‘Un petit-déjeuner français’ at St Teresa’s
31st January 2020 Dear Parents As you can see from the photo above, our pupils had a marvellous time when they joined pupils at St Teresa’s for a rather special breakfast. This edition has plenty of news regarding recent events for both music and sport. I particularly enjoyed the performances of our younger musicians at the Junior Assembly on Wednesday. Of course, they are the ones who will progress to be the backbone of our choirs and music ensembles in the years ahead. I also really enjoyed the rugby which we hosted last Saturday. I know from comments received that visiting teams, and their supporters, are always impressed with the Cranmore set-up which is a great tribute to all our staff involved—grounds, catering, and the coaches. I might add that I was most impressed by the high standard of sportsmanship from both the home and visiting teams, a great advert for rugby. Yours sincerely, Michael Connolly
Nursery News
Learning about the story of the Chinese New Year
Feeding porridge to the three bears
Learning new songs in our Music lesson
Taking part in a dragon dance!
Enjoying the sunshine in our winter garden
Junior News Reception had a wonderful time over at Forest School this week. Half of them explored the mud kitchen, digging out drenches and changing the flow of water. The other half went on a scavenger hunt. They picked our favourite fallen treasures and brought them back to school to label them, using their knowledge of phonics!
Junior News Year 2 started their topic on mass today in Maths. The children were estimating and measuring the mass of different classroom objects. They took readings from the scales carefully.
Year 3 were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to watch a performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at the New Wimbledon Theatre last Wednesday. The performance was brilliant and enjoyed by all the children. The staff particularly enjoyed it, as they remembered all the songs!
Junior News Year 2 learn about World War 2 2JC have loved presenting their own projects about a relative or important person of their choice in WW2. The children made presentations, videos or posters and shared their research with the class. We have learnt about the many different roles people had in the war: the land army, code breakers and air raid wardens, as well as the soldiers.
Year 2 have been enjoying their World War 2 role play area. Charles tried on naval uniform which belonged to Miss Freeman’s Great Uncle who served from a base in Chatham during World War 2.
Junior News Bread-making in Year 3
It was Form 3CS’s turn to make bread dough with the new Cranmore chefs. They embraced the task and made some of the best, most aerated dough chef had ever seen. It even started bursting out of the containers because it had risen so much! They took their dough home and followed the cooking instructions to make either a pizza base, rolls or a loaf.
Here are pictures of them making the dough at school and some of the delicious results at home.
Senior News Un petit déjeuner français Year 5 children at Cranmore and St Teresa’s were treated to ‘un petit déjeuner français’ on Tuesday. They sampled ‘le chocolat chaud’, ‘des viennoiseries’ and ‘des tartines’. C’était délicieux!
Senior News Year 4 are currently undertaking a Binca Square sewing project. All the pupils are enjoying this and are learning a number of different stitches, including running stitch, cross stitch, fern and chevron stitches.
Sports News GB Hockey vs Argentina - Don't Miss Out! Please see the flyer on the next page for details of how to order your tickets for an amazing weekend of hockey in May, at The Twickenham Stoop. There is also information about how to book tickets alongside other Cranmore families. The link to purchase tickets is: https://hockey.seetickets.com/tour/the-fih-pro-league/? offercode=school&direct=true%E2%80%8B Be quick, as the deadline is Tuesday 4th February!
Sports Report Regarding the Harlequins versus London Irish rugby match, 250 people have signed up for the event. Tickets will be available to be collected from the school reception as of Tuesday 4th February. Details regarding the 'Guard of Honour' will be communicated nearer the event. Thank you for all your support.
In terms of Cranmore sport over the last week, our U8s Netball teams were in action last Friday against City of London Freeman's. The Year 3 girls have already proven how strong they are with their hockey, but the netball performances against CLFS were their best yet. Superb passing and clinical shooting resulted in two great wins for the teams. It's great to see the hard work from the players as well as Mrs Attree, Miss Freeman and Miss Moore paying off.
