Barrow Hills - The Chronicle 2018-19

Chronicle THE

A PICTORIAL REVIEW OF

2018-19

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From the Head Welcome to the latest edition of The Chronicle. As ever, this is a wonderful record of a busy and diverse school year. We are very lucky to have such an enthusiastic and caring community of children, staff and parents. Thank you all for your contribution.

Philip Oldroyd Head

Headmaster’s Welcome

2018-19

Recitals, competitions, performances, quizzes and memorable days Activities, competitions, memories and outstanding work, including creative writing, art and study clubs Performances, year group productions and concerts, dance, ballet, LAMDA and music results Performances, competitions and achievements for girls and boys sporting activities Barrow Hills Community Committee, projects, fundraising, challenges and events Day trips and residentials, lectures and educational visits, competitions and theatre trips

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House News

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Children’s Work

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Performing Arts

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Sport

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Charity

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Trips and Visits

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Forest School

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Farewell

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School Council

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Captains

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Prize Day

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House News House Music

On Thursday 14th March, Kean, McCormack and Murtough came together once again to compete for the prized House Music competition.

A varied programme was on offer, from solo vocal numbers, to piano solos and an ambitious performance of a backing track, electric guitar and African drumming - need I say more.

Junior Prep children performed first with a hearty piano piece titled ‘Train Ride’, played confidently by Alfred. Particular mention must go to the Junior Prep singers, who sang without any piano accompaniment or a backing track to support them, a true testament of the bravery and willingness to perform in front of the school. Middle Prep continued to deliver, ending with a strong performance by Murtough’s Nathaniel of ‘Hall of the Mountain King’.

Upper Prep followed and the standard increased once again, as singers added further musicianship to their pieces. Murtough’s House Captain Ilaria delighted us with her piano piece

imitating snowflakes, and the unique trio of electric guitar, African drum and a backing track by George and Harry of the same house finished the individual classes for House Music.

Finally, it was the turn of the hotly contested House singing. Each House tackled a different type of difficulty in the song they bought to the stage.

McCormack challenged themselves to a tempo changing song that grew in both lyrical and tempo difficulty. Followed by a five-part round by Kean and then, the rhythmic and vocal rock anthem ‘We Will Rock You’ sung with great gusto by Murtough drew this year’s House Music to a fitting end.

It was an extremely close result, however the winners of the 2019 House Music were McCormack! A massive well done and thank you to all who took part in solos and House songs, you have demonstrated the Barrow Hills ethos in your bravery and joyfulness.

Mr Frazer

House Quiz 2018 In October, the eagerly awaited annual House Quiz took place.

Eighteen brave finalists, representing the three Houses sat on the stage in their teams, ready to answer questions on a multitude of subjects including history, science, geography, general knowledge and sport. There were also music and picture rounds and this year, for the first time, questions for the staff to answer.

It was the closest competition for years with just three points separating the houses. Congratulations to Murtough who were crowned champions for 2018.

House News

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Book Week “Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children’s hands early and often.”

The sentiment behind the words of Barack Obama were put into practice as our children celebrated the 22nd World Book Day in March, with a series of activities throughout the week, each designed to encourage children of all ages to come together to appreciate and explore the pleasures of books and reading.

Throughout the week, children took part in a sponsored read, which invited them to read as much as possible. Monies raised were donated to the English Department to facilitate further enrichment activities, including author visits. In addition, the children took part in a ‘Hedgehog Trail’ – a trail of eight hedgehogs crafted from old books. They answered a series of bookbased questions, to enter the prize draw to win a book token. Thank you to the Pilcher family for making these amazing hedgehogs and to everyone who was involved in the wonderful decorations throughout the School.

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Tuesday 5th March – Usborne Books Book Fair; children had the opportunity to purchase books for themselves or as a donation for the School library. Total book sales were £846.86, which means that we raised £508.12 to spend on Usborne books for the School.

Wednesday 6th March – New York Times best-selling author G.P. Taylor visited Barrow Hills to talk about his work, which includes writing the hit novels ‘Shadowmancer’, ‘Mariah Mundi’ (‘Mariah Mundi – The Midas Box’, ‘Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds’, ‘Mariah Mundi and the Ship of Foods’), ‘Redeye’, ‘Dust Blood’ and ‘Oracle’.

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Thursday 7th March – staff and parents visited different classes to read aloud to the children from their favourite childhood book or from a book that their children have enjoyed. In the evening, children in Years 3 to 8 were invited back to School in their onesies or pyjamas and dressing gowns (teddies optional!) for a bedtime story, hot chocolate and a biscuit. Each year group enjoyed different books, with Years 7 and 8 treated to some spooky Gothic fiction. Thank you to all our wonderful volunteer readers!

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Friday 8th March – the renowned annual dressing up day! As always, there was a wonderful and varied array of costumes. Well done to our fabulously dressed overall winners: Ottilie (3R), Toby (8G), Max (3R) and Clara (3G).

Mrs Mason commented, “We encourage our children to be scholarly, curious and joyful, attributes which can all be accessed by developing a healthy appetite for reading. We put as much effort as possible into celebrating World Book Day – hence a week’s worth of activities rather than just one day. The children were so excited to meet G.P.Taylor and were clearly inspired by his passion for books.

You never know, in years to come, some may reflect on how meeting a children’s author proved a catalyst for them embarking upon a career as a writer!”

Winner 3G: Clara - Phileas Fogg, Around the World in 80 Days Runners Up 3G: Cleo - Thompson Twin, Tintin and Hamish - Wee Free Man, The Wee Free Men Special Mention 3G: Mrs Peek Winner 3R: Ottilie - Violet Beauregarde, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Max - Fawkes the phoenix, Harry Potter Runner Up 3R: Edith - Mr Stink, Mr Stink Special Mention 3R: Mr Hooker

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Winner 4G: Edward - Perseus, “Percy” Jackson Runners Up 4G: Georgia - Elsie, The Ice Monster and Hermione - Matron, The Midnight Gang Special Mention 4G: Millie - Miss Trunchbull, Matilda Winner 4R: Sam - Hermes the Messenger God Runner Up: Edie - Wolf, The Wolf Wilder Winners 5G: Ruby - Lumière, Beauty and the Beast and Matilda - Grubby Gertrude, The World’s Worst Children Runner Up 5G: Nathaniel - Perseus, “Percy” Jackson Special Mention 5G: Sebastian Dumbledore, Harry Potter and Jago - The Ice Monster, The Ice Monster

Winner 5R: Tom - Billionaire Boy, Billionaire Boy, Conrad - Billionaire Boy, Billionaire Boy and Anastasia - Cogsworth, Beauty and the Beast Runner Up 5R: Jackson - Hiccup, How to Train Your Dragon Winners 6G: Sarah - The Wicked Witch of the West, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Phoebe - The Good Witch of the North, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Runner Up 6G: Harry - Rob Andrew, The Game of My Life Special Mention 6G: William - Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings and Eoin - Arthur Dent, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Winner 6R: Barnaby - Gangsta Granny, Gangsta Granny Runner Up 6R: Florence - The White Witch, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Special Mention 6R: Nils - Roald Rahl, Going Solo Winner 7G: Thomas and Oscar Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, Alice in Wonderland Runners Up 7G: Isobel - The Moon, Fairy tale by The Brothers Grimm and Fraser Naruto, Naruto Special Mention: Charlotte - Dobby, Harry Potter Winner 8G: Toby - The Wardrobe, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Runner Up 8G: Harry - Shmuel, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Special Mentions 8G: Serena - Anna, Elena - Belle, Lucy - Cinderella, Hermione - Elsa, Ilaria - Merida, Oscar - Rapunzel The Princesses

House News

House Poetry In October, all children at Barrow Hills spent part of their English lessons drafting and writing poems on the theme of Change, as part of National Poetry Day. Their English teachers then had the very difficult job of choosing a finalist from each year group to represent Kean, McCormack and Murtough. This was a real challenge as all the poems were so good! Some were funny and some tackled more serious subject matter, but all were powerful and thoughtful, with each word carefully chosen to make an impact . The hall was silent as the finalists read their poems with confidence and expression.

Each poem was projected onto a large screen on the stage so the audience could read the words as they listened.

Mrs Cleaves, Director of Drama at King Edward’s Witley, was our guest judge and she had the very difficult task of choosing a winner from each year group.

Mrs Cleeves received the poems in advance and she was able to share these with her Year 7 drama class who kindly made some lovely comments on post it notes for the finalists to read.

While our judge was deliberating, Mrs Campbell-John read her favourite poem. This was interrupted by a flash mob from McCormack! This was Sarah’s (6G) idea and she made up a dance which she performed on the stage with Sophie, Anastasia, Ruby, Georgia, Holly and Mia, while the rest of McCormack

enthusiastically free-styled to Justin Timberlake’s ‘Can’t stop the feeling’...

As if that wasn’t enough excitement for one day, Mrs Cleaves announced the winners and the winning house, McCormack!

Thank you to Miss Farrell for creating an excellent PowerPoint, Mrs Goedkoop for adding up the scores and Sarah and McCormack for performing with such enthusiasm. A special thanks must go to our guest judge, Mrs Cleeves for giving up her time to judge our house competition and for all the English teachers at Barrow Hills for helping their children write such wonderful poems.

The winners’ poems ‘Change’ Crispy cold leaves falling like beautiful feathers.

How much colours can you see? Fiery red, burnt orange, golden yellow.

Autumn leaves lying on the floor like a blanket.

Now all the leaves are fluttering down and the tree began to grow bare and lonely.

Golden leaves like shiny treasure lying on a damp cold ground!

Exhausted leaves hanging on by one last thread of life before they fall.

Well done to all the finalists for taking part.

Ottilie (3R) McCormack

Year 3 finalists Tally, Daisy-Skye, Ottilie

‘Seasons’ In Winter there are no trees, In Winter there’s a big fat breeze, In Winter there’s a clump of snow, In Winter there’s a magical glow.

Year 4 finalists Charlie, Phoebe, Sam Year 5 finalists Matilda, Verity, Rosie Highly commended: Jack, Nathaniel, Dominic, Sebastian Year 6 finalists Grace, Luke, Dominic Highly Commended: James B, Tommy, Barnaby, Nils Year 7 finalists Max, Thomas, Fraser Highly commended: Alexander, Rupert, Charlotte, Isobel Year 8 finalists Lucy, Harry, Elena Highly commended: Freddie, George

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In Spring there’s a gentle heat, In Spring it’s hard to beat, In Spring the grass is vibrant green, In Spring there’s no more snow queen.

In Summer the wind is gone, In Summer the days are long, In Summer the sun has come, In Summer I pick some plums.

In Autumn the leaves are gold, In Autumn the rabbits are bold, In Autumn its cold once more, In Autumn brown is galore!

Phoebe (4R) Murtough

8 ‘Seasons’ I opened my eyes and saw the sunlight Gleaming into my room from the window I popped my clothes on Ran down the stairs Slipped my shoes on Ran outside into the wonderful fresh air, The sun burnt my eyes Oppressive sun Heat shining on my back.

Lying on a rug I watched the giant ball sink into the horizon Wonderful colours Yellow Orange Red Silhouettes filling the sky Tossing and turning I tried to sleep Snow falling Falling Settling Settling on the blades of grass Change, change What a wonderful thing Rosie (5R) McCormack ‘In The Forest’ In the forest, lush green grass flooded the floor, Trees emerald green shimmering in light, In the forest, leaves yellow and red, Crunchy, crispy dirty and dead, trees cry as their leaves are torn off of them, In the forest, mud squelches and trees are bare, Winter falls, powdery trees, frigid trees, dead trees, In the forest, March has come, to free the trees from their icy hell, Fluffy leaves have grown back filling the trees with warmth, Winter, Autumn, Summer and spring life is different for everything Luke (6R) Murtough

‘Attack’ The sand, it was warm, Heated by the Iraqi sun.

It cushioned me, like a King’s throne.

I leant back against the cold bricks.

It was cooling like the occasional breeze.

Suddenly, the air felt thick!

Waiting, watching, aggressive.

Bang! Screams resonated throughout our town.

The light sliced through the window like a knife.

Sharp, sharp was the only word to describe that sound.

“Mummy?” I called, my face was soaked by tears.

I saw through the window, men in black, covering their faces, guns in their hands.

I was struck with fear. Pure fear.

Again, bang!

I rapidly dropped to my knees.

Then darkness.

I felt sick, heavy with suspense.

The doorway was charred and chipped.

I edged outside, my doll clutched in my grimy hand.

A puddle of tears by my feet, Just like that the blood that stained the sand.

In the distance a cloud of dust trailed behind an armoured vehicle.

The sand was now cold.

Fraser (7G) McCormack ‘Naive’ It was great at the start, Like a dream come true Heaven on earth I suppose, Thinking that the things we felt Would last forever.

They always said adults know best, I hate to admit, that that’s the truth in this case But there isn’t any learning without mistake No progress without regret.

As the seasons changed Our feelings faded day by day, Until we just didn’t feel the same We ignored each others words We didn’t listen.

I trapped myself in my own mind As if I was left in a locked room with no key Once a evergreen and now it’s winter And that is when I realised, I was alone.

Elena (8G) McCormack

House Sport Results Football McCormack Rugby Murtough Hockey (girls) McCormack Hockey (boys) McCormack Cricket Murtough Cross Country (boys) McCormack Netball Kean Rounders McCormack

House News

House Art and DT Showcase During the final week of the summer term, the House Art Exhibition and DT showcase took place in the St Joseph’s Centre. There was work displayed by every single child in the Prep department. We had a large number of people visiting the show on Thursday evening and Friday morning.

It was such a pleasure to show off the creative talents of our children. Well done to all of the imaginative artists!

Mrs Hatcher Here are the winners of the House Art Competition.

Year 3: 1st Monty, 2nd Cleo, 3rd Hamish and Gus Special Mention: Ottilie and Daisy and Max Year 4: 1st Amelia, 2nd Sam, 3rd Chloe S-G Special Mention: Molly and Lara and Millie and Florence Year 5: 1st Jago K, 2nd Nathaniel, Tom, Dominic, 3rd Ray Special Mention: April’s Binoculars and Emma Year 6: 1st Luke, 2nd Tommy, 3rd Jess and Mia Special Mention: Cade and Phoebe Year 7: 1st Isobel, 2nd Oscar and Fraser, 3rd Alexander Year 8: 1st Ilaria, 2nd Oscar, 3rd Harry and George Overall Winners 1st Elena (Year 8) 2nd Tally and Ilana (Year 3) 3rd Holly (Year 6)

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Childrens Work If I could fly…

As part of the collaborative art project on Family Fun Day, children decorated feathers which were then stuck to the wall in Kindy to make a pair of wings. The Kindy children enjoyed telling us where they would fly to if they had wings.

Early Years Stay and Play In June, we held our second Early Years

We finished off the session creating

Stay and Play session. We had lots of

scarecrows, the imagination the

relatives join us for an afternoon in the

children displayed was fantastic. Who

forest led by Mrs Wilson. We began by

knew sticks could become all different

finding sticks in the Pre-Prep garden, as

parts of the body! As it was a beautiful

we know every child loves to play with a

afternoon, we ventured to the outside

stick! We observed which type of sticks

stage to end by singing and dancing to

we could find; spiky, long and short to

‘I’m a Dingle Dangle Scarecrow’. Thank

name just a few.

you to Mrs Wilson and everyone who

We then ventured off in to the woods following the stick path.

Here we continued on our hunt and explored the wooded area behind the Techo house. On our journey, we had to watch where we stepped and the children worked together with the adults to continue on their mission.

Bees in Reception!

In the final term in Reception, children enjoyed making papier-mâché bees from newspaper, water balloons and paint.

The resulting bees spent time ‘flying’ in a corner of the classroom, as they moved back and forth in the breeze coming in through the open window.

The children also made hexagonal honey biscuits; and wrote some facts about bees on their biscuit label.

joined us for the afternoon.

Mrs Livingston

Children’s Work

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Favourite Memories of Year 1 I loved The Teddy Bears’ Picnic because

I liked making poppy pictures and I also

I liked the castle topic and it was amazing

the food was great. I have also enjoyed all

like playing in the garden on the climbing

visiting Portchester Castle, it was the first

the school trips, The Guildford Museum

frame. Edward

castle I have ever visited. I liked learning

was my favourite. Mateo

I moved into Year 1 and I enjoyed

about The Titanic because I visited The Godalming Museum. George

I enjoyed the drama workshop because

everything. My favourite thing is art and

there was a magic chair. I have some

I loved making the clay dragon and the

I like swimming with Sally. I enjoyed going

good friends and we play together in the

dragon mask. Laura

to the beach at Portchester Castle I found

garden. Delilah

I loved drawing with scissors like Matisse.

a dead crab! I love going for seconds at lunchtime. Alec

I have enjoyed English, RE, art and sports.

I enjoyed visiting the Guildford Museum,

I like writing about Jesus. I love sound

my favourite part was going upstairs to

I have enjoyed cooking cake pops. I

work and RWInc lessons. Bea

the classroom and making hats. Ethan K

like painting and I made a castle out of

I loved bringing my teddy bear in for the

I loved the paper clip experiment in science,

Teddy Bears’ Picnic, it was fun. I have

I liked how Mrs Crisell got the paper clip

I loved the Teddy Bears’ Picnic and I

some great friends I can play with in the

out! I enjoy swimming. Thomas N

enjoyed learning about Chinese New

garden. Thomas B

I enjoyed my first lunch in Year 1. My

I love ICT because I enjoy coding and it’s

favourite food is Yorkshire pudding. I

fun being with a partner. I liked cooking

loved visiting Portchester Castle because I

in Year 1. Ellis

liked climbing the steep steps to the keep.

I liked dressing up in the home corner. I

Anthony

liked making my clay dragon, it was for

I have enjoyed playing with my friends. I

my Daddy! Maxi

liked making a clay dragon. I liked playing with the dolly in The Titanic box. Charlotte

A joyful time in Year 1 Year 1 have had an incredibly busy and joyful year. They have spent amazing afternoons outside creating land art castles, finding products in the Pre-Prep garden for their creations. They have made a creative castle display. They have taken part in drama workshops and held a teddy bears’ picnic. The children have enjoyed the outdoor classroom as well as keeping busy inside baking. Their curiosity was ignited as they studied the Titanic, spent time in a Victorian classroom, created artwork of their silhouettes and much, much more.

