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EASTER TERM 2019
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Clubs Drama Art Music Sport Achievements Staff News Forest School
At the pumpkin
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Teamwork!
The enormous sunflower
Friends
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UM Make their own
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Onatti Theatre Company visit the Seniors
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t the end of November 2nd, 3rd and 4th Form were treated to a visit from the Onatti Theatre Company, who performed ‘Ticket pour l’espace’.
‘The costume changes were great and I loved how they invited Cranmore pupils on stage. The acting was good and I basically loved everything!’ 4
‘The play was amazing. I understood nearly everything.’
‘I loved how the actors performed to help us understand what they were saying in French.’
Junior
Language Challenge
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his year, 33 Form 1, 2 and 3 students participated in the Junior Language Challenge. They started off learning Spanish. All the students did very well with Gabriel and Alex progessing to the second round where they had to learn Khmer during the summer holidays. In September we hosted the semi-final, which was a very tough competition. Gabriel and Alex were in the top 150 out of 2500 participants in UK this year. This competition is a fantastic opportunity to play with languages for fun and raise money for charity. We have raised £165 for the charity Onebillion. Well done to all our linguists, we are very proud of you!
N Meneghin
Head of Languages
Learning Khmer When I first heard that I had to learn Khmer, I didn’t even know where it was spoken! I then found out it is the language of Cambodia. Khmer sounded extremely challenging at first - like an alien language - but after a while my ear got more used to it and I could hear the individual words. I then started to hear some words I already knew. You may know some of these words too because they are taken directly from French. For example, the name of countries such as Nouveau Zeelande, Danemark, Egypte, Allemagne. Also beurre, cravate, pain, tee, pomme, fraise, fromage. I read that Cambodia had been a protectorate of France so that is why French words had passed into Khmer. What I liked about learning Khmer was funny-sounding words like khlaakhmumtokataa which means teddy bear or kraemleapbaboomuat (lipstick). It was easy to remember some words because they are like English words (‘chat’ means umbrella) so they stick in your head. My favourite Khmer word I learnt is turasap (telephone). The most difficult word was suntan lotion - thnamleap sbaek kaapea komdaothnga.
A. Hayward
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Microscopic
Work
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uring the Christmas term, the 4th form focused on plant and animal cells. Using microscopes the students were able to observe different cells. These are pictures of stomata which are small openings on the underside of leaves where carbon dioxide and oxygen enter and leave the plant. They are operated by guard cells.
Mr S Minikin
A lesson from
Mr Everitt plays for Irish Legends v France Bermuda 2018
Bermuda!
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uring a break between games at the World Rugby Classic, Deputy Head, Barry Everitt taught a lesson on transect sampling from Bermuda. At 7:30am local time Mr Everitt was linked to his class, 3H, here at Cranmore School and they were able to investigate the organisms and habitats on a transect line from the edge of the beach down and into the sea. Although Mr Everitt was more than 3,400 miles away two-way High Definition Video communication was possible and made the learning memorable. Bella the Bear certainly seemed to be enjoying herself!
Mr S Minkin
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Christmas Term
in the Library
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uring Book Week we had our customary Book Fair in the library corridor. Children enjoyed choosing their own books and we raised £1,866 in sales, giving us over £1,000 to spend on commission books. The Senior Librarians Jai, Jake, Olivier and Will were a huge help with this and gave assistance and advice to pupils and parents. We also had a visiting author and playwright, David Wood, come for a day of performance and workshops with all the pupils from Form 3 and below. He gave a wonderful performance of his book ‘The Gingerbread Man’ in assembly, and then talked to many of the classes about how he writes his books. To mark Book Week we held a Great Cranmore Book Bake-off with an amazing selection of cakes on the theme of books. Everyone’s imagination ran wild and there were many fabulous entries. It was so hard for the judges to choose the winners! The next excitement was the start of the Awesome Book Awards for 2019. Over 40 children signed up to read the 5 shortlisted books and vote for them next term. The copies have been flying out of the library! I wonder which author will win this year?
The Parents’ Reading Group is thriving, with some new members to welcome. We started off the term with an evening out at Ashuka in Merrow to talk about the books we had read over the summer. Since then we have read ‘The Power’ – a dystopian tale by Namoi Alderman, ‘In Extremis’, a biography of Marie Colvin by Lindsey Hilsum and ‘Home Front’ by Kristin Hannah – a dramatic exploration of the toll war takes on an ordinary American family. In our Breakfast Book Club for parents and pupils in Forms 3 and 4, we have read ‘The Explorer’ and ‘Rooftoppers’ – both by Katherine Rundell – and ‘Goblins’ by Philip Reeve. It is always fun to hear the different views of young and old(er) readers!
Mrs S Trumble
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wo Third Formers, Ronan and Charlie, were delighted to receive letters from well-known authors. The children had written to them as part of an English homework set during Book Week in October. Ronan had a response from Christopher Paolini in Maine, U.S.A. and Charlie was sent a letter by British writer, Tom Palmer. Both authors thanked them for writing and urged them to carry on reading. Congratulations to Ronan and Charlie!
