22nd MARCH 2021
Message from the Headmaster Dear Parents, It has been an extraordinary term that has shown Cranmore at its very best in light of the many challenges we have faced. During the online period, the pupils showed remarkable diligence in their studies and great resilience, as we waited to return onsite. It was tremendous having everyone back at school over the last number of weeks and a reminder of how we should value our wonderful surroundings and appreciate spending time together as a Cranmore community. This week, the Year 7 pupils have been using a new Flip2 digital painting device which has brought much excitement to the art department. Next term, we will be running a competition to display the artistic talents of pupils using this engaging form of technology.
I would also like to mention the wonderful painting skills of the Year 2 pupils who spent some time painting daffodils. In music, we witnessed some impressive performances on the recorder and violin in Year 1 and 2 and looking further ahead, I am delighted that our choirs for pupils in Years 4, 5 and 6 will begin again next term. The language department have been busy setting an Easter Challenge in Spanish and French and I know that pupils will also be focusing their attention on The Great Cranmore Bake Off during the break. I would like to wish you all a well-deserved rest over Easter and I look forward to welcoming everyone back refreshed for an exciting summer term.
Mr Everitt
Cranmore acquires the latest state of the art digital drawing screen—Flip2 by Samsung! We are so excited at Cranmore to have acquired the latest, state-of-the-art digital drawing screen called a ‘Flip2’ manufactured by Samsung. We shall be running a competition with the senior school students to develop their digital skills on this amazing piece of technology. These are exciting times for Cranmore! More details to follow…. watch this space! Mrs Sanders, Art Teacher
More Music Success– Distinction awarded at Grade 4 and Year 1 and Year 2 solos Huge congratulations to Henry C-B (6EF) who achieved a Distinction in his Grade 4 piano examination. Well done Henry!
Mr Harris, Director of Music
Impressive Year 1 Recorder Solos The photo below shows Thomas C in 1AB who played two recorder solos to Year 1 during Music last week. Well done Thomas, a brilliant performance! Please contact Mrs Thornton if your child would like to take up recorder lessons with our fantastic recorder teacher, Mrs Daly. Mrs Thornton, Lower Prep Music Coordinator, Choirs, Music Exam Coordinator
Spectacular Year 2 Violin performance In the photo below right, Jeremiah in 2JC is shown; he played his violin to the whole of Year 2 this week with Mrs Thornton accompanying on the piano. A spectacular performance, well done Jeremiah! If any Lower Prep pupils are interested in taking up violin lessons, please email Mrs Thornton.
Choir rehearsals for Years 4, 5 and 6 start again next term! Mr Harris and Mrs Thornton are very excited to announce that Choir for Year 4, 5 and 6 is starting next term as follows: Year 4: Tuesdays 8.10am Year 5: Wednesdays 1.30pm Year 6: Thursdays 8am Please come and sign up on the sheets outside Mrs Thornton’s music room. We are all really looking forward to it!
Hablas espanol? Parles-tu français? Calling all Years 6, 7 and 8! We are launching an exciting Easter Language competition in Spanish and French!
This has been set as a VLE task for you. Add evidence in the form of pictures attaching them to the VLE Task. There will be prize for each year group. Deadline for this competition is Monday 26th April. Enjoy!
Buena suerte! Bonne chance!
Ms Porcel-Martin, Ms Meneghin, Ms Schembri, Language Teachers, Spanish and French
Pancake making in Year 3 3LD had so much fun making Scotch Pancakes. Children worked in small groups and had to make a mixture by following the recipe carefully. No help from me- I just cooked them!
Year 8 compete in ‘Quizlet Live’ to revise their French! Year 8 have enjoyed playing Quizlet Live in their French lessons today. This is a competitive, fun activity to revise and practise their French by topics. Today we concentrated on a revision about what we have covered during lockdown. Mrs Meneghin, French Teacher
Year 2 show skills painting daffodils—and enjoy being outdoors together Year 2 loved drawing daffodils, learning the skill of adding more detail and definition using a pencil and observing the flowers really carefully. They used water colours and fine line pens to create these wonderful pictures. Mrs Carpenter Year 2 Teacher
Year 2 absolutely loved their first session back at Forest School together. They enjoyed the mud kitchen, weeding and preparing beds for our Plants topic. They also made sticks for a Kenyan jumping dance (linked to our current Kenya topic) and explored with their friends. Photos on the following page as well! Miss Freeman, Year 2 Teacher
Adventures in Forest School for Year 2!
