The Cranmorian 2018 Term 2

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Panto Pandemonium

World Book Day

Night Owls

SUMMER TERM 2018

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Nursery

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Drama

Our School Out & About Liturgical Life House Music School Council

Clubs Art Music Sport Achievements Staff News Forest School

Ahoy there!

We’re the

Cranmore Pirates!

Budding doctors and nurses

in Pre-Nursery

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Snow Angels!

We had an Easter Egg hunt at Forest School with our parents

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50 Reasons Why

We Love Cranmore!

50 reasons why we love Cranmore was a School Council initiative put together by all the classes across the whole school.

Junior Comments I like doing P.E.

Lovely classrooms and our Blitz pictures

I love going to Forest School because I get

are on display.

to see beautiful owers and it’s always an

I love football. It is so much fun.

exciting adventure.

Children come to the school

I like making devastators with Mobilo!

I love writing. Writing words.

We have great lunches. I love burgers.

and learn a lot.

Because I get to bring in special things and show them and talk to my whole class

Play time, because I get to play with my

about them.

friends and all the equipment.

I love the exciting trips we go on.

Because it’s so fun.

We get to see our brothers and sisters around school.

I love going to school on the minibus.

I have fantastic friends.

I love Cranmore because of the exciting

I love learning new topics. We get to learn lots of new things and we get to do it in all subjects!

topics.

I can trust and rely on my friends.

We have the best puddings!

Senior Comments The lessons are fun.

It pushes us to reach our potential.

Because we have a variety of sport.

We have good House competitions.

The choice of sport is outstanding.

Cranmore is in a lovely location.

The teachers are passionate and a

There is always something to do.

The 6th form has access to the Common Room and to hot chocolate!

We can do lots of Art. We can go to rowing and ski club!

pleasure to listen to.

We can go on lots of fun and different trips.

The classrooms are big.

We are a community.

We have such a good range of clubs to All staff and pupils are kind.

choose from.

We have great food at lunch.

It is a friendly place.

Because it’s my new school and I love it!

Because Mr Heaver dressed up as a parrot.

The school is clean.

The teachers and the lessons are fun We play lots of fun games, especially in French.

I have lots of friends.

The work is fun. I love learning.

We are always encouraged.

We can learn lots of languages.

We participate in fun experiments in Science.

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We have made and keep making wonderful memories.

We have excellent facilities.

We have a fabulous School Council!

Panto

Pandemonium

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s part of the 50th year celebrations the staff put on a pantomime for all the children to enjoy. ‘Panto Pandemonium’ was directed

by Jaine de Voile and was a truly fantastic production.

See who you can spot in the photographs!

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Come & See

Healthy Living in Upper Prep

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pper Preps were very lucky to have a visit from Dr Charlton, Mummy of Harry. She shared her experiences of being a doctor with us all and we had the opportunity to try out different equipment and listen to our breathing, nding our pulse before and after exercise. This linked in with our Science topic, ‘Healthy Living.’

Nathalie Scott makes a start on the mural

on the playground wall

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The Beast

from the East

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French Breakfast for Forms 5 and 6

The food was nice. It is good to take your mind off the exam and just enjoy the subject. It was interesting to learn about the culture, for example drinking hot chocolate from a bowl rather than a mug.

M. Santoni The French breakfast was a great experience. I found it very useful learning about the cutlery, plates and glasses. I loved the delicious food, especially the hot chocolate. A big thank you to Ms Meneghin

Chinese

and Ms Schembri.

New Year

J. Durie

French

Fashion Show

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orm 2 enjoyed creating their own French fashion show, inspired by the famous French designer, Jean-Paul Gaultier. All the students made a tremendous effort in presenting their creation in French.

Well done to everyone.

Ms N Meneghin 8

Saint

of the Month

World

Book Day

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e had to postpone our World Book Day celebrations because of the snow, but we managed to mark the occasion on Friday 9th March when a strange assortment of Harry Potters, Willy Wonkas, Paddington Bears and even a couple of Oompa Loompas made their way into school. Assembly was much more colourful than usual and it was taken by Miss Root the Demon Dentist, who was quite impressed by the state of most children’s teeth. Many items of library lost property were identi ed - Mildred Hubble, the Worst Witch, had left her broomstick in the library and Angelina had dropped a ballet shoe.

There were lots of book related activities during the day: for example, pupils from the Ones went to read with Middle Preps, and Upper Preps shared books with the Lowers.

We know that we are all very lucky to have so many beautiful books, so to mark World Book Day we decided to collect books for the Delight charity, which gives books to children in the area who do not have any books of their own. We had a fantastic response, with piles of lovely books in excellent condition, which we hope will bring lots of joy to their new owners.

Mrs S Trumble Librarian

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British Science Week at Cranmore

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s part of our celebration of British Science Week, Cranmore hosted the Science Dome in the Gym. Pupils from the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th forms enjoyed an interactive presentation entitled ‘Solar System tour and beyond’. Starting in a park in Bournemouth, pupils were then transported to the International Space Station for a complete tour of the facilities giving an insight into the life of an astronaut. From there the pupils were whisked to different planets including Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Mars. Finally they were treated to 2 laps of a rollercoaster ride around the rocky and icy rings of Saturn.