Mr M Chapman
CPA Equipment
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Gone Forever
Congratulations... ...to Hugo R, whose poem was shortlisted for the final 20 from over 2,000 entries in the key stage 2 category of a national poetry competition run by WWF UK.
Orangutans swing gracefully through the bright emerald green canopy. Stretching and climbing to be at one with the forest. Happiness glints in their eyes as they dance to the symphony of birds singing and crickets playing their violins. The trees twist and bend, reaching for the bright midday sun. Sunlight shimmers on their orange coats of gold. The beautiful forest ends abruptly. A dry barren land stretches ahead of them. Their old wrinkled faces ponder what they see before them. Trees flattened, Dying, Burning. Their land stolen from them. The devastation and destruction hits their ancient eyes and makes them water. Fear burns up inside them and boils into anger. They cling to their trees. In the far distance palm oil plants rise from their forest. Their dying forest. Gone forever.
Hugo R
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European Day
of Languages
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o celebrate this day we had quizzes in our Form times, and a fantastic themed lunch, cooked by our wonderful Kitchen team. In the afternoon the Founder of the Linguascope website, Monsieur Stéphane Derône talked to the 5th and 6th Form about the importance of learning foreign languages. He gave us advice how to enjoy it and learn languages in a fun way, with a few mnemotechnic tips. In the afternoon, the 4th Form enjoyed asking Mr Derone questions about his website. They were very impressed!
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Linguascope receives around 1 million of visitors a week? 80% of schools in the UK are using the Linguascope website as well as lots of other countries such as Afghanistan, New-Zealand and Iran. We can practise 11 different languages, English and Welsh included. Monsieur Derône was inspired by the movie ‘Finding Nemo’ when he created the yellow fish - Mascot of Linguascope. He works with people from 7 different nationalities. He is French, like Ms Meneghin!
Christmas Lunch
The Big Enormous
Present!
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he Junior Department enjoyed a superb performance by The Pied Piper Theatre Company, of The Big, Enormous Present’. The production was full of colour and music and it told the story of ‘The Big, Enormous Present’ appearing in the school playground. The show explored how giving can sometimes feel as good as receiving, how the biggest present isn’t always the best and how sometimes the joy of seeing family can be the best present of all.
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Borelli House Report
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e began the year by welcoming our new Second Form cohort to Borelli House alongside two new members of staff: Mr Hodgson and Miss Moore. They have all made a very positive contribution to our House over their first term and we look forward to more of the same. Our new House Captains (Oliver Broadbelt, Jake Armitage and Elliot Rose) have been doing a fine job of leading us and helping all of Borelli to pull together. It was nice to see the House’s efforts rewarded with victory in the weekly merit competition and we hope that 2019 brings further success.
Mr T Heaver
Bowen
House Report
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his Autumn term has once again shown how versatile and talented the pupils in Bowen are.
House Master
football and rugby. In the house football, we finished fourth overall, but congratulations to the fourth form who were joint winners of their competition. In the rugby, there were some fine performances. Overall, a successful term. Well done!
The pupils have also been working hard on the House music song, ‘Bad Guys’, from Bugsy Malone, which will be performed in February and are hoping to regain the trophy for the third time in five years. On the sports fields the different age groups have been involved in house
F. O’Neill
House Master
In the merits, the house has finished in the top three ten times out of the twelve weeks and seen Jai, our house captain, collecting the trophy on three occasions – which is an outstanding accomplishment from all the pupils. The term also saw most of the house reach 100 merits, eight achieving over 200 merits and two pupils attaining over 300 merits.
Morton
House Report
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orton have had a busy and enjoyable term. Our new second form intake arrived and immediately settled into the House. We have had some fantastic merit totals with many of the children gaining their 100 and 200 merit certificates. On the sports field we achieved success in the House Football Tournaments with everyone given the opportunity to play. Towards the end of term we started to plan for the House Music Competition and are looking forward to performing ‘Food Glorious Food’ next year.
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House Master
Radford House Report
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adford had a great start to the Christmas term, wanting to build on the success of winning the House Shield last year. Our new Head of House, Haris MacNicol opened our first meeting with a rousing speech, encouraging the boys and girls of Radford to rise up and do their best. We also welcomed Dr Verny White into
Radford and hope that her singing expertise will help us ‘do the double’ or win House Music for the second year in a row! We have had some pupil led House assemblies with some interesting and engaging themes and we look forward to more of these next year.
Mr J Hinds
House Master
Stokes House Report
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tokes won the weekly Merit total in the last week of term, which has spurred them on I hope, to win this more frequently in the Easter term.
On the sports side there has been some great House matches and Stokes have done well in both the House football and rugby matches. With the House singing next term all of Stokes have worked well on learning, ‘We will Rock You’. We are confident that we will put in a good performance on the day!
Mr M Mellstrom
House Master
Tylor House Report
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his term, Tylor House has spent time getting to know the new second form Tylor pupils. We have enjoyed working together in mixed age groups on collaborative tasks such as Mr Jakubowski’s jigsaw challenge and a House quiz. Tylor pupils have had a successful term with many members of the House gaining impressive merit totals for the term.
