Music News

It was wonderful to invite former pupil and superb organist, Thomas McLean, back to Cranmore. Mr McLean delivered a masterclass to selected pupils on our beautiful Mander pipe organ. All the pupils enjoyed the opportunity to play the organ and the session finished with a rendition of a beautiful piece by Bach played by Mr McLean.

Mr Harris, Director of Music

Cranmore and St Teresa’s pupils travelled to London on Thursday for a rehearsal with Grange Park Opera. We are delighted that they have this wonderful opportunity to take part in a professional opera production.

Year 3 Art Event with St Teresa’s

Year 3 participated in a joint art event with the Year 3 girls at St. Teresa’s this week. They explored the ‘painting with scissors’ technique used by the French artist Matisse. They looked at the composition of his work and then examined how they could reproduce their own version. The results were amazing and the pupils thoroughly enjoyed working alongside the St. Teresa

World War Two Projects in Year 2

Year 2 have loved sharing their projects which they researched during the Easter holidays. They found a relative or person who inspired them and found out about how they helped during World War Two. The children have loved sharing their posters, books, artefacts and PowerPoints. They have been so interesting, and we have been very impressed with the children’s knowledge and confidence presenting what they had learnt.

Musical Collaboration with St Teresa’s and Other Local Schools

The Year 1 and 2 children performed in a music concert at St Teresa’s with other local schools. They had a lot of fun learning the songs with Mrs Thornton and enjoyed performing.

Year 2’s Blitz Experience in History Lessons

In this week's History lessons, Year 2 have been learning about the Blitz. The pupils acted out what an air raid would have been like by making their classroom as dark as possible and waiting for the 'all clear' siren. We also acted out what it would have felt like to come out of our shelter and see the destruction caused by an air raid.

Reception’s Trip to Forest School

Reception had a fantastic time at Forest School this week. Their session was on the theme of ‘bees’. The sun was shining and we had the best time. The children enjoyed looking at old hives, honeycomb and eating delicious honey toast.

This Week’s House Cup Winners

Sport Update

It was great to kick off our cricket season last Saturday with the first rounds of The Surrey Cup. Our U13s played their match on the amazing Henderson fields, whilst the U11s played away at Downsend. In the U13s, the away team won with the scores being: Hall Grove 108-5 (25 overs)/Cranmore 78 (23 overs). Cranmore won the U11s match: Cranmore 110-4 (20 overs)/Downsend 64 (16 overs). Other cricket matches this week have been against schools including Rokeby and Thomas's Battersea, with fixtures taking place tomorrow against Whitgift and Shrewsbury House.

Our U10 tennis squad played in the Surrey league last week and the Surrey festival this week. They beat Hawthorns in the Surrey League with some great tennis played. Other tennis matches have been against schools CLFS, Downsend and RGS Guildford.

We had some great news shared with us regarding sport outside of Cranmore. Congratulations to Year 5 pupil, Josh F who achieved a new PB participating in the Esher 10km. Josh finished 29th in a race mostly with adults and older children participating. It was a determined run by Josh, of which he should feel very proud. Well done, Josh.

Members of our ski squad competed in the National Schools Indoor Championships at Hemel Hempstead a few weeks ago. Year 5 pupil, Rafferty C-D won in the U10 category with other Cranmore pupils, Mathias P and Elijah M, performing exceptionally well. The combined results meant that Cranmore won the Boys Junior Schools competition. These fabulous results bode well for the upcoming IAPS.

Mr Hodgson, Director of Sport