixtures with our U9s and U10s in action against RGS Prep, and our U13s against Shrewsbury House. All tennis teams are unbeaten so far this season. This week, cricket has been played against Rokeby, Downsend and Shrewsbury House. Well done to our 1st XI who are through to the next round in the Surrey Cup after beating St Andrews on Monday.

Sports Roundup There was plenty of excitement this week on the golfing front as Cranmore hosted its first match on our refurbished golf course. The 6 Cranmore golfers were up against Danes Hill and all played very well. A special mention to Oliver W who set the first course record for 6 holes of 26 (4 over par). This included a birdie on the first hole. Situated over on The Henderson, the newly designed 6-hole course, par 22, has had raised t-boxes installed which is complemented with newly positioned holes on the greens. The course can be adapted to be played between 6 to 18 holes. In addition, we now have a two-bay driving range. Golf is part of the PE curriculum from Year 6 upwards, so every pupil will be able to experience the new course. A big thank you to Mr Cox who has done an exceptional job in project managing this new sporting facility.

May Half Term Football Camp at Cranmore - please see flyer.

Activate Camps: We are delighted that Activate Camps are running camps at Cranmore throughout 2022:

https://www.activatecamps.co.uk/venues/cranmore-school/ Mr Hodgson, Director of Sport

Art Club paint scenery for Bugsy Malone

Work has begun in earnest to paint the scenery for Bugsy Malone! Our Art Club students have started creating the signs for the key scenes in the production, taking great care with the neatness of their painting.

Mrs Sanders

Nursery News

At Forest School this week the children took part in a sensory walk. They experienced walking in bare feet through trays containing different items – rope, warm water, sand and leaves. Some of the children found slugs, caterpillars and beetles underneath the wooden stumps. They did a colour walk around the site matching up the items they found with the paints in their egg boxes.

Ms Luke, Head of Nursery

A Message from our Chaplaincy Team

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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

Locally sourced Mild beef chilli Roasted pork leg pork sausages & con carne served with apple sauce onion gravy with hand cut nacho’s & dips

Freshly baked pepperoni pizza

Traditional battered cod fillet or jumbo fish fingers

Jacket potato & beans

Jacket potato & beans

Jacket potato & beans

Jacket potato & beans

Jacket potato & beans

Jacket potato & beans

Jacket potato & beans

Vegetarian

Spaghetti Neapolitan with freshly baked focaccia

Leek, potato & mature cheddar bake

Spiced quorn mince with wholemeal rice

Sides

Mashed potato Broccoli / sweetcorn

Vegetable rice Roast potatoes/ Roasted carrots / mixed vegetables Mediterranean vegetables

Additional

Salad bar

Salad bar

Dessert

Chocolate cake slice

Banoffee pie

Freshly baked Mac ‘n’ cheese cheese & tomato with Italian style pizza salad

Jacket wedges Mange tout & green beans

Chips/peas/ baked beans

Salad bar

Salad bar

Salad bar

Shortbread biscuit

Apple pie & custard

Fruit Friday

Items in Italic - Sourced from F Conisbee’s, our local butcher