Mrs R Spooner
House Mistress
House Football
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Form 2
Residential
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fter waving goodbye to school, the 2nd Form set off on their residential adventure to Grosvenor Hall in Ashford, Kent. On the way, we stopped off at Leeds Castle to visit the maze and grotto. We watched the Battle of Britain interactive show, had lunch and of course visited the playground. When we got to Grosvenor Hall, we had a guided tour around the centre and were then showed the way to our tents, where the children were put into their room groups and set about making beds and unpacking bags. Over the course of the three days, the children experienced zip wires, laser quests, climbing, aero-ball, obstacle courses , archery and the dreaded ‘Leap of Faith’. The tents were super comfy and the children slept really well, despite the wind on the last evening. A great time was had by all, many memories and new friendships have been made, and the children returned home ready and eager to face the challenge of life in the Seniors.
Mr J Hinds
Form 4
Operation Encounter
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xpert advice and guidance from former army officers ensured that Form 4’s trip to Operation Encounter near Marlow in October was a day to remember. The children were split into four groups and took part in three activities: raft building and racing; an assault course where team skills came to the fore and team building exercises. Lunch was enlivened by real army rations, heated up and served to the pupils. The ginger pudding and sauce was particularly popular.
Mr Chapman
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Mr J Hinds
Rowers blown off course!
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ur annual trip to the Southampton Boat Show was curtailed by the gale force winds in the Solent which prevented us from going on a rib ride or joining Rockley for dinghy sailing and stand up paddle boarding. We still managed to tour the Tall Ships challenger and test the hammocks out ready for our voyage next summer. We also saw ‘Lively Lady’, the small yacht Sir Alex Rose sailed around the world solo as well as a 4 masted schooner.
Mr B Martin
Form 5
Residential
Out & About
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hether it was getting the team across a river, rescuing a trapped pilot from underground or guiding each other blindfolded round an assault course, the 5th Form rose to the challenge that their weekend away at Mill on the Brue presented to them. Whilst the weather added to the challenge on the Saturday their tenacity and team work saw them through. Mr MacKinnon and I were delighted with the outcome. The instructors were complimentary about the children, their ability to solve problems and to work together as a team. Everyone gained from the weekend away, through developing greater self-belief, problem solving, listening skills, team working and understanding of each other.
Mr C Doyle-Davidson
The residential was amazing and I wish that the fun would never end.
It was great fun, especially the bridge building and the zip wire.
I loved Mill on the Brue as we were building trust with everyone in the year.
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Liturgical Life
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he Christmas term was a busy one and it is easy to overlook the many special moments we had. Wintershall actors came in to give a wonderful Biblical Drama assembly. Charlie from Mary’s Meals came in and told us about the great work that their Charity does. We had Robin Radley who spoke about his work in Southern India and the 5th and 6th Form took a wonderful assembly on Remembrance and helped us all to understand the sacrifice made by others. Prayer and worship continue to be at the heart of Cranmore. Our New School Mass brought us all together at the start of the academic year and
our St Andrew Mass was a moment for us to pause and thank God for our community. We have continued to reach out to others and to help our pupils understand the importance of helping those less fortunate. The Harvest Mass Offerings were really generous and the Homeless Hostels and local communities were so grateful. The term came to close with a wonderful Carol Service.
Mr Jakubowski
School Chaplain
School Council trip to Westminster
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he newly elected members of the School Council visited the Palace of Westminster, the home of British Democracy. On our arrival, we watched a short film which explained the history of democracy in Great Britain. After this we entered the historic Houses of Parliament. We were lucky enough to be able to enter both the House of Lords and the House of Commons as there were no debates taking place that day. After lunch, we spent some time exploring the Churchill War Rooms and museum.
Mrs R Spooner
Cake Sale
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owards the end of term, the School Council held a Christmas themed cake sale. The School Council representatives sold an array of delicious cakes and biscuits to our senior pupils during morning break. Thanks to their efforts, ÂŁ285 was raised and this money will be shared between two charities: Horsley and Bookham Riding for the Disabled and Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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Clubs
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The Inn-Spectors Nativity Lower and Middle Prep
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Lights, Camels, Action! Upper Prep and Form One
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Senior Drama Report
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upils in Senior Drama lessons have practically explored plays, such as A Christmas Carol, adapted from Charles Dickens’ novel and The Pied Piper, adapted by Adrian Mitchell. They have demonstrated a range of performance skills, in order to bring these popular characters to life.
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AMDA lessons have been a popular extra curricular Drama activity this term for Forms 1-6 pupils, learning the importance of delivering text confidently and using their vocal skills to communicate meaning effectively.