Wow - Mrs Crisell and Mrs Wilson have certainly kept the children busy!

patterned paper. Ethan S

Year. Reception made a dragon and travelled down the aisle in chapel. I also liked playing with my brother in the playground. Elliot I have enjoyed sports and doing adventure club with Mr Dean. My favourite topic was Castles, I love learning about castles. Rosie

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Pre-Prep Gardening Club At the beginning of March, some Year 2 children took part in the first ever Pre-Prep Gardening Club. Mr Gaska and Mr Leah inspired the budding gardeners by showing them and talking about, the many items they might have the opportunity to grow including, strawberries, rhubarb, different flowers and plants. By the end of the first session, the children had planted out their own palm tree to take home and were given specific instructions on how to look after it. It will be lovely to see the greenhouse full of new flowers and plants once again.

Year 2’s Favourite Memories of Pre-Prep Arthur My favourite memory of Pre-Prep is making a pizza in Kindy because there were different ingredients and you could make pizza that shops don’t have.

Freddie I really liked when we went to London. I enjoyed when we went on the London Eye and when we went on the train I saw my Dad. Xanthe I started Barrow Hills School in Year 1. My favourite memory of PrePrep is the duckling eggs. Out came the fluffy yellow ducklings. They were cute, friendly and funny because they liked to jump on the top of their box bed.

Aria My favourite memory of Pre-Prep is when there was a huge ant crash. There were lots of ants. There were so many ants that no one could count how many there were!

Tobias My favourite memory of Pre-Prep is Tutankhamun because we got to design our own masks.

Emilia My favourite memory of Pre-Prep is Tudor Day in Year 2 because we went to King Edward’s to have a look at all the Tudor things. When it was lunchtime we had a Tudor feast. We ate with our fingers and because we were wearing costumes our fingers got very mucky and very messy.

Suzannah My favourite memory of PrePrep is when we went to King Edward’s Witley and saw a statue of him. We dressed up as Tudors and had a great big feast with meat and bread and lots more. We didn’t have knives or forks.

We had a tour of King Edward’s.

Autumn My favourite memory of PrePrep is St George’s Day because we did acting and I was the princess and I was saved by George and I like the dragon.

We did dancing and we were in groups.

James My favourite memory of Pre-Prep is the mummies because when you were building it was a like a real one.

Noah My favourite memories are from Year 2 when we went to Portsmouth and saw the Mary Rose Museum, the London trip, building the pyramid out of sticks and elastic bands, Tudor day, Tutankhamun masks, Egypt and mummies.

Rory My favourite memory of Pre-Prep is pyramid building because it was really fun learning about how to tie sticks together with rubber bands and we made a giant pyramid which everyone could sit in!

Sophie My favourite memory of PrePrep is playing on the aeroplane in Kindy because it wobbles about. It was really fun and when you got on one person sits on one end and another person on the other.

Eliza My favourite memory of Pre-Prep is the Tudor feast because I loved all the food like chicken legs!

Jemima Being part of the Year 2 choir and singing our song to Mrs Pulleyn.

Alfie My favourite memory of Pre-Prep is London. It was fun when we went on the London Eye. Oliver My favourite memory of Pre-Prep is when there was an ant explosion!

Louis My favourite memory of Pre-Prep is when we went to London because I liked the London Eye and the boat trip across the River Thames.

Lexi My favourite memory of Pre-Prep is in Year 1 when Mrs Wilson dressed up as a fairy because she looked funny!

Luke My favourite memory of Pre-Prep is the ducklings in Year 1. Because they were cute and fluffy and they kept on splashing each other.

Lyla My favourite memory of Pre-Prep is when we went to the Mary Rose because I saw the real Mary Rose.

Annabel My favourite memory of PrePrep is when the ducklings came in Year 1. Because we always got to bath them.

They were yellow.

Children’s Work

Ancient Egypt Learning about Ancient Egypt gave Year 2 an inspirational insight on how life was all those years ago. Their introduction to the River Nile and adjacent area set the scene for this fascinating journey through time.

The children created a display with 3D pyramids and replica sarcophagi, complete with Egyptian mummies.

They eagerly explored hieroglyphs and made personalised cartouches to adorn their tombs.

Year 3 Christmas Antics!

Year 3 worked hard during their first term in Junior Prep and it was time for some festive fun! Mrs Peek and Mr Hooker fully embraced the Christmas spirit with a wonderful range of Christmas activities for Year 3. The children enjoyed wearing their Christmas jumpers and made some

peppermint creams. They walked off their fabulous Christmas lunch in the chilly winter sunshine, followed by a movie with popcorn and hot chocolate with marshmallows to warm up. What a cracking Christmassy time!

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The Summer Reading Classics Challenge When the English teachers and I set the children The Summer

The winners, runners up and special mentions (for reading

Reading Classics Challenge at the end of the summer term,

incredibly challenging and fascinating books not on the list

our aim was to introduce the children to some classic novels

and writing a superb review) are:

they might not have read and to encourage them to develop their vocabulary and reading stamina by tackling more challenging books.

Junior Prep read ‘Charlotte’s Web’, ‘The Borrowers’ and ‘Five Children and It’. Middle Prep read ‘The Secret Garden’, ‘Black Beauty’, ‘The Ghost of Thomas Kempe’ and ‘Emil and

Upper Prep Winner: Thomas (7G) ‘Treasure Island’ Runner up: Isobel (7G) ‘Little Women’ Special mention: Fraser (7G) ‘Walkabout’ Special mention: Alexander (7G) ‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’

the Detectives’; while Upper Prep read ‘Oliver Twist’, ‘Little

Special mention: James (7G) ‘Animal Farm’

Women’ and ‘Treasure Island’.

Middle Prep

I received so many wonderful reviews of these books. It was

Winner: Theodore (5R) ‘Black Beauty’

fantastic to learn what the children enjoyed about reading

Runner up: Harry (6G) ‘The Ghost of Thomas Kempe’ and

these books. Many discussed their favourite characters or an

‘Black Beauty’

aspect of the plot they found intriguing. Others commented

Runner up: Brice (6G) ‘The Ghost of Thomas Kempe’

on language or the rich descriptions of the setting. Some made links to other books they had read or took up the challenge of listening to an audio book or reading some poetry or a play.

It was an incredibly difficult decision to choose a winner from

Special mention: Barnaby (6R) ‘Oliver Twist’ Special mention: Sarah (6G) ‘Black Beauty’ Junior Prep Winner: Chloe (4G) ‘The Borrowers’ and ‘Five Children and It’

each age group as the children had clearly put so much effort

Runner up: Edward (4G) ‘Robinson Crusoe’

into this task and their reviews were so interesting to read.

Runner up: Edie (4R) ‘The Borrowers’ and ‘Charlotte’s Web’

Mrs Mason

Special Mention: Amelia (4R) ‘The Cat who wanted to Go Home’ Special Mention: Huw (4R) ‘The World’s Worst Children’

Children’s Work

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Year 4 Iron Men Well done Year 4 for all your hard work over the spring half term holiday making your Iron Men. Year 4 read ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes and wrote instructions, descriptions and newspaper reports in their lessons.

We were very impressed with your D.T. skills and the writing of your instructions as to how you made your Iron Man. Some of the Iron Men even lit up! Your models were much appreciated and enjoyed by the whole school when they were displayed in Great Roke. Thank you parents for all your support too.

Year 5 Space Project Towards the end of the autumn term, Year 5 spent three weeks working hard to produce science projects on the theme of space. It is fair to say that some of the pieces were out of this world!

Mr Skehan visited the lab and spoke to each child about their individual project.

He was amazed by the quality of the work which was on display. Thank you Mr Skehan for making time to visit the lab and give us all feedback. Year 5 enjoyed showing you their work.

A huge well done to all Year 5. I am very proud of how hard you have all worked and hope you have enjoyed this

independent learning task allowing you to explore the many aspects of space. It was amazing to see all the different ways you presented your work.

Ms Garcia Claramonte

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Mad Hatters’ Tea Party There were many fabulous creations at the Mad Hatters’ Tea Party. Well done to Year 5 for their ingenuity and finesse!

Year 6 Cell Project During the spring term, Year 6 studied cells as their science topic. Work included creating their own slides of a human cheek cell and an onion skin cell. To provide the children with an alternative challenge, they had to create a model of a cell. It was great to see the variety of models for the building blocks of life, including one made of Lego. It should be noted that Mr Andrade always welcomes an edible homework!

Children’s Work

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Year 6 French Revolution Project Once again, Year 6 produced some amazing projects on their topic of the French Revolution. Miss Franco and I were extremely pleased to taste all the lovely cakes, madeleines and cupcakes. We have also been very impressed with all the guillotines and beautiful models of the Bastille made out of wood, cardboard, and chocolate.... It was lovely to see the children presenting their work to us with so much enthusiasm and knowledge.

Madame Early

Junior Maths Challenge The challenges aim to stimulate

the Challenge the top-scoring 40% of

Freddy (8G) - Bronze

mathematical problem solving. The Junior

participants are awarded bronze, silver

Alexander (7G) - Best in School, Best in

Maths Challenge is aimed at pupils in

and gold certificates in the ratio 3:2:1.

Year 7 and Gold Certificate

Congratulations to the following

Sascha (7G) - Gold

children for their work:

James (7G) - Silver

300,000 children taking part each year.

Harry (8G) - Best in Year 8, Silver

Rupert (7G) - Silver

To recognise the highest performers in

Nicky (8G) - Silver

Well done!

Year 8 or below (throughout England and Wales). It is the UK’s most popular mathematics competition with over

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Prep Creative Writing Blizzard Surrounding me was a swirling storm of screaming silver, pellets of frozen ice clung to my cheeks and eyelashes. Dry, aching throat from thirst and cold. The raging blizzard was so strong that the familiar sight of the street had been almost erased by the storm of frosty flakes. I looked upwards I felt almost as if I was flying upward rather than watching the crystals fall, like oversized confetti.

I felt as if my mind had been hypnotised by the angry vortex of snow. For a second I had then realised that I was all alone, there was no one to save me from the blizzard but myself.

I reached out with my gloved hand to guide the way, but it was almost swallowed before my eyes simultaneously. I remember only seeing the faint outlines of my surroundings.

I knew that it was hopeless to look for shelter, but I knew I had to keep going. I was not ready to die. Not yet.

Elena (8G) Amazon My arms are growing heavy at my sides, paddling vigorously, a bead of sweat danced down my neck. The raft drifted steadily down-stream, the tip of Mount Baybacka looming into sight. I moored the raft and started the climb.

Climbing higher the heat had risen like an angry lion about to pounce. A pain drilled into my leg, the rough raw rocks were digging in to me as if they were needles. Nearly there, my head lolling to one side, were my eyes deceiving me, or had I reached the top? Scrambling higher the jungle roof was like a nest over my head, had my audaciousness got the better of me?

Ruby (5G)

Seal Began

The Bog

Seal began He took the screech of a chair leg and He took the barking of a broken robot And made his voice

We hit the tracks, nothing could stop us now, thunder and lightning were no match for the ancient car. Bumping down the wilderness for we were becoming more irritated, and lost.

For his coat He took the smoothness of silk He took the colour of freshly fallen snow and He took the long spindly French moustache For his movement He took the slowness of a tank on land and He took the speed of a battleship in water For his walk Then at summer He took the colour of a summers sky and He took the texture of glass To make his eyes Triangles and turtles went into the softness of his flippers And for his shape He took an oval shape And Seal was made Nils (6R) Diary Entry Lady of Shalott I am half sick of shadows, here I am, sitting in my small bedroom. Staring in an old mirror at all the wonderful, amazing sights coming in and out of the grand Camelot Castle. Every day I feel so depressed and lonely, looking out of the mirror. Oh, I wish I could finally walk out of this prison and enter Camelot and join in the parties and weddings and general joyful things. But I am not allowed to even glance at Camelot, so I just sit viewing from an old mirror, reflecting joy and laughter in the summer heat.

Nathaniel (5G) Morning Morning. The oppressive sun shined happily above the bitter salty water. The clouds filled the air like wisps of smoke as people walked in the summer breeze.

The crystal clear water glistened against the sun. You could see emerald green hills standing silently. The colourful houses loomed above the people in the town. Old boats were floating directly in the cold water below.

Verity (5R)

The dirty smell of socks bleached our noses as the windy old lane took us to a lump of land. I got out of the car and with my luck, it started raining.

I gazed out to the lump of land, nothing met my eye for miles, the fog glistened around me, patches of mysterious green sunk away like an old hag. The smell was grim. It stank like an old person’s house.

I wrinkled my nose and pulled my hood over my head as the pitter patter of rain came over my head, in bunches of grapes.

I took a step with my left foot, and into a pit of green clingy gunge, as deep as a cenote in Mexico, slowly pulling my foot out and onto the grass, I examine the mysterious green poison, trying to guess what animal could possibly want to come out here to go the bathroom. It was a greenish, brownish liquid, that was gritty in some places and it gave me shivers. The grim smell that followed me came from my boot. It was the stench of a thousand skunks…

Freddie (8G) Lanner Falcon Began For Lanner ‘s song, Lanner took the sound of stars, The craft of wonder, For Lanner’s song.

For Lanner’s coat, Lanner took the strand of quill, The colour of sand, For Lanner’s, coat.

For Lanner’s flight, Lanner took the grace of waltz, The strength of majesty, For Lanner’s flight.

For Lanner’s eyes, Lanner took the fire of meaning, The black of ink, For Lanner’s eyes.

For Lanner’s talons, Lanner took the leather of life, The edge of ivory tusk, LANNER WAS MADE! Edward (6R)

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King Edward’s Spring Arts Competition On Wednesday 20th March, 10 children from Year 5 and Year 7 displayed their work at the finals of the King Edward’s Spring Arts Competition. Their work looked fantastic on display, with a great turnout of parents, pupils and other exhibiting prep schools, viewing the show. Well done to Ruby (5G), Tom (5G), Nathaniel (5G), Theo (5G), Conrad (5R), Oscar (7G), Max (7G), Nicholas (7G) and Alexander (7G) for having their work exhibited. Congratulations to Sascha (7G) for being awarded third prize in the Year 7 and Year 8 competition category. He was praised for his drawing skills and range of interest within the artist adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica. Fantastic work from these young artists.

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Year 8 Common Entrance Success!

Our Year 8 continued the unbroken record of success with 100% pass rate in the Common Entrance (CE) exam. This is the 10th consecutive year the children have achieved 100% pass rates and fifty percent of the year also achieved scholarships to their next school spanning academic, drama, design and technology, art and sport, underpinning our commitment to providing children with a well-rounded education.

Mr Skehan said, “We are extremely proud of our children, who have all worked so hard to achieve these excellent results.

While academic achievement is important to us, we are equally pleased to see how well our Year 8 children have embraced the broader qualities defined in our pupil profile (as well as being scholarly, Barrow Hills’ children are encouraged to be curious, generous, joyful, compassionate, truthful, brave and responsible), enabling them to leave Barrow Hills as young people prepared for greater things. We wish each child great happiness and success as they embark upon this next important chapter of their lives.”

Following a delicious celebratory lunch and cake, our Year 8 children continued their busy and varied post CE programme of events, including activities such as life saving, a ‘Play in a Day’; and finally the much anticipated residential in the Ardèche.

Year 8 Memories Serena My favourite memory of Barrow Hills, was qualifying for the National Finals in Year 6.

We drove the two and a half hour journey to Essex, and took part in a big regionals tournament, where we came third out of 37 schools. But also all the post Common Entrance activities that we have done in Year 8 with all my friends, like Thorpe Park, self-defence, life-saving and Forest School.

Hermione My favourite memory of Barrow Hills is in Year 7 when we went to Normandy.

Elena and I were passing notes to the boys’ dormitory. We had a plan if Madame Early came in but sadly it didn’t work. When she actually came in we got into a lot of trouble.

Nicky My favourite memory is the Year 7 Normandy trip where we allegedly shuffled from dorm to dorm after lights out. We may or may not have been caught by Madame Early at 11:00 o’clock at night!

Children’s Work Toby My favourite memory of Barrow Hills is messing around in the Pre-Prep playground in Year 8 and riding one of the small car toys down the hill.

George There was a certain day that really sparked my fire.

Doughnut day.

It was a bright Friday when the sun shone through the window onto a lovely plate of doughnuts.

In about 90 seconds, my sausage and chips were in my stomach. Next, two doughnuts were in each trouser pocket and one doughnut went in each blazer pocket. I successfully digested four doughnuts!

Oscar My favourite memory of Barrow Hills was in Year 4 when Finlay threw the ball over the astro fence and he couldn’t get it so I decided to go help him.

I jumped over the fence, my shoelace got stuck and I fell on barbed wire and split my finger open. This is my favourite memory because it shows how much I have changed because if that happened now, I wouldn’t cry.

Freddy My favourite memory of Barrow Hills is when in Year 2 we had an Egyptian lesson where we learnt about burial tombs. In the break that followed I dug a hole, found couldn’t scrape out my brains through my nose but eventually I lay in a tomb, covered in dirt. I forgot that the whole thing had happened until a couple weeks ago when my sister, Suzie, who is in Year 2, told me about her Egyptian lesson.

Dominic My favourite memory of Barrow Hills is the fun I have had in Year 8 once the Common Entrance exams were over. I liked the Forest School morning - we got to shoot an air rifle. Also, when we did our life saving for two days.

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Lucy My favourite memory of Barrow Hills was going to the netball National Finals. We had to get up at 4:30 in the morning and drive all the way to Basildon Sporting Village.

Harry Throughout my time at Barrow Hills I have had many great times, however my favourite memory was playing cards with Mr Andrade at the Isle of Wight in Year 5.

Elena My favourite memory was hiding under the LRC table with Hermione instead of going out to lunch break. We nearly got caught by Madame Early many times.

Ilaria I have a lot of good memories, but my favourite memory is being friends with the other girls.

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Performing Arts Drama highlights this year included three wonderful

Children have had many other opportunities to perform,

productions from Pre-Prep, Year 3’s superb performance of

including assemblies and Proms in the Park. The drama scholars

Puss in Boots, Year 4 with the very funny Robin Hood and Year

took part in the Godalming Festival of Music and Drama and

5’s Evening of Music and Drama, based on the works of Roald

Drama Club is always popular. LAMDA continues to thrive, with

Dahl. Year 6 entertained with a hilarious production of It’s All

41 pupils taking exams.

