Our visit from author Vashti Hardy
4th October 2019 Dear Parents We were delighted to welcome many schools to our football tournament last Saturday. The quality of football was most impressive but, more than that, several spectators commented on how it was all conducted with the right sporting spirit. At a time when we regularly see incidents of some poor behaviour from professionals on TV, it was heartening to see how well all these young players were engaged in a competitive tournament with such exemplary conduct. Of course, as ever, the Henderson Fields were in pristine condition. We must thank Ashley Smith, our groundsman who does such a fantastic job for us and he has now completed 30 years’ service to Cranmore, a remarkable testament to his commitment. Yours sincerely, Michael Connolly
Nursery News
Making flags at Forest School
Making cheese biscuits for our snack Making animals on the interactive whiteboard
Using the apparatus in the Gym
We collected conkers and used them to make pictures.
Junior News On Tuesday, Miss Schembri read a story to Reception and Year 1 classes as a Book Week treat.
Also on Tuesday, all of the Juniors completed reading-related treasure hunts. They had to solve a series of clues and were then rewarded with a treat in the library at the end.
Junior News As our Book Week continued, shared reading took place in the Junior Department and the children loved it!
On Wednesday, parents of children in Nursery and Reception attended a Reading Workshop. Many thanks to Miss Gallop and Ms Luke for a most informative evening.
Junior News All of Year 2 went over to Forest School on Monday, completing Science activities, preparing a gift for the Grandparents’ Assembly and also exploring!
Year 2 have been collecting cardboard boxes and junk modelling to make castles. It has been wonderful to see the children working together as teams.
Senior News 8CD enjoy rehearsing their role plays as part of their study this term of 'The War of Jenkins' Ear' by Michael Morpurgo.
Today Mel and George from Wintershall visited Cranmore and delivered a wonderful assembly to the Senior Department. They responded to the pupils’ excellent questions and some of our pupils are now keen to act out other stories from the Bible.
School Council elections have been taking place in the Senior department. The newly elected members are looking forward to their first meeting next week.
Book Week Book Week has been a great success, with pupils involved in numerous activities, including our author visit on Friday, the Book Fair, the ‘Who Is Reading?’ competition, speed-dating a book and origami bookmark-making. It has been fantastic to see such enthusiasm for reading throughout the school.
A very inspiring visit by author Vashti Hardy took place on Friday 27th September for Years 4 to 7, with talks, map-making workshops and even some dressing up!
The library has been very busy this week with the Book Fair, the ‘Who Is Reading?’ competition and other activities, including origami bookmark-making.
Senior News The European Day of Languages: Thursday 26th September To celebrate the European Day of Languages, Years 2 to 6 were given the opportunity to take part in the Junior Language Challenge 2019. We currently have a fantastic team of 20 students playing games in Portuguese. This competition will raise money for the Onebillion Charity. If you would like to enter, it is not too late to join our team!
Cultural quizzes for Years 4 to 8 are also available on the VLE under ‘European Day of Languages’. It is a fantastic way to develop cultural awareness and to learn a few facts about European countries.
Years 6 and 7 from Cranmore and St Teresa’s enjoyed an interactive French workshop about the famous book ‘Les Trois Mousquetaires’, written by Alexandre Dumas. Many students acted out different parts with enthusiasm: Louis XIII, D’Artagnan, Arthos, Portos, Aramis and the bearded man, to name a few. They were absolutely amazing! I would like to share two quotes with you, which reinforce the spirit of this European Day of Languages: “Monolinguism can be cured.” (Motto of the language website Linguascope) “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” (Nelson Mandela)
Ms Nadège Meneghin, Head of Languages
A few quotes from our Year 6 students:
“I loved the three musketeers play. Seth was the greatest musketeer of all time, he even shouted when he said his lines. I enjoyed chanting a lot. It was an amazing play!” Ben J, Year 6
“It was very funny, exciting and crazy. It was a very good idea to hire the workshop to do the brilliant performance. It taught us a lot of French words and it was very good acting. It also told us about a very exciting new story. It was really good that the children got to take part and do so much speaking and acting.” Harry W, Year 6
“I thought that the costumes were very good. The songs and the sayings were very funny.” Charlie G, Year 6
“I liked that people from the crowd were randomly picked up to play parts. The play said that whoever you are, you can reach your dreams.” Arthur B, Year 6