Art
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Music Results Grade 1
Cello
Merit
Thomas Spencer
Flute
Merit
Caitlin Watkins
Singing
Merit
George Steen
Trumpet
Merit
Oliver Coleman
Singing
Pass
Mathew Macias
Singing
Pass
Grade 3
William McDougall
Piano
Pass
Haris MacNicol
Guitar
Pass
Benjamin McKay
Singing
Pass
Alex Roberts
Guitar
Pass
James Crisp
Piano
Merit
Frederick Barklam
Alto Sax
Merit
Stanley Gwanoya
Trombone
Merit
Alexander Hayward
Singing
Merit
Pascale Weidner
Violin
Merit
Josh Lyons
Flute
Merit
Rowan Groenewald
Piano
Distinction
Dominic Powell
Singing
Merit
Jack Harris
Clarinet
Distinction
Adrian Groenewald
Piano
Distinction
Joseph Norton
Violin
Distinction
Jake Soellaart
Singing
Distinction
Singing
Distinction
Grade 5 Charles Elson
Grade 2
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Alexander Bull
Michael Bosman
Violin
Pass
Grade 6
Cameron Brown
Piano
Pass
Charlie Barklam
Singing
Merit
Sebastian Crehan Mills
Piano
Pass
Joseph Howes
Piano
Distinction
James Crisp
Cello
Pass
Max Loest
Clarinet
Pass
Grade 7
Joshua Weatherall
Des Recorder
Pass
Brayden Jose
Horn
Distinction
Sam Barklam
Horn
Merit
Junior Music
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he Junior Music Department have had a fantastic term and I have really enjoyed being part of their music making. The term kicked off with our Harvest Assembly. The quality of singing was wonderful and the Junior Chamber and Training Choirs sang Turn Back the Clocks very charmingly. The Lower and Middle Prep children performed in the fantastic ‘InnSpectors’ nativity. There were dazzling dances by the Lower Prep children and incredible acting from the Middle Preps. The singing was first class and all children did so well to learn the words in just three weeks. The Upper
Prep and Form One children put on the spectacular production called ‘Lights, Camel, Action - Strictly the Nativity’, which told the traditional nativity story in a very funky and contemporary way. The dancing, singing and acting was very professional; a 10 out of 10 performance from the children. There have been two excellent music assemblies. In the second of these, the Training Choir performed their showcase ‘Spider Song’. All pupils performed confidently and musically with great enjoyment. The Junior Chamber Choir have also had a wonderful term. They sang the moving ‘A Child’s Prayer’ hymn at the
All Saints’ Church in Ockham with George Steen accompanying one of the hymns on his trumpet. Daniel Aazh in Upper Prep performed on the santur, an Iranian instrument, during a whole school assembly. It was a breath-taking performance. We rounded off the term with a fabulous Carol Service.
Mrs J Thornton
Senior Music
Woking Festival Results
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he first musical outing of the academic year was to Charterhouse for their Prep Schools Wind Band Day. Members of the Cranmore Wind Band rehearsed various pieces in small ensembles throughout the day and then massed together with pupils from other schools to learn two big band numbers. From marches to waltzes and folk tunes to popular melodies, the variety of music and standard of playing on show was very impressive. Following the rehearsals, the pupils performed in a wonderfully entertaining tea time concert. As well as enjoying the music they played, the delicious Charterhouse cake was also a big hit with our pupils. Senior Department Action Day is always a very popular event within the school calendar and the level of preparation and the quality of the pupils acts were particularly impressive this year. From pianists to saxophonists and magicians to dancers, this was a really fun day for the children. This is an annual charity event and Cranmore parents have always donated generously, raising over £40,000 for good causes in the last ten years or so. This year we were raising funds for three charities: Mary’s Meals, the Indian Flood Emergency Fund and our link School, St Kizito. Once again, the musical talents of our top musicians shone brightly at the Woking Festival.
Wind Band • Winners of School Band U14 Class Distinction Orchestra • Winners of School Orchestra U14 Class Commended Chamber Choir • Winners of School Choirs U13 class Commended Freddie Barklam • Grade 6 Piano Class Commended Charlie Barklam • Piano Challenge U14 Class Commended My congratulations also to Joshua Weatherall who performed at the Farnham Music Festival in the Woodwind & Brass (ages 7-10) class and was awarded an ‘excellent’ grade for his recorder playing. News also reached us that Alexander Hayward had been successful in his recent audition for the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and has therefore been invited to join the National Youth Boys’ Choir. Well done, Alexander. The standard of guitar playing at Crannore is high and it was a pleasure to listen to all the senior guitar pupils perform in an afternoon concert. It has become tradition that their teacher, Mr Smith, plays a short piece at the end of the concert and this year was no exception. I really enjoyed his version of the jazz tune, ‘Confirmation’. The Senior Chamber Choir won their category at the Woking Music Festival in November. It was a great success for them and a fantastic evening of choral music. This choir were selected for their recording of ‘The First Noel’ to be played on Eagle Radio and BBC Surrey.
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ranmore is honoured to be chosen as one of the top 50 Prep Schools in the country for Cricket by the Cricketer Magazine’s Good Schools Guide. The selection was based upon our provision of the sport, opportunities to represent the School in fixtures and our outstanding facilities. This is a fantastic achievement and reflects the hard work and commitment from staff, pupils and parents. Well done, everyone.