Greek To Me, while Year 7 performed scenes from some of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. Year 8 performed The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with great skill and confidence.

Currently, we have 76 children learning ballet, with many taking their Royal Academy of Dance exams. A special mention to Jessica (6G) for completing her first year as an Associate at London Junior Ballet.

LAMDA LAMDA and Musical Theatre results were amazing this year with five children achieving 90% or above which is very commendable. Some LAMDA pupils performed at the Godalming Music Festival. Many congratulations to those LAMDA pupils who were awarded a drama scholarship for their future schools or for Barrow Hills. Well done and thank you to Miss Whatley for all her hard work.

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Pre-Prep Nativity ‘It’s a Party!’

The invitations were unusual... the guests were unlikely... and the venue was unconventional. But what a party!

God sent a note to his angels telling them about a very special party and asked them to give out all the invitations.

We followed the angels as they took invitations to shepherds, sheep, wise men and a young married couple and discovered why this party was so special.

Pre-Prep Nativity is a cherished Christmas tradition for many in the school community. Seeing our youngest children retelling the Christmas story is a reminder of the joy and wonder of the season and this year was no exception. Their enjoyment in singing and performing was infectious.

A special mention to Year 2 children who took the speaking parts and to the Nursery and Kindy children who sang ‘Away in a Manger’ so touchingly.

Thank you to all the Pre-Prep children, the Pre-Prep teachers, and Mrs Pulleyn.

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Pre-Prep Spring Service The Pre-Prep Spring Service was certainly a highlight of the last week of term. Children from Nursery to Year 2 gathered in the Chapel to celebrate spring, Easter and Mother’s Day. Year 1 and Year 2 children recited poems with great confidence and the Year 2 choir’s rendition of ‘Magnificat’ was exquisite. The children sang their songs with joy, well done to them all.

Thank you to Mrs Pulleyn, Miss O’Neil and to all the Pre-Prep staff for arranging such a wonderful performance.

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Pre-Prep Royal Variety Performance It was a Royal Variety Performance to remember! Year 2 walked like Egyptians, Year 1 and their bushy blonde hairdos went to the beach and Reception were very hungry caterpillars! Nursery and Kindy gave wonderfully enthusiastic performances and there were stunning solo performances and hilarious jokes from Year 2. Thank you to all the PrePrep staff for their hard work and in particular to Miss O’Neil for the musical accompaniment and to Mrs Pulleyn for her amazing direction.

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Puss in Boots Wow! What a performance! Well done

Clara (3G) - I felt nervous and excited at

Year 3, you were truly amazing!

the same time!

We were so proud of each and every one

Hamish (3G) - I was scared and nervous

of you. From the moment of the audition

to start with but felt amazing at the end!

up until the final show you all worked incredibly hard. What a journey!

The skills you have gained along the way have helped to develop each of you into budding young actors. Confidence oozed and we know Mrs Mason was astounded

Charlie T (3R) - At the beginning I felt nervous but at the end I felt happy!

Gus (3G) - I found learning the lines easy but adding actions more difficult but I really enjoyed it!

at the quality and talent you showed. The

Daisy-Skye (3R) - Being narrator was

singing by everyone and especially the

scary because of all the lines I had to learn

solos was exceptional.

but I really enjoyed it!

We hope that everyone enjoyed the

Tally (3G) - I really enjoyed working as a

performance as much as we did!

team with the Queen and princess!

Mrs Peek and Mr Hooker

Ottilie (3R) - I felt really nervous singing

Alfred (3G) - It was an amazing experience being on stage!

Cleo (3G) - I felt really happy after the performance that we did soooo well!!!

on stage but was proud of myself.

Jacob (3R) - Singing the first solo on stage I felt really nervous but am really proud of myself and would do it again!

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Hoodwinked Review by Huw (4R) The plot is that Robin Hood gets caught by the wicked sheriff and Maid Marion is held prisoner. Robin tries to save Marion. I found the plot interesting because I like adventures and imaginative stories.

I loved the show and I’d definitely do it again. My favourite part was when one of the Merry Men (Owen) said, ‘We saw the sheriff pick his nose!” It was a funny line!

The main characters are King Richard, Robin Hood, Maid Marion and the sheriff. My favourite character is Will Scarlett because he is a good swordsman. I would recommend this show to my friends as it is very entertaining.

Review by Savannah (4G) Robin Hood was a good man who would always try to defeat the sheriff. The sheriff was a horrid man who would steal from the poor and give to the rich. This left the poor with nothing so that left Robin with no choice but to steal from the rich.

My favourite character was Maid Marion. She was a main part and she rocked it. It looked like she was enjoying it especially the songs.

I really enjoyed this play because it has a lot of imagination. Boys and girls would love this play if you like fighting and adventure stories. My favourite part was when we had the party at the end and the sheriff says, ‘it’s a fair cop!’

I also think people will like this play because it is fun and exciting and there’s always something about to happen.

When I first found out what part I was going to be in the play I felt like bouncing off the wall as I was so happy. When I found out I was a villager and a lady I couldn’t wait to see what my outfit was. When we were practising the play I felt scared about the real play. When it was the dress rehearsal I was worried about saying the wrong line or forgetting it but it all went well. When it was the actual play my face went as white as a sheet but I was wearing make up. After the play I felt very proud of myself.

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Year 5’s ‘Evening of Music and Drama’ A packed hall of parents, family and friends were entertained by the Year 5 children’s ‘Evening of Music and Drama’ in December. The theme was Roald Dahl, with dramatised scenes from his famous books and songs from musical adaptations, including an excellent performance of ‘When I Grow Up’ from Matilda to end the show. The children bought Roald Dahl’s characters to life with their confident acting and singing. Thank you to all the staff who supported them, particularly Mrs Hardy and the directors Mrs Campbell-John and Mrs Mason.

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It’s All Greek To Me – A Journey To The Ancient World On Tuesday night, the hall was full of excitement, because Year

Theseus and James was the Minator. N-J was Aegus. We finished

6 was going to perform plays with doom and death in and

off with ‘Any Dream Will Do’. A funny part was when Edward

songs from ‘Joseph’.

came on in a giraffe costume. It was a brilliant play! James (6G)

The first play was ‘The Adventures of Percy’. It is about a

Tuesday night at seven sharp was the opening of the Year 6

prophecy that King Acrisius would be killed by his grandson,

production called ‘It’s all Greek to me’ with fabulous songs from

Perseus. So Perseus and his mother get sent out to sea and try to

‘Joseph’ and also two fantastic plays from each class. These were

overcome big issues.

‘The Amazing adventures of Percy’, ‘Troy Story’, ‘Greece - The

The second play was ‘Troy Story’. It is about Achilles the best

Play’ and ‘Bully for Theseus’. The acting was very professional and

warrior of the Greeks stopping fighting for them. Because of

the voice projection was loud and clear. Sarah (6G)

that disaster has happened until clever Odysseus comes up with

The night kicked off with the introduction and two songs, ‘Jacob

a genius idea. It is a funny play and is packed full of doom and

and Sons’, ‘Joseph’s coat’. After that, 6G performed. ‘The

death and even a bit of love.

Adventures of Percy’ was very funny. In Perseus’ conquest to

After the interval was ‘Greece - The Play’. Things are not going

bring the head of the Medusa to King Polydectes he receives

well on Mount Olympus . The boiler is broken and Zeus can not stand it. So brave Hercules sets out to fix it. It is a funny play and full of jokes.

The last and final play was ‘Bully For Theseus’. Theseus sets out to Athens to see his father and along the way he faces problems.

All is good when he arrives and sees his dad but he is cast out to Crete where the Minotaur lives in the maze. Harry (6G) Last night it was the Greek play and Year 6 were buzzing with excitement outside the Hall. My parts were a messenger and a wedding guest. My favourite line was “if you do not return her Apollo will send a sudden illness upon your men”, because the chorus dies in an over the top way. I like my line because it leads the chorus to die. My target was to breathe in between my lines.

Oliver (6G) Tuesday night was the first night of the Year 6 production. Firstly we sang ‘Jacob and sons’ and ‘Joseph’s coat’ then we went straight into Act 1. First it was ‘The Adventures of Percy’ and I played wedding guest 6. Harry made a very good Perseus! Then it was ‘Troy Story’ which was my favourite play. I played Achilles.

This play was mainly about blood and It was my favourite play.

This play was mainly about blood and gore. Then it was the interval. We started off with ‘close every door to me’. And then went straight into ‘Greece - The Play’. Barnaby was Zeus and Dom was Prometheus. The next play was ‘Bully for Theseus’. Nils was

the gifts from the gods to help him against the Medusa. When Perseus got to the Medusa he faced her. Snakes writhed in her hair. When he chopped off the head he took it to Polydectes who was frozen in time forever.

‘Troy Story’ was also a success. This play featured the Prophetesses of Doom, the mighty Achilles, Hector and the clever Odysseus and a fight to the death between the Trojans and Greeks. The ‘ill fated’ wooden horse was brought into the City of Troy. Its belly was filled with Greeks. That night the Greeks came out of the horse and destroyed Troy eventually winning the war.

Next came ‘Close every door’. The soloists excelled and the singing was very good. After this, 6R performed ‘Greece - The Play’ about Zeus’ dodgy boiler. Prometheus stole fire from the gods leading to an error in his boiler. Prometheus deserved a sentence and was to be chained to a hillside with a vulture pecking out his liver every day. Luckily, Heracles the odd job man to the glitterati of Ancient Greece saved the day and they all had a party.

In ‘Bully for Theseus’ , Theseus went out to find his dad and succeeded until he is thrown in the minotaur’s maze. Finally we sang ‘Any dream will do’. The production was hilarious especially with the giraffe! The acting was excellent and the hard work paid off. The singing was great. Overall I would rate it 9 and three quarters out of ten. Barnaby (6R)

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The King’s Men On Thursday 20th June, Year 7 became The King’s Men for the evening as the school hall was transformed into The Globe Theatre.

As a Shakespearean theatre company, they performed some dramatic and very funny extracts from some of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, including ‘Macbeth’, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, ‘King Lear’, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and ‘Twelfth Night’.

Year 7 worked very hard to learn a great many lines and then to perform these with conviction and passion. The audience sat spellbound as Year 7 took them on a journey to a blasted heath in Scotland, a forest in Arden and a balcony in fair Verona.

I am so very proud of Year 7 and all they have achieved. Their hard work and commitment during our rehearsals has been outstanding and I was thrilled with their wonderful final performance.

Well done Year 7!

Mrs Mason

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Can we start by saying WOW?! What

wouldn’t be a play without The Wardrobe.

the intense killing scenes where Elena’s

a performance! However did we put

We are very grateful to Mr Mullins and the

knife sometimes came out of its socket…

on such a wonderful play without our

DT department for making this happen.

but I guess that’s why we have a dress

favourite music teacher Mr Wardell and

With the dry ice and the beautiful trees,

rehearsal! On the night everything

only a cast of 12? In true Barrow Hills

the lamp post and all the rest of the

went smoothly and we all enjoyed

fashion we all pulled together and Mr

decorations made by Miss Stoneham and

this production and it will be a night

Frazer, Mrs Mason and Mrs Goedkoop

the Theatre Design Activities Team, the

to remember. It is lovely to have our

did a superb job. The Lion the Witch

stage was transformed into a wintry land

professionally printed programmes (thank

and the Wardrobe was definitely the

of ice and snow…

you Mrs Buirski!), photographs and our

most incredible production we’ve ever performed, especially taking into account the short rehearsal time and the huge amount of lines we had to learn!

On the night we rose to the challenge, although sadly we think the audience

Thank you to everyone who helped us with

enjoyed the guest appearance by the

our production. Miss Tan, we miss you and

parents the most! Many thanks to Mr

hope you will be back with us soon.

Rehearsals were interesting and fast

Wilder, Mr Trounce, Mrs Peek and Mrs

paced. Over ten weeks, we moved from

Brydon who played the four children

being twelve children standing on a stage

so brilliantly as adults. We know they

marking scenes through to really using

enjoyed squeezing through the wardrobe!

our faces and bodies to portray genuine emotions. Lexi, a GCSE drama student, introduced some drama exercises to help us bond as a cast and we all enjoyed shouting, ‘For NARNIA!’ after warming up with the funky chicken!

DVD as a souvenir!

In the dress rehearsal many things went wrong including Lucy getting stuck in the curtain, Serena and Dom having the brakes on the wardrobe so they couldn’t

Many, many, many hours were devoted

move it, people saying their

to this play but they were all worth it! It

lines at the wrong time and

By Hermione and Freddy Year 8 Drama Captains

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Music Congratulations to all our pupils who have taken part in choirs, instrumental ensembles, workshops, concerts, Musician of the Week, Proms and House Music. There is so much to celebrate.

It has been terrific to see many children taking ABRSM and Trinity examinations, achieving a 100% pass rate. It was great to see Barrow Hills instrumentalists join over a hundred children for Prep Schools’ Orchestral Day. We now have three choirs at Barrow Hills. The Carol Service was a real highlight with so many children being involved. The introduction of a termly concert was popular, with soloists as well as the Year 2 Choir and Year 8 African Drummers making quite an impact. The Bridewell Singers sang with King Edward’s Chapel Choir on Bridewell Day and at Mass at Westminster Cathedral.

Mia (6R) William (6G) Ruby (5G) Aoife (4G) Verity (5R) Dominic (6R) Xavier (7G) Lara (4R)

1 3 1 1 3 4 2 1

Voice Piano Voice (Merit) Singing for Musical Theatre Voice Piano (Merit) Singing for Musical Theatre (Merit) Voice

Edward (6R) Edward (6R) Kiyo (6R) Chloe (4G) Isobel (7G) Samuel (4R) Arthur (2G) Jonah (5R) Millie (4G) Ilana (3G) Theodore (5G) Max (3R) Anastasia (5R) Mia (6R) Alfred (3G) Theodore (5G) Sophie (5G) William (6G) Anastasia (5R) Mia (6R) Harry (6G)

3 1 Prep 1 5 Prep Prep Prep 2 Prep 2 Prep 1 2

Violin Piano Piano Voice (Distinction) Voice Voice Voice Piano Voice Piano Violin Voice Voice Voice Piano Piano Piano Piano Voice Voice Guitar

Prep Prep 3 Prep 1 1

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Ballet News Congratulations to those children who were commended by Miss Anna for their hard work and performance in ballet this year.

Annabel (2R) was winner of the Pre-Prep ballet cup and Emilia (2G), Autumn (2G) and Suzie (2G) were commended for their hard work and dedication.

Ballet commendations were awarded to Toby (2G), Freddie (2G), Aria (2G), Lyla (2R), Xanthe (2G), Eliza (2R), Sophie (2R), Jemima (2R), Beatrice (1G), Delilah (1G), Thomas (R), Hermione (R) and Annabel (R).

Emilia (2G) was also presented with a special ballet award for going above and beyond in her hard work and preparation for her ballet exam. Roseanna, a former pupil of Miss Anna’s, who now dances as a First Artist with Scottish Ballet sent her a signed pair of her pointe shoes as a special award. Well done Emilia!

Congratulations children and thank you Miss Anna for all your hard work and dedication too!

EXAM RESULTS Autumn Term 2018 Primary: Sophie (2R) Eliza (2R) Emilia (2G) Suzannah (2G) Grade One: Cleo (3G) Ottilie (3R) Grade Two: Beatrix (5G) Ruby (5G) Verity (5R) Anastasia (5R) Grade Three Performance Award: Jessica (6G) Spring Term 2019 Primary:

Grade One:

Grade Two: Grade Three:

Jemima (2R) Xanthe (2G) Aria (2G) Lyla (2R) Annabel (2R) Autumn (2G) Aoife (4G) Edith (4R) Amelie (3G) Ilana (3G) Daisy (3R) Chloe (4G) Sophie (5G) Rosie (5R) Jessica (6G)

Summer Term 2019 Pre-Primary Passes: Thomas (R) Annabel (R) Alexandra (R) Primary: Delilah (1G) Beatrice (1G) Freddie (2G) Tobias (2G) Grade Two: Phoebe (4R) Molly (4R) Grade Three: Georgia (6G) Grace (6G) Charlotte (7G) Phoebe (6G) Grade Four: Serena (8G)

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Girls Sport Hockey The hockey season kicked off with a tough first fixture against Edgeborough and we definitely came second that Wednesday afternoon! Fortunately, our results improved throughout the season and when we played St Edmund’s just after Christmas, all seven of our girls’ hockey teams were victorious!

U10B Cranleigh Hockey Tournament On Wednesday 27th March, Barrow Hills girls entered the U10B Cranleigh Hockey Tournament and they won! They won four matches and drew one: Belmont (won 2-1) Hoe Bridge (won 1-0) Lambrook (won 1-0) Cranleigh (won 2-0) Highfield (drew 0-0)

Portsmouth

Congratulations to the team for playing brilliantly all afternoon!

Grammar School:

U9B Hockey Tournament at Portsmouth Grammar School On Thursday 7th March, our U9 team took part in a B team hockey festival at Portsmouth Grammar School. Barrow Hills played some fabulous hockey: passing wide, using the reverse stick, having an early shot on goal and following in on rebounds! We confidently won all six matches!

won 3-0 Farleigh: won 3-0 Amesbury: won 3-0 Meon Cross: won 3-0 Westbourne House: won 2-0 Cranleigh: won 2-0

Rounders

The Junior Colts played Hoe Bridge and

Witham Hall - Lost 2.5-6.5

lost and then St Andrew’s and won! Heidi

St George’s - Lost 2-6

Rounders fixtures are not as easy to find

(4G), Cleo (3G) and Clara (3G) proved to

Newland House - Won 8-4

due to many schools dropping the sport

be formidable when batting and between

Glendower - Won 8.5-4

totally in favour of cricket. Barrow Hills

them they scored a mighty 20 rounders in

Great Walstead - Won 5-3.5

girls however absolutely love playing

these two games. Well played girls!

Fairfield - Won 4.5-3

rounders, so this year we have slotted a few fixtures in between a busy summer of cricket!

