Chronicle: 28 June 2019

Cranmore Chronicle 28th June 2019 Editor: Mrs S Watkinson

Dear Parents We had a wonderful celebration of Mass for Founder’s Day yesterday, which is always a very special occasion.

In the afternoon, the fine weather allowed us to enjoy a superb programme for our Senior Department Sports and I must commend all the pupils who took part.

We are very much looking forward to our inaugural Cranmore Canter on Sunday, which will be a great social event for our school community.

We had a CPA meeting this week and I do hope that next term we might have some new recruits who feel able to support the invaluable work they do for us.

Rehearsals for Charlie & the Chocolate Factory are stepping up in the final preparations for the end of term performance.

Yours sincerely,

Michael Connolly

Nursery News

The Father’s Day Breakfast was a great success and the children were proud to share with their fathers and grandfathers many of the amazing activities they do on a daily basis.

Role play: visiting the doctor’s surgery for a check up

A thrilling visit from Animazing, where children were able to hold snails, snakes and tortoises!

Juniors

Nursery and Lower Prep Sports Day on Thursday 20th June was great fun, with races involving gardening, caterpillars and baskets!

Role play: visiting the doctor’s surgery for a check up

The rain held off for the Middle Prep, Upper Prep and Form One Sports Day on Monday 24th June. The children’s excitement and enthusiasm was evident throughout. Thank you to parents, children and staff for making it such a successful day.

The children in LB have been making fruit kebabs. Firstly, they thought about what they wanted on their kebab. Then, they made their kebab. Finally, they wrote some instructions on how to make it.

Role play: visiting the doctor’s surgery for a check up

UF completed their challenge of making a model that could fly and took them outside to test them.

Oscar in UC presented his poster all about President George Washington, sharing with his class why he was significant in History.

As part of their Science topic, the children in UF have enjoyed watching the transformation of caterpillars to butterflies and then releasing them into the wild.

Upper Prep enjoying a range of activities at Forest School

Role play: visiting the doctor’s surgery for a check up

Form One’s Final Assembly Form One presented their Final Assembly on the theme of dreams on Wednesday 19th June. They described the type of world in which they would like to grow up, where everyone is valued irrespective of their race, colour, gender and religion.

They acted out short sketches depicting themselves in their dream jobs. The assembly finished with a moving rendition of 'A Million Dreams'.

The Form One team are extremely proud of the wonderful progress all the Form One children have made this year and wish them every happiness as they pursue their dreams.

Role play: visiting the doctor’s surgery for a check up

Seniors On 24th June, the 5th Form enjoyed a session of French cooking. They can now cook des croissants fourrés.

A selection of quotes from the morning:

“I liked making the croissants on our own instead of someone cooking for us.” Edward “I liked how the French cooking lesson was interactive and how we could use the French vocabulary that we had learnt.” James “I liked using the vocabulary more practically.” Darragh “It was a very exciting and enjoyable morning.” Baxter

On Tuesday 18th June, Form Two went to Legoland, where they enjoyed doing Around the World in 80 bricks and a 4D experience in Atlantis.

The rehearsals of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory continue this week. We look forward to seeing parents on Monday 8th July at 7 p.m. for the performance!

Chaplaincy Trip to Worth Abbey On Wednesday 19th June, a group of Cranmore pupils went to the Celebration of the Good Shepherd at Worth Abbey.

It was a most special day which included a liturgy with Bishop Richard and a reflective walk in a quiet prayer garden. We shared some of these experiences with St Teresa's.

Stephen Jakubowski

On Friday 21 June, the Cranmore Faith Family had a barbecue at the Paulson's house to celebrate faith and friendship. It was a wonderful evening full of laughter and activities. If you would like to hear more about the Faith Family, please get in touch with Mr Jakubowski. We would like to thank the Paulsons for being such generous hosts.

A group of pupils enjoyed a day out to see the Life of Christ at Wintershall. It was a wonderful day and we learnt a great deal.

Library News Parents’ Book Group Our Parents’ Book Group meets in the Senior Library once every half term. Books we have recently read and enjoyed include Bill Browder’s Red Notice and The Cut-out Girl

by Bart Van Es. We always have interesting discussions about the topics raised by the books. Please do think about coming along to our next meeting, which will be on Monday 16th September at 8.30 a.m. The books we intend to read over the summer are:

We normally read one book each time, but we decided to set ourselves our own Summer Reading Challenge in solidarity with our children!

Children’s Summer Reading Challenge Please look out for the Summer Reading Challenge booklet which your child will bring home in the next couple of weeks if they are in Forms 2 to 5. There are 6 different categories of books to read and certificates to be awarded in September. There are some book recommendations in the booklet, but do feel free to make your own choices within the categories listed. The key is to choose books your children will enjoy. Happy reading!

The Boy at the Back of the Class Competition Entries for the writing competition launched at the end of our author visit last week should be submitted by Friday 5th July. Please ask your children to return their completed forms to Mrs Watkinson in the Senior Library. Thank you.

Sian Watkinson, School Librarian

Sports Focus The Cranmore Canter The Cranmore Canter takes place this Sunday and the interest shown in the event has been phenomenal. Over 240 runners will participate across the two fun runs, including over 140 Cranmore children. Cranmore families and members of staff are also participating, making this another fantastic Cranmore community event. Registration is at 9.00am on The Front.

Cricket Over the last week, the cricket fixtures have included an U10 side featuring in the Caterham Sixes, the 1st and 2nd XI have played against Whitgift and our 1st XI played Kings House in the semi-final of the Surrey Cup (see SOCS for results). The U9s had a whole year group fixture against Kings College School and the Form 4 year group played against Donhead.

Sports Days

The children have been enjoying their Sports Days over the last two weeks and it has been an absolute joy to see the enthusiasm and excitement for these occasions. Huge amounts of effort, smiles on faces and strong sporting values have been present throughout each of the Sports Days. A big thank you from myself to all the staff who help, support and organise these events.

Finally, we are hosting many sports camps at Cranmore this Summer, please see below for more information. There are also flyers with more details on other pages of the Chronicle and in the foyer area at the school main reception.

Summer Holiday Camps: For all Activate Camps, book here https://www.activatecamps.co.uk/venues/cranmore-school/ Tennis (Mr Harris) - 15th to 19th July Cricket (Activate Camps) - 5th to 9th August Hockey (Activate Camps) - 12th to 16th August Football (Activate Camps) - 19th to 21st August Netball (Activate Camps) - 19th to 21st August Football (Surrey Football) - 27th to 30th August Rowing - 27th to 31st - Summer Rowing course at Walton Rowing Club F2 to F6 Football (Surrey Football Coaching) - 2nd to 4th September

Paul Hodgson, Director of Sport

U10 Cricket versus Donhead

Kobey and Ben were selected to represent Guildford at the Surrey Youth Games. It was a great opportunity for them to represent their Borough and compete with other children up to the age of 10. The boys played brilliantly and were exhausted by the end of a long hot Sunday!

Photos from the Golf Activity which we run on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Congratulations to these talented young violinists who played brilliantly in a tea time concert organised by their super teacher, Mrs Herbert.

Congratulations to this young bassoonist for his excellent performance of Mozart’s ‘Se a caso madama’ in Senior Assembly.

There was some truly brilliant playing on display at the annual flute concert. Bravo to the young flautists and their teacher, Mrs Millar!

Congratulations to these children who performed superbly in our Junior Department Music Assembly on 26th June!

ABRSM Exam Timetable

MONDAY 1st July Room M2

09:00 09:15 09:27 09:39 09:53 10:07 10:23 10:35 10:52 11:25 11:37 11:51 12:05 12:19 12:34 12:46 12:58 14:15 14:27 14:39 14:51 15:03 15:18 15:32 15:46 16:00 16:20 16:39 16:56

Name Thomas McLean Cรกitlin Watkins William Jones Joseph Wilson Joshua Weatherall Alec Weidner Barnaby Higgins Finlay Hunter Samuel Millington George Steen Miller Hughes Alexander Hayward William Kemkers Brayden Jose Rory Brown Alexander Gill Harvey Steer Etienne Spacie Oliver Langton Theo Macias Jack Harris Jake Soellaart Seb Crehan Mills Edward Pearson BREAK Jake Crehan Mills Louis Loest Joshua Lyons Thomas Spencer

Instrument Grade Piano 4 Piano 1 Piano 1 Descant Recorder 3 Descant Recorder 3 Oboe 3 Trumpet 1 Trumpet 1 Piano 2 Piano 2 Cello 3 Cello 3 Double Bass 3 Piano 4 Piano 1 Piano 1 Piano 1 Clarinet 1 Clarinet 1 Singing 1 Clarinet 2 Singing 2 Clarinet 3 Singing 3 Flute Flute Flute Flute

6 2 4 3

ABRSM Exam Timetable TUESDAY 2nd July Room M2

09:00 09:17 09:29 09:41 09:55 10:09 10:26 10:36 10:51 11:20 11:32 12:02 12:12 12:24 12:36 14:10 14:20 14:32 14:46 15:00 15:14 15:28 15:42 15:56

Name Katie Torrie Joshua Seeback Thomas Lindsay Gabriel Ladds Joe Wilson Tom Allen Josh Turnbull Joshua Grenade Toluwa Bankole Dylan Curtis Charlie Barklam Sophie Keeble Ben Keeble Daniel Aazh Thomas McLean Anna Robinson Sophie Lovett Joseph Norton Lucia Meneghin Finlay Hunter Michael Bosman Stanley Gwanoya Toluwa Bankole Agnes Russell

Instrument Grade Flute 4 Piano 1 Descant Recorder 1 Alto Sax 2 Trombone 3 Oboe 5 Piano Prep Test Piano 5 Piano 2 Piano 1 Piano 8 Piano Prep Test Piano 1 Piano 1 Trumpet 8 Violin Prep Test Violin 1 Violin 2 Violin 2 Violin 3 Violin 3 Violin 3 Violin 4 Piano 1

TUESDAY 2nd July Room M1

09:00 09:15 09:27 09:41 09:58 10:15 10:29 10:46 11:20 11:34 12:06 12:20 12:30 12:47

Name Mathew Macias Kamran Haq Daniel Downing Frederick Barklam Thomas Dowson Conrad Clarke Louis Loest Ben Cooper Sebastian Wallage Lawrence Brooks Alyona Fetisova Max Gordon Charles Elson Sian Roberts

Instrument Singing Singing Bassoon Alto Sax Clarinet Trumpet Singing Trombone Clarinet Alto Sax piano Piano Piano Harp

Grade 2 1 3 4 4 4 1 5 2 3 3 Prep Test 4 4

Cranmore Faith Family “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight" (Proverbs 3:5-6)

Come along and join in the Cranmore Faith Family!

We meet on the first Monday of the month during term time, for community, fellowship and friendship.

Our last meeting for this term is: Monday 1st July for walk at Hatchlands (meet in the car park at 8.45 a.m.)

"An early morning walk is a blessing for a whole day"

Dates for next term: Monday 9th September Monday 7th October Monday 4th November Monday 2nd December Everyone welcome

First day back after the holidays: Chatting with friends in the playground

First day back after the holidays: Chatting with friends in the playground

First day back after the holidays: Chatting with friends in the playground