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Cross Country
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hristmas Term saw the Cross Country team make an encouraging start to the season with two strong performances. Our first race was at Surbiton High School, where a large number of athletes gathered to contest the opening round of the English Schools’ Athletics Association Cross Country Cup. Our U13 team – consisting of Thomas Bull, Ben Cooper, Max Loest, Tommy McNamara, Alexander Wood and Henry Williams – turned in a fine display, but sadly it was not enough to secure qualification for the next round. Later in the term, Charterhouse acted as hosts for the Guildford and Waverley district trials, where Alexander Wood and Tommy McNamara put in commanding performances which earned them both places in the Guildford team and the opportunity to compete for their district. Commiserations must go to Ben Cooper who missed out on selection by the narrowest of margins.
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Football
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here were over thirty teams representing Cranmore with 192 matches played across the U7 – U13 age groups. Cranmore teams are known for their attacking flair, this was evident in that 482 goals were scored this season. There were several notable achievements, the 1st VII being runners-up at the Parkside Sevens, the U11 finishing runners-up at the Shrewsbury House tournament, the U9B winning the Plate at Downsend, the U8s winning the Plate at Cumnor House and finishing runners-up at the KCJS tournament. The U7 A & B teams were also runners-up at their respective Cranmore tournaments. The end of the season culminated in the Henkes Shield. This year, the matches were played in glorious sunshine, in stark contrast to the previous 2 years of heavy rain. Once again, all the teams played some fantastic football and at the end the scores across the 8 games added up to a draw 4-4. The rules state that the holders have to gain four and a half points to retain the Shield. So after seven years, Rokeby regained the Shield. The coaches are already planning how to reclaim the Henkes Shield next year. My thanks go to all the coaches for their hard work throughout the season and to the catering and maintenance staff for all their hard work preparing match teas and the pitches.
Mr F O’Neill
U9 Football
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he U9s had an enjoyable season of Football. Numbers and enthusiasm remained high throughout the term at training and improvement from all teams was clearly evident. The ‘A’ team were unfortunate to lose a number of closely contested matches. Their best performance was at the Downsend Tournament where they lost narrowly in the semi-final on penalties. The ‘B’ team won all of their matches in this tournament and conceded only once. The highlight of their season was a 6-1 victory against Rokeby in the Henkes Shield. Both the ‘C’ and ‘D’ teams remained unbeaten throughout the season which was a fantastic achievement. Their success was based upon sound basic skills and a strong sense of teamwork. The ‘E’ team came close to following this only to lose their final match. All players were a pleasure to coach and I am sure, with continued hard work and commitment, they will continue to progress.
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U10 Football
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he Third Form enjoyed a busy season of football with over forty matches played in what turned out to be a very competitive circuit. The overall standard of the year group improved vastly during training and this led to most pupils being versatile enough to play in each of the positions required at this age group. The teams began and ended the season with tough games against KCJS. What was most noticeable in the latter fixtures was how much more clinical both the organisation in defence and the finishing in attack was. Probably the highlight of the season for them was the four victories and a draw against Danes Hill. The A team reversing a 7-2 loss against King’s by beating them 8-1 a month later was also very pleasing. All of the teams showed similar progression. The B team showed great consistency throughout the season. It was a shame that they couldn’t round it off with a victory in their last match where they secured a halfpoint for the School in the Henkes Shield against Rokeby. The A team finished the season with two excellent performances; a hardfought draw against Northcote Lodge and a nail-biting win in the Henkes Shield against Rokeby. The high levels of performance in these games were matched by the determination and ruthlessness shown by the team. Well done to all.
Mr S. Phillips
U11
Football
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he season for the U11 A team started with the Shrewsbury House tournament. The team played some great football to reach the final, where unfortunately they lost to the hosts. The team was based on pace, skill and a rock-solid defence. At the IFAS National qualifiers, the team again performed superbly and were
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unlucky to lose to Aldro in the quarter- finals. September saw the team defeat Parkside 11-1 and after narrow defeats to Danes Hill and KCJS the team rediscovered their form to beat Danes Hill in the return fixture, Longacre and Cumnor House, Unfortunately, the season ended in two narrow defeats to Shrewsbury House and Rokeby in the Henkes Shield.
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Highlights from the other U11 teams would be the U11B defeating Danes Hill 4-2 after being 2-1 down, the U11 C defeating Parkside 7-0, the U11 D defeating Parkside 15-0 and the U11 E defeating Downsend 6-0. Across all the Under 11 teams the football was certainly entertaining for the spectators with 114 goals scored and 107 goals conceded!!
Mr F O’Neill
Golf Report
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Once again the Henkes Shield match against Rokeby was a pulsating affair. After being 1 nil down, then 2-1 up with three minutes to go, Rokeby equalised. With a draw looking the most likely result, the team’s perseverance come to the fore and in ‘Fergie Time’, the winner was deservedly scored. A great way to finish the season.
olf has continued to be enjoyed by many pupils. Although the Christmas Term is traditionally a quiet term for golf we have maintained a golf fixture list and had an afternoon Clinic run by Sam and Phil who are the professionals at The Drift Golf Club. Our first fixture of the term was an ISGA fixture which took place at Sunningdale Ladies Course. Max Towers and James Maylen played really very well and enjoyed playing a very friendly course. In September Darragh Finlayson, Oliver Broadbelt and Max Towers took part in the Whitgift Prep School Competition that was held at Croham Golf Course. It was a great way to finish the week and all the players improved as their round went on.
Mr F O’Neill
Mr Jakubowski
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he summer transfer window saw nine players leave for pastures new and five players arrive from the U11 team last year. The match against The Hawthorns saw the team play some scintillating football and scoring eight goals. At the Parkside seven a side tournament, the team started slowly and missed out on the main competition on goal difference. With confidence growing the team eased through the quarter final and semi-final of the Plate to set up a final against Downsend.
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Rowing News
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t was wonderful to see so many 3rd and 4th formers coming down to row after the Summer Holiday Rowing course. Over the term we have been regularly putting out 2 octuples plus a fleet of smaller boats. With excellent rowing conditions everyone has made great progress and enjoyed being out on the river. Unfortunately our first event in Bath was cancelled due to the weather but our doubles raced at the Weybridge Silver sculls and look forward to racing again at Walton Small Boats Head and our J13 quadruple scull put in a great time on the 3000 metre Burway Head of the River Course. We are looking forward to more races later in the season. Our squad has also been training on land in the fitness room on the ergometers ready for the South of England Indoor Rowing championships in February. We will enter both individual and team events. It is, of course, not all about rowing. We enjoyed a great day at the Southampton Boat Show even if strong winds prevented us from participating in the waterborne activities. Our annual Christmas party and ten pin bowling is always a fun way to end the term.
Mr B Martin
U9 Rugby
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he U9s are a keen and enthusiastic group and have started to adapt well to the U9 rules. The year group has so far played twenty matches across A-F teams and the skill level has increased throughout each game. They all enjoyed House rugby, where the competition was played in good spirits and everyone played a major role in their team’s performances– Borelli deservedly winning the competition.
Mr F O’Neill
U8 GIRLS’ HOCKEY
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s always the children are ready for the start of the Rugby season and are really keen to show off their skills. For many it is the first time that they have played, ‘the ruck’, but for those who are attending the local clubs they have been doing this since September. It always takes a while to sort out the teams but with mainly Saturday fixtures to start the season off it has allowed the coaches to see plenty of playing time on the practice ground. The early game against Danes Hill allowed the sides to sort out some early problems. After that it has been plain sailing with some good results against Northcote Lodge, Cranleigh and St George’s. Going forward all the teams have been working hard on their tackling and re-aligning and are looking forward to putting it into practice over the coming months.
Mr M Mellstrom
U11 Rugby
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he Fourth Form have had a challenging start to their season. The focus for the first half of the season was on skill acquisition and in defensive realignment. The rewards from this were just beginning to be seen and were particularly evident as each team recorded victories against King’s House and CLFS. The A squad started well, finishing as runners up in festivals at Worth and also Danes Hill, where they put in their best performance of the term. I hope that the whole year group can continue to improve as rapidly as they did. A great second half of the season lies ahead.
Mr S. Phillips
U12 Rugby
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he Fifth Form have enjoyed a wonderful start to their season. They played a fast-flowing and exciting brand of rugby that enabled them to win 8 of their 10 games played, including the A team remaining unbeaten. I hope that this has continued at the time of publication although some very tough fixtures and sevens festivals lie ahead.
Mr S. Phillips
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U13 Rugby The U13s started their rugby block at the Worth Festival in the first week of the season. Despite limited training sessions prior to the event the team performed exceptionally well. Cranmore progressed out of the group stages and won the knock out match to reach the final of the festival. This was a fantastic achievement, especially as most of our opponents on the day had been playing rugby since the start of term in September. Further matches throughout the term against
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Northcote Lodge and Hurstpierpoint showed there was progress being made. This was further evident with a very good performance against Cranleigh. The performance of the season to date was on the Henderson Fields against Sevenoaks where the team showed more of their potential and won against a very strong and worthy opponent. To finish off the term, the final game resulted in a convincing win away against Worth School and House rugby concluded a fantastic start to the rugby season.
Mr P Hodgson
Skiing
eptember saw the start of the dry slope ski racing and it was straight down to Southampton for the ESSKIA (English Schools Ski Association) Qualifiers. Southampton is notorious for being fast and steep and has often caught skiers out and this year was no exception with over 40 of the 120 racers DSQ on the course, including Cranmore’s very talented U14A squad. All was not lost, both the U11A & B squads set the two fasted times of the day and therefore qualified for the finals. Next it was off to Aldershot for the Surrey Ski Championship, a slightly different event with both Primary and Secondary Schools entered. This was a chance for Cranmore to enter a U9 Girls team and even though 3 of the skiers are in the Upper Preps they secured a great second place finish. In the boys there was a bronze medal for Jimmy Downing in the U9. Followed by Gold and Bronze in the U11 section a great result. The U14 team fought hard but having to ski against boys a year older is always hard, however, they did secure a silver medal. Congratulation to Grant Messinger who recorded the fastest time of the day by over a second in the Primary Schools. We then returned to Norwich for the ESSKIA finals, a simple course on a beautiful slope but not very steep. This will always suit heavier skiers especially when there is bad weather and a strong wind blowing up the course. At the end of the first round Cranmore’s U11A squad were half a second behind and even though they all improved on the second run they were unable to claw back the difference losing by 800th/ sec. However, a silver medal at the National is an amazing result and a great way to finish off this half terms skiing.
Mr M Mellstrom
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Squash Report
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he popularity of squash continues to grow, with more debutants playing this term than ever before. Two games against CLFS saw some excellent performances. The highlight of the Squash Autumn Term is the Lancing College Tournament. This year proved to be successful with three of the four finals reaching the finals of their competition and finished Runners- Up in all three. Well done to all those who took part on the day.
Mr F O’Neill
Swimming
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ranmore swimming started in earnest with a couple of changes in the training times, and an early gala against CLFS. This was to prove very successful with a good win in their new pool. Some of the senior children competed in the Surrey and South of England Relay Qualifiers and put in some great times finishing in second and third place. We now await to see if they will make the finals later in the year. Moving on, the next gala was against Kings College, Wimbledon and a chance to swim in a 30m pool, something of a novelty and I guess going forward
something that will be lost, as theirs is being rebuilt as we speak. Another good win with some fine swims from older pupils. A nice break for half term and it was back to Downsend where we were without our swimming captain and senior county swimmer as well as a few other key swimmers. This was a closely fought contest and Cranmore only lost by 8 points a good result as there were a number of pupils swimming up a year. This was quickly followed by a quadrangular against Parkside, Danes Hill and Hawthorns, and with a depleted squad due to the Woking Music Festival ( which they won) we were victors once again. This was also a chance for some of the U8 to swim for the school and they were magnificent.
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Girls’ U8 Hockey
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Juniors
ranmore U8 girls played their first ever competitive hockey earlier this term, at a tournament hosted by St George’s Junior School. All the training in lessons beforehand paid off and the girls played really well, starting the day with a 3-0 win. Throughout the morning there was some great hockey - impressive attacking and defending skills were shown. The girls positional play and commitment were outstanding.
Mrs S Attree
Netball
Junior Sport Report
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unior sport kicked off the year with Form One playing in a whole year group football fixture against Danes Hill during the first week of term. No fewer than nine U8 Cranmore teams took part in the fixture, with some matches being played at Cranmore and the rest hosted by Danes Hill. Two further whole year football fixtures took place against Parkside and Downsend in the following weeks, allowing the year group to experience the joys of playing matches against other schools whilst having the opportunity to represent Cranmore School. Cranmore entered U8 teams into the Cranmore, KCJS and Cumnor House tournaments in which we reached the final at the Cumnor House tournament and were eventual winners of the Plate competition against Downsend at the KCJS tournament. In the Upper Preps, the U7s entered two teams into the Cranmore Open Day tournament in which both teams reached the semi-finals. The rugby season started with an U8 triangular against Cranleigh and ended the term with an enjoyable afternoon of House rugby. Children from the Junior department were also involved in netball and hockey matches, swimming galas and were part of our very successful skiing squad.
Mr P Hodgson
Visit by Tamsin Greenway EX ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL PLAYER, NETBALL COACH / PLAYER OF SURREY STORM & WASPS. NETBALL COMMENTATOR ON SKY SPORTS
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n a wet Wednesday in November, Upper Prep to Form Two took part in a netball coaching session run by Tamsin Greenway who has played netball for England and is successful coach / player, previously with Surrey Storm and more recently Wasps, winning the last four netball super leagues as a player / coach. The children all had an enjoyable time, working on different area of the game, movement, footwork, passing and shooting and then finishing with a small game. There was plenty of enthusiasm and teamwork from across the year groups. The next day we had our first fixture of the year involving both the U8s and U9s against Cranleigh and Belmont. Everyone played really well and enjoyed their games and the match tea!