The Colts girls were delighted to be able to play a whole day of rounders at Windlesham House School in the

Bedford - Lost 3.5-9 Bishopsgate - Lost 4-5 The Elms - Won

IAPS U11 National Finals for Rounders.

The senior girls had victories in rounders

Out of 14 teams, Barrow Hills finished

over Belmont, Great Ballard and

in 7th place overall. The girls played

Prebendal but lost to King Edward’s

nine matches back to back which is an

Witley 15-20. Scoring a full rounder at

incredible feat in itself, winning five

senior level is much harder to achieve

matches and losing four. They were

as the fielding is strong by the time girls

tactically very impressive and did not let

are at U13 level, Lucy (8G) and Ilaria (8G)

any school score into double figures off

did well to score three full rounders each

30 good balls in an innings. The results:

this season.

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Netball PGS U11 Netball Tournament

Thursday afternoon and won 21-12.

On Wednesday 19th September, Barrow

After a good night’s sleep in the hotel,

Hills U11 Netball team travelled to

the girls were ready for the tournament.

Portsmouth to compete in the versatility

We had four schools in our draw and a

netball tournament. They played seven

tough section. We first played St George’s

games and had to rotate every game

School and lost 15-8 (St George’s went

to play a different position. The girls

on to win the tournament). Our next

won five of their matches against:

game was against Widford Lodge and

Amesbury, St Hilary’s, St Ives, St Gabriel’s

sadly, we also lost this match 13-6. The

and Churcher’s. We drew against

final match for the first round draw was

Alton Convent and narrowly lost to St

against South Lee School and we won

Swithun’s (3-4) who went on to win the

17-7. The girls finished in third place and

tournament. Barrow Hills finished a very

went through to the plate competition.

impressive 3rd out of 16 schools.

During the afternoon, the girls had three

King Edward’s Witley Netball Tournament On Saturday 6th October, our Years 5 and 6 netball teams entered the King Edward’s Witley U10 and U11 Netball Tournament. The girls battled hard in the rain all morning and played some brilliant

more matches: a quarter final against Barnardiston which they won convincingly 18-6, a semi-final against Framlingham College (won 8-4) and finally the plate final against South Lee which we won 106. Holly (6R) was awarded player of the tournament.

netball. The U10 team finished sixth out

U13 IAPS Netball

of eight teams and our U11 team finished

On Friday 1st March, our U13 girls

eighth overall out of nine teams.

participated in the U13 IAPS Netball

U11 IAPS Netball On Thursday 14th February, the Barrow Hills U11A Netball Team travelled to Framlingham College to participate in the IAPS U11 Small Schools Netball Competition. They played a warm up game against Framlingham on the

Regional Qualifiers at Cranleigh. We were the only school to have our entire Years 7 and 8 girls participating! The girls played incredibly well against some very big schools and achieved three wins, three losses and one draw. This put them

played Amesbury in the semi-final and won 8-4. They then played Danes Hill in the final and won 8-3! Hermione (8G) was the player of the tournament for Barrow Hills.

through to the plate competition. They

Cricket The U13 team had an unbeaten season on the cricket pitch,

matches as the remainder were rounders fixtures. This season,

winning matches against: Seaford, King Edward’s Witley,

girls in Years 5 and 6 focused on their fielding and have been

Belmont and Edgeborough. Their tactical knowledge of the

busy working on their bowling.

game has improved since learning the sport last year. The girls are now looking for the gaps in the fielders when batting and much more sensible when it comes to running or not for the extra run!

The Junior Colts played matches against St Hilary’s, Pennthorpe and Belmont, with a mixture of wins and losses across the three Junior Colts teams. Maintaining focus for the length of a cricket match is tough when you are just 8 years old but

The Colts A team also had an unbeaten cricket season, beating

the girls are steadily improving at avoiding the temptation to

St Edmund’s and Longacre, although they played just two

perform gymnastics moves whilst fielding!

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Mixed Sport Swimming Girls Swimming Gala

competition with St Ives winning

On Tuesday 2nd October, girls from

51-50. The atmosphere was

Years 3-6 swam against St Hilary’s and

incredibly exciting!

Edgeborough. St Hilary’s proved to be incredibly strong and won the gala (34 points) Edgeborough came second (53 points) and Barrow Hills third (57 points).

The following girls gained wins in their individual races: Cleo (3G) - U8 Backstroke Ottilie (3R) - U8 Breaststroke

Barrow Hills girls entered a Guildford High School Regional Gala for the first time and two of our team made it through to the finals, with Holly (6R) finishing 3rd in U11 Butterfly and Heidi (4G) coming 3rd in the U9 Freestyle final.

(6R) for the U11 Boys 50m Backstroke.

Barrow Hills entered the IAPS Swimming

Holly achieved a personal best time of

Competition and two of our swimmers

41.15 and came 10th overall out of 174

qualified for the National Finals – both

swimmers. Theo also knocked time off his

On 27th November, the girls swam against

of whom qualified in 2018! Holly (6R) in

PB and finished in 10th position out of 139

St Ives and this was such a close fought

the U11 Girls 50m Breaststroke and Theo

boys in a time of 36.78 seconds.

Rosie (5R) - U10 Butterfly Holly (6R) - U11 Butterfly

Tennis

Year 2’s First Football Match

This year, there were tennis fixtures against Belmont, King

On Friday 12th October, our Year 2’s played their first football

Edward’s Witley and St Ives for our keen tennis players.

matches against St Polycarp’s school in Farnham. St Polycarp’s

Children from Year 8 competed against Belmont and rallied

arrived to the eagerly awaiting Barrow Hills teams and were

well with each pair playing two games of doubles. We lost

ready to get stuck straight in. The children were split into four

overall 2-6, however the matches were great to watch, with

teams, and were each coached by our Year 7’s. Despite soggy

accurate serving, long rallies and amicable scoring!

pitches, the children threw themselves into the matches with

The next fixture was a tough one for our Year 7 and 8 children, against King Edward’s Witley, who have a fantastic reputation for tennis. James (7G) and Alexander (7G) gained a very good victory over their third pair. Nicky (8G) and Freddie (8G) also gained a win against their second pair. The overall result however was a convincing win to King Edward’s!

The final fixture was against St Ives on Tuesday 2nd July. For many players this was their first ever tennis match and I am delighted to report they played incredibly well and Barrow Hills won overall by 9 games to 3!

great team spirit and enthusiasm, and all participants had a great time. Well done Year 2!

Sport

Athletics

(4G) who won bronze in the U9

Guildford High School District

min.

Athletics Competition On Wednesday 22nd May, girls from Years 3 and 4 took part in the District Athletics Competition hosted by Guildford High School at Charterhouse athletics track. The standard of the competition

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girls 600m in a time of 2.09.45

Barrow Hills Pentathlon On Monday 20th May, Barrow Hills hosted an Athletics Pentathlon between six schools. Competing athletes took part in all five events on the day: 600m, 50m hurdles,

U8 Girls - Cleo (3G) 1st

long jump, ball throw and 75m. Points

U8 Boys - Lucas (3R) - 2nd

were awarded depending on times and

U9 Girls - Heidi (4G) - 1st

distances achieved.

U10 Girls - Rosie (5R) - 3rd

Overall Barrow Hills won the

U10 Girls - Beatrix (5G) - 1st

competition, beating Edgeborough,

U10 Boys - Conrad (5R) - 3rd

Ripley Court, Pennthorpe, Chandler and

U11 Girls - Holly (6R) - 2nd

Belmont. There were 24 athletes in each

U11 Girls - Jess (6R) - 1st

age group competing in the individual

U11 Boys - Theo (6R) - 3rd

competition. The following children won

Congratulations to all the children who

individual medals:

took part in this event - you were superb!

Holland Hockey Tour 2018

Jago’s family relocated to Holland when he

were then back on the bike for another

was in Year 3. He travelled to Eindhoven to

15km back to our hotel in Valkenburg with

meet up with his now Year 8 friends and

a detour to the Maastricht swimming pool

Children in Years 7 and 8 travelled to

play in the second half! After conceding

for some fun on the slides!

Holland in half term to play hockey against

two early goals we quickly pulled the score

Our last fixture was a very tough one

three Dutch clubs. After a very cheeky 4am

back to 2-2 by half time but lost the match

vs Cranendonck, another club based in

start on Monday 29th October, we arrived

4-3. A full 70 minute match was quite a

Eindhoven, who put out an U14 boys B

at our hotel in plenty of time to go the the

shock to some of our players!

team. Our Year 7 and 8 boys and girls

local leisure centre and let the children have

The following day, the team had another

played incredibly well but lost 9-2. The

a fun splash time in the swimming pool.

morning training slot, followed by an

opposition were able to hit a ball hard

The next morning, our team was up early

afternoon match against Scoop who are

and scored some very impressive goals.

for a training session led by a Dutch coach,

based in Sittard.

However, playing against a team of this

was very high with 16 schools competing and the girls needing to qualify for any final through heats in each event.

Our girls took part in a range of events including: 50m, 75m, 150, 600m, relay, long jump, high jump and ball throw.

Congratulations to all the girls who participated and a special mention to Cleo (3G) who won gold in the U8 girls 150m in a time of 24.73 secs and Heidi

followed by an afternoon of fun on the luge (tobogganing down a purpose built track). Later that evening we headed off to Eindhoven to play one of the largest clubs in Holland, ‘Oranje Rood’ who have

We played against their U12 boys B team and won 6-1, with goals being scored on the reverse stick, short corners and individual efforts. All great fun!

ability made our children really step up their defending skills in terms of marking and closing down the player with the ball.

The children who were on tour were a real credit to Barrow Hills and I am sure

2500 members and ten U12 teams! Our

Our final full day in Holland was spent

team played against their U12E team and

mostly on a bike. The children cycled 12 km

we were perfectly matched. We were

into Maastricht. After a quick stop for gift

even lucky enough to have an old Barrow

shopping we were treated to some yummy

Thank you for playing so well!

Hillian, Jago Heemskerk playing for us.

pancakes. With full tummies, our team

Mrs Burnett and Mr Hatcher

they will have fond memories of this tour for many years to come.

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Cross Country

King of the Hills 2019

St Catherine’s Cross-Country

children from Barrow Hills and King

On Tuesday 18th September, 16 Barrow

Edward’s Witley eagerly participated

Hills girls in Years 3-6 entered the St

in our annual King of the Hills cross-

Catherine’s Cross-Country Competition.

country race.

It was a high-level competition with 10 schools competing and 60 runners in each race. All of our children ran with determination and completed the course. The first girl home from Barrow Hills in each year group was Cleo (3G) who came 10th in the Year 3 girls race,

On Wednesday 27th March, 150

This year, the race started at King Edward’s and the course was altered slightly to include an extra half mile.

However, the route is definitely more downhill when starting at King Edward’s so the children did not seem to mind they were now running 2.49 miles!

Barrow Hills’ Cross Country Events

Beatrix (5G) 11th in the Year 5 race and

Twenty members of staff from both

In both December and March, Barrow

Holly (6R) 17th in the Year 6 race.

schools were marshals along the route

Hills hosted a fantastic cross country event

as well as a lead hare on a bike so

for local schools. In December, we hosted

little chance for children to veer off

16 local schools and 290 competitors.

the course! There was even motivating

Children from Years 5 and 6 ran against

music at one of the marshal stations.

their age group, starting from the field,

The first school to get 25 children

through the centre of School, down the

across the finish line would be crowned

drive, around the perimeter and finished

winners. This year, Barrow Hills were

with a lap of the field. The children

Seaford Cross Country

victorious with our 25th runner crossing

enjoyed a fantastic match tea, provided

On Friday 21st September, the Barrow

the line in 36th place.

by Tomas and the catering team - hot

Ava (4R) came 14th in the Year 4 race,

Guildford High School Cross Country On Monday 25th February, girls in Years 3-6 competed at Guildford High School in a lap of Stoke Park. Cleo (3G) ran a fantastic race and came 3rd in the U8 race in a field of 70 competitors.

Hills U10 and U11 cross country teams competed at Seaford. We had a great afternoon with over 10 schools taking part and roughly 70 runners in each race. Overall, we had seven runners finishing in the top eight receiving medals and huge congratulations to the U11 boys who as a team came in first place.

The fastest boys, who came in joint first in a time of 15 minutes and 21

dogs and cake were the perfect post race combination for the hungry runners!

seconds were James (7G) and Cade

In March, the sun shone on all the Year

(6R) both from Barrow Hills. The

3 and 4 runners, in stark contrast to

fastest girl came in ninth overall in a

the wind and rain that had led to the

time of 17 minutes and 56 seconds

event’s postponement a few weeks

and was from King Edward’s.

before. With over 160 runners, the race

All the children thoroughly enjoyed

was a great success.

the event and amazingly all 150

Congratulations to all of the children

runners crossed the finish line in under

who ran and huge thanks to everyone

37 minutes.

who helped - minibus drivers, marshals, guides, those on car parking duty and match teas. Our Upper Prep children were excellent pacemakers and also provided wonderful support to those who weren’t used to competing. Thank you to Mr Clarke for organising such excellent events.

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Football 1st XI Football

1st XI Football

2nd XI Football During my time as captain for the seconds team we had our ups and downs. When the ball went past the defence Thomas F would stop them from taking any shots and he still had an amazing attitude even when we weren’t winning. Also, the chemistry between Rupert and Nick was amazing, they scored plenty of goals game after game. At the beginning we didn’t know how each person played but as the season went on, the team improved in anything the coaches mentioned. Our heads never went down and when we won a game we felt like champions. By the end of the season, the entire team improved so much in our defence and our effort. We couldn’t have done it without the massively encouraging coaches, especially Mr Crisell. Overall, my favourite part was working as a team and how we all enjoyed every game we played. It was a great season of football for the seconds.

Dominic (8G)

2nd XI Football

Over the course of the football half term, the 1st XI has really got to know the way of football. Sharing experiences with the team has been a real great time, and what a season we have had. James H gave an outstanding performance as CAM. He was in every tackle and scored a lot of outstanding goals. Although James might not be the tallest among us, he scored a header on a one on one with the keeper. He got us through the tough times and when we were not doing too well, he stayed in the fight and that is one of the hardest things in sport.

Thinking fast is a tough job, and as a football defender the job is even harder.

One move can lead to us losing the game so

Colts A1 Football This season, we really developed our strengths and learnt to read the game much better. At the beginning, we were all quite nervous and wondering how we would get on. Our first few games were a real success, Cade being the main base of the team with his workrate, skills and his selflessness on the ball. Also, my partner in defence James worked really well with me and when Tommy was on good form (which he was all the time!) we barely conceded. Unfortunately, against Pennthorpe, lots of our team played quite selfishly and we had our only loss of the season, but we learnt from our mistakes and carried on. Our final game was the final of the South Surrey Cup where we narrowly won by a single goal, Tommy pulling out some great saves. Over all we had an extremely good season, our football minds strengthened and we had lots of good memories.

Dominic (6R) Colts A2 Football We started well, playing high tempo fast attacking football. Our first games were tough as we faced Seaford and St Edmund’s. Unfortunately, we lost both games. The ball didn’t seem as if it wanted to go into the net, as we lost 1-0 against St Ed’s. We scored early on against Seaford but they pulled it back to a goal each and then scored a winner to leave us devastated. Will N was a star in goal, saving shot after shot. We had a brick

well done to Ben T and James D for keeping a cool head and quickly dealing with danger.

I would also like to say thank you especially to Ben as I have seen a real improvement in his throw, once he nearly chucked it half the length of the pitch. He has become the most developed player in the team’s eyes.

James D is the core of the defence, clearing the ball, sometimes running with it and that move leads to a goal as he spreads it wide. His skills have greatly improved and his passing was one of the best. I think we can all learn how to channel our anger from James, and if we didn’t have him I feel we could not have won the fights.

Freddie (8G)

Colts A2 Football wall defence featuring Alexander and William H who kept it tight at the back and conceded a small amount of goals.

Jonah played extremely well as he danced through defenders and then looked for the pass. Tom played a skillful game as he waltzed through the opposition. My favourite part of the season was when we taught Belmont a lesson and thrashed them 4-1 as Tom H scored a hat-trick.

Our team improved in the attacking third, understanding how to create chances for one another. Overall, we had a solid season and played some nice football.

Thank you Mr Clarke for coaching us throughout the season.

Barnaby (6R)

40 Colts B1 Football The B1 football team did well this term.

We had some wins and some losses, but we did not feel down, we just carried on playing even if we were worn out.

The three players I think worked the hardest were Conrad, Taylor and Jackson, but everyone played very well. The B1s improved on moving into space even when we didn’t have the ball, as well as looking up and passing more often. My favourite part of the season was when we played at a different school because we tried harder and pushed ourselves to the limit.

Brice (6G) Colts B2 Football My team were brilliant at scoring goals because everyone was passing and controlling the ball really well. We needed to work on the accuracy of the kicks and spreading out onto the pitch. Our goalie did well when he saved a few good shots by the boys from St Edmund’s. Our striker Ollie was always quick to come back from the front and help out in midfield when we needed it. The B2s improved over the season. We were able to keep possession for much longer than when we started at the beginning of term. My favourite part of the season was definitely the House matches. It was a good season and I look forward to playing football again next year.

Oliver (6G) Colts C1 Football The C1 football team played really well this season in both our home and away games. We all had fun times even when we were playing in the rain. This was the best season the team and I have ever had at Barrow Hills. Jack T, our amazing right midfielder, did extremely well in passing the ball up the field to the rest of the players, and as for Kiyo, he did an outstanding job in defence and midfield.

Eoin, our astonishing left midfielder, helped our team stay very positive with his supportive shouts and made us enjoy ourselves even more. My favorite game was when we won 3-0 against Amesbury.

In the first half they pushed us back, but eventually we turned the tables on them and Luke, our centre midfielder, and I scored, undoubtedly due to the whole of our team being very competent at passing the ball up the field. In the second half we put more pressure on them and Eoin scored a fantastic third and final goal. Our team improved greatly in possession, our positive approach, much stronger passes and calling skills.

We did this by concentrating and listening and remembering what we had learnt in

our games lessons. The best part of the season was when Jack kept smashing the ball up the field, this made everyone happy and we all kept laughing for the entire game. Mr Hatcher said: “You have improved in every game and you are good sportsmen.” Thank you to my team for a successful and enjoyable season.

