Message from the Headmaster
It has been an action-packed week at Cranmore with plays, theatre productions, music competitions and several educational visits. Over the course of the next two weeks we are holding our annual Young Musician competition and look forward to the final performances. Continuing with the musical theme, rehearsals are taking place for the Proms in the Paddock next Thursday; pupils are extremely excited about displaying their talent for parents and guests.
Our Reception children enjoyed fine weather for their visit to see the ponies at St Teresa’s on Tuesday and for their visit to Brooklands on Wednesday to learn more about transport, their topic for this half of term. A group of Year 5 pupils from the Chaplaincy team went to Wintershall where they participated in a range of collaborative activities focusing on the life of Jesus. On Thursday, Year 6 travelled to Arundel Castle where they took part in a medieval workshop.
Mr Everitt
5 JUNE 2023
Year 6 Visit to Brooklands Museum
On Thursday 25th May, Year 6 visited Brooklands Museum to explore the amazing automotive and aeronautical innovations on show. In glorious sunshine, they built ‘downhill racers’, climbed aboard a range of aircraft, stood inside the famous stratosphere chamber and browsed the amazing range of cars, planes and buses in the museum. This tied in with their study of industry and design in Geography and DTE, and was a lovely way to mark the end of a busy half term.
Mr Lamport
Year 5 Chaplaincy Team Visit to Wintershall
Our Year 5 Chaplaincy Team representatives had a wonderful day at Wintershall on Tuesday. The day was centred on the theme of ‘Following in Your Footsteps’ and it allowed our boys the time and space to reflect on their own roles within the Catholic Guildford Deanery alongside children from other local schools. As well as enjoying the beautiful scenery at Wintershall, we were able to explore what it means to follow in the footsteps of Jesus through a series of creative activities.
NSPCC Speak Out, Stay Safe Week
During the NSPCC Speak Out, Stay Safe week, the Upper Prep pupils completed a variety of activities which taught them that they:
• Have the right to be safe.
• Have the right to speak out and be heard.
• Have the right to get help when they need it.
Mr O’Neill Mr HeaverThis week in Nursery the children are learning all about people who help us. In our role play areas we have a fire station, a hospital and a police station with a crime scene! They have also been focusing on growing and planted sunflower seeds for our competition to see who can grow the tallest sunflower. The children also enjoyed engaging in observational drawings of sunflowers.
Green Fingers in Year 1
In Year 1 the children are learning the life cycle of a plant and its features. They have been planting sunflowers. The children are creating a diary as they monitor and look after their plants. We are excited to see them grow.
Also, the Year 1’s coronation flowers are growing wonderfully. The children have been looking after them really well and the Charlie’s Rose smells amazing!
Mrs Green Nursery NewsReception Visit to St Teresa’s Horses Reception Trip to Brooklands
Reception had a very exciting trip to Brooklands Museum this week. The children enjoyed looking at cars, buses and planes and even made their own racing cars!
Reception Visit to St Teresa’s
Reception had a fantastic time visiting the ponies at St Teresa’s this week. They enjoyed learning their names, how they are cared for and even watched them having their teeth cleaned!
Mrs Prothero and Miss Hurl
Mrs Prothero and Miss Hurl
Sport Update
Swimming - Ranked Number 1 school in Surrey - IAPS Nationals - London Aquatic Centre
Cranmore qualified for the IAPS National Swimming Finals which took place at the iconic venue, The London Aquatic Centre in the Olympic Park. It was an amazing achievement to have 5 relay teams qualifying from U11 to U13, in 7 individual events with a total of 13 swimmers. Every relay team swam faster than their qualifying time, which is all one can ask for. The U13s relay team swam exceptionally well with a change of personnel and change of swimming strokes on the day.
The individual finalists who took part (Jack P 50m Freestyle, Ben M 50m Breaststroke, Freddie R 50m Breaststroke) all finished in the top 20. We had four finalists on the day. Charlie S swam 25m Freestyle and came 2nd winning a silver medal, an amazing achievement by Charlie – well done. Henry C came 5th in the 50m fly, Daniel B came in 7th in the 50m Backstroke, Jojo S came 4th in the 50m Freestyle, narrowly missing a medal.
Cranmore finished 10th in the country out of 91 schools, which ranks us as the number 1 swimming school in Surrey – an outstanding performance. We are incredibly proud of every one of them. It was a phenomenal team effort and the support for each other throughout the event was evident.
Sarah Calpin, Head of Swimming
Before half-term, cricket was played against St George's, Danes Hill and Milbourne Lodge. Downsend, KCS Wimbledon and Cranleigh have been our opponents this week. Tennis matches have been played against Parkside and Cranleigh.
Summer Sports Camps at Cranmore - please see links below and flyers:
Activate Camps at Cranmore
https://www.activatecamps.co.uk/venues/cranmore-school/
Mr Hodgson, Director of Sport
U9s versus DownsendThought for the week:
