YEAR 8 CHEMISTRY CLUB

Venue - Lab 32

Time - Wednesday 13:40-14:10

Come and experience the fun, excitement and magic of Chemistry in lab 32!

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This Week

We reflected this week on one of the great heroes of the Old Testament, King David. We looked in particular at two episodes from his early life that teach us a little about how God operates.

It was timely, so soon after the sacred moment of King Charles coronation, to remember that David too was chosen as king by anointing. The prophet Samuel visited the house of Jesse in Bethlehem. However, God made it clear that it was neither Jesse’s eldest son, nor any of the others before him who was to be king. Finally, and somewhat reluctantly, Jesse called forward his youngest son, the shepherd boy David. Immediately it was clear to Samuel that David was the one God had chosen.

David did not conform to any preconceived idea of what a king should be, yet God used his unlikely choice to become his representative. God will choose us in a similar way. We might not be gentle, young, psalm chanting shepherds, but whatever unique gifts and talents we may have, God chooses us in the same way he chose David.

Perhaps the most memorable account from the life of David is the slaying of the great Philistine Goliath. Having been chosen, David almost immediately faces this great challenge, when, armed only with his slingshot and a handful of pebbles he brings about the fall of the great adversary of Israel, drawing not on his strength or his armour, but instead, relying totally on the firm belief that God has a plan, that He will defeat evil and wickedness and - most importantly - he is going to use us to do it!

The truth is that we too will face those moments of confrontation with the Goliaths in our lives. It may seem that the odds are impossibly stacked against us. Yet, it is those moments when we are called to draw upon our faith and trust in a God who will always transform even the most dire of circumstances. As David sang, ‘The LORD is my light and salvations with the LORD by my side, whom shall I fear!’

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We hope that you have had a good week.

Please make sure that your child puts on sun cream for riding and a top that covers the shoulders. It has been very warm in the afternoons and evenings recently, and it feels even hotter when riding in the arena!

If there are any school trips or events that your daughter will be doing instead of riding, then please let the office know by phone or by email; if you wish to cancel a lesson, we do require 48hrs notice or more in order to offer Any later and we are unable to fill the slot with a rider for a catch up lesson or off the waitlist.

It was a busy and warm weekend for lots of our students and their ponies who headed out competing.

On Saturday Izzy L was jumping in the British Show jumping, British Novice 2nd rounds and produced a triple clear for 6th place and a qualification to the National Finals in August. Meanwhile Inde W was enjoying taking part in the Shetland Pony Grand National over the weekend at the South of England show.

On Sunday we had lots of riders taking part in the NSEA show jumping and Combined Training show at Felbridge with some brilliant results.

In the Grassroots competition, Florence B jumped two super rounds in the 50cm & 60cm for a beautiful double clear in the 60cm and 10th place.

In the 70cm Emily R was taking part in her first competition for STE and jumped a brilliant double clear for 6th place!

In the 75cm, Rosie C competed as an individual for a great clear and 12th place in a big class.

In the 85cm we had a team of Chloe B, Lilly S and Rosie C who finished 7th. Chloe B was 6th individually and Lilly S was 9th.

In the 95cm Chloe B rode a super round for individual 3rd and qualification for the NSEA Champs at Addington in September whilst Lilly S had 4 faults but still finished in the top half. Lilly S was also competing in the Combined Training and had a brilliant day, with a 1st and a 3rd in the 80-85cm class with two 70%+ scores and clear jumping rounds. She also had a 3rd in the 90-95cm class with another +70% dressage score and an unlucky 4 penalties in the jumping.

Unfortunately, the show then had to be abandoned before the 1m class as we had a huge storm and the whole showground disappeared under water which was such a shame.

Elsewhere Antonia S was out eventing for her Pony Club. She did a 29 dressage and jumped double clear to finish on it for 3rd in the 80cm.