The Cranmore Chronicle

Cranmore’s new Captain of School and Vice-Captain with Headmaster, Mr Connolly Dear Parents Welcome to the first edition of the Chronicle for this new academic year. As ever, there is lots of news about music and sport, including the recent football tour to Amsterdam.

We have now begun a new chapter in the history of Cranmore as part of the Effingham Schools Trust comprising 1,000 pupils. A programme of refurbishment took place during the summer break and we are delighted that we have launched our new website too.

Looking ahead, we shall have a new prospectus available for our Open Morning on 21st September when we expect to host a record number of visitors. We know that ‘word of mouth’ is the strongest endorsement, so please do encourage friends, neighbours and colleagues who might be interested to come and see all that Cranmore has to offer.

Yours sincerely, Michael Connolly

School News We wish all our new school officials well as they assume their positions of responsibility!

School News Reception enjoyed a wide variety of activities on their first day!

Music News Congratulations to these Year 5 pupils who both achieved 100% in their Grade 1 Theory of Music Exam. Bravo!

Music News Congratulations to the following pupils on a superb set of practical exam results!

Grade 1 William Jones Barnaby Higgins Alexander Gill Theo Macias Rory Brown Kamran Haq Dylan Curtis Etienne Spacie Freddie Firth Ben Keeble Cรกitlin Watkins Oliver Langton Sophie Lovett Joshua Seeback Daniel Aazh Louis Loest Thomas Lindsay Harvey Steer Finlay Hunter

Piano Trumpet Piano Singing Piano Singing Piano Clarinet Guitar Piano Piano Clarinet Violin Piano Piano Singing D Recorder Piano Trumpet

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Grade 2 George Steen Jack Harris Jake Soellaart Sebastian Wallage Mathew Macias Samuel Millington Louis Loest Toluwa Bankole Joseph Norton Gabriel Ladds Lucia Meneghin

Piano Clarinet Singing Clarinet Singing Piano Flute Piano Violin Alto Sax Violin

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Grade 3 Joseph Wilson Lawrence Brooks Daniel Downing Joseph Wilson Alec Weidner Joshua Weatherall Seb Crehan Mills Finlay Hunter Michael Bosman Edward Pearson Alexander Hayward Stanley Gwanoya Thomas Spencer Miller Hughes William Kemkers

Trombone Alto Sax Bassoon D Recorder Oboe D Recorder Clarinet Violin Violin Singing Cello Violin Flute Cello Double Bass

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Grade 4 Charlie Elson Conrad Clarke Thomas Dowson Tolowa Bankole Brayden Jose Thomas McLean Joshua Lyons Frederick Barklam

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Grade 5 Ben Cooper Tom Allen

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Grade 6 Jake Crehan Mills Freddie Barklam

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Grade 8 Thomas McLean Charlie Barklam

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Music News Congratulations to the following pupils on their excellent music theory exam results!

Grade 1 Etienne Spacie Daniel Hill Mathew Macias James Brooke Edward Birtchnell Bertie Guise Tucker Carter Sobey Alexander Bull Thomas Lindsay Alex Badman Sophie Lovett Lucas Tubb Joshua Turnbull Jamie Ellis Pascale Weidner Sam Barklam Charlie Steer Henry Colborne Baber James Crisp Elliott Crosby Xavier Taylor Ben Keeble Austin Hodgett Cรกitlin Watkins Benjamin Middleton Dominic Powell William Rosenberg Jack Harris Samuel Millington Alexander McDougall

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Grade 2 Josh Weatherall Harry Way Zac Sherazee Michael Bosman Luke Wellby Daniel Downing Ben Jales Ronan Brendan Madden William Kemkers Ben McKay Alexander Hayward Toby Smith Joshua Illavia Louis Wilkinson Joseph Norton Stanley Gwanoya Gabriel Ladds Louis Loest

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Grade 3 Seb Crehan Mills Alec Weidner Joseph Pontin Ethan Slade Toluwa Bankole Thomas Lovett William Bennett Kyle Man Adrian Groenewald Marcus Binnie Sebastian Wallage

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Grade 5 Fred Farhadpour Max Loest Charlie Elson Cameron Gill Georgie Paulson Alexander Wood Freddie Barklam

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Sports News Pre-season Hockey Training We had an early start to the hockey season on Monday afternoon. Our year 3 and 4 girls took part in a pre-season training session at St Teresa’s. The girls had a great afternoon refreshing their hockey skills and making new friends. It was lovely to see them all working together and enjoying their hockey.

