Cranmore Chronicle 14 October 2016 Editor: Mrs R Spooner
In This Issue... • The Headmaster
• WW1 Battlefields Tour
• House News
• Charterhouse Wind Band Day
• Golden Awards - Junior Department
• Hindleap Warren - Form 4
• Marvellous Merits - Junior Department • U13 Qualify for 6-a-side Nationals • Supermerits - Senior Department
• ‘Robokids’ Space Show
• Bright Stars News
• Poetry Live!
• Junior Harvest Festival
• Ski Team Nationals Success
• Parents Read In Class For Book Week • Digital Madness - Half term courses • Form 1 at Forest School
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Dear Parents Congratulations to our U13 football squad which has made it to the National Finals and to our skiers who have enjoyed great success too. Literature has been a strong theme recently. We welcomed a poet for our celebration of Poetry Day and I am grateful to the many parents who played an active part in supporting our Book Week. Our pupils in Bright Stars had a wonderful time in Forest School and Form 4 had their own adventure down at Hindleap Warren. This edition also has photos from the Battlefields tour and a report on the visit of our Wind Band to Charterhouse. Science has always been a popular subject at Cranmore and Forms 3 & 4 had a real treat with a wonderful Space Show recently. The Junior Department led a wonderful Harvest Festival on Wednesday and yesterday we celebrated our traditional Harvest Mass. Today we have a busy programme for Action Day when the pupils in the Senior Department have an opportunity to show off their talents in music and drama. I wish you and your family a most enjoyable half-term holiday.
Yours sincerely Michael Connolly
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House News
Last week’s Junior merits winners: Stokes
Last week’s Senior merits winners: Bowen
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Junior Department Golden Awards Week beginning 3rd October 2016
Name George Wildbur
Class LJ
LC
Eoghan Fuller Edward Wilson
LL
Daniel Aazh
Zach Grimshaw Leah Walters James Black
MC MG
Harry Cowper Hugo Jones
MH
William Spencer Pascale Weidner
US UW
1G
1R
Alexander Page
For helping others in need without being asked. For always following The Golden Rules and being honest, brave and forgiving! Well done, James! For having a super working week and listening to instructions really well! Good work, Harry! For excellent effort in learning his spellings. Well done, Hugo! For such careful artwork and handwriting. For being a responsible and helpful child. Thank you, William. For showing real concentration and focus in his Maths work. For always showing a positive attitude and making an excellent Viking mask at Forest School. For working hard, being polite and very helpful. Thank you, Joe. For being such a good boy Josh! You work hard, you are polite, and you help us all of the time. Thank you.
Joshua Illavia Oliver Chapman
For always following all the Golden Rules. Daniel is a polite and kind member of our class. Fantastic, Daniel! For having a fabulous work ethic. Keep it up, Zach!
For showing such a positive attitude in everything he does.
William Lyons Joseph Norton
For persevering to learn new skills. Eoghan has learnt to do the buttons on his shirt all by himself! For consistently working hard in all subjects. Edward is a delightful and happy member of our class. Well done, Edward!
For such good answers during Maths.
Hayba Mahmoud James Ross
For doing fantastic News Writing. Anna drew wonderful pictures and practised writing her letters. Well done!
For being such a helpful and enthusiastic member of MH!
Alex McDougall William Rosenburg
For his super enthusiasm and hard work in our Numicon Maths lessons. Great counting, George! For always being kind to her friends and so cheerful in class. Keep smiling, Hermione!
Hermione Birks Anna Robinson
Reason for award
1S
For excellent contributions during class discussions and for focusing well on tasks. For a marvellous story full of description and exciting events.
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Junior Department Marvellous Merits Week beginning 3rd October 2016
LJ LC LL MC MG MH US UW 1G 1R 1S
Oscar Tramontano David Yang Oscar Boorman Ahmed Azwai Oliver Barrowman Eloise Hinds Freddie Firth Michael Coppola Geronimo Devitt Alexander Hayward Stanley Gwanoyo
Natasha Savina Harrison Carpenter Charlie Martin Thomas Cowper Dylan Curtis Matthew Oakenfull Sam Barklam Benjamin Middleton Michael Bosman Ben Jales Daniel Downing
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Senior Department Supermerits
Bankole, Toluwa Christiansen, George Cooper, Ben
Morton Radford Borelli
2T 3F 3C
Fortescue, James Guest, Bobby Guest, Bobby Harrod Booth, Joseph Hess, Killian Inglis, James Johnson, Oliver Kantor, Colton Lovett, Thomas Maskery, Charlie Maylen, James McLean, Thomas
Radford Stokes Stokes Radford Tylor Morton Tylor Morton Borelli Stokes Stokes Tylor
3J 3J 3J 2DS 3H 4S 3J 2T 2DS 3J 3H 4C
Paulson, Georgie Pearson, Edward Rees, Hugo Roberts, Alex Seeback, Noah Spooner, Freddie Stait, Finlay Verny White, Josh
Tylor Bowen Tylor Bowen Borelli Morton Tylor Stokes
3J 3J 2DS 3H 4C 2T 3C 4S
Summer Reading Challenge Drama RE and Summer Reading Challenge Drama Reading Drama Summer Reading Challenge Reading Challenge Reading Challenge Drama Reading Challenge Summer Reading Challenge Music Reading Challenge RE and Summer Reading Challenge Drama Summer Reading Challenge Summer Reading Challenge Summer Reading Challenge RE Summer Reading Challenge RE Summer Reading Challenge
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Bright Stars News Last week, the Nursery children had a great time making flags at Forest School. We squashed berries and leaves to make colourful marks on our material. Look at us waving our flags!
