Cranmore Chronicle 13 December 2021 by Effingham Schools Trust

13 DECEMBER 2021

Message from the Headmaster In the final week of term, the Christmas activities certainly put everyone in the festive spirit. On Tuesday, the whole school was suitably dressed for Christmas jumper day and thoroughly enjoyed the incredible Christmas lunch prepared by our catering team. In the days that followed, pupils in the Upper Prep and Senior School were fully emersed in the Carol Services. They are cherished events in the Cranmore calendar and were made even more special as we were able to welcome parents. On Friday, our final assembly was filled with carol singing, academic awards, merit cups and the greatly anticipated Cranmore raffle. This term has been exceptional at Cranmore with so many achievements to appreciate and special events to celebrate. We have been fortunate to play over 400 sporting fixtures; pupils have been involved in music and LAMDA exams, Action Day, Nativities and Carol Services. We have also been able to enjoy trips and attend live shows and productions. Most importantly, we have found time to continue to help support five of our chosen charities. I would like to personally thank all the pupils, staff, parents and governors for their tireless support, which has enabled us to make this term extra special at Cranmore. I wish you all a peaceful and restful Christmas break.

Mr Everitt

Getting into the Festive Spirit

There have been many festive activities taking place throughout this final week of term. One of the highlights was our annual Christmas lunch. As you can see, fun was had by all!

Christmas Jumper Day

Thank you to everyone who took part in our Christmas Jumper day and made a donation towards Shooting Star Children’s Hospices. Over £1000 was raised and will go towards supporting families across Surrey and London whose children have life-limiting conditions. Ms Schembri

Christmas Tree Festival at St. Martin’s Church

Cranmore had the wonderful opportunity of participating in the Christmas Tree Festival at St Martin’s Church in Horsley again this year. The Cranmore tree was a spectacular representation of ‘Character’, our value of focus this academic year. Each child in the Lower Prep created a decoration for the tree. The Reception children made stars to represent their uniqueness and to portray the message that we all shine brighter together. The Year 1 children decorated and produced traditional Nativity characters, as they reflected on the real meaning of Christmas. The Year 2 children created stained glass heart windows to represent the love in all of us, as well as the boundless love God has for us all. The Year 3 children created decorations with positive written character traits and names of the nativity characters on them. Mrs Stefano

Letters to Limegrove A number of the Year 7 pupils have been busy this week writing letters to Limegrove Care Home. The students focused primarily on how they intend to enjoy their Christmas this year, both at school and at home. They also wished the residents a Happy Christmas in the hope they will be able to spend at least some of it with their families. Mr Cross, Head of Year 7

Year 5 Explore Cube Numbers Please find attached some photos of Year 5 Maths, exploring cube numbers, for the Chronicle. They discovered that to make six cubed, they needed 216 multi-link! Ms Hart

Learning about Chinese culture in Year 2 Year 2 loved learning about the importance of dragons in Chinese culture and made their own, learning the skill of knotting and carefully planning the colours to create powerful dragons. Mrs Carpenter

Year 7 learn about self-regulated learning This term 7CE have been studying Self-Regulated Learning and this week they presented what they had learnt to the rest of the class. Mr Heaver

Nursery

The last session at Forest School saw the children participating in a Christmas treasure hunt, making their very own Father Christmas from wood and paint, and toasting marshmallows to eat on the fire. Ms Luke

Music News

Name

Initial

Instrument

Result

Charlie

Violin

Distinction

Henry

Piano

Pass

Oliver

Piano

Pass

Henry Toby

B F

Violin Clarinet

Pass Merit

William

Clarinet

Merit

Mathais

Violin

Merit

Oliver

Cello

Merit

Morgan

Alto Sax

Distinction

Daniel

Piano

Pass

Jack

Piano

Pass

Ben

Piano

Pass

Elijah

Violin

Merit

Leo

Piano

Pass

Rowan

Oboe

Merit

Oliver

Singing

Distinction

James

Piano

Pass

Finlay

Violin

Pass

Daniel

Piano

Pass

Michael

Piano

Merit

Austin

Piano

Merit

Will

Double Bass

Distinction

Jerome

Alto Sax

Distinction

Austin

Double Bass

Distinction

Grade 1

Mr Harris and Mrs Thornton are delighted with a wonderful set of exam results this term. Many pupils were able to take face to face exams. Congratulations to you all.

Grade 2

Grade 3

Grade 4

Congratulations to Artom E (7CE) who played his cello brilliantly in Monday’s assembly.

