Chronicle: 6 July 2018

Cranmore Chronicle 6 July 2018 Editor: Mrs S Trumble

In This Issue...

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The Headmaster

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Nursery News

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Founder’s Day

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Young Musician Final

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Surrey Lowland Rescue

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Under 11 Cricket

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Fun with Languages

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Skipping workshop

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School Shop

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Science Challenge

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‘Joseph’ performances

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Cranmore’s 50 Favourite Books

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Dear Parents This is the penultimate issue of the Chronicle for this academic year. Everyone enjoyed last Friday which was a key part of our 50th Anniversary celebrations.

However, there is still a busy programme to complete. On Wednesday our rowers had a marvellous visit to Henley. Yesterday we had a wonderful Mass for those pupils who have recently received their First Holy Communion. Last night we had the Annual Ski Club Prize Giving which recognises all those who have worked hard throughout the year and especially for their strong performances in competitive races.

Tonight we shall be hosting a dinner for our 6th Form leavers in recognition for all they have contributed to Cranmore during their time with us. We are very much looking to next week when we shall have the Young Musicians Grand Final, two performances of Joseph and the traditional Rounders and Cricket matches on Tuesday evening.

As ever, our pupils have demonstrated their skills in so many ways this year, not only in the academic sphere but in music, sport, drama and other pursuits too.

We were delighted with how well our children performed in 11+, CE and Scholarship exams. It is worth noting that 31 scholarships were awarded to Cranmore pupils – a remarkable achievement in a very competitive market.

This reflects the pupils’ talents and commitment but also confirms the high quality of teaching that we provide at Cranmore.

Yours sincerely Michael Connolly

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50th Anniversary Founder’s Day Mass Last Friday Bishop Richard Moth joined us and celebrated our 50th Anniversary Founder’s Day Mass. It was a very special occasion, an opportunity to reflect on Cranmore’s development and to give thanks for our wonderful school. The Mass was led by our 6th Form leavers. Over sixty former staff members including two former Headmasters were also with us for the day. Following Mass, afternoon tea was served for 6th Form parents and provided an opportunity for the former staff to become reacquainted.

Thank you to everyone in our school community who worked so hard to ensure it was a memorable day as we come towards the end of our anniversary celebrations.

Susan Walker

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Form One to the Rescue!

Surrey Lowland rescue came last week to visit the Ones. Josh Turnbull's dad volunteers for them!

The children had an amazing experience sitting in the vehicles, using walkie talkies, seeing a drone, trying on special suits and they heard all about the types of situations where Surrey Lowland rescue come to the aid of people and the other emergency services.

Many thanks to the team for giving up their time to show us what they do.

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The Junior Language Challenge 2018 The first round of the JLC 2018 is now finished. There were lots of high scores this year again.

Really well done to all of the children in Form 1, 2 and 3 who played with the Spanish language, it was not easy! The two students with the highest number of points have qualified to go through to the second round: G Ladds (pictured) and A Hayward in Form 2.

They have to learn a new language over the summer and memorise it for the semi-final: the KHMER language!

Form 1 enjoyed their last session of Spanish Club last week in Forest School, popping their home-made pinatas with the help of some Sixth Formers.

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Cranmore School Shop The School Shop will close at 9.30am on Tuesday 10th July and is open by appointment only during the Summer holiday.

Parents of all new students starting in September should call our office to make an appointment, as should those of children moving from Nursery into Lower Prep.

For current children requiring top-up uniform or sports kit for September, the shop will open before the start of the new school year as follows: Tuesday 4th September – 12 noon to 4pm Wednesday 5th September – 9.30am to 4pm The shop will be busy on these days and appointments are not available – please just drop in.

For parents wishing to purchase top up uniform or sports kit and preferring to miss the last minute rush, we are happy to offer short ‘top up’ appointments during the summer holidays. To schedule a short appointment please call our office on 020 8687 1502 at your earliest convenience.

The shop will re-open on Thursday 6th September at the usual time of 8am to 9.30am. We will then also open on Friday 7th September from 8am to 9.30am – this is an additional opening time.

Normal term time opening hours will resume Monday 10th September.

Thank you and have a lovely summer!

School Shop Office 020 8687 1502 spsschoolshops@yahoo.com

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The cast and crew of ‘Joseph’ have been very busy recently with their rehearsals.

Don’t forget our performances of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’ will take place on Monday 9th July at 2pm and 7pm in the Auditorium

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As always we have been very busy in Nursery. The end of term has been full of colourful activities such as our Singalong and our Sports events. We also said ‘Goodbye’ to our Painted Lady butterflies, releasing them into the warm sunshine last Friday. The children were keen to see if any had arrived in their gardens.