School Achievements Captain of School:
Thomas McLean Senior Department Officials House
Captain
Vice Captain
BORELLI
Oliver Broadbelt
Jake Armitage • Elliot Rose
BOWEN
Jai Arun
Camillo Tellenbach • Henry Williams
MORTON
William Toone
Jake Crehan Mills • Sebastian Rogers
RADFORD
Haris MacNicol
Archie Soley
Josh Little Librarians Jai Arun Jake Crehan Mills Olivier Hinds William Toone
Chaplaincy George Paulson
STOKES TYLOR
Vice Captain:
Liam Boyle
Olivier Hinds • Max Towers
Bobby Guest
Sports Captains & Vice Captains
Junior Ofifcials
Sport
Captain
First Aid Monitors
Cross Country
Henry Williams
Oliver Pearce • Hugo Jones
Football
Rory Proctor
Golf
Oliver Broadbelt
Junior Librarians
Rowing
Jai Arun
Jackson Bigmore • Otis Worth
Rugby
Henry Williams
Skiing
Ben Aldridge-Bate
Squash
Joseph Howes
Swimming
Noah Seeback
Music Monitors George Steen • Rory Brown
Assembly Monitors
Music, Drama & Art
Alex Gill • Thomas Cowper
Head Chorister
Charlie Barklam
Leader of Orchestra
Thomas McLean
Band Leader
Jake Crehan Mills
Drama Captain
William Toone
Art Captain
Jake Armitage
Art Vice Captain
Noah Seeback
Playground Monitors Zach Grimshaw • Eloise Hinds • Isobel Spooner • Robbie Paul
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School Achievements Continued
Colours Christmas‘18 Football - 1st XI Full Colours Rory Proctor Max Towers Ben Aldridge- Bate
Junior House Officials
Henry Williams
House
Captain
Vice Captain
BORELLI
James Black
Oliver Barrowman
Charlie Barklam
BOWEN
Yash Sharma
Sam Allen
MORTON
George Purvis
Miles Kearley
Football - 1st XI Half Colours
RADFORD
Rowan Groenewald
Harry Phillips
STOKES
Hattie Hodgson
Archie Fairley
TYLOR
Amy Wiesener
Oliver McKay
Liam Boyle
James Fortescue Bobby Guest Alexander Wood Thomas Bull
Junior Department Christmas Term Cups
Ben Cooper Freddie Barklam
Swimming - Full Colours
Upper Prep Progress Cup for Reading
Oscar Tramontano
Noah Seeback
Swimming - Half Colours
Form 1
Brayden Jose
Progress Cup for Reading
Hugo Jones
The O’Leary Cup for Science
Barnaby Higgins
Ben Aldridge-Bate James Maylen
Individual Awards & Trophies - Football
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Skiing - U13 Full Colours Henry Williams
Name
Cup/Award
Subject
Ben Aldridge-Bate
Bradshaw Cup
Highest Goal Scorer
Cameron Brown
Daniels Cup
Most Improved U11 Footballer
Toluwa Bankole
Gunn Cup
Best U11 Footballer
Bobby Guest
Nelson Cup
Most Improved U12 Footballer
Alexander Wood
Surrey Youth League Cup
Best U12 Footballer
Max Towers
Senior Cup
Most Improved U13 Footballer
Liam Boyle
Linden Cup
Best Football Defender
Jake Armitage
Henry Williams
Cranmore Cup
Footballer of the Year
Jake Crehan Mills
Skiing - U13 Half Colours Archie Soley Archie Bowles Edward Pearson
Rowing – Half colours Jai Arun Olivier Hinds Josh Little
Staff News Leavers
Lynn Sanders Mrs Sanders joined the school ten years ago to lead the Nursery, but in more recent years she has been a teacher in the Junior Department. Many children have benefitted from her kind and caring manner and she has been a valued colleague amongst the staff. Mrs Sanders has always taken a key role in organising the costumes for the productions, ensuring every child is able to look their best on the stage. We wish Mrs Sanders all the very best in her retirement.
Casey Morgan
Mrs F. Nicholson
Casey joined Cranmore in September 2017 and he has been a valued member of the Maths Department. He has worked in other departments, clubs and contributed with his sporting skills during games lessons throughout the year. He was very keen to assist his colleagues on residential trips and support form tasks.
Sue Trumble
The senior department staff will certainly miss his laughter and positive attitude, when taking on new challenges. Casey, we wish you every success on your new adventure.
Miss E Fagan
Suzanne Sandell We have greatly valued the dedicated service which Mrs Sandell has given the Nursery throughout her eight years here. She developed a strong team that works tirelessly for the benefit of our youngest pupils. In addition, she was instrumental in shaping the major refurbishment which was completed a few years ago and she was also key in launching our Forest School. Her warm, cheerful disposition ensured that the children in her care enjoyed the nurturing and support which gave them all such a great start in their educational journey.
Mr M. Connolly
Sue Trumble joined Cranmore in 2008 as Librarian. She also taught history, PHSE, English, Latin and was a form teacher. She loves singing, is a member of the staff choir and the dynamo behind Morton House, particularly in the House Music Competition. She transformed the libraries in to attractive rooms and has enthused the children with their reading; book groups, competitions, visiting authors and workshops. We will miss Sue’s enthusiasm and her constant positive energy, but we wish her and Mike all the best with their new house, new garden and with the new arrival.
Mrs M Hopkins
Imogen Wort Mrs Wort joined Cranmore in 2012 as the Junior Department & Nursery Administrator. During her time at Cranmore she has been a tremendous support to the Junior Department & Nursery, always acting in a highly efficient and organised manner. In recent years Mrs Wort has been the Editor of The Cranmorian, producing an excellent magazine, showcasing the termly events at the school. We wish her well in her new adventure as a Learning Support Assistant in a local secondary school.
Mrs F. Nicholson
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