Tom (4G) Colts C2 Football The Colts C2s have had a hard and challenging and fun season. In some of our games we really put in a lot of effort but, in some of the games we didn’t try our best. I think this is what we could have really improved, more than trying to score. The three people that I think really did their best in the whole season were Jago S, Jamie and Theodore. There was one player who just joined the team and his name is Paul and he really was a superb player! Our team lost a few matches but we drew a few. When I first joined the C2s I really was a bit negative but after a few matches I started to feel better about the team. Thank you Mr Hatcher, Mr Andrade and Miss Farrell for taking the whole team to matches and the team for playing well.

Jnr. Colts A2 Football skill. I think Dom did well at keeping the team up and looked after the team. To conclude, we had a good coach to help us along the way, a strong team and I made lots of great friends and football players in my first season at Barrow Hills.

Huw (4R)

Josh scored some great goals to make sure we were always competitive. We couldn’t have done so well without Edward’s brilliant defending. Hugo was instrumental in midfield, without his tracking back and winning the ball we not have been able to score so many goals. My favourite part of the season was how we linked up and came together as a team, it was great to see how much energy we put in and we never gave up even in the toughest matches. Special mention to Mr Clarke for being such a good coach.

Junior Colts B1 Football The B1s had an interesting season, and a good mixture of results. We won some and we lost some, and we had a lot of fun along the way. Our best match was probably our first, against Belmont, which we won 3-0 thanks to some really good teamwork. We kept working, ensuring that we operated as a team, and got better at that during the rest of the games, but came up against some difficult opponents. Everyone who played got stuck in and tried their best. Timo made a number of excellent saves, and Max tackled himself to a standstill. Thomas showed he could be a good threat taking the ball down the wing, and Edward provided a strong anchor in defence.

Jasper showed lots of skilful touches, and I put pressure on the opposition whenever they had the ball. We made ourselves quite difficult to beat, thanks to our teamwork, but didn’t always manage to score at the other end. I can also report that the best match teas on offer came from Barrow Hills: bacon sandwiches followed by chocolate brownies. Yum! Thank you to Miss Farrell for coaching us and making it an enjoyable season, and to Mr Hatcher for driving the minibus and for giving us help.

Gabriel (4R)

Charlie (4G)

N-J (6R) Junior Colts A1 Football This season, the Junior Colts A1 played really well. The team spirit and camaraderie was high and it was great to be a part of.

We were lucky to have such a good team of great players and unfortunately I can’t mention them all.

Junior Colts A2 Football Our season started well because we won all three of our matches in week one. We quickly got used to playing together. As the season went on, we practised hard at passing and got better at it. I am proud of the whole team because we didn’t lose any of our matches in the whole season. I think Montgomery did well because he scored most of our goals and is fast with the ball.

Lucas was also fast and helped with football

Junior Colts B2 Football The Junior Colts B2s had a very successful football season. The schools we played against were Longacre, St Edmund’s and Amesbury, amongst others. Jethro played well in goal, Max did some amazing tackling and Ronnie scored a great goal against Longacre. During the season our teamwork and passing improved a lot. We would really like to thank Mr Hatcher for coaching us.

Sam (4R)

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Rugby 1st XII Rugby This year’s rugby season for the first team I have to say was one of the best ever because of the grit, the determination and the drive of every single player. A small group of boys but the biggest amount of heart and determination ever. Even if it wasn’t the favourite sport of some, they soldiered through and improved and progressed as players and sportsmen. The team played exceptionally well together and there are some individual improvements and performances worth mentioning. My co-captain Oscar V weaved through the line of defence swiftly, and put in the main breaks and setups for a lot of tries. He was a big credit to the team. Also James, who

Colts 5A Rugby

Colts 5A Rugby At the start of the season, the whole team was really enthusiastic, but a bit rusty. For most of the team it was the first time they had rucked, mauled and scrummaged, but with lots of great coaching from Mr Conway, everyone’s rugby skills quickly improved. In the first game, we had some good fast running and passing, but our defensive line wasn’t quite strong enough.

By the final game the whole team was playing really well together in both defence and attack. The two players whose tackling had improved the most, and were amazing during the last game, were Tom H and Tom H, with Jago K rucking really well. The last game against Pennthorpe was really hard fought, we defended strongly and came back from being behind twice to draw the match with a try scored right in the corner, seconds before the final whistle!

Toby (5R)

performed at an especially fast pace. He did a lot to reset the play and defend on the line and keep the team spirit high. And finally Oscar M for his tackling of the big guys with no fear, which is what to look for in a gladiatorial sport. The biggest turning point in the season for me was actually in game one, where we switched from good sportsmen to great sportsmen by going out of our comfort zone and performing. I had two highlights of the season. Our first win because it was uplifting and rewarding.

And also the House matches because the standard and competition was so high and

1st XII Rugby

fair. In conclusion it was a great season.

Nicky (8G)

Colts 5C Rugby Our very first game against Belmont was very exciting with Dominic doing an amazing flying tackle and Jackson scoring the winning try in the last minute. He was our light saber! It taught us never to give up. In training we improved the most at running forward, passing and tackling. We learnt that to be a team you must stay and play in your position. Everyone had their jobs to do - Al, Jackson, Paul and Theodore our fastest runners as forwards and Dom, Jack, Jago and I tackling at the back and learning how to do scrums. My favourite game was at St Edmund’s as I scored my first two tries. We really played together as a team… and we won!

Seb (5G) Colts 6A Rugby 2018 has been a great year for Colts 6A rugby team. This year has been amazing for Matthew who did astonishingly good drop kicks, for Dominic and his rock hard tackles and for Theo with his lightening runs. Cade ran into gaps and according to the coaches Harry Liddle did powerful rucking. I think Alexander was the most improved player because he grew more confident with the sport as the season went on. My favourite part of the season was when one of the team passed the ball to Matthew who saw space and did a grubber onto the try line, he then dived onto it and placed the ball down. Sadly the referee did not think Matthew touched the ball down so no try was awarded. It was my favourite part of the season because it demonstrated teamwork, passing and looking for space.

It also demonstrated our respect for the referee. Our team improved the most with

off-loading because last year we probably did two off-loads in a game and they were not very effective, whereas this year we probably did seven a game and they were all impactful. We are all looking forward to the next season when we will hopefully develop further as a team. We all thank the coaches but especially Mr Clarke because he taught us most of our skills and made it great fun.

Harry (6G) Colts 6B Rugby The 6B’s had quite a tough season this year with the wind and rain. The players I thought that stood out are: Tom, Tommy, Arran and Jamie. I would also say James stood out. But that was at the start of the season. Unfortunately he left us on about our third match. Tom was always ready on the wing to offer a pass. Tommy was tackling down players very well.

Arran encouraged my players and made a few amazing runs down the wing.

Finally, Jamie. Jamie was very tough and, like Arran, made some incredible runs down the wings. My favourite part of the season was when we had won a match! I think we improved in a few areas gradually throughout the season.

One of those things was rucking over after a tackle. We weren’t rucking over at the start of the season, we just stood there and looked at the people on the floor while the other team rucked over and stole the ball! The other one is passing. We just got the ball (if we hadn’t dropped it) and just ran straight. We needed to pass and luckily at the end of the season we were!

William (6G)

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Junior Colts 3B Rugby

In my opinion I think the season was very enjoyable.The people that stood out to me were NJ who did great tackles and Ben who did great kicks. I think we improved as the season went on and it was great that every team member scored a try.I have no favourite part of the season as I liked it all the same. I am looking forward to next season already I am sure

I really enjoyed the games of rugby we played this season, because all of our players were great and it was fun to play as a team. Some of the matches we played were hard but some were easy.

My teammates were all very good but Jethro was very good at dodging, Charlie S was good at scoring tries, and Jasper was good at grabbing tags. In one game I scored a try – I ran from the halfway line, dodged some players and scored. Miss Hampson looked after our team – she was very kind and motivated us to try our hardest and do our best. I’m looking forward to playing more rugby – contact!

– in Year 4.

everyone else is too.

Junior Colts 3A During the second half of the autumn term we started to learn tag rugby. I started well at first, then got worse and then got better and better! The toughest part of playing was that in all but our first match we didn’t have any subs, that’s what made it super hard. My proudest match was the third match, because the other teams watched us play. The best part of learning rugby was team work!

Jacob (3R)

Tomos (3R) Junior Colts 4A Rugby It was a fantastic season for the Junior Colts 4A rugby team, everyone improved.

My favourite part was our match against St Edmund’s. We started strong, worked together as a team and did fantastic

Jnr. Colts 4A Rugby passing. Through the season Josh, Gabriel, Owen and Edward R did amazing running.

Myself, Dom and Huw did strong tackling and Charlie and Sam did good passing.

It was our first season of full tackling and everyone enjoyed it. The most improved player was Sam, because on the first day he hesitated when someone was about to tackle him and he dropped the ball but by the end of the season he was running hard and keeping the ball. Thank you to Mr Hatcher for coaching us.

Edward (4G)

Hockey 1st VII Hockey This years 1st team was unusual as it consisted mainly of Year 7s so we definitely had a disadvantage against some of the bigger secondary schools, but we stood our ground and gave all the schools we played a tough challenge. The highlight of my season was the Under 12 Surrey Cup because it was a full Year 7 team with Tom from Year 6 playing for us in goal and credit to him with some excellent saves.

Throughout the season there were some superb shots and great defending and close comebacks and was a very exciting season.

Thank you to Mr.Conway for coaching us.

James (7G) 2nd VII Hockey This 2019 season of hockey has been tremendous in terms of determination, heart and results. The season started with a game against Hoe Bridge that ended well with a 2-1 win and would lift are spirits for the rest of the season. Our next game was against Seaford. They had a big squad that we held our ground against, but in the end we unfortunately lost 3-1.

This did help the team to progress and

learn to take more chances. The next game was against Edgeborough, a tough squad that eventually got the best of us as we let goal after goal in and our heads went down. This game was where we had to learn to stay in the game and play to the end, no matter the score. The final fixture was a tournament consisting of St Edmund’s, Edgeborough and Aldro. First, against a familiar squad from them, we showed our improvement, coming away with a draw. We then faced off against a tough St Edmund’s squad and they just got the best of us in the end. In our final game we opposed a weaker Aldro squad and we used basic skills and tactics to get a landslide victory.

Nicky (8G) 3rd VII Hockey To be perfectly honest, the thirds are not the greatest at playing sport, but I feel that this is beside the point. We play sports to have fun and I am a strong believer that our team has more fun than the rest. We may not have won all our games, in fact we have lost half of them, but we had fun doing it and that is a

3rd VII Hockey very good quality to have. This season, the thirds have improved more than any other team. Over half of our original team has played at least one match for the seconds. I particularly want to mention Rupert and Nicholas who played in two games almost every week, one for each team and Max, who worked extremely hard in every training session to become one of our best players by the end of the season. I would like to thank the sports coaches for all their help and advice and the whole team for a superb season.

Harry (8G)

Sport 43 Colts A1 Hockey This year, the Colts A1 hockey team did superbly well! Our first Tournament was IAPS. In the first two games we were asleep and ended up losing one and drawing one. We won the third game but it wasn’t enough. So we went to the plate and won the quarter and semi final. We won the final 3-2 which was brilliant. The next tournament was the Surrey Cup. We won two of our three group games so we played St Andrew’s and won 3-l. In the final, we drew with Cranleigh and they won on penalty flicks. The top three teams went to the regionals and that included us! This was all the best teams from the South of England. We won all our group games and won our quarter-final 2-0.

In the semi-final, a goal from Cade was enough to take us through to the final. We went 1-0 down early on against Amhurst (the other team in the final) but scored two goals to get ahead. With Ben making some super saves, we managed to hang on to win the Regionals. Thank you to Mr Conway and Mr Clarke for coaching us and all the team for playing so well.

James (6G) Colts A2 Hockey This year, the Colts A2 team worked very hard. The team has showed great resilience and skill. I think that Will worked very well in defence, making some vital tackles and pushing the team forward. I would also like to mention Harry. Harry has scored and assisted some great goals and has improved the power on his shots. Ben has really improved his defensive skills and has made some very good passes down the wing. My favourite part of the season was when we played our first game and we won 4-1. I got man of the match! Harry scored two excellent goals and Tom also scored two great goals.

I think our team improved the most in shooting because at the start we tried to dribble the ball into the net but by the end we were taking loads of shots.

Tom (6G)

Colts B1 Hockey My favorite part of the season was seeing how much the B1s improved. We improved the most in our defence, with Toby being particularly good. Conrad was also very good because he could run very fast down the wing and shoot. Tom was our best striker because he has very good accuracy and power. Thank you sports teachers for helping us to improve and supporting us.

Ray (5R) Colts B2 Hockey

Colts B2 Hockey The Colts B2s had a mixed season this year. We played Hoebridge, Seaford, St Edmund’s, Cranleigh, Holy Trinity, Edgeborough, Aldro and a tournament at St Edmund’s. We did not have the best start to our season but finished well. The highlight for me this season was our win over Cranleigh away, this was a tough match but we persevered and got the win. It was a huge team effort. We had a large squad, our team’s top players were James, Oliver and Brice. They played consistently well. I would also like to applaud the team for their effort and enthusiasm throughout the season.

Eoin (6G) Colts C1 Hockey This season, the C1s have worked to the maximum of our abilities. We have all worked really hard together to score as many goals as we could. Although we did not win a single match, we improved our defence a lot and really enjoyed all our games. Everyone played well, but in particular Jack and Jamie did well with their defending and Oliver was great

at attacking. Although it was very cold throughout the whole season, we were rewarded with match tea which was always super nice (especially the hot dogs and doughnuts!). We are looking forward to playing again next season!

Arran (6G) Colts C2 Hockey In the first half of the season, we weren’t very well organised and our team work wasn’t the best, but as the matches progressed so did our skills and teamwork. Our star players of the season were Ollie and N-J, because they were always on the ball and they were very positive even if we were losing. I think that the person who improved the most was Edward (our goal keeper) he was always asking what he could improve on, and he was always learning from his mistakes. The highlight of our season was the match against St. Edmunds, we didn’t win this match but everyone played their hardest and that’s what counts.

Luke (6R) Junior Colts A1 Hockey This year, the Junior Colts A1 team have had a tough season losing three players due to injury: Gabriel, Hugo and Ed. Our favourite part of the season was winning our first match 8-0 against St. Edmund’s. We passed well and were determined to win our first game of the season! It was great fun playing in the Parkside tournament, with amazing goals from Dominic and Lucas putting in lots of assists on the right wing. Alfred made lots of skilful tackles and Charlie did lots of great dribbling down the line.

This season we have really improved our passing of the ball and have got more accurate at shooting. We have enjoyed gaining experience throughout the season from better teams such as St George’s and Edgeborough and we will work hard to use these skills next season.

I’d like to say a big thank you to the team for playing so well and especially to Mr Conway for his amazing coaching!

Josh (4R)

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We all learned together as a team and depended on each other throughout the season. During our matches we worked hard, had fun, and enjoyed our travels to away matches. I am proud to have played with all my teammates and would like to say thank you to them. Special thanks to Huw who control the midfield by intercepting passes, Gus who was a strong winger and improved the most during the season and Charlie who was a rock at the back and proved to be a strong defender.

Owen (4G) Junior Colts B1 Hockey This hockey season, the Junior Colts B1 team played very well and everyone put effort in! Jacob was a great defender and was always in space. Tomas was a fantastic striker and he scored lots

of goals which helped the team out.

Montgomery had good control of the ball and his passes were accurate. My favourite part of the season was working hard with my teammates and becoming a better hockey player. Our team improved because at the start of the season we were never free to pass to one another because we were all in the same space and towards the end of the season that changed. I am very proud of our team and hope to improve my hockey even more next season.

Jethro (3R) Junior Colts B2 Hockey There are so many different fun sports to try at school, but hockey is my favourite.

Our team are great friends, we help each other and enjoy playing together.

Our team has Ronnie (who is good at passing), Max M (a great sweeper), Charlie T (our best tackler), Jasper (who is very determined) and me, Max H. I love slaphitting the ball the best. We started off well in our matches against other schools,

Jnr. Colts B2 Hockey until we played against Parkside and Edgeborough, they were really good. We didn’t always win, but we always had a lot of fun, and we got better and better with every game we played. We had to work on ‘moving into space’ but we practised hard and got the hang of it in our later matches. Thank you to our coaches, Mr Hatcher, Mr Clarke and Mr Conway, who always made training so much fun.

Max (3G)

Cricket 1st Cricket Virat Kohli once said “No cricket team in the world depends on one or two players. The team always plays to win.”

I can’t agree more, this cricket season has been a blast. Our first match saw us against a very talented school called Hall Grove. We still tried our hardest; with James H’s towering throws, Fraser’s marvellous bowling and Oscar M’s breathtaking batting. Our second game was against Belmont, and although a Surrey player heightened the standard of their team, we ploughed on; with my diving catch as wiki, James D’s and

1st XI Cricket

Oscar V’s vivacious stops in the field.

A week passed and we were against Amesbury. It started with the fielding and we managed to get three of the Amseburyians out. Next I opened with Oscar and managed to hit four fours before getting out in the 16th over. Our second to last match was against King Edward’s Witley. The highlights were James H’s massive throws and Sascha’s astonishing edging off the bat. This season we have not won a game at all, but in almost all of them, we played better than our opposition.

George (8G) Colts A1 Cricket The Colts A1 cricket team have had an excellent season this year, losing only one match. There have been some outstanding individual performances including Matt’s amazing 50 retired not out, my 25 retired not out and Tom H’s 25 retired not out and three wickets. There was also great batting and bowling by Tom Harris. Theo had a very good year behind the stumps and Ollie did some wonderful opening bowling.

Colts A1 Cricket We have improved our teamwork skills this year. The IAPS cricket tournament was a great experience for the team.

Thank you to Mr Conway, Mr Clarke and Mr Hooker for coaching us.