An Easter Egg Hunt in Reception! For our final forest School of the term, Reception enjoyed an Easter Egg Hunt around the site. They had to work with a partner to find all the clues and mark them off on their sheet. Some clues were very challenging to find but all children stayed really engaged on this task and were determined to find all the eggs! Mrs Hobdell and Mrs Stefano, Reception Teachers
Lenten Reflection in the School Chapel Left, a photograph from a Year 5 Class visit to the Chapel to reflect on the Season of Lent and our journey towards Easter. Mr Jakubowski, Chaplain
Reminder - The Great Cranmore Bake Off!
I am very excited to tell you all about a forthcoming whole-school fundraising event... The Great Cranmore Bake Off! This suggestion came from our School Council and we are inviting all pupils and staff in our Cranmore community to take part. We would like everyone to get out their mixing bowls and create an Easter themed show-stopping bake. This could be a cake, cupcakes, traybake or biscuits - anything goes. We are asking all entrants to donate £2 to the Catholic Children's Society https://www.cathchild.org.uk/. Here is a link to the Just Giving page https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/tgcbo
Mrs Spooner, Senior School Teacher and School Council Co-ordinator
Nursery fun, including planting carrots for the Easter bunny! The Nursery children have enjoyed lots of different activities in the garden this week. They used the rollers with paint, washed babies in the bath and planted carrots for the Easter bunny to find. At Forest School the children planted cress seeds, toasted marshmallows on the fire and enjoyed digging in the mud. Ms Luke, Head of Nursery
CRANMORE NURSERY’S POPULAR PARENT AND TODDLER GROUP OPENS AGAIN NEXT TERM! FRIDAYS 9am to 10.30am Available every Friday! Come and enjoy fun activities with your child in our Nursery garden and meet other parents! Social distancing applies and please wear a mask. Refreshments available. 23rd April: Beautiful Blossom 30th April: Pasta Creations
7th May: Petals and Pots 14th May: Fire Fighters 21st May: Minibeasts 28th May: Under the Sea Places will be limited to 15 people– excluding children. To secure your place, please contact our Head of Nursery Melanie Luke:-
melanie.luke@cranmore.org 01483 280347 We look forward to welcoming you all!
Sport– Exciting new Development Centres at Cranmore and Activate Camps!
Chelsea Pre-development Centre at Cranmore School! As part of the new Development Centres taking place at Cranmore, it gives me great pleasure to announce the launch of the Chelsea Pre-Development Centre. The aim is to have Development Centres that run all year round to support our core curriculum sports. Please see below a link to the Chelsea press release:
https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/03/16/chelsea-foundation-launches-pre-developmentcentre-at-cranmore-s?cardIndex=0-0 Ben Mitchell, Foundation’s Surrey development officer, said: ‘Chelsea Foundation are delighted to be able to set up this latest football programme with Cranmore. This programme sees the culmination of our fantastic relationship with the staff and pupils at Cranmore to now broaden this into the local community. The Centre will give both male and female football players the opportunity to fulfil their potential and we can’t wait to get started in April.’
Effingham Hockey Development Centre at Cranmore next term! The Effingham Cricket Development Centre (ECDC) was a huge success in the Autumn term, and we are looking forward to our Effingham Hockey Development Centre (EHDC) commencing next term. To book places for the EHDC, please use the link below:
https://wokinghcbookings.com/product-category/schools/ Mr Hodgson, Director of Sport
An opportunity to attend our outstanding Activate Camps at Cranmore, flyer left. To book: https://www.activatecamps.co.uk/venues/ cranmore-school/
Sport– a snapshot of sport across the school—see ‘March Sport News’ for more!