F3 Learn About

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Heat

F3 Learn About

Light & Reflections

We made periscopes to show the applications of re ections and how we can use mirrors to see round corners

Upper Prep learn about what oats and what sinks

Form 1 - Making an egg oat

Junior Science Week Lower Prep learn about bread and science

Form 1 learn about CONDUCTIVITY

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Night Owls

or Escape Artists!

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t the end of the Easter term, the Nite Owls visited Cranmore with their beautiful collection of owls, as part of our Science Week activities. They introduced us to Oscar the Eagle Owl, Dotty and Whisper the Barn Owls and not forgetting Monty the baby Eagle Owl who was just 6 weeks old. We learnt that these creatures y low to hunt, can turn their heads by 270 degrees and are able to y silently because of their incredibly soft feathers.

Dotty the Barn owl clearly loved her time at Cranmore and tried to stay – she spent another 3 hours hiding in the rafters before being tempted down for some tasty chicken bits!

Dr A Verny White

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Upper Prep

Rural Life Centre

Middle Prep Visit

Bird World

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e had a great time learning about how to classify animals into different groups. The children saw penguins being fed and had an animal show where they met birds, house pets and reptiles!

Lower Prep go to the

Lookout Discovery Centre

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s part of Science Week, Lower Prep had a fabulous visit to the Lookout Discovery Centre. Children took part in experiments, enjoyed an interactive show on forces and movements, investigated light, colour, sound and water, as well as holding stick insects!

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Form One visit to the

Roald Dahl Museum

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orm 1 had a ‘stupendous’ and ‘whoopsy whif ing’ fun day! They enjoyed nding out how Roald Dahl created characters from his adult life. They also got to dress up as characters from his book. De nitely a winner!

Form Two at

The Polka Theatre

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orm 2 saw the spellbinding production of The Snow Queen at the Polka Theatre.

A cast of four re-created the well-known story using objects and costumes found in the ‘attic’ stage set.

On our return to school in the afternoon we had some related activities. First came an art workshop where the pupils used paper-cutting techniques to begin making a story box Snow Queen scene, a break for a snow ake cookie and a drama workshop based on themes of the play, led by a member of the Polka team.

The children had to work in pairs and in groups, using movement and expression to retell events from the play and imagine what might have happened next.

It was a fascinating day where we all focused on how powerful and creative the imagination can be.

Mrs S Trumble

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‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Form 5 and Form 6

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atching actors perform Shakespeare’s comedy ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ through a veil of snow was the highlight of a memorable trip to the Globe Theatre in London for members of Form 5 and 6. Icy weather on the Thames precluded our eating outside and, instead, we enjoyed our lunches in the grandeur of the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.

At two o’clock, suitably wrapped up, we sat to watch the play. It was a magical experience for the pupils and we were all impressed by the actors’ hardiness in saying their lines as the snow fell about them. My thanks go to Mrs Hopkins, Mrs Trumble and Mrs Walker for accompanying us on this special day out.

Mr Chapman

Liturgical Life

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s part of our charity outreach and through the Guildford Mukono School link programme we have begun to form links with a Catholic School in Uganda. The school is called St Kizito and is located in the region of Mukono near the shores of Lake Victoria. In Cranmore’s 50th Anniversary year we hope that this link will enrich the curriculum of our pupils and give them a greater connection to our charity work.

We had several visitors during the term. At the end of January, Fr John came to celebrate a 50th Anniversary Mass and during Lent, Mr Richardson from CAFOD came to speak to us. Within school we have had a Service of Forgiveness that gave pupils the chance to experience the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

This, together with our weekly House Liturgies in the Chapel, helped us to prepare for the great mystery of Easter.

Mr Jakubowski School Chaplain

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House

Music

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he House Music Competition was a super way to round off the half term. Mark Shepherd, Director of Music, Charterhouse, returned to Cranmore to adjudicate this year’s competition, the theme of which was songs from Cranmore’s founding year, 1968. This was a ne year for music and the selection of songs proved to be very popular with pupils and staff alike. It was wonderful to see all the seniors and some staff, singing or playing for their House.

Stokes

Borelli

Morton

‘Congratulations’

‘Do You Know the Way to San Jose’

‘Daydream Believer’

Radford

‘Build Me Up Buttercup’

Tylor

‘Words’

Bowen

‘What a Wonderful World’

After some careful consideration, Mr Shepherd awarded the House Cup to Radford for their fabulous performance of ‘Build me up Buttercup’.

Mr Richard Harris Director of Music

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School Council

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n February the School Council was lucky enough to visit the Houses of Parliament and the Churchill War Rooms. It was a really enjoyable day. We learnt about how Parliament is run and what life was really like in Churchill’s War Rooms.

The best part of our day was watching a live Common’s debate. It was interesting to see that when the Members of Parliament want to speak, they need to stand up and the Chair then chooses them to speak. After the tour, we had the opportunity to participate in a workshop and learn about campaigning. Afterwards we met our local MP, Sir Paul Beresford. The day ended with a visit to the Churchill War Rooms, which was fascinating.

J Maylen

School Council

visit Limegrove

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ome of the School Council representatives had the pleasure of visiting the residents at Limegrove.

Limegrove is a local care home which offers long-term care accommodation for occupants, some of whom have dementia or physical disabilities. We had the opportunity to share songs, music, poetry and jokes with the residents and after, we were even lucky enough to spend time talking to them and share stories. It was a very humbling and enjoyable experience.

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Shakespeare

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on Trial

hakespeare on Trial is a play about modern day children challenging the relevance of Shakespeare today. The play shows William Shakespeare as a young child learning at school and aspiring to invent new words and phrases that many of us use daily today. Showing extracts from many of his plays; Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream to name but a few, the play contained all the tragedy, comedy, villains and heroes we enjoy today. The Form 2 pupils gave their parents a wonderful afternoon of entertainment and worked hard throughout the process.

Mrs H Hanson Head of Drama

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MODEL MAKING

SMART SPORT

BALLET

Cranmore

Clubs

SPANISH

Science Club

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n Science Club we had some nail-biting testing of our Knex Bridges – the tension was huge as we loaded them up to breaking point. The challenge to build a bridge which could span the Science benches and withstand the most loading was a tie in the end between 4th Formers James Drew, Charlie Elson and Josh Lyons, and Science Club newcomers, William Bullen, Jonty Edmonds and Harvey Steer – all in Form 3. Both teams built brilliant designs with the former building a multi-functioning creation that doubled up as a vehicle! We enjoyed seeing all the designs and the children’s creativity never ceases to impress.

Dr A Verny White

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Junior Art

JUNIOR MUSIC ASSEMBLY

Junior Music JUNIOR MUSIC ASSEMBLY

Senior Music

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uring the Easter term, the children in the Junior Department continued to enjoy Music and maintained their high standard of performance. A number of children performed at our music assemblies, Cranmore Live and at the Godalming Music Festival.

Miss I Fourie

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ranmore Chamber Strings performed brilliantly at the Charterhouse Prep Schools String Day at the start of January. Alongside Lanesborough and Elstree Schools, our top string players played pieces by Handel, Clarke and other famous composers. Led by retiring Head of Strings, John Parsons, this was a challenging but very rewarding experience for all concerned. Besides the music, Rory, the department dog, was also a big hit!

This year’s Cranmore Live really did have the effect of shaking off the winter blues. Not even the super moon on show that evening, could detract from the amazing sound of the London Community Gospel Choir, led by the very charismatic, Bazil Meade, MBE. Three Cranmore choirs: Junior Chamber Choir, Senior Chamber Choir and Jubilee Choir, each enjoyed a Gospel music workshop during the school day and learnt two songs for their evening performance. It was a real privilege to listen to the choirs sing with LCGC at the start of the concert. This was followed by a sublime performance by the LCGC choir and band;

CHARTERHOUSE STRING DAY 2018

even the Cranmore parents got a chance to show off their vocal talents! Judging by the parental feedback from that evening, I think we will be seeing them back at Cranmore in the future!

Members of staff from Grange Park Opera visited Cranmore in early February to audition some of our pupils for their forthcoming summer production of Oklahoma! It is fabulous for Cranmore to continue their association with them.

LCGC CRANMORE LIVE 2018

SENIOR CHAMBER CHOIR AT THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL

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It is always a treat for any young chorister to sing at a world class music venue and the Royal Festival Hall is certainly one such place. Senior Chamber Choir was awarded a place in the nals of the Barnardos School Choir Competition and competed against a number of junior choirs from across the country. Despite being a very long day, our pupils delivered an excellent performance of ‘Ye Shall Have A Song’ by Albrecht and ‘In the Name of Music’ by Hill and Johnson.

The annual Spring Soirée concert included classy performances from all the instrumental ensembles and senior choirs. One does have to pinch one’s self when listening to the Cranmore musicians sing and play, as it is hard to believe that you are not listening to accomplished adults.

A rousing rendition of the school hymn and presentation of the MTech Golden Discs to Sebastian Rogers and Jake Crehan Mills in the nal assembly, brought another incredibly successful term to a close.

Mr R Harris

Director of Music

Godalming Festival Results JUNIOR CHAMBER CHOIR

3rd place in School Choir up to Year 4 Class SENIOR CHAMBER CHOIR

Winners of School Choir up to Year 9 Class and winners of the Godalming Operatic Cup and Darnton Trophy C#

Winners of U19 Madrigal Class

Instrumental Results SAXOPHONE GROUP

3rd place in Small Ensemble Class Year 8 CLARINET CHOIR

Runners Up in Small Ensemble Class Year 8 BRASS GROUP

Winners of Small Ensemble Class Year 8 and winners of the Ensemble Rose Bowl for best ensemble performance across four classes ORCHESTRA

Winners of Orchestra up to Year 8 class and winners of the William Handley Claret Jug for best orchestral performance.

WIND BAND

Winners of School Band Any Age Class

Individual Results GODALMING FESTIVAL 2018

THOMAS MCLEAN (TRUMPET)

Winner of Brass Solo Year 7 & 8 Class THOMAS MCLEAN (SAXOPHONE)

Placed in Woodwind Solo Year 7-8 Class CHARLIE BARKLAM (PIANO)

Runner Up in the Piano Recital up to Year 11 Class Winner of Piano Jazz up to Year 7 Class Runner Up in Piano Baroque up to Year 7 Class GEORGE CHRISTIANSEN (PIANO)

Winner in Piano Baroque up to Year 7 Class

GRANGE PARK OPERA AUDITIONS

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Music Results Grade 1

Flute

Distinction

Alexander Page

Violin

Distinction

Charles Wilkinson

Piano

Distinction

Adrian Groenewald

Singing

Distinction

Jason Ho

Piano

Pass

Cameron Gill

Clarinet

Merit

Fred Farhadpour

Saxophone

Merit

Thomas Dowson

Clarinet

Merit

Brendan Aczel

Violin

Merit

Jai Arun

Guitar

Merit

Charlie Maskery

Clarinet

Merit

Joshua Clapp

Drums

Merit

Zac Sherazee

Trumpet

Pass

Harry Way

Saxophone

Pass

Sam Barklam

F Horn

Merit

George Steen

Trumpet

Merit

Edward Agar

Guitar

Merit

Edward Pearson

Singing

Merit

Jamie Ellis

Piano

Merit

Joshua Weatherall

D Recorder

Merit

Michael Bosman

Piano

Distinction

Alexander Hayward

Cello

Distinction

Miller Hughes

Singing

Distinction

Joshua Illavia

Violin

Distinction

Grade 4

Charles Wilkinson

Violin

Distinction

Michael Goncharuk

Trombone

Merit

Toluwa Bankole

Piano

Distinction

Alexander Wood

Saxophone

Merit

Gabriel Ladds

Saxophone

Distinction

Jake Crehan Mills

Piano

Merit

Ronan Madden

Violin

Distinction

Teddie Jamison

Singing

Merit

Louis Wilkinson

Piano

Distinction

Charlie Elson

Singing

Distinction

Grade 2

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Harvey Steer

Grade 3

Grade 5

Joseph Wilson

Trombone

Pass

Charles Barklam

Singing

Distinction

Ethan Slade

Oboe

Pass

Killian Hess

D Recorder

Distinction

Joseph Wilson

D Recorder

Merit

James Trowbridge

Piano

Merit

Noah Seeback

Guitar

Merit

Flute

Pass

Miller Hughes

Cello

Merit

Marcus Binnie

Piano

Merit

Thomas McLean

Trumpet

Distinction

Robert Guest

Singing

Merit

Dominic Powell

Singing

Merit

Charles Barklam

Piano

Distinction

Frederick Barklam

Saxophone

Distinction

Grade 6 Arjun Kang

Grade 7

CRANMORE BRASS GROUP

Cross Country Report

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arch marked the conclusion of another highly successful season for the Cranmore Cross Country squad.

Our rst race was at Charterhouse, who again acted as hosts for the Guildford and Waverley district trials. Milo Roe and Thomas Agar turned in ne performances to secure themselves places in the Guildford team and the opportunity to compete for their district.

Reigate Priory Park was the scene of the district event and Thomas Agar and Milo Roe once again ran well. Milo did enough to earn a place in the Surrey team with Thomas narrowly missing out.

The ‘Beast from the East’ meant that for the second year running the Danes Hill race was cancelled so next up was the Worth School annual race.

Our U11 runners set a blistering pace and Charlie Wilkinson, Toby Roe, Jack Beveridge and Freddie Alexander took 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place respectively. Louis Simmons, Dylan Fuller, Max Loest, Cameron Gill and James Way also put in ne performances and it was enough to see us retain the trophy that we secured last season. The U13 team also ran well, with Milo Roe taking individual bronze, but sadly the team did not make it onto the podium.

Claremont Fan Court School was our next destination with our U11 and U13 teams competing against some stiff competition. Sebastian Crehan Mills and William Marthaler rose to the challenge and posted some good times and Raymond Runnicles produced a spectacular effort to seal individual silver in the U11 event. The U13 team also ran incredibly well with Henry Williams turning in a noteworthy performance.

The nal race of the season took us to Epsom College where our runners were blessed with some beautiful weather. The start of this race is always fast and furious and although our U11 team of Rafe Cook, Ben Cooper, Bobby Guest, Tommy McNamara and Alexander Wood all managed to get away quickly, the testing course began to take its toll.

Despite some impressive placings, we sadly missed out on the medals. Our U13’s then headed to the start line eager to end the season on a high. Although our runners all fought hard to the end, on this occasion we walked away empty-handed.

Thank you to Samuel Kelsall, Morgan Cook and George Williams for their excellent leadership this season.

Thanks also to Mr MacKinnon and Mr Worth for their help with training, Mr O’Brien for his support on race days and for all the parents and supporters.

Mr T Heaver

Under 10 Rugby

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was very impressed with the progress the U10 teams made throughout the Easter term. The A team in particular had to deal with injuries to key players at crucial times, and those who came up from the B team showed that they were worthy of their places.

Two notable performances were in the Dunckley Shield, where the team never gave up and deservedly earned a draw. This gave the squad the momentum for the Surrey Rugby Junior Festival, where the team played some superb rugby, scoring 19 tries and conceding none in in the group stages.

In their last game they suffered a narrow defeat to Hampton.

A great way to nish the season.

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Cranmore

Ski Club

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he main event in the ski calendar in the Easter term is the British Inter-schools Ski Challenge held in Pila Italy. Cranmore has entered a team now for over 15 years and it was going to prove another rewarding event.

Under 11 Rugby

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fter the excellent start to the season before Christmas, much was expected of the year group.

The B team had some excellent results including victories in their Murray Cup (Rokeby) and Dunckley Shield (Donhead) xtures. The D team were often heavily depleted due to assessment commitments, but enjoyed their rugby and made noticeable strides. Their narrow defeats against KCJS and Shrewsbury House were thrilling encounters.

The C team remained unbeaten throughout the two terms.

Their return xture against Shrewsbury House was a ne indication of how far they had improved as their occasionally shaky defence was tightened-up, while their attacking air saw them turn an early season draw into an end of season win by two tries.

The A squad can be extremely proud of their season. They never managed to eld their most potent side as other commitments and injury denied them of key players at various stages. None was missed more than the captain (J. Fortescue) whose absence would have devastated the chances of success for most teams. This group were able to cover the loss of their most in uential player and others positively thrived with the added responsibility of lling such a substantial hole. The standard of play they achieved in their nal xtures at the Donhead Sevens and Surrey Festival were up there with the best over the last ten years.

They were a fantastic group to coach.

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Ben Aldridge-Bate was superb in both the U14 Slalom and Giant Slalom, gaining a 4th and 5th place. With George Williams getting a 7th & 11th and Josh Amor getting into the the top 20, these were excellent results.

In the U10 Grant Messenger got 5th place in both events with ne results from Ben Goldsmith and Tommy Williams.

In the U12 section Henry Williams, Archie Bowles and William Gossage put in some great runs. If Henry hadn’t skied out 3 poles from the end on his rst Giant Slalom I am positive he would have been in the top 3.

Cranmore came 6th in the teams event. Our best result ever. Thank you to all the parents on the trip who helped out. A special thanks to Richard Pearson who not only drove out from England when his ight was cancelled, but also was the mini bus driver every day and got everybody to the slopes on time.

Mr M Mellstrom

Under 9 Rugby

Under 12 Rugby

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Mr L O’Brien

Mr L O’Brien

he U9 teams (A-F) had a busy Easter term of Rugby.

Every pupil in the year group, regardless of ability or skill, played a vast amount of competitive xtures for the school. Playing schools such as Cranleigh Prep, Dulwich College Junior School, Danes Hill, Donhead and Kings College Wimbledon, all U9 teams had success on the eld – scoring tries and improving each week. Particular mention to our A team, who played 16 xtures, winning, 11, drawing 4, losing only 1 and scoring 455. They also went unbeaten at the Shrewsbury House Festival. For improvement and performance on the eld of play, a mention to Jack Morgan, Oliver Chalmers, Max Barrowman, Louis Loest, Josh Weatherall, Henry Young and Alexander Page.

aptained brilliantly by Henry Williams and assisted by Liam Boyle and Max Towers, the U12 squad really punched above their weight and battled through the rugby season showing determination, courage and team spirt on the eld of play. The squad played a total of 10 games, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 4. They scored a total of 185 pointed and 37 tries. Memorable games for endeavour and performance came against Epsom College, Worth School, Danes Hill and Rokeby. A special mention to Milo Roe, Will Toone, Max Towers, Henry Williams and Liam Boyle for improvement and performance throughout the season.

Surrey Rugby Festival

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n Saturday 10th March, Cranmore hosted the Surrey Rugby Junior Schools Festival for the third year in a row. Unfortunately, due to waterlogged pitches on the school side of the road, the Under 9 event had to be cancelled. The Henderson Fields across the bridge managed to remain playable and the grounds looked superb. With 40 teams, 100 matches and over 400 players in attendance, this is one of the largest rugby events, and the Cranmore teams thrived in the atmosphere created.

The Cranmore U10’s were clinical in winning each of their group games before bringing the event to a close with a fantastic battle against Hampton, who remained unbeaten throughout the day. There were other ne performances from KCJS and Donhead in this age group.

The U11’s event was closely fought and many of the games were drawn. Hampton, Aldro and Cranmore were joint winners of their group and each went on to win their remaining allocated xture. Danes Hill were unbeaten throughout and King’s House were only beaten in their last xture of the day.

U13 RUGBY SQUAD

Under 13

Rugby

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hat a season for our U13 Rugby squad. With a team comprising of only 6th form pupils, due to the RFU rules, we played a total of 14 games, winning 8, losing 3 and drawing 3. The pupils scored a credible 270 points in total, demonstrating a great desire to play attacking Rugby. This is a magni cent achievement.

Easter term results: Downsend 20-20, Felton eet 40-10, Shrewsbury House 10-25, Rokeby 35-15, Danes Hill 15-15.

A big thank you to all the teams, staff, parents and helpers who played, supported and assisted so superbly.

Captained by Jack O’Neill and assisted by George Williams and Oliver Stiles, the team played with shape, guile and passion. A great attacking game lead to 54 tries scored across the entire rugby season. Particular mentions to Oliver Stiles, Josh Brown and Finn Galbraith who between them caused havoc for oppositions teams. Well done to Jack O’Neill for captaining the team and a note to George Williams and Harry Roberts, who both produced a magni cent Rugby season. Thank you to all our wonderful parents who supported the team so well.

Mr L O’Brien

Mr L O’Brien

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Hockey

2018

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more snow!

t was a very busy and exciting half term of hockey at the School. More matches were introduced throughout the age groups which ensured everyone had an opportunity to play. Attendance at training was always good and with many children joining local clubs there was a clear improvement in stick skills and tactical awareness. The proposed investment in facilities and upgrading of equipment reinforces hockey as now one of the major sports at the School.

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his was the story of our annual family ski holiday to Pila in Italy. With perfect snow conditions all the pistes were in top condition so everyone made real progress with most groups even enjoying the challenging black runs by the end of the week.

Mr Mellstrom took the experienced parents off on the fast and furious runs whilst others preferred a more leisured approach, but no matter what was selected we all met up at various mountain restaurants for lunch.

Once the skiing was nished we had plenty of fun tubing, 10 pin bowling or seeking delicious Italian ice cream in the narrow streets of Aosta.

Mr B Martin

Under 13 Hockey

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fter a reasonably slow start to the term, both senior sides (U13 A&B) produced a ne ve weeks of Hockey. Training numbers gradually increased and the hard work on the training eld paid dividends in xtures.

After losing some training time and xtures to due weather conditions, the teams produced ne displays against Danes Hill, Parkside and Shrewsbury House School. The Ashcombe School, Hall Grove and nally St Thomas’s Clapham.

Losing to strong Parkside and Hall Grove teams, the U13 A&B squads produced ne winning displays against The Ashcombe, St Thomas’s Clapham and Danes Hill. Particular mentions go to Harry Roberts in goal, Finlay Galbraith, George Williams, Freddie Van Every, Jonathan Harris and Jonte Kemp, for great performances and commitment to training.

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Mr L O’Brien

Under 11

Hockey

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hen availability and the weather allowed, the U11’s were capable of playing a very high standard of hockey. Undoubtedly, the highlight for the A team was their performance at the Wellington Tournament where they won four out of their ve matches. The B and C teams acquitted themselves well and enjoyed victories against Danes Hill. I look forward to their success being built upon in the future.

Mr A Down

Under 8

Hockey

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hat a terri c term for the U8/Form 1. In a busy 5 weeks, all pupils in the year group played a minimum of 2 external hockey xtures as well as House matches. Some were lucky enough to play three xtures.

We started the term well with tremendous xtures against Cranleigh, who were terri c hosts. Our A, B and C teams won all three games and showed great potential in the manner in which they played the game.

Danes Hill followed. Every pupil in the year played, and again, we had success on the eld, winning ve games and losing just one. By far the most pleasing aspect was the style of hockey being played. The nal game of the season was against Parkside. The teams played well and the matches were very competitive.

Particular mention for great performances and improved Hockey skills go to Alex Bull, Ben Honnor, Jack Harris, Cáitlin Watkins and Henry Colborne-Baber.

Mr L O’Brien

Under 9 Hockey

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he U9’s have had a busy few weeks of hockey and it has been great to see the enthusiasm from them all. From House hockey to xtures they have all been involved in competitive games and we have had some close matches against Cranleigh and Danes Hill, with some good wins. Unfortunately the snow led to the cancellation of one of our xtures. All the students have improved their skills over the term.

Mrs S Attree

Under 10

Hockey

I

ntense Hockey training started after half term with a view to playing more games in the sports hall and to improve handling skills. The U10’s always start the season with the Wellington Tournament which is a great chance to improve skills whilst playing competitive Hockey on a large pitch. 2 wins, 2 draws and a last minute loss was a great start to the season. This was followed with games against Parkside and then indoors against Danes Hill both resulting in draws at A team level, but some ne wins at B,C and D team level. Well done to all the players and keep practising your stick skills.

Mr M Mellstrom

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Cranmore heads

into Space!

E

ver wanted to be an astronaut? For some of our pupils they now know what it feels like! On a visit to the European Space Centre in Transinne, Belgium we had followed the Arianne Programme using the same training equipment used to train real astronauts.

Strapped into the gyro chair we were spinning all around and upside down but still had to try to write, neat homework would be a problem in space we discovered. It was then onto the spinning chair to learn how to counter giddiness, we spent about 30 seconds in the chair and found walking steadily afterwards hard – real astronauts spend 45 minutes in it every day. Our nal challenge was moon walking, attached to giant springs to simulate 6% gravity wearing a virtual reality mask this is as close as it gets to being on the moon.

Having learnt what it is like to be in Space we now just have to get there! With the help of our instructors and in groups of 4, we made model 2 stage rockets which we named and decorated before taking them out to the launch pad. After a count the rockets blasted into ‘space’ and once up the second stage deployed the parachute and our command module oated back to earth to be retrieved by our young astronauts.

An exciting day for parents and children alike.

Mr B Martin

Ghent

International Regatta

F

or the rst time in several years we took our top rowers to Ghent International Regatta in Belgium for a rowing camp and competition.

We trained on the purpose built 2000 metre rowing lake as well as on the small canal beside our host club, Gentse RS. It was a little daunting at rst, particularly with all the other clubs from Europe around us but we soon got used to the venue.

Regatta day was a whole new experience, with very strict rules, international judges and umpires, all of whom spoke 4 languages uently. Cranmore was the youngest overseas team in the event and so were frequently racing out of their age group. Although all the crews are briefed before going out on the water, once out on the course they have to get to the start and attach; it was clear to everyone that our crews were skilled and in full control of their boats.

As well as our boys crews we also had the ‘Cranmore girls’ rowing for the rst time; these are the sisters of our older pupils. We competed in the singles, doubles and quadruple sculls. Particular mention go to Arjun Kang who not only rowed but also steered the coxless quadruple scull for the rst time in a race.

Success came in the nal race of the regatta when our composite Cranmore/Danes Hill crew won the bronze medal in coxed U14 quadruple sculls – congratulations to Arjun Kang, Jett Dyason and Olivier Hinds.

Of course we had plenty of down time to enjoy the excellent facilities of our hostel and even visited the museum in Zeebrugge where we went on a cold war Russian submarine and a lightship.

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Mr B Martin

Cranmore

Rowing

W

inter does not stop Cranmore training! Although the river is often cold and inhospitable in winter it does not stop the keen Cranmore rowers from training. Our crews were out whenever possible rowing the large octuplet and quadruple sculling boats to get the miles in.

Sometimes it really was too cold to row so we headed for the pool to practice balancing exercises in the sculling boat and have fun in the kayaks. Of course we also worked out on the ergometers in the tness room which builds stamina but is not as much fun!

Mr B Martin

Junior

Report

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wonderful Easter term of sport for the Junior Department. Both Lower and Middle Preps took part in two new PE rotations this term; climbing and Uni-Hoc (indoor Hockey). Combined with their swimming and games lessons, their enthusiasm for sport was infectious, as was their progress. Upper Prep and Form 1 both took part in Rugby and Hockey, with xtures in place for Form 1 against Danes Hill, Parkside, Donhead and Cranleigh.

Our co-educational sports programme in the Junior Department continues to develop. Managing our growing group of girls with coaching sessions and Netball xtures has been a wonderful success, as was our trip to St. Georges Weybridge for our extended girls games session. Our Rugby, Netball and Hockey xtures were all co-educational with Cranmore boys and girls playing as one team.

Mr L O’Brien Director of Sport

Girls attend

Multi-Skills Sports Morning

T

he Upper Prep and Form One girls had a wonderful time at St. George’s Junior School for a multi-skills sports morning. All of the girls participated in a range of sports activity stations including: bench ball, hockey, rugby and football skills and netball shooting practice.

This allowed the girls to work in groups with new friends and experience a variety of activities throughout the morning.

A big well done to all of those involved!

Miss A Wilkinson

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Sporting Successes Played 498 individual xtures Across 10 sports from September 2017 – March 2018, we produced 108 individual Cranmore teams

Won

255

Cross Country

Drew

83

Rugby Murray Cup win.

Dunckley Shield win.

Record numbers attended cross country club each Wednesday after school.

Lost

126

Rowing Early on in the year we were fortunate

U9A went unbeaten at SHS Festival.

with the weather and this saw increased numbers at training each

4 xtures in the Easter term, Danes Hill,

U10A only two games at SHS Festival.

week and on Saturday mornings.

Worth, Epsom and Claremont Fan Court.

Hosts of the Surrey Rugby

Our rst quadruple scull raced in

Charlie Wilkinson and Milo Roe both won

Junior Schools Festival. 60 teams

the Weybridge Winter race showing

bronze at Worth.

from 22 different schools,

considerable maturity on a day when

U9, U10, U11.

conditions were challenging.

U11 team won Gold in team event at Worth.

The Hyne Cup race was held in February and gave us the opportunity

Milo Roe and Thomas Agar competed for the Guildford District Cross Country Team. From that race, Milo Roe has been asked to compete for the Surrey Team later this year.

to offer all our squads the chance of

Skiing At the British Inter School Ski

a race.

Participation at the Ghent International regatta during the Easter holidays.

Challenge in Pila, the U10’s nished 4th on day one and the U14’s nished 5th on day one.

Swimming

Ben Aldridge-Bate nished 5th overall and Grant Messinger nished 4th.

Cranmore hosted the IAPS Regional

4 co-educational Netball teams, from

swimming rounds. 10 schools, 144

Upper Prep and Form 1 played

swimmers racing over 3 hours.

St. Georges Weybridge in January. It was

IAPS nals in the summer term, at the

Hockey

London Aquatic centre.

Hockey has become the major sport this

On the back of the above IAPS event, we are expected to qualify for the national

term, a new progression for the sports U10 won the Surrey Schools Relays

programme, with co-education in mind longer term. We have increased our

U11 came 2nd in Surrey Schools Relays

Upper Prep’s rst chance to represent the school competitively in Netball.

Surrey Storm Super League netballer Tallisa Haynes delivered coaching session to pupils from Upper Prep and Form 1

inter-school xture programme from U8-

Our new Netball club is thriving with

U13 and made effective use of the Sports

pupil numbers.

Hall as a specialist indoor Hockey Facility.

Pupils number for Hockey Club, each

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Netball

Thursday and Friday are excellent, as are numbers attending after school practice.

School Achievements Captain of School:

Vice Captain:

Freddie Van Every

George Williams

Senior Department Of cials House

Captain

Vice Captain

BORELLI

Harvey Musgrave

Joshua Brown • Rhys Love

BOWEN

Jack O’Neill

Jonathan Harris • William Harris Jett Dyason • Marcus Muir

MORTON

Harri Roberts

Harvey Cook • Mattia Santoni

RADFORD

Finlay Galbraith

William Styger

STOKES

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-

TYLOR

Oliver Stiles

Jonte Kemp

Sports Captains & Vice Captains Sport

Captain

Vice Captain

Cross Country

Samuel Kelsall

Morgan Cook • George Williams

Golf

Arjun Kang

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Rowing

Arjun Kang

Jett Dyason

Rugby

Jack O’Neill

Oliver Stiles

Skiing

George Williams

Joshua Amor

Squash

William Harris

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Swimming

Morgan Cook

Thomas Jamieson

Librarians

Music, Drama & Art

Thomas Jamieson

Head Chorister

Thomas Jamieson

Arjun Kang

Leader of Orchestra

Jonte Kemp

Marcus Muir

Band Leader

Arjun Kang

Mattia Santoni

Drama Captain

Jonty Durie

Drama Vice Captains

Thomas Jamieson • Arjun Kang

Chaplaincy

Art Captain

Mattia Santoni

Thomas Jamieson

Art Vice Captain

Marcus Muir

Jack O’Neill

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Individual Awards & Trophies Easter Term 2018 Rugby Aaryan Sangha

Lewis Cup

Most Improved U11 Rugby Player

Ben Cooper

Brennan Cup

Best U11 Rugby Player

Rafe Cook

Bailey Cup

Best U11/12 Sevens Player

Archie Soley

Campbell Cup

Most Improved U12 Rugby Player

Max Towers

Weatherly Cup

Best U12 Rugby Player

Freddie Van Every

Jenkins Cup

Best Sevens Player

Josh Brown

Woods Cup

Most Improved U13 Rugby Player

Finlay Galbraith

Rowlands Cup

Highest Try Scorer

Oliver Stiles

Reynolds Cup

Commitment to Senior Rugby

George Williams

Walster Cup

Best U13 Rugby Player

Jack O'Neill

Woods Cup

Best Forward

Harri Roberts

Gazzard Cup

Rugby Tourist of the Year

Sports Colours Easter 2018 Art Mattia Santoni

Squash Full Colours

Rugby

U13 Full Colours

Jonathan Harris

U13 Full Colours

Joshua Brown

U13 Full Colours

Jonty Durie

U13 Full Colours

Harri Roberts

U13 Full Colours

Morgan Cook

U13 Full Colours

Joshua Brown

U13 Full Colours

Finlay Galbraith

U13 Full Colours

Jonathan Harris

U13 Full Colours

Cross Country

Jack O’Neill

U13 Full Colours

Morgan Cook

U13 Full Colours

Freddie Van Every

U13 Full Colours

Samuel Kelsall

U13 Full Colours

Harri Roberts

U13 Full Colours

George Williams

U13 Full Colours

Oliver Stiles

U13 Full Colours

Thomas Agar

U13 Half Colours

Liam Styger

U13 Full Colours

Milo Roe

U13 Half Colours

George Williams

U13 Full Colours

Henry Williams

U13 Half Colours

William Harris

U13 Full Colours

Skiing

Rhys Love

U13 Full Colours

Mattia Santoni

U13 Full Colours

Harvey Cook

U13 Full Colours

Samuel Kelsall

U13 Full Colours

George Williams

Full Colours

Josh Amor

Full Colours

Ben Aldridge-Bate

Full Colours

Rowing

Swimming

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William Harris

Freddie Van Every

U13 Full Colours

Morgan Cook

U13 Full Colours

Thomas Jamieson

U13 Half Colours

Arjun Kang

Full Colours

Jett Dyason

Half Colours

Marcus Muir

Half Colours

Junior Department Of cials House

Captain

Vice Captain

BORELLI

Edward Birtchnell

Ben Honnor

BOWEN

Charlie Steer

Alex Bowen

MORTON

Bertie Guise Tucker

Joe Evans

RADFORD

Jack Harris

Mathew Macias

STOKES

Kobey Mack

Brennan Coletta

TYLOR

Max Odlind

Henry Colborne-Baber

Junior Of cials First Aid Monitors

Xavier Taylor • Alexander Rodzianko

Junior Librarians

Etienne Spacie • Noah Cobb

Music Monitors

Jamie Ellis • Samuel Millington

Assembly Monitors

Josh Turnbull • Stephen Harjo

Junior Department Easter Term 2018 Awards & Trophies Progress Cup Progress Cup for Reading Ones

Thomas Aczel

Progress Cup for Reading Uppers

Robbie Paul

Science

Staff News

The O’Leary Cup for Science

Samuel Millington

Jennings Cup – Lower Prep All Round Effort

Brandon Chan

Andrew Bogle

Swimming

L

The Poole Cup

George Steen

The Sylge Cup

Brennan Coletta

ast term we said farewell to our Bursar, Andrew Bogle, who has given Cranmore tremendous service since he joined the school in 2003. Successful schools thrive on a strong relationship between the Head and Bursar.

I have been most fortunate to have Andrew working alongside me throughout my tenure here and his expertise and dedication have made an enormous impact. In particular, he has been the key project manager for all the capital investment during the last 15 years. We all wish Andrew a most happy and successful retirement.

Babies

Mr M Connolly

New Staff Melanie Moule Deputy Manager of Cranmore Nursery (Maternity Cover)

Nika Stefano

Teaching Assistant, Junior Department

Congratulations to Emma Lee on the birth of Olivia Harriet Louise Lee, born on 23 January 2018

Congratulations to Aimée Palmer on the birth of Teddy and Dillon Palmer, born on 31 March 2018

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Forest School Building

slate towers

Easter fir cone &

spoon races!

Cranmore School Independent Preparatory School for girls and boys 2 ½ - 13

01483 280340 • www.cranmoreprep.co.uk Cranmore School Epsom Road, West Horsley Surrey KT24 6AT