Rugby matches took place across Years 4 to 8 over the last week against schools including King's House, Hall Grove, Downsend, Danes Hill, and KCJS. There was a fantastic Saturday morning of sport with no fewer than eleven U10 rugby matches taking place on the Henderson Fields. On Thursday, our U11s played against Rokeby in the start of The Murray Cup, a competition held annually between the two schools. Cranmore have got off to a great start with three wins out of four, leaving another 12 matches to go across all Senior School age groups. Mr Hodgson, Director of Sport
Please use the sports portal via the school website: https://sport.cranmore.org and save the Cranmore sports app for up-to-date information. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cranmoresport
Sports News
Sports News 1st and 2nd XIIIs versus King’s House and Hall Grove
U9s rugby versus KCJS
Sports News
U10s rugby versus Daneshill and Downsend
U11s Murray Cup
Sports News U8s netball versus CLFS
Sports Camps
There are now over 10 sports camps with our associated partner, Activate Camps, being held at Cranmore throughout the rest of the academic year. For more information and to book, please go to:
https://www.activatecamps.co.uk/venues/cranmore-school/
Tennis Sessions
ESTA is delighted to offer tennis sessions at St Teresa’s on Tuesdays and Fridays during the Easter term at the following times: Tuesdays 6-7pm Years 7+ 4.15-5pm Reception to Year 2 5-6pm Years 3 to 6
These sessions are open to children at both schools. Please follow the link below for booking details or contact Kirsti at esta@effinghamschools.org https://cranmore.org/spring-term-programme-2020/
Music News Forthcoming Musical Events We are entering a very busy but exciting time for our young musicians, so here is a summary of the forthcoming events for this term:
Senior House Music Competition: Friday 7th February 2.45pm This year, each house has prepared a hymn. All senior pupils should now be learning their lyrics so that they can perform by memory.
Cranmore Live featuring VoCollective: Thursday 13th February All Cranmore choirs will be taking part in workshops throughout the day and the senior choirs will sing with VoCollective in the evening concert. Tickets for the 7pm concert are selling well, but some do remain. Ticket restrictions have now been lifted and parents can buy these from the Ticket Source website.
Godalming Festival: Choral Tuesday 3rd March (times tbc) and Instrumental Tuesday 17th March (times tbc) The Junior and Senior Chamber Choirs will perform in the choral section of this year’s competition. We have also entered a large number of instrumental groups for the festival this year: Orchestra, Wind Band, Chamber Strings, Brass Group, Clarinet Choir and Saxophone Group. Pupils should wear their bow tie or hair bow for this event.
The Cranmore Senior Spring SoirĂŠe: Thursday 19th March 7-8pm All senior choirs and instrumental ensembles will perform in this concert. Pupils should wear their bow tie or hair bow for this event.
ABRSM Practical Music Exams: Monday 23rd March (schedule to be announced)
The Guildford Institute: Tuesday 24th March 6.30pm Members of C# and selected drama pupils will perform at this event and C# should wear their C# tie.
Mr Harris, Director of Music
Music News Year 3 had great fun in their Ukulele lesson with Mrs Thornton this week.
Congratulations to these excellent young pianists, who both played an Etude in A Minor during Assembly, one written by the composer Farrenc, the other by Schytte.
Music News A number of excellent performers performed in the Junior Music Assembly this week. A special thank you to Sam Barklam for showing the Juniors the French Horn. Well done to all! Please speak to Mrs Thornton if your child would like to learn a musical instrument.
Chaplaincy Notices
Chaplaincy Notices IMPORTANT DATES THIS TERM MARY, THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD 1st January THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD
5th January THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD 12th January PEACE SUNDAY 19th January CELEBRATION, STUDY AND DISSEMINATION OF THE WORD OF GOD LINKED TO THE YEAR OF THE WORD 26th January THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD 2nd February ASH WEDNESDAY 26th February ST JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 19th March THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD 25th March PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD 5th April MAUNDY THURSDAY 9th April GOOD FRIDAY 10th April EASTER SUNDAY 12th April
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Cranmore Faith Family The Cranmore Faith Family would like to invite you for coffee, scones and chat on Monday 10th February from 9am at 9 Aldersey Road, Guildford, GU1 2ER. This is just open, honest chat for those who may be interested in meeting others who are open to thinking there must be more to life than this.
The Cranmore Faith Family normally meets on the first Monday of the month during term time, at 8.30am in the chaplaincy room. The last meeting for this term is 2nd March.
Everyone welcome
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