Sports News As mentioned in last week's Chronicle, we had a very special guest in Friday's assembly. Harlequins player Danny Care surprised everyone (staff included) when he entered the auditorium after the children had seen some of his impressive highlights on the big projector. The 84 England capped International gave his thoughts and overview of the Rugby World Cup including his prediction for the finalists. Danny answered some great questions from the pupils, including “Which sports did you play when you were younger?� Danny mentioned that he enjoyed football and athletics as a child, but encouraged the children to play and try as many sports as possible whilst they have the opportunity. It was a real treat to have Danny at our school and we are really grateful for him taking the time from his busy rugby and physio schedule. Football fixtures have taken place across the school against Downsend, Hoe Bridge and KCJS (see SOCS for results), as well as continuing our House Football competition. The U9s played netball against Bishopgate, whilst the U8s trained with Hoe Bridge on Tuesday. Our golf squad were in action both Thursday and Friday at Cranleigh and Whitgift (Croham GC) respectively, plus our members of our squash squad played against CLFS on Friday evening. Saturday morning saw our annual U8 and U10 Football Tournament taking place on the Henderson fields. Once again, the morning was a great success with Cranmore hosting 16 football teams with over 150 people supporting the event. I have received lots of great feedback and praise regarding the morning from the other schools and visiting parents. I would like to say a huge thank you and well done to Mr O'Neill our Head of Football and the rest of the sports staff for preparing and delivering another great event. ESTA Tennis Camp - Monday 28th October to Friday 1st November - please see flyer - email: esta@effinghamschools.org Paul 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
Cranmore U8 to U10 Tournament
Sports News Cranmore ski coach, John Harris, is joined by his fellow GBR skier Graham Bell to give some words of advice before the National Ski Championships to Cranmore’s ski team!
U8 football versus Downsend
On Thursday 26th September, the Cranmore Golf team competed in the Cranleigh Golf Competition. Some excellent golf was played.
Cranmore golf team competed in the Whitgift Prep School competition. A great day was had by all.
Music News
Come and Try the Cello! Our cello teacher, Mrs Barnes, is holding a ‘Come and Try’ session on Wednesday 9th October between 8-8.30 a.m. for Year 2 and 3 pupils. Children can come with their parents and try the cello in the Auditorium.
Junior Music Assembly 25th September 2019 The first Junior Music Assembly of the year was a fantastic event. Five performers in Year 2 and 3 played on the piano, cello, violin and guitar. Well done to all the children involved!
Notices Dear Parents,
This year we will be celebrating the Harvest season with a special School Mass on Thursday 10th October at 10.30 a.m. in the Auditorium. May I firstly encourage and invite you and any guests to come along to this celebration.
As a community, we want to reach out to those who need a helping hand. Therefore, the Senior Department will be collecting goods for the homeless hostel in Leatherhead and the Number 5 Project based in Guildford. We will also be collecting items for our link school in Uganda.
The list below suggests what each year group could bring, but all donations will be most gratefully received and they will be placed directly in the hands of those who really need them. Year 8
Year 7
Year 6
Year 5
Year 4
Tinned food: baked beans, spaghetti, rice pudding, fruit, baked beans, condensed milk, hot dogs, chopped tomatoes Dry goods: rice, pasta, plain flour, caster sugar, coffee, hot chocolate, noodles, sugar, squash Miscellaneous: biscuits, cakes, sweets, jam, malt vinegar, breakfast cereals Cleaning materials: dishwasher tablets, floor cleaner, washing powder, washing-up liquid Toiletries: deodorant, shower and bath gel, toothpaste, shampoo, shaving foam, combs, flannels (no soap or talcum powder, please) Miscellaneous: cooking sauces, tomato sauce, Marmite, jam, biscuits, squash, toilet rolls, condiments.
Items for our Link School in Uganda:
Colouring Pencils Children’s books Stationery Toys Games
Children should bring all offerings to the Auditorium on Thursday 10th October between 8 and 8.30 a.m. Thank you for your support in this outreach project. Yours sincerely, Mr S. Jakubowski, Head of R.E. and Chaplain
Notices Cranmore Faith Family Thank you, dear Lord, for the gift of parenthood. This is such a blessed and dignified vocation. Lord, we often forget just how much you trust us, by giving one of your precious children into our care. Please help us always to appreciate the importance of being a parent.
Come along and join in the Cranmore Faith Family! We meet on the first Monday of the month during term time, at 8.30am in the chaplaincy room. There is a Prayer Request book open to staff, parents and pupils, located on the Cranmore Faith Family table inside reception.
Dates for this term:
Monday 7th October Monday 4th November Monday 2nd December
Everyone welcome
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