Alexander (6G)

Sport 45 Colts A2 Cricket This year, the Colts A2 team have played incredibly well together. Three players I would point out as being exceedingly good are Jackson, for his wicket keeping skills that saved us lots of runs, Harry, for becoming a lot more alert in the field especially in our final match and Barnaby, for his bowling improvement and bowling them out in our final match at Chiddingfold. My favourite part of the season was playing for the seconds team with Barnaby and Harry. I liked this because I got to play with people older than me and against people who bowl a lot faster than anyone in Year 6. I also liked this because I got to see what cricket would be like in Years 7 and 8 if I stayed on at Barrow Hills. My team improved the most at bowling as people became a lot more accurate. By the end of the season we were getting seven or eight wickets in each match. Overall, my team played really well and we are all happy how our year has ended for sport.

William (6R) Junior Colts A1 Cricket This has been a very enjoyable season for the Junior Colts A1s. All players really improved during the season and it is difficult to name any one boy for their effort, but I would highlight Josh for his batting, Gabriel for his bowling and Huw for his effective fielding. My favorite part of the season was the time when we just about won against Longacre. The tension was built when Josh and Gabriel were the last pair in and needed 16 runs to win. In the end we won by one run. I would like to thank Mr Clarke for coaching our team throughout the season.

Junior Colts B1 Cricket The B1s had an exciting and fun season this year and our skills got better as we played.

We, as the B1s, have improved our bowling and especially in getting people out. My favourite part of the season was our last match against Longacre because we all really tried our best when batting to get lots of runs. In this match, Thomas gots lots of fours for us. In most of our matches we all got some fours in batting.

When we went against St Edmund’s we scored lots of fours and runs and we all improved at not giving wides to them. In training we all worked hard at our skills, batting and bowling and catching. Ronnie has really improved his fielding, Jacob and Jasper have improved their batting and Thomas and I have improved our bowling.

Junior Colts B2 Cricket The Junior Colts B2s had a great cricket season which we really enjoyed. There were so many great bits it was hard to pick some to put in this report. The matches were full of thrills and were really exciting. We had not all played cricket before and it was fun to learn as the matches went on. We all cheered each other on at every match but there were some players who made us especially proud. Max M was good at batting and every match he was there hitting balls across the pitch. Timo was great at fielding, he was grabbing balls left and right and our families cheered each time he did. Max HD inspired us in every game and always smiled and was cheerful whatever was happening on the pitch.

This was my first time playing cricket and I really enjoyed it.

The highlight of our whole season was the first match because it was the first time we played together and we enjoyed it so much. We were pleased that we improved on batting so we could win as well.

Joel (4R)

Charlie (3R)

Junior Colts B1 Cricket

Junior Colts B2 Cricket

Junior Colts A2 Cricket

Colts B2 Cricket

Edward (4R)

Junior Colts A1 Cricket

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Barrow Hills Scoops U11 Surrey Prep Schools Football Cup England may have been knocked out of the World Cup earlier this year but for Barrow Hills School, it was certainly a case of ‘football’s coming home’ as they were crowned 2018 champions in the U11 Surrey Prep Schools Football Cup in November.

The U11 squad travelled to Charterhouse to take part in the competition final which involved 28 Surrey schools and the sweet taste of success followed a very exciting game against Chinthurst.

The match represented one of the most competitive finals ever with both teams battling hard for the coveted title. Barrow Hills took the lead half way through the first half and with the score remaining 1 - 0 until half-time the outcome for either side hung in the balance. Chinthurst came close several times during the second half hitting the post twice but, at the final whistle Barrow Hills’ single goal secured the School’s victory.

The jubilant Barrow Hills team comprised James (6G) (Captain), Matthew (6G), Tom (6G), Dominic (6R), William (6R), Tommy (6R), Theo (6R), Cade (6R) and Louis (6R).

Delighted Barrow Hills coach, Jonjo Conway, commented, “The boys put in an amazing performance. Not only did they show resilience and determination by working so hard in the face of strong competition to maintain their initial lead,

they played brilliantly as a team and demonstrated excellent sportsmanship throughout the championship. Well done to all the children who took part. The whole School is extremely proud of what they have achieved.”

Barrow Hills U11 Boys’ Team Scoops Gold Barrow Hills’ U11A boys’ hockey team scooped Gold at the South Regional Schools In2Hockey finals, held at Woking Hockey Club on Friday 22nd March.

The victorious team - which comprised Matthew (6G), Alexander (6G), James (6G), Benedict (6G), Dominic (6R), Cade (6R), Theo (6R) and Louis (6R) – showed real courage and bravery throughout the

competition as they were consistently pitched against teams from much bigger schools. The Barrow Hills’ boys won their games to come top of the group, beating Amherst, New College and St. Piran’s. In the quarter finals the team played Dulwich, peppering the goal with shots throughout the game and being rewarded with a 2-0 win. Facing their nemesis, Cranleigh (who Barrow Hills

narrowly lost out to on penalty flicks in the final of the Surrey Cup), the boys pulled off a 1-0 win with keeper Benedict making some amazing saves. In the final, Barrow Hills faced Amherst again and despite going a goal down, the team demonstrated great resilience and resolve, going on to score two goals to win 2-1.

Commenting on the match, coaches James Clarke and Jonjo Conway said, “We could not be prouder of our boys. They have all worked super hard and supported each other to present a truly united team. Even though the opposition represented hockey teams from much bigger schools than Barrow Hills, the boys never faltered in their determination and battled through to win. What a great example to the rest of the School!”

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Sports Day Pre-Prep Sports Day The sun came out for just long enough for the Pre-Prep department to enjoy their sports day. Well done to all the children for taking part in running races, obstacle courses, sack races, relay races and the ever popular three legged race! Parents even had the opportunity join in at the end with their own sprint event.

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Prep Sports Day The sun finally shone, just in time for Sports Day! Races were run, medals were won and all the children had a fantastic afternoon organised by the sports department. The overall House winners were.... McCormack!

Matilda (7G) won the Victrix Ludorum and Freddy (8G) won the Victor Ludorum.

Sporting records set for the first time in 2019 Sports Day were:

Oscar (7G) - U13 boys javelin

Anastasia (5R) - U10 400m girls sprint record

Matilda (7G) - U13 75m girls hurdles

Theo (6R) - U11 100m boys sprint record, U11 400m boys sprint record, U11 800m boys record

Theo (6R) - U11 75m boys hurdles Conrad (5R) - U10 75m boys hurdles Freddy (8G) - U13 75m boys hurdles Existing Barrow Hills sporting records broken in 2019 Sports Day were: Molly (4R) - U9 75m girls sprint record

Serena (8G) - U13 girls javelin

Beatrix (5G) - U10 400m girls sprint record

Rosie (5R) - U10 75m hurdles

Cleo (3G) - U8 75m girls sprint record

Holly (6R) - U11 75m hurdles

Heidi (4G) - U9 75m girls sprint record and U9 75m girls skip record

Cade (6R) - U11 800m boys record There were instances where the record was broken twice during the afternoon!

Well done to all the children for your bravery in competing and for your compassion to your fellow competitors.

Thank you to David Brydon and the BHCC team for the refreshments and to the Sports Department, supported by the staff, for organising a great afternoon.

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Charity Hog Roast On Saturday 15th September, the BHCC and the School welcomed everyone back with the annual Hog Roast in the Pre-Prep garden. It was nice to meet so many new people, as well as catching up with some familiar faces. A huge thank-you to all the volunteers who set up, served drinks and then cleared up in super quick time. We raised a very generous £255.83 through donations, which will go to offset the costs of the event.

Barrow Hills serves butties and bakes in aid of Macmillan!

The weekly Friday morning bacon butty sale has become something of a tradition at Barrow Hills School but on 28th September, rather than raising funds for the BHCC, all proceeds were donated to the national Macmillan World’s Biggest Coffee Morning campaign which raises funds to provide unique support to those suffering from cancer.

Fortified by their hearty breakfasts, parents were then encouraged to hit the kitchen for some serious baking, returning to school in the afternoon armed with their delicious home-made cakes, which were also sold in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

demonstrate care and compassion towards others so it was fitting that the money raised via our bacon butty sale should be diverted to such a worthy cause, on this their national fund-raising day. We raised a total of £728.06 during the day with people donating generously and all the different parts of the school community coming together. I’ve had conversations with children this week ranging from ‘can I have coffee?’ to ‘my mum supports this because they helped my grandad’ so it really does get everyone involved. While bacon butties and cake may sound a bit of an unusual combination, on this occasion the pairing proved a real hit!”

Jackie Morris, BHCC Chair, said, “the School’s ethos has always been to

Harvest Festival Thank you all so much for your generosity in giving food for the Harvest Festival and for your donations to the farmers’ market sale.

The chapel was adorned with gifts and all indeed felt ‘safely gathered in’. This was a time for the children to be joyful and generous and also to teach them compassion, knowing the proceeds from the Harvest Festival sale would benefit the homeless.

The Harvest farmers’ market sale

Pupil Profile by taking charge of the stall

raised £587.84. All proceeds went to

and collecting donations. Thank you also

Bloomsbury Baptist Church in London,

to Tomas and the Holroyd Howe team

which in turn went to the homeless.

for the donations of fresh bread and

Any left over food went to St Mark’s

particularly to Sam Richmond and Lydia

Foodbank in Eashing. The Year 8 children

Shaw for all their organisation.

demonstrated ‘responsibility’ from our

Jackie Morris, Chair BHCC

Charity

Cake Sales and Bacon Butties

Remembrance In the run up to Remembrance Day, children throughout the School

Held in June, the final cake sale of the year raised £185.15, bringing the total for 2018/19 to £903.40. The bacon buttie team raised £4880.28.

remembered and honoured those who sacrificed themselves to secure and protect our freedom. Mr Andrade’s form gave a wonderful assembly

We donated £728.06 to Macmillan after a successful coffee morning supported by the bacon buttie team and a cake sale in the afternoon.

and Kindy made a beautiful display, using apple printing and tissue paper scrunching to make their poppies.

Huge thanks to the wonderful bacon buttie team, led by Gill Wilson, who are always there on a Friday morning come rain or shine and to Roz Scuadamore for organising all the cake sales.

Year 1 and Year 2 also made beautiful artwork to commemorate the fallen.

Thank you to all those who donated to our Poppy Appeal, we raised £522.75 in five days (and with no fireworks

Well done all for a fantastic year, we are grateful to all the bakers, cooks, helpers and eaters!

event to sell at!). Not beating our record last year but still pretty good!

Christmas Workshop The atmosphere was festive on Friday 30th

the star on top of the

November as the annual BHCC Christmas

tree and to Mel Harris

workshop got underway. The children had

for organising the

a wonderful time painting their ceramic

Christmas cards.

decorations and then enjoyed creating fabulous paperchains that were used to decorate the Refectory.

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A huge thank you must also go to Father Christmas and his elves

Thank you to Adity Coombs and the

who visited Pre-Prep

amazing team of mums who ran the day

again this year, and to Jennifer Stipe who

so smoothly for the children and then

photographed all the children as they

hung all the paperchains! Also, thank

shared their Christmas wishes. £976.13

you to Miss Dyson and Ruby (Kindy), for

was raised from all the christmas activties.

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Easter Egg Decorating It was that egg-traordinarily egg-citing time of year again...the traditionally chocolatey BHCC Easter Egg Decorating Workshop took place on Friday 22nd March. Over 180 children made their way to the hall to decorate their Easter eggs with the help of a wonderful group of parent volunteers. The event raised £499.45 for the BHCC. Thank you to the staff for accompanying the children and to all the parents who volunteered their time on the day.

These events could not run without you!

Chinese New Year 2019 Barrow Hills children had a wonderful

huge thank you to all the King Edward’s

week celebrating Chinese New Year.

pupils. We were so grateful to them

Thank you to the Chinese pupils from King Edward’s who visited us. Children in

for working so hard to prepare their presentations.

Pre-Prep and Year 3 really enjoyed finding

On Friday 8th February, it was the turn

out about Chinese New Year and the

of Year 2 to lead Assembly. The children

celebrations and traditions that go with

began with a Chinese greeting, followed

it. All the KS1 children were delighted

by lots of interesting facts about China.

to receive a beautiful red envelope

Reception children paraded their Chinese

containing a Chinese decoration and a

dragon in the aisle of chapel - it was a

sweet treat.

fantastic spectacle.

It was a wonderfully informative

Thank you to the BHCC for decorating

afternoon and everyone was so impressed with the organised presentations. The children were fascinated to learn about

the Refectory with the children’s lanterns and Chinese pigs. The children have also enjoyed putting their wishes on the tree.

the traditions that make Chinese New

The Chinese New Year event, including

Year such a vibrant and interesting

the postponed fireworks, hosted by the

celebration. The staff and children sent a

BHCC, was a great success.

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Lenten Appeal 2019 A UK-based grass roots charity benefitted from our annual Lenten Appeal, which ran from 11th to 15th March 2019.

The entire School, from Nursery through to Year 8, came together for the Appeal supporting the charity ‘Change 1’s Life’, which aims to assist people in Sub-Saharan Africa who are victims of poverty, natural disaster or catastrophe. The charity, which has children at the heart of its work, helps to supply food, clean water, clothes, medical aid and education and to date has distributed food and clothing to more than 550,000 beneficiaries.

For this year’s Lenten Appeal, the children collected clean, good quality used clothing to send to Africa to help with the charity’s various projects.

Years 7 and 8 were directly involved in the initiative led by Mr Crisell and Jackie Morris, Chair of the BHCC, with the rest of the School supporting them in other activities. Thank you to all those parents who volunteered to help pack the collected clothing.

The rest of the School lent their support with various activities, which took place throughout the month of March.

Years 2 to 4 took part in a three-mile ‘awareness walk’ cross

St George’s Day Celebrations

country from King Edward’s Witley to Barrow Hills, with children

The school was a sea of red and white as the children donned

enjoying hot chocolate and biscuits on their return!

the colours of St George on the first Friday of the summer

Years 5 and 6 hosted a fair on Friday 15th March, with the children running the traditional stalls. The fair raised a tremendous £613! All the money raised was donated to help fund Change 1’s Life costs of transporting the collected clothing.

Our children are encouraged to grow into thoughtful, responsible members of society. Having the capacity to demonstrate compassion towards others; in the School and in the wider world and also demonstrating generosity of spirit in sharing their time and their gifts are all qualities stated in the our profile which resonate very strongly with our annual Lenten Appeal.

This charity was chosen as they send clothes directly to people who need them. Our children have the opportunity to witness the gift they are giving and appreciate the impact this will have.

term. Thank you to the wonderful team who decorated the Refectory and to the catering team for a traditional English roast lunch. Delicious!

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Proms in the Park No truer was the saying ‘the show must

Our wonderful compère for the afternoon,

go on’ than on Saturday 16th June. After a

Jackie Morris, was joined by the Year

week of very changeable weather, Sunday

8 Drama Scholars. They explained that

loomed with grey skies and a sprinkling of

the Barrow Hills Community Committee

rain. Moving some of the performances

supports the School’s charitable

into the Refectory ensured that everyone

endeavours by hosting events such as a

stayed dry.

Macmillan Coffee Morning and Harvest

First dreamed up and put together in 2010 and now in its tenth year, this annual event has gone from strength to strength. It is an afternoon when all members of the

Festival. A number of charities have benefitted this year including Bloomsbury Baptist Church, Change 1’s Life, CAFOD and the Poppy Appeal.

extended school community can come

The Committee also supports the School

together in our beautiful school grounds to

to fund new facilities that may fall outside

down a chilled Pimms (or two), enjoy a bite

the existing future development plans of

from the BBQ and to watch the children

the School itself. These additional funds

running around and having a wonderful

can help with the purchase of practical and

time. That could be considered to be

exciting facilities sooner rather than later.

enough of a treat, if it weren’t for the

This year, the School asked that this money

exceptional musical, dancing and dramatic

be put towards the refurbishment of the

skills of so many of our children.

Library. We hope that this room will be enjoyed by our current and future children

much he loves this event and we continue

for many years to come.

to wish him well.

to everyone who came to support it in

There was one person not able to make

The event raised £190; a great contribution

whatever way. Special thanks must go to

it on the day, Mr Wardell. We know how

to the Library refurbishment.

Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to put this event together, and

Weltons Brewery for the real ale and to The Meat and Fish Market, Milford for the delicious lamb.

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The Barrow Hills Outbound Hound Children at Barrow Hills once again

building (an Arts and Crafts country

proved their commitment to the local

house) supported by an illustrative

community by participating in this year’s

garden theme representing the formal

Haslemere Hounds Community Arts

Gertrude Jekyll gardens and the School’s

project, creating the unique ‘Barrow

33-acre estate and grounds.

Hills Outbound Hound’. The Barrow Hills hound is one of 100 hounds and 30 pups produced by local artists and schools. Each work of art was on ‘parade’ from May until September 2019 in the Haslemere Museum, after which they were sold off with the proceeds going to a variety of charities.

The Barrow Hills Outbound Hound is a collaboration between all children in the School from Nursery right through to Year 8. The hound is a collaged homage to the estate which surrounds Barrow Hills School. The central focus of the canine fiberglass masterpiece is a depiction of Great Roke, the main school

Art Scholars were responsible for painting the hound and designing the landscape style greenery for the rest of the School to colour, which was then attached to the hound. Years 7 and 8 created the buildings and logos to indicate the various School departments.

collaged on the hounds’ decor. They can truly see they are all important parts that connect together to make a whole piece and are thoughtful about how their efforts will help others when the hound

Mrs Hatcher, Head of Art, who led

is auctioned for charity. These qualities

the project said, “This is a wonderful

of respect, joy and compassion are just

initiative for our children to be involved in

some of the characteristics that feature

and as with the previous Haslemere Hogs

on our pupil profile. These are valuable

and Haslemere Hares projects, they have

life lessons which underline the School’s

approached it with great enthusiasm.

commitment to providing an education

The children have shown such passion

that focuses on developing the whole

and joy when working on their individual

child who is prepared for greater things.”

elements and rediscovering their work

Library Refurbishment During the summer of 2019 the Prep Library was finally given a refurbishment.

This project had been a long time in the making with the original plans drawn up in 2017.

The improved facility is open to all children, although the younger children in Pre-Prep have their own smaller library, which, thanks to the hard work of staff, also underwent a revamp during the summer holiday. This resulted in the creation of a bright, airy space where the children can discover the joy of reading.