For regular updates on sporting action, please follow: instagram.com/cranmoresport twitter.com/cranmoresport
Sport– Opportunities for coaching—hockey, football and tennis
Effingham Hockey Development Centre - flyer above. To book: https://wokinghcbookings.com/product-category/schools/ Flyer below - Surrey Football Coaching Centre. To book: https://www.surreyfootballcoaching.com Tennis - Easter holidays ESTA is delighted to be offering tennis camps and private lessons during the Easter holidays at St Teresa's! Our tennis camps are running from 9-12pm and 1-4pm each day of the holidays and are open to players aged 7+. Parents can either create their own 'ready-made' bubble of players (maximum of 8) or we can try to place your child within the appropriate group for their age and ability. Private lessons are also available from 4pm each day. Please email Kirsti at esta@effinghamschools.org to book your child's place.
We look forward to seeing your children on court over the Easter holidays! Kirsti Childs
A Message from our Chaplain A reading from the Gospel of John Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly I tell you, unless a seed of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honour the one who serves me.”
The Gospel of the Lord Praise to You Lord Jesus Christ
Prayer on Lent by Marco DL, 7JH
Lent Jesus often spoke in parables and sometimes what He said seemed difficult to understand. This week we are reminded by Jesus that we constantly need to be changed into the image of God. Lent of course is that sacrificial love or the unconditional love that is the greatest gift. Jesus is reminding us that when we give, we receive, and that when we serve, we find happiness. When we act not thinking of ourselves but of others, those acts take on their own life and grow.
Heavenly Father, Creator of all things, we pray for Your great mercy, that You will guide us towards You, for we cannot find our way without You. Guide us to do what You require of us, for we cannot do it alone. Make our minds strong to serve You as You would wish. Strengthen us against the temptations of Satan, knowing that Your Son was tempted in the desert, and remove from us all that is evil, shielding us against our enemies.
Teach us so that we may love You before all things with a pure heart and mind. For You are our Father, our help, and our hope. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen
As we think about coming to the end of a busy term, take time to think about how you can serve others and how you can think of others.
Further resources here: May Christ be with you all over these Easter holidays. May I encourage you to spend time in prayer, to go to the Easter Masses in your local communities for Jesus is waiting for you.
https://www.cpg.church/familyliturgy
Please see the link for this week's Wednesday Word below:
https://www.paperturn-view.com/uk/wednesday-word/easter-holiday-special?pid=MTA101634&v=23.4
Are you interested in Faith? Do you need an uplift during lockdown? Why not take part in our Parents’ Alpha Course run by and for Parents of Cranmore and St Teresa's. Follow the link to find out more: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:6f90e6d4-c935-41b5-9007-9650d6f53aa9
Mr Jakubowski, School Chaplain
Menu Monday
Tuesday
Soup of the day
Soup of the day
Soup of the day
Soup of the day
Soup of the day
Traditional beef lasagne
Roasted chicken breast with Yorkshire pudding & stuffing
Locally sourced pork sausages in onion gravy
Chicken & vegetable pie
Traditional battered fish / cod fish fingers & fishcakes
Chef’s salad
Chef’s salad
Chef’s salad
Chef’s salad
Chef’s salad
Vegetarian
Fresh vegetable & Quorn lasagne
Fresh vegetable & noodle stir fry
Lincolnshire style meat free sausage
Cheese & tomato pasta bake
Italian vegetable cottage pie
Sides
Crusty bread Peas & sweetcorn
Roasted potatoes Mixed vegetables
Mashed potato Green vegetables
New potatoes Sliced carrots
Chips Peas
Jacket potatoes & beans
Jacket potatoes & beans
Jacket potatoes & beans
Jacket potatoes & beans
Jacket potatoes & beans
Chocolate cake slice
Coconut flapjack slice
Banoffee pie
Shortbread biscuit rounds
Fresh berry mousse
Main
Chef’s Trolley
Additional
Dessert
Items in Italic - Sourced from F Conisbee’s, our local butcher
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday