Cranmore Chronicle 23 February 2018 Editor: Mrs S Trumble
During the Junior Music Assembly on Wednesday Solomon, Alex and Jamie played the piano and Milly and Sophie played the violin.
In This Issue... •
The Headmaster
Maths in the Middles
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World Book Day
Cranmore Nursery News
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CPA Ball
Toddler Group
House Music Competition
Uppers at Forest School
Junior Language Challenge
A Visit from Dr Charlton
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Dear Parents This second half of term has a busy schedule. We shall be celebrating Mass on Thursday morning and on Saturday we shall be hosting an Open Morning – please do recommend us to families you know that might be interested in Cranmore. Further ahead in March we have our Future Schools’ Evening on the 13th, the CPA Ball on the 17th, an important presentation for online safety on the 21st, and the Spring Soirée on the 22nd. I look forward to seeing you at some of these events. Yours sincerely Michael Connolly
Dress as your favourite book character on Friday 2nd March to celebrate
Who will you be?
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CPA BALL—Saturday 17th March
Reminder, tickets are on sale and selling fast. The deadline for purchasing your ticket is Friday 2 March. Please use the following link to purchase your e-tickets on line: http://buytickets.at/cranmoreparentsassociation You can also access tickets and keep up to date with announcements via our Facebook page at www.fb.com/cpaball. Plus links are available via the Cranmore school website. If you’d like to pay by cheque, ticket forms are available in reception.
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HOUSE MUSIC COMPETITION 2018 My congratulations to all the pupils and staff who took part in the House Music Competition on the Friday before half term. With a theme of songs from the year Cranmore was founded by Canon Peter Freed, 1968, the competition was fierce. However, after some careful thought, our adjudicator, Mr Shepherd, Director of Music, Charterhouse, awarded 1st place to Radford for their fabulous rendition of ‘Build Me Up Buttercup’. Mr Harris
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The Junior Language Challenge 2018 Calling all Upper Prep, Form 1, Form 2 and Form 3 children! The exciting language competition has launched! If you would like to be part of our Cranmore team this year, do sign up! All you need is a computer or tablet linked to the internet to be able to play online games at your own pace at home. This year, you will be playing with the Spanish language! Get as many points as you can when you play before June. If you are selected for the second round, you will be given a second language to play with over the summer. Have a look at the VLE/ Modern Languages/ JLC 2018 for more information. Buena suerte! N. Meneghin Head of Modern Languages
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Marvellous Maths in the Middles Children from MH went to survey pupils in UW as part of their lesson on tally charts, while class MM had a practical session on weighing.
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Half-Term Holiday Fun Whilst other people were enjoying the ski-slopes we had lots of fun here at Cranmore! The highlight of the week was undoubtedly our ‘Picnic in the Woods with Mrs Woods’! The children learnt how to lay a fire, how to light it without matches and then watched and listened as the popping corn started to change in appearance as it cooked over the fire. Pancakes were also cooked and enjoyed by the children and staff too! The children then participated in a rope trail wearing blindfolds, which proved to be lots of fun. As always they climbed trees, hunted for Sammy and Sally Squirrel and enjoyed looking for the first signs of Spring. This week we are placing eggs into our incubator. The countdown begins! The children will need to be very patient, as it takes 21 days for the chicks to grow and then to finally hatch, hopefully in time for the end of term.
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Life in the Uppers Children in Upper Preps have been busy recently, with a session at Forest School where they enjoyed playing WW2 games, finding and using natural paint brushes and making a natural paste from charcoal and chalk to use as a paint. The Upper Preps were fortunate to have a visit from Dr Charlton who talked about how we can live a healthy life. She shared a variety of medical tools she uses and gave the children some wonderful advice on staying healthy. They were able to try out using Stethoscopes to listen to their breathing and tested their pulse before and after exercise. Thank you, Dr Charlton!
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