Great Roke was built in 1909 by the

celebrated designer, no detail has been

architects Herbert Tudor Buckland and

spared in the newly refreshed reading

Edward Haywood-Farmer who were best

zone, including William Morris blinds and

known for their seminal Arts and Crafts

a colour scheme sympathetic with the era.

houses. Of these, Great Roke was the

The project has been assisted by insightful

largest and most ambitious. Created

input from Envoplan, a school design and

at the time when William Morris was

refurbishment company, which specialises

acknowledged as the period’s most

in designing and building beautiful, yet intelligent learning environments.

A large thank you to the Barrow Hills community for fundraising throughout the year and donating £10,000 to the project.

We hope that you all agree that the new space is both beautiful and functional, a space for the children to enjoy for many years to come.

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Trips,Visits & Residentials Mill Cottage Farm Experience Pre-Prep children were very excited by the Mill Cottage Farm Experience.

The sun shone and excitement ran high as a wide range of animals joined us in the Pre-Prep garden: chicks, chickens, turkeys, guinea pigs, rabbits, donkeys, pigs, sheep, goats and a very friendly farm dog.

The children had a wonderful time, learning about the livestock, and stroking, holding and grooming the animals.

Reception visit to Bocketts Farm On a sunny September day, Reception had a wonderful trip to Bocketts Farm.

The children had a ‘small animal handling’ session, stroking guinea pigs, mice and rabbits. They watched a goat being milked; marvelled at the warmth of the milk and enjoyed feeding the animals in the large animal barn.

After a tractor ride around the farm in the sunshine, the children were very excited to watch the much-anticipated pig race.

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Reception to The Lookout Discovery Centre On 24th May, Reception went to The Lookout Discovery Centre. They were very excited when they arrived at School, particularly about going on a coach! During the journey there were lots of enthusiastic children looking forward to the day ahead.

On arrival, the children explored all the science activities available which included water, building, senses and gravity to name just a few. After lunch they enjoyed some time in the play area before taking part in a workshop where they explored mini-beasts. They were even lucky enough to find some in the woods! A brilliant day was had by all and Reception were very tired on their return to School!

Year 1 Visit The Guildford Museum Year 1 thoroughly enjoyed their trip to The Guildford Museum to

A huge thank you to the catering team who provided a

learn about The Victorians. The children were met by Miss Emily

traditional Victorian packed lunch. It was a wonderful

and led to The Toy Room for the first session where they met

experience for the children. Thank you also to Elliot’s mummy

Miss Smith. The children listened beautifully to their teachers and

for all her help. It was much appreciated. Also, thank you to

impressed us with their knowledge of Victorian toys. They sang

Mrs Wilson who, as always, came dressed for the occasion!

traditional songs and enjoyed playing with a wonderful selection

Congratulations to all of Year 1 for their excellent behaviour.

of Victorian toys. The school room experience made the children

And of course, a thank you to the wonderful Mrs Crisell for

feel as though they had travelled back in time and it enhanced

organising the trip.

their understanding of school life for Victorian children.

The day was completed by visiting The Toy Gallery in The Guildford Museum. The staff very kindly lent us a suitcase of fabulous Victorian clothes which was very popular with Year 1!

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Year 1 Visit Portchester Castle Year 1 were once again incredibly lucky with the weather for their much anticipated trip to Portchester Castle. The sun shone brightly all day and the castle looked stunning surrounded by the sparkling sea.

The children were beautifully behaved and impressed us all with their extensive castle

enjoyed looking at the Roman artefacts in the museum.

The children had a sketching session which encouraged them to note features and look at fine detail.

A big thank you to Mrs Wilson and Mrs Crisell and also thank you to Bea’s and Emilia’s mummies for all their wonderful help.

knowledge.

They were thrilled to explore such an ancient and impressive building and asked a range of questions and particularly

Pre-Prep’s Drama Workshop In February, Pre-Prep children had a wonderful time at a drama workshop organised by Perform. The children unearthed their hidden superhero powers as they went on a top secret mission to save the world. Their supercharged adventure included drama, singing and dancing and their enthusiasm was boundless!

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Year 2 ‘s Trip to London All aboard the London Eye! Although it was a drizzly and dreary

Year 2 Architecture Workshop

March day outside,

On Wednesday 8th May, Year 2 took part in a very exciting

were not dampened as

workshop. The children were given six sticks and six elastic bands

they eagerly called out

and were shown how to build an individual triangular based

names of buildings they

pyramid. This was quite a tricky process, involving listening very

recognised as the wheel

carefully to instructions and holding two of the sticks in place

rotated full circle. The 4D cinema

under their armpits, whilst tying the other sticks together with a

was next on offer, followed by a river cruise along the Thames.

stretchy elastic band. Many children completed this with ease and

A lovely day was enjoyed by children and staff alike. As ever, Year

a few needed help keeping the precarious sticks in place.

2, you were fine ambassadors for our School.

Year 2’s spirits certainly

The children were then put into groups and had to use eight enormous sticks to build huge square based pyramids. This involved teamwork to ensure the sticks were aligned correctly and the elastic bands were not put too close to the end of the sticks. If they pinged off, the pyramid would collapse. Twelve huge pyramids were constructed and eventually these were put together to form one enormous pyramid. Once the pyramid was complete, the Pharoah was carried into the pyramid.

This workshop showed the children the importance of good listening skills and working together as a team.

Year 2 and the Tudors

“As you know, your Year 2’s visited us at the Mary Rose

On Monday 26th November, Year 2 came to School dressed as

impressed we all were with the behaviour, enthusiasm and

Tudors. In one of their topic lessons they had learned how King

willingness to learn of all of the children. The standard of

Edward VI and King Edward’s Witley are linked and so they

questions and discussion we were having with the children

were excited to be able to visit King Edward’s that morning

was outstanding and all of the staff and volunteers were

and see a statue and painting of the Boy King. They also loved

delighted with them. They are an absolute credit to you and

seeing the huge Lord Mayor’s chair. The children ate a lovely

the School. We hope that the children and teachers enjoyed

Tudor feast in the classroom and then in the afternoon learned

their day just as much as we did.

a Pavanne dance. It was a fun day!

On Tuesday, Year 2 travelled to Portsmouth to visit the Mary Rose Museum. The children took part in a workshop where they learned more about life on board the ship and the differences between being an officer and a crew member. They also enjoyed dressing up in different items of clothing. Year 2 were able to answer many questions about the ship and also had many questions answered.

After lunch, they were taken into the museum to see the actual Mary Rose. It was amazing, especially to see so many of the items that were recovered from the sea bed. The children were lucky enough to hold a piece of the Mary Rose too. “It was the best trip ever!”

Following their trip, Mr Skehan received a wonderful email from the Learning Team at the Marie Rose Museum:

yesterday. On behalf of the Learning Team, I’d like to say how

Please pass on our thanks and congratulations to the teachers.

We hope that the rest of your Tudor topic goes well.”

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Year 3 Visit Butser Ancient Farm Year 3 had a wonderful time on their trip to Butser Farm in November. Despite the chilly weather, all the children enjoyed themselves, apparently feeding the goats was a highlight! Thank you to all the staff for arranging such an exciting trip.

Year 3’s Trip to the Natural History Museum Year 3 had a terrific trip to the Natural History Museum in February. They loved catching the train and the tube and thoroughly enjoyed being palaeontologists and learning all about Mary Anning.

They had a super time also just wandering around the museum taking in all the fascinating artefacts on display.

They had a lovely sunny walk to Pizza Express for their early tea and were delivered safely back on time to their parents happy, full and tired!

Year 4 Go Bug Hunting and Pond Dipping As part of our Habitats topic we went bug hunting and pond dipping at Witley Centre.

For our bug hunting we had an I.D. chart, a clipboard and a magnifying pot. The bugs we had to find in the woodland and the heathland were under logs and in fallen down trees. We found spiders, ants, slugs and worms. In the pond with our nets we found water boatmen, water snails, newts and dragonflies. They like their habitats because it’s sunny in the heathland and dark in the woodland. The insects like damp and fallen down trees. The insects in the pond like their habitat because its got lots of leaves to hide under and it is murky.

Gabriel (4R)

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Year 4 Visit Historic Haslemere On Wednesday 21st November, Year 4 embarked on their historic walk around Haslemere.

“We began our trip at the town well, which was one of the principal sources of water. A lady called Hannah Oakford was in charge of delivering the water which she charged one and a half pence for. This was a great deal of money in Victorian times!” Edward (4G) “Next we walked up to the old sweet shop. It was an ornate shop and this was because the bottom of the shop was Victorian and the top half was built in Tudor fashion.” Phoebe (4R) “After that we arrived at the Town Hall, where James

“Following this we visited the Town House, where James

Oglethorpe the MP for Haslemere made announcements and

Oglethorpe, the MP of Haslemere lived. It was a Georgian

held meetings. Sometimes there were markets where the people

building with a square design and sash windows. Some of the

of Haslemere bought food and other goods.” Huw (4R)

windows had been bricked up due to the window tax being

“The Penfold post box was green, hexagonal in shape and

introduced.” Gabriel (4R)

very decorative. The reason it changed to the colour red was

“Eventually, we said goodbye to Haslemere and drove back to

so that it could be seen in the dark. However red paint was

Barrow Hills. When we returned we were given a biscuit, hot

expensive in Victorian times.” Aoife (4G)

chocolate and warmed up.” Molly (4R)

Year 4 Travel Back in Time On Monday 25th March, Year 4 travelled back in time to 1886 to experience life as a Victorian school child. The day included lessons taught in the Victorian style - learning ‘by rote’ and ‘copy’. The children sat at individual desks facing the front, with an ink pot, pen and blotting sheet. Poetry was recited, tables and spellings tested, tawny owls discussed and prayers spoken. Girls and boys were then separated and completed their specific activities of embroidery and design. Victorian toys were then introduced both inside and outside the classroom, allowing the children to really get a flavour of life as a Victorian child. Lunch was taken in the beautifully floral castle grounds. The sun was shining, as skipping, ball, hoop and skittles were enjoyed to the full. The day culminated in a visit to the

“I enjoyed the school room as you were able to try many

Guildford Museum where the children were able to study and enjoy

activities and use ink to write in.” Hermione (4G)

the various artefacts on display.

“Everyone was excited about using dipping pens. Victorian

“My favourite part was when we played with all the toys,

writing is really swirly and difficult to write quickly and neatly”

particularly the Victorian dolls house. I spent time rearranging

Phoebe (4R)

the furniture.” Savannah (4G)

“I liked the castle grounds because when you go to the top of the castle there is a great view.” Huw (4R) “I enjoyed playing with the Victorian toys especially the skipping rope and I learnt how the hoop and stick worked!” Edie (4R) “I enjoyed reciting the poem ‘One Wise Owl’” Edward (4G) “I liked the marble game - although it was very tricky!” Owen (4G) “The thing I liked most about our school trip was experiencing how different it was to our school day.” Josh (4R)

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Year 4 Trip to Weald and Downland Open Air Museum On Monday 24th June, Year 4 visited the Weald and Downland Open Air Musuem to discover how the Tudor people really lived.

“I loved that we had the freedom to explore the ancient houses. One of my favourite parts was the water mill as we got to make flour. I also enjoyed feeding the ducks as they surrounded us and pecked seeds from our hands which tickled.” Edie (4R) “My favourite experience at the Weald and Downland was exploring the Tudor and Medieval houses. I enjoyed the Yeoman farmer’s house because it had two separate upstairs areas.” Charlie (4G) “I enjoyed when we explored all the Tudor and Medieval houses. I learnt that the walls were made out of clay and animal poo! I also enjoyed feeding the ducks; it tickled when the ducks pecked at us.” Josh (4R) “The windmill was very enjoyable as we were allowed to grind our wheat to make flour (although I struggled to turn the grinder).” Millie (4G) “I most enjoyed the Tudor buildings as we could explore the houses and go inside the bedrooms. Feeding the ducks was incredibly fun because you could feel their orange beaks pecking your hand. If you dropped food on the floor the ducks would surround you.” Molly (4R) “Feeding the ducks was my most enjoyable activity as I loved the feeling of the ducks pecking furiously at my hands.”

Chloe (4G) “You could explore everywhere in the Tudor houses and look at all the interesting and unusual objects” Phoebe (4R)

Art Extension Workshop On Tuesday 11 June, 14 Year 6 children attended an art extension printing workshop at King Edward’s Witley. They prepared a watercolour background, designed and made an original polytile and printed it in a radial repeat. These children showed great focus and attention to detail. Well done!

The Terrible Tudors The legends and the lies of the torturing Tudors were brought to life at the Horrible Histories show, ‘The Terrible Tudors’ at G Live for Year 5. The battle with the Spanish Armada was made even more realistic with 3D glasses as fire and cannon balls headed towards the audience. It was a great trip to the theatre, a fabulous live show with some memorable characters from Tudor history.

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Leavers’ Rounders On Thursday 12th June, the Year 7 and

evening did not stop the fun so well done

rounders. Amelie Wallace (Mrs Wallace’s

8 girls participated in Leavers’ Rounders

everyone for not falling and for ending

daughter) was superb and achieved the

against their parents which ended in a

the game in one piece, a big relief for

top batting score for the girls’ team on

victory for the girls team 21.5-14!

Barrow Hills’ games staff!

the night (also five rounders). Well done

This is a sporting highlight of the year,

Mr Stephens was the top scorer for the

girls love watching their parents batting,

parents team on the night smashing

running and going for catches. Rain all

the ball into space and scoring five full

too to Mr Cranna who nearly achieved his pink rounders ball as he made two great catches.

Leavers’ Cricket The torrential rain couldn’t put anyone off competing in the annual leavers vs parents cricket match. Mr Skehan was drafted in to bolster the parent numbers but the leavers came away the victors. A delicious BBQ afterwards rounded off a damp but very enjoyable evening.

Bridewell Day 2019 On Tuesday 12th March, The Lord Mayor of the City of London was joined by the Alderman and Sheriff, the Sheriff, the City Marshal, and the Serjeant-at-Arms, amongst others, in the procession into The Church of St Bride for the annual Bridewell Day. 2nd, 4th and U6th Form pupils, teachers and some staff from King Edward’s Witley, as well as our Head Girl and Head Boy and Mr Skehan had an early start to join invited guests and dignitaries in the full congregation.

The choir was resplendent and sang the Canticle ‘Great is the Lord’ by Edward Elgar for a full ten minutes. Gabriella Brantley, Head Girl, eloquently read the Lesson and The Rt Rev’d and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, DBE Bishop of London gave the Sermon. Mr. John Attwater read the Thanksgiving which was followed by the presentation of the Bridewell Mace - the symbol of the commission of Bridewell Royal Hospital from the City of London. The Mace is

Barrow Hillian and King Edward’s Witley U6th Music Scholar, recited Charles-Marie Widor’s Toccata Symphony No. 5 op 42 on the organ which resulted in a spontaneous round of applause at the end from the remaining staff.

brought to the Church at every Bridewell Day and presented to the

Despite the dismal weather, pupils and staff walked to the

Lord Mayor who touches it thereby reaffirming the commission

Guildhall for a buffet lunch in the Old Library. Alderman Peter

and the City’s continued role in the work of the Bridewell Royal

Estlin, Lord Mayor, addressed the audience and presented

Hospital. The Mace (and by extension King Edward’s and Barrow

the Bridewell Fellows and Patrons with their spectacular

Hills Schools) are both then blessed by the Bishop of London before

medals. Jacob Trevor, Head Boy, ended the formalities with an

being carried to the Vice-President who, in touching it, reaffirms

impassioned speech.

the Governors’ acceptance of the City’s commission as well as their own commitment to uphold the aims of the Bridewell Royal Hospital. A very historic and formal ceremony.

Bridewell Day is a very traditional and formal day enjoyed by pupils, staff and guests alike. It is steeped in history and was this year particularly special as Peter Estlin, Lord Mayor of the City of

At the end of this traditional and beautiful service, the formal

London, is not only an ex-pupil and Head Boy of King Edward’s

procession left, preceding the congregation. Jozef Gaszka, Old

but a former Governor and Treasurer of the School.

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Christmas Carols for the Elderly On Monday 3rd December, Year 3

The following day, we were delighted

started their Christmas celebrations

to invite local elderly residents to watch

with a visit to The Clock House. The

the Pre-Prep Nativity and for afternoon

children, accompanied on the piano by

tea in the Refectory. Pre-Prep and Year

Mrs Hardy, sang a selection of carols

3 performed to a packed audience with

and festive songs to the visitors at the

many of the guests joining in with the

day centre. Their efforts were very

carols. Thank you to the catering team

much appreciated by the audience

for providing a wonderful afternoon tea

who enthusiastically joined in with the

and to the Year 8 children for helping

children. After a couple of ‘encores’

serve the tea. Well done to everyone

the children were given a drink before

who make it such a lovely afternoon and

chatting to the visitors.

for making our guests so welcome.

Junior Colts go to Twickenham On Thursday 6th December, the Junior Colts Rugby players travelled up to Twickenham to see Oxford vs Cambridge play in their annual Varsity match. Thank you to the staff for taking them and to the children for behaving so well.

Junior Prep Team Building On Wednesday, Junior Prep took part in a team building day led by WiseUp Team Building. The children were split into groups of ten, with a mixture from Year 3 and 4. Their job was to complete a number of tasks throughout the day.

For every task each group was scored on their thinking time, their ability to talk and listen carefully, whether they were helpful and friendly to one another, how

see how well they all worked together.

much effort they put into each task and

Teamwork is an essential part of school

how successful they were at completing

life in Junior Prep and the whole day has

the task. This produced a score out of

enhanced the team spirit amongst all

25. Team ‘Opportunity’ won on the day

the children in the department. This was

with an average score of 20.75 across

perfect preparation for our residential

the eight activities that they completed.

trip and the children took these skills

All the children had an amazing day and it was great for us, as teachers, to

with them to PGL after the Easter holidays.

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Mass at Westminster Cathedral On Saturday 22 September, the Bridewell Singers from Barrow Hills joined the King Edward’s Witley Chapel Choir to sing the evening Mass at Westminster Cathedral.

Music included Schubert, Bainton and Bruckner. It was a wonderful occasion, enjoyed by all, in a packed Cathedral.

Classroom Escapes!