Mrs Attree

Sports News Football Tour to Amsterdam

The Under 11 Football squad went to Amsterdam on a pre-season football tour. The squad visited the Dunkirk Museum to learn about the events in 1940 and saw the sights of Amsterdam by canal and open top bus. The tour also included a visit to Ajax FC stadium, a two-hour training session with Ajax coaches and an evening of bowling. They also played two very competitive matches against FC VVC and FC Lisse, where they performed admirably. The tour finished with a visit to the Duinrell Tikipool, where everyone enjoyed the water rides. The tour party stayed in a lovely hotel where we were treated to an incredible array of food at breakfast and dinner. It was a highly enjoyable trip, which will definitely help the players in the season ahead.

My thanks go to Mr Hodgson and Mr Down for their help with the tour.

Mr O’Neill

Library News We have a whole host of activities taking place this term!

Visit by author Vashti Hardy: Friday 27th September Children in Years 4 to 7 will attend workshops and a book signing with Vashti, author of Brightstorm and Wildspark.

Book Week: week commencing 30th September Book Fair running all week (3.50 p.m. to 5 p.m.) outside the Junior Library.

A ‘Who’s Reading?’ Competition, in which children will guess which teacher is behind the book in the photograph.

Other activities in both the Junior and Senior Department throughout the week in English lessons and in the libraries.

Afternoon tea with Onjali Raúf: Sunday 6th October We are running a competition to win afternoon tea with award-winning author Onjali Raúf on Sunday 6th October. Details are overleaf.

Regular activities running throughout the year There are three book groups for: 

Children in Years 5 and 6

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Children in Years 7 and 8

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Parents

Please contact me by email (sian.watkinson@cranmore.org) if you or your child would like to join one of these groups. They take place once every half term at 8.15 a.m. (children’s groups) and 8.30 a.m. (parents’ group).

Mrs Watkinson, School Librarian

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Cranmore Creativity Award Exhibition In order to celebrate pupils’ talents in the Arts at Cranmore, Years 4 to 6 are invited to present and discuss two pieces of either Music, Art and/or Drama at our Creativity Award Exhibition.

If your child is interested, please remind them to speak to Mrs Hanson or Mr Harris to sign up and to discuss their ideas.

Presentations will take place on Wednesday 9th October 2019, 4 to 5p.m. Parents/carers are welcome to attend.

Successful pupils will gain the Cranmore Creativity Award.

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YE-HAW GET YOUR DANCING BOOTS ON! Grab your cowgirls and cowboys and come along with the whole family to our Barn Dance this autumn.

We have the incredible Kingsfolk joining us to provide the LIVE music to get everyone up and dancing together, whilst we provide a supper fit for any ranch; chilli, corn, slaw and hotdogs will mean families coming will not have to think about dinner that night. Our low cost cash bar will be very affordable, creating the perfect opportunity to have a good old-fashioned night out while raising money for Cherry Trees.

There will also be a Bucking Broncho to test how long you can ride out the bareback bucking.

Notorious for throwing riders off in often less than 30 seconds, the western prop will stir up competition in the room for people wanting to have a go at hanging on. Perfect to keep the kids entertained alongside some other themed games.

The event is on Saturday 21st September starting at 7.30pm at The Old Barn Hall, Bookham.

Tickets: https://www.cherrytrees.org.uk/Event/barn-dance

Early bird prices available until the end of July.

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