This week we have enjoyed the paddling-pool in our garden and lots of children have had fun splashing each other as they cooled down!

We will have our final visit to Forest School as Nursery children on Monday, and then on Wednesday all the children in both Nursery and Pre-Nursery will have an end of term party together, before the summer holidays begin.

Holiday Fun sessions start on Thursday July 12th and run throughout the school holidays. There are still spaces available most days if you are interested.

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Getting ready for our Singalong!

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Music News

The Grand Final of the Young Musician of the Year will take place at 9am this coming Monday and parents of the finalists are very welcome to attend. The five pupils competing for the Bell Cup and title of Young Musician of the Year will be: Charlie Barklam – cello Killian Hess - recorder Thomas McLean – trumpet Freddie Barklam – piano Adrian Groenewald – voice It promises to be a wonderful final.

Brass Section Finalists

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Section Strings Woodwind Brass Piano Voice

Piano Section Finalists (above) and Strings Finalists

Winner Charlie Barklam Killian Hess Thomas McLean Charlie Barklam Adrian Groenewald

Runner up Killian Hess Arjun Kang (sax) Brayden Jose Freddie Barklam Charlie Barklam

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Voice Section Finalists and Woodwind Finalists

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Under 11 Cricket News The Under 11 cricket side has had a busy couple of weeks. They managed to win the prestigious Tonbridge 6’s Festival for the first time in our school’s history, came runners-up in the South of England 8 a-side Regional Festival, and won the Surrey Cup in a tense and thrilling match against King’s Wimbledon. Last Saturday, their victory against Thomas’s Clapham gave them their thirteenth win of the term. This sets a new School Record for the most wins in a season.

Mr Phillips

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Skip it!

On Tuesday, all the children from Lower Prep to Form 1 were taught a variety of skipping skills and the day finished with a display of some of our most talented skippers. We now have some brand new ‘speed ropes’ for use at playtime and the children are having fun improving their skipping.

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Test the Rainbow Practical skills and engineering challenges have been a feature of Science lessons this week. Can you make a rainbow range of test tubes using only acids, alkalis and indicators? Members of the 5th and 4th Form demonstrate the Rainbow Test-tubes techniques.

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Cranmore’s 50 Favourite Books 2018 Nursery On the way home

Jill Murphy

Silly Spider

David Wood

Going on a bear hunt

Michael Rosen

Shh!!

Sally Grindley

The Day Mum Turned into a Monster

Joanna Harrison

Lowers Peace at last

Jill Murphy

The Rainbow Fish

Marcus Pfister

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

Judith Kerr

The Smartest Giant in Town

Julia Donaldson

Barry the Fish with Fingers

Sue Hendra

Middles Dogs Don’t Do Ballet

Anna Kemp and Sara Ogilvie

The Gruffalo

Julia Donaldson

Owl Babies

Martin Waddell

Rumble in the Jungle

Giles Andreae

Ants in Your Pants

Julia Jarman

Uppers The Famous Five series

Enid Blyton

Flat Stanley

Jeff Brown

Fantastic Mr Fox

Roald Dahl

The Phantom Lollipop Man

Pamela Butchart

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

Ones My brother is a Superhero

David Solomons

The Hodgeheg

Dick King-Smith

The Worst Witch

Jill Murphy

Cliffhanger

Jacqueline Wilson

The Dancing Bear

Michael Morpurgo

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Second Form Radio Boy

Christian O’Connell

Nevermoor

Jessica Townsend

Billionaire Boy

David Walliams (plus many others by this author)

The London Murder Mysteries

Cora Harrison

The Parent Agency

David Baddiel

Third Form Harry Potter series

JK Rowling

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket

Cogheart

Peter Bunzl

The Christmasaurus

Tom Fletcher

Alex Rider series

Anthony Horowitz

Fourth form Warrior Cats series

Erin Hunter

Wonder

R J Palacio

Wolf Brother series

Michelle Paver

Skulduggery Pleasant series

Derek Landy

Percy Jackson series

Rick Riordan

Fifth Form Young Bond

Charlie Higson

Young Sherlock Holmes

Andrew Lane

The Hobbit

JRR Tolkien

Eragon

Christopher Paolini

Earthfall Trilogy

Mark Walden

Sixth Form I am Number 4

Pittacus Lore

Gone

Michael Grant

Sherlock Holmes stories

Arthur Conan Doyle

Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams Noughts and Crosses

Malorie Blackman