Grade 5

Grade 6

Sports Roundup Cranmore U11s won the annual Dane’s Hill U11 rugby tournament last Saturday. The team went undefeated in seven matches, beating Danes Hill, Eltham College, Trinity, Dulwich, Northcote Lodge, and Kings House. The U13 squash squad beat Epsom College 5 - 3 in a superb fixture on Wednesday. The Year 7 & 8 Scholarship and Performance session this week included a nutritional presentation from guest speaker and parent Mrs Barnes. Mr Hodgson

Writing letters to Père Noël Year 4 have been busy making and writing Christmas cards to Père Noël in their French lessons this week. Ms Schembri

Linguist Awards Congratulations to the following pupils who have received linguist awards for this half term. Miss Ebdy, Head of Modern Foreign Languages

Year 4 French

Sebastian W

Year 5 French

Henry C

Year 6 French

Jack B

Year 7 French 7RC Year 7 French 7CE Year 7 French 7SM

Aidan H Sam B James C

Year 7 Spanish 7RC Year 7 Spanish 7SM Year 7 Spanish 7CE

Scott H Alex B Austin H

Year 8 French 8JH Year 8 French 8MH Year 8 French 8CS

Joe N Oliver C Toby S

Year 8 Spanish

Adam H & Michael B

A message from our Chaplaincy Team

Upper Prep and Senior Production 2022

https://cranmorevle.fireflycloud.net/year-8/drama -1/senior-production-2022

Notices

We’re delighted that Activate Camps are returning to Cranmore in 2022: https://www.activatecamps.co.uk/ bookings/

Effingham Schools Tennis Academy Spring Term - Group Booking Forms We are now accepting bookings for group tennis lessons during Spring term 2022. These groups will continue to run at St Teresa's at the following times: Years 2&3 - Tuesdays & Wednesdays 4:15-5:15pm Year 4 - Mondays 5-6pm Years 5&6 - Wednesdays & Fridays 5:15-6:15pm Years 7&8 - Tuesdays 5:15-6:15pm The price for the 11-week term is £121.00 per group. Please follow the link below to sign up as soon as possible to avoid disappointment as spaces are limited. https://st-teresas.com/esta-introduction/spring-term-programme-2022/ Our invitational Years 7&8 performance squads will also continue to run on Wednesdays and Fridays at 6:15-7:45pm. If you have not received the separate sign up email and your son would like to continue, please contact Kirsti at esta@effinghamschools.org Spring Term - Private Lessons If your child has private tennis lessons at St Teresa's after school, these will continue during the Spring term. We will be sending out invoices the first week of January and also confirming details of your child's new coach if they previously had Jack. New availability! We are delighted to offer new timings for private tennis lessons (whether individual, joint or small group) with our new coaches as follows: Tuesdays 3:45-4:30pm (45 minutes) Wednesdays 3:45-4:15pm (30 minutes) Please contact Kirsti at esta@effinghamschools.org to enquire. LTA Match Play Events Following the success of our previous LTA match play events, we are aiming to run these on a Saturday and Sunday every half term. Please make a diary note of the following dates: 5th & 6th February 26th & 27th March 23rd & 24th April 21st & 22nd May The timings and format of the days are as follows: Saturdays 9am U8 match tie break 12pm U9 match tie break 3pm U10 Fast 4 Sundays 10am U12 - Fast 4 1pm U14 - Fast 4 Sign up is via the LTA website and we will let you know once online entries open. These events really are a fantastic way for our keen players to gain match play experience in a fun, relaxed and familiar environment. We hope to see many of your children competing during Spring 2022! Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas! ESTA

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Soup

Soup of the day

Main

Crispy chicken katsu curry with chef’s salad

Chef’s carvery – Honey roast gammon

Chicken tikka Battered cod masala with rice fillet or jumbo & naan bread cod fish fingers

Jacket potato & beans

Vegetarian

Falafel with pitta houmous

Mixed bean & vegetable ragout with wholemeal rice

Quorn & vegetable fajitas

Wholemeal penne pasta in a roasted cherry tomato sauce

Sides

Vegetable rice

Roast potatoes

Broccoli

Chips

Sweetcorn

Cauliflower cheese

Roasted carrots Peas Baked beans

Additional

Salad bar

Dessert

Chocolate krispy cake

Sticky toffee pudding and butterscotch sauce

Iced topped vanilla sponge

Fruity Friday

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