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Dear Parents Thank you for filling the Auditorium to capacity on Wednesday to celebrate our Harvest Festival. I hope that you soaked up the wonderful atmosphere and that you are really proud of your children. Thank you so much for your enormous generosity in donating gifts for those who are less fortunate than us. Thank you to Mrs Barnes and her amazing team of helpers who organised and delivered the harvest gifts to Cherry Trees, Lime Grove Home for the Elderly and to the Homeless Shelters. They are all always so grateful for our offerings. You will receive a letter regarding After School Care, in particular Junior After School Club which runs from 4.00pm-5.00pm. We have had to change the arrangements for this service because we have had so many children staying who have not been booked in. Please can I encourage you to make reservations for your children if you wish them to benefit from a hot meal and a different activity each evening. Finally, I would like to wish you a relaxing half-term break ready to return for an exciting and special build-up to Christmas. Kindest regards Margaret Kieran Head of Junior Department
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Delivering Harvest Gifts to Lime Grove
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Parents reading in class during Book Week
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Parents reading in class during Book Week
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Form 1 have been creating their own Viking style faces at Forest School.
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5th & 6th Form WW1 Battlefields Tour Our second group of 5th & 6th Formers headed off to the battlefields of Belgium and Northern France last weekend. We were once again fortunate to have sunny, mild weather. Having visited the Flanders Fields Museum and attended the Last Post ceremony in Ypres we had a good understanding of the background to the conflict. The huge loss of life was brought home by visits to the Tyne Cot Commonwealth cemetery (47,000), Langemark German cemetery (44,000) and the Menin Gate (55,000). We also went through the trenches and tunnels at Sanctuary Wood as well as Vimy Ridge. Marshall Curri was pleased to discover the Canadians who took Vimy Ridge in 1917 were led by his fellow Canadian, General Curri!
Mr Martin
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WW1 Battlefields Tour
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Charterhouse Wind Band Day The Cranmore Wind Band had tremendous fun at the Charterhouse Prep School’s Wind Band Day last week. Our top wind players were split into various groups according to their ability and rehearsed all afternoon. It was wonderful to see that so many of the Cranmore musicians were selected for the higher grade ensembles. To round off a productive day, the musicians from all the schools came together for a short concert to family and friends in the Llewellyn Room. My thanks to the Charterhouse staff for a very enjoyable day and for feeding us all with a splendid selection of cakes!
Mr Harris
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Teambuilding at Hindleap Warren The Fourth Form enjoyed its team building trip to Hindleap Warren Outdoor Education Centre at the end of September. An array of brave souls shook off the inclement weather and did their best to scale the increasingly slippery climbing wall during the morning session. The pupils also enjoyed the team exercises which tested their skills of problem solving, listening and communication. I, for one, particularly enjoyed watching the groups traverse the ‘lava bed’ with only three tyres and not a space to put a foot wrong, so to speak. It was a lovely way to start the year together and my thanks go to Miss Schembri, Mrs Preedy and Mr MacKinnon for their encouragement of all the children during our day out. Mr Chapman
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Football News U13 qualify for the Football 6-a-side Nationals Congratulations to the U13 6-a-side football team who have qualified for the IAPS National Finals on Sunday 20th November. Mr O’Neill
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AMAZING SpaceShow with guest star ‘Nao’ the singing and dancing robot!! Sponsored by the UK Space Agency, the ‘RoboKids’ show took our Form 3 and 4 audience on a fun and inspiring journey into the future of space and programming using robots. The audience had to help programme the friendly robot “Nao” and her friends for a joint human and robotic Aurora mission to the moon and beyond! Linked to the National Curriculum for computing, science and design technology, RoboKids delighted and inspired all present. Mrs McFadden Head of Science
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Form 4 pupils enjoyed a space show and workshop
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Poetry Live! Last Thursday we were very privileged to spend National Poetry Day with a visiting poet, James Carter. http:// www.jamescarterpoet.co.uk/ James gave very enjoyable performances of his poems to all the children from Lower Preps to 4th Form (accompanied by his guitar called Keith and his keyboard Steve), and he led creative writing workshops with all the 3rd Formers, who produced some impressive poems. Mrs Trumble School Librarian
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Cranmore Ski Team Success at the Na onals On Friday 7th October, three teams went up to Norwich for the ESSKIA Na onal Ski Finals. A er a good a ernoon’s prac ce on the slope, the squad re red to their hotel to sharpen their skis and relax. The next morning, the teams were up early and onto the slope for some serious racing. The U14 team came in 4th and the U11 team came in 2nd place. I must say a big thank you to all the parents who came to support the racers and who always help out with the teams. Mr Mellstrom Head of Skiing
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