Imaginations were fired up when Middle Prep engaged in an

On first sight, they look like an ordinary locked wooden box.

immersive learning experience at a special interactive workshop

Everything needed to solve the puzzle including keys, padlocks, codes

on 4th March.

and riddles is provided within the room. Only when the codes have

Children from Year 5 and Year 6 took part in ‘Classroom Escapes’ – an innovative way of learning where players solve a series of puzzles. Designed to encourage problem solving, logical reasoning and team work, the children had to think fast as they raced against the clock to unravel the mystery and break out of their classroom.

been successfully cracked and the riddles solved can the children gain access to the box and make their escape from the locked classroom.

Comments from children who took part in the activity included: Mia (6R) “I enjoyed working with people in the school, who I wouldn’t work with usually. My favourite task was the sky crane

Created by ‘School Escape Rooms’,

after the escape box because it was a challenge outside of my

who visited Barrow Hills to

comfort zone.”

provide the learning experience, Classroom Escapes is based around National Curriculum subjects, such as maths, history and science – which are brought to life through participation in a physical adventure game.

At the start of the session the children were shown the ‘escape boxes’ and told how they work.

Barnaby (6R) “I felt as though I improved my hand-eye coordination with the sky crane. In the escape box, it was great to have the opportunity to apply my scientific knowledge in a different setting.

We had to demonstrate curiosity because we needed to find different codes from a large selection of clues. We also had to be brave in our teams and have the confidence to explain the connection which would break the codes. It could be frustrating as we didn’t always solve it on the first go, so we had to keep trying.”

Mr Andrade said, “This type of learning fits perfectly with the ‘brave, curious and resilient’ traits that we uphold in our pupil profile. School Escape Rooms provide a unique experience and encourage a fresh way of learning, taking the children out from behind their desks and urging them to follow their imagination and develop creative-thought processes. As well as linking to a number of national curriculum subjects, the exercise has been extremely beneficial in helping to develop communication, problem solving and inference skills as well as promoting team building and encouraging perseverance. Great fun was had by all!”

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Middle Prep’s Trip to Chessington World of Adventures On 28th June, after a superb assembly, during which Year 6 looked at new beginnings, the whole of Middle Prep went for an exciting day to Chessington World of Adventures. The

Samba Workshop for Middle Prep

weather was glorious and it was great to see children enjoy the day with their friends and brave the rides with courage beyond their years.

Middle Prep had a fantastic time when they attended a Samba drumming workshop.

Adrian Wiggins, founder of ‘Big Beat’ came to Barrow Hills to entertain and lead a number of activities.

Samba is one of the most accessible musical art forms available to all ages and is fun and easy to understand, a great gateway to music for children. Using a variety of Afro-Brazilian instruments the sessions consisted of a short demonstration of the following: Surdo (large bass drum), Caixa (snare), Tamborim (small tambourine), Ago-go bell (double headed cowbell) and various other Samba instruments used in the Rio Carnival. By the end of the session the classes were playing together confidently as a complete Samba band.

It was a great day and superb to see children coordinating their musicality, listening and responding to drumming calls.

Upper Prep Camp Out

Ably led by our Forest School leader, Mr Dean, the children

New beginnings should start with something memorable,

camps and just relaxing in the peaceful surroundings and lovely

and the first Friday night of term was no exception. Upper

weather, right on our doorstep.

Prep spent the night camping at Forest School to mark the beginning of their year at the top of the School.

enjoyed spending time together playing games, building

An open fire supper of sausages in rolls, fruit and marshmallows was very welcome before they all settled down to a night’s ‘sleep’ in numerous tents of all shapes and sizes down at Head Quarters.

The sounds of whispering, giggling and laughter faded eventually before the first signs of life resurfaced at 5am!

It was a thoroughly enjoyable and fun time spent together before the term really got going for the first full week on Monday.

Thank you to Mr Crisell, Mr Conway and Ms Garcia for joining the children.

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Upper Prep Attend Royal Institution Christmas Lecture On Tuesday 11th December, 12 budding scientists travelled up to London with Ms Garcia and Mrs Goddings to be part of a live recording of the first of this year’s Royal Institution Christmas lecture. We were sworn to secrecy as to the contents of the lecture! We can tell you the biological anthropologist Prof Alice Roberts and Genetics expert Prof Aoife McLysaght took us on a journey to answer the question ‘Who am I?’ The recording was shown on BBC 4 on Boxing Day. The girls and boys thoroughly enjoyed their experience: I found it very interesting and I enjoyed every minute of it. I also loved the animals they brought in. Sascha (7G) It was so good. I was astounded by the genetics and fruit flies. Freddie (8G)

I really enjoyed the lecture I particularly enjoyed seeing the bat! I loved the whole experience and found it very eyeopening and interesting. Elena (8G) Being the live audience at the science lecture was really exciting and seeing all the live animals and all the filming and cameras was the best bit. Serena (8G) I really enjoyed the whole lecture but my favourite part was when they brought the animals, especially the armadillo as I didn’t expect it to be so small. Harry (8G) I found the animals adorable and it was my favorite part. The way they presented it was engaging and fun. I also enjoyed the balloons because they were all slightly different. Another thing I noted was the content was unbelievable.

Thomas (7G)

The Jungle Book A most enjoyable afternoon of theatre for Years 3 to 5, an abridged tale of ‘The Jungle Book’ by Rudyard Kipling with some well known songs and audience participation.

Afterwards there was a workshop for behind the scenes action and a question and answer session. Some top tips were given about how to move in character, lighting, sound and what to do if you forget your lines!

The children were in agreement that they loved the special effects and the lighting. They commented, “we liked it when Shere Khan was on fire - it was a clever special effect” and “we liked the village scene when they closed the gate on Mowgli to keep him out. It felt like the audience were being shut out too and it was very dramatic”.

Science Lecture by Sir Isaac Newton On Wednesday 14th November, children from Year 6 and 7 attended a science lecture at King Edward’s given by, none other than, Sir Isaac Newton.

It was an extremely engaging and informative session.

I liked when we had to imagine the room was a cell which was fun because it helped me visualise the cell. I learnt that human and fish embryos are generally the same. Toby (8G) I really enjoyed the part of the lecture when they brought all the live animals on - one of them being an armadillo, I also loved the fact that they made the room feel like the inside of a cell. James (7G) I really enjoyed how the tree of life was shown and how all the animals linked together in the evolution of animals.

Fraser (7G) I thought it was very interesting. I liked it when it showed the animals and the fruit flies. I also enjoyed the tree of life and thought it was interesting that I came from a worm. Matilda (7G)

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Natasha Devon – Wellbeing Presentation On Tuesday 9th October, Years 7 and 8

It was also quite funny and interesting. I

I really enjoyed her interactivity and how

were invited to King Edward’s to listen to

also learned that we have to be careful on

funny she was making a joke here and

Natasha Devon talk about positive and

social media. Matilda (7G)

there to keep us really engaged and

negative aspects of social media with a particular focus of the power of advertising and body image.

She was hugely engaging and the presentation was the only topic of conversation on the way home!

My friends and I enjoyed learning about psychology and mental health, we did fun

I thought it was a good talk because it was

mental experiments and I would definitely

really relevant to the world around us. It

go again. Alexander (7G)

made me really think about the technology

I thought that Natasha Devon was a very confident and humorous speaker .I

I really enjoyed the part about adverts, it

thought she was also passionate in what

truly opened my eyes! Harry (8G)

she was saying. I learnt that you can never trust an advert! Oscar (8G)

Motivational Speaker On Thursday 24th January, Years 7 and 8 visited King Edward’s Witley to listen to motivational speaker, David Hyner. Mr Hyner talked to the children about setting challenging goals and not settling for mediocrity, as well as giving them some inspiring examples of people who had done just that.

Great Britain vs Belgium Hockey On Tuesday 2nd October, Years 7 and 8

and the children had a lovely day cheering

travelled to Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis

on Great Britain and getting autographs.

Centre on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

A massive thank you to Mrs Davis for

to watch Great Britain take on Belgium

giving up her time and coming along with

at hockey. Over 2,500 school children

us for the day.

packed into the stadium and were inspired by watching two world-class teams in action. It was an exciting game

listening. Fraser (7G)

we have today. Hermione (8G)

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Junior Prep Residential at PGL Junior Prep had a fantastic time on their residential at PGL in Hindhead.

My favourite part of PGL was the giant swing. My tummy went flying out of my mouth. I went with Ilana and we went to the top! I loved PGL and I can’t wait to go back next year! Cleo (3G) My favourite part of PGL was raft building, because when the raft was in the middle of the lake, I deliberately fell off the raft!

The water was freezing cold but I still enjoyed it! Daisy-Skye (3R)

My favourite part of PGL was the zip wire because I was terrified when I walked up the tower but when I jumped it was really fun. It felt like I was flying. Reuben (3G) My favourite part of PGL was abseiling because you had to trust the teachers!

I was really terrified the first time but I went down! All my amazing friends at the bottom were telling me to do it! The thing that is awesome about it is that you have to face your fears! Alfred (3G) Thank you to all the staff!

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Year 5 Isle of Wight Residential Day 1 on the Isle of Wight residential began well, with excellent weather putting everyone in good spirits. Year 5 ventured to Gosport, with children getting a feel for what life was like in a submarine.

Interesting questions were asked by all, in particular about life on such a small vessel, crammed with so many people.

The ferry journey was delightful, the children enjoyed the sunshine and sea breeze on deck, and were then ready and raring to go (after a short snooze for some).

After arriving at the hotel safe and sound, children were fed with some hearty grub and were refuelled ready for a coastal walk.

Mr Andrade’s geographical explanations along the way entertained everyone!

After a delicious breakfast on day 2, Year 5 set off to Osborne House, the ‘holiday home’ of Queen Victoria. The children enjoyed visiting this beautiful building and asked some amazing questions. They also dressed as servants and completed tasks such as bed making, laying a dinner table, polishing silver and grinding up sugar - all under the watchful eye of Head Housekeeper Mrs Pilkington!

After a walk through the grounds, children and staff got back on the coach and headed to Robin Hill Country Park. A sudden deluge of rain soaked the ground but didn’t dampen the spirits of Year 5 as they rushed off to explore. They all tackled the challenge of the Squirrel Run (except those with broken limbs!), racing over high bouncy bridges and through tunnels… They then had lunch and fun in the adventure playground. Other great activities included a maze, the Jungle Heights and a 4D cinema crazy journey along The Great Wall of China. Many pushed themselves out of their comfort zone to ride the giant pirate ship - and loved every moment! They were

also lucky enough to get very, very close to some beautiful birds of prey including a peregrine falcon and a barn owl and learn all about these amazing creatures.

The final activity of the day was a fantastic show at The Shanklin Theatre. The theatre was packed with children and Year 5 put every other school to shame with their energetic singing and spectacular dancing to familiar songs.

Mr Andrade and Mrs Mason were so proud of their behaviour, and all the qualities they have demonstrated from our pupil profile including bravery, responsibility, generosity and above all joyfulness!

The following day, Year 5 set off bright and early to Carisbrooke Castle. On arrival, they were met by John, dressed in traditional clothes, who gave them all roles as members of the castle. They learnt about the pecking order of each member of staff, and the difference in jobs between the Lord of the Castle and the Gong Farmer. Afterwards, they moved inside to learn about all the different weapons and clothes that were worn and used throughout the castle’s history, with injuries theatrically re-enacted and armour shown off by some of the year group.

Having had some time to explore the castle, and the different defensive systems the motte and bailey structure provided, Year 5 got back onto the coach and set off to Ryde beach front for a game of bowling. It was fiercely competitive but lots of fun, and it was lovely to see all the children cheering one another on.

The final and most highly anticipated activity of the day was paddle boarding on Shanklin seafront. After some fun games to get all the children underwater, they split up

onto two large paddle boards and paddled their way out to sea and played pirates. Having pushed Mr Andrade and Miss Farrell into the water more times than they could count, they wearily headed back to shore to get warm and dry.

The children had had a wonderful day and it is safe to say they all fell asleep very quickly! They all embraced every opportunity they were given and threw themselves into every activity, even when they had been feeling nervous about it.

Day 4 started off with a trip to Freshwater to go Fossil Hunting. Steve met the coach, and took the group to the sea front, giving Year 5 their first activity of finding dinosaur footprints. As they wandered down the beach, the children found many footprints and were able to compare them to a model dinosaur Steve had brought along.

After imagining the dinosaurs wandering around the land we were walking on, Steve moved onto explaining how fossils were formed, and what types we were likely to find. Fossilised wood and sea sponge fossils were among the most commonly found, however the children didn’t just find fossils, but quartz crystals too!

Following lunch on the beach, Alum Bay was the next stop - to visit the arcade and to see ‘The Needles’. After a short amount of time to wander around the shops, Year 5 headed to the seafront and climbed aboard the ‘Yarmouth Rose’.

The weather was idyllic as the boat sailed out to the lighthouse and the fascinating rock formations. Before leaving, the children had the opportunity to watch a glass blowing demonstration, making a sleeping cat, a mushroom, and a vase.

The day ended with the children dancing the night away at the annual last night disco. After an epic dance off and an extremely enthusiastic Macarena, the night finished with Mr Andrade’s much anticipated backflip.

It was a fabulous residential!

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Year 6 Bowles Residential Year 6 had a fantastic residential week at Bowles. Here are some of the children’s favourite memories: At Bowles, my favourite activity was kayaking because of the speed I went through the water and I enjoyed capsizing. Edward My favourite activities at Bowles were skiing and water sports. My favourite water sport was kayaking and I enjoyed raft building. Holly

how to balance on skis although I

I really liked skiing and rock climbing.

slipped on a sprinkler and my skis

Skiing was great because I loved knowing

fell off. Dominic I enjoyed kayaking and Harrison’s Rocks and a lot of other things like archery and swimming. Jessica I enjoyed kayaking, skiing and the Leap of Faith. N-J I loved the Leap of Faith and watersports at Bowles. My favourite parts

we did on the water, including

of Bowles were skiing and mountain

people falling in! Ben D

biking because they were both really

I enjoyed raft building because I had fun

fun and also challenging. I also liked

with my friends on the lake and we had

kayaking because of all the fun activities

to work together as a team. Nils

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Year 7 Residential to Normandy At the end of June, Year 7 spent their residential week in

Hoc. Located between Omaha Beach and Utah Beach, Pointe

Normandy, France.

du Hoc is one of the key heritage sites along the D-Day Landing

The children visited the D-Day sites including the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Omaha Beach and the 360 cinema - an immersive experience with nine screens showing a high definition film containing archive footage of the D-Day Landings and the Battle of Normandy.

They went to Le Mont-Saint-Michel, and visited the Abbey at the top. It was very hot but the children enjoyed the visit and many of them were extremely impressed by the height of the island.

Every day, Year 7 had French lessons to learn vocabulary and expressions to use at a market to buy fruit, to find their way around a little harbour and to write a postcard for their families. They tasted different cheeses and also snails. It was the first time that all the children tried the snails and some even asked for more!

On the last day, before taking the ferry back from Cherbourg, they stopped at La Pointe du

beaches in Normandy. The site reminds us of what an artillery battery was like, with its firing command post, casemates and shelters. The children were surprised at how different the three cemeteries are.

Madame Early commented, “It was a pleasure to take Year 7 to France and those on the residential were fortunate to have slightly cooler weather than forecast!�

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Year 8 Residential in the Ardèche Year 8 had a wonderful time during their week in the Ardèche - learning many new skills, as can be seen in the photos! Thank you to Mrs Goddings and Mr Hatcher for accompanying them.

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Forest School As ever, the children have been extending

our own forest over the past year and

their own skills and my own with

have helped Mr Slater at King Edward’s

their continued and rapidly growing

Witley to ‘see the green’ and train as their

capabilities. We have extended beyond

Forest School Leader. This is great news and I wish him every success.

In addition to our weekly sessions throughout the school, our Forest Adventure Club continues to thrive on Wednesdays and Fridays.

There exists in children a deep desire to connect with the forest, and to watch

between a good and bad idea. Our job

it happen is a magical experience. It is

is all about facilitating this dynamic and

there and then that a good Forest School

organic process. We are lucky to have

Leader is able to see the moment to

such an abundantly rich and diverse

step back from teaching, and allow the

school environment that supports us in

emotions and senses of the children to

our work.

lead them in their play and discovery. This is the time that emotional intelligence develops, or simply the ability to choose

Exercise Spring Tab 2019, Reunion Hike This year, we postponed our hike until May half term and I have to say this was much better. We avoided the noisy lambing season at our overnight stop and actually got a little sleep!

Early in the morning on Saturday 25th May, 11 former Barrow Hills’ children and two lads from Woolmer Hill met at Barrow Hills.

Led by me, Mr Ray Green and Old Barrow Hillian William Kriehn, we set off for the South Downs.

Starting at Didling we ascended the Downs and began our epic hike. Our army ration food was viewed with some suspicion by the gang but soon began to do its work and filled us all with the calorie intake required to cover the initial 11 miles to Gumber Bothy, not far from Bignor Hill. An evening of admin and song soon followed and we were warmed by a decent camp fire. Then sleep.

We were up at 7.30am (never popular) for breakfast and room cleaning before setting off towards Arundel, completing the distance in record time. Super fit and now ready for anything, the children all enjoyed catching up and learnt some important lessons ahead of their own Duke of Edinburgh and CCF efforts.

Mr Dean

Mr Dean

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Farewell Mrs Pulleyn

the gardens on the morning of the party.

After 18 years (and one term!) at Barrow

stunning, children, staff and parents

Hills, it was time to say goodbye to

assembled and the stage was set. There

Mrs Pulleyn as she left us to enjoy a

were songs, poems and gifts (even a few

well-deserved retirement. Wonderfully

tears!) as we celebrated 18 years of loyal

love and dedication over the years - we

organised by Mrs Miles and Miss John,

service. Sally Alexander had compiled

will miss you.

with the help of Mrs Barraud, the

a beautiful photo book of the Pre-Prep

“Whilst there have been many physical

maintenance and catering teams, a leaving

children holding the words they had

changes during my time here, the heart

surprise tea party was held in the Pre-Prep

chosen to describe Mrs Pulleyn - ‘caring’,

of Barrow Hills has remained the same.

gardens at the end of the summer term.

‘kind’, ‘good at maths and baking’, to

Every child is important, is loved and is

name but a few.

given the opportunity to grow. Staff have

and Mrs Miles lovingly crafted hand-made

Well done to the children for managing to

always put the children first, providing

bunting which was decorated with the

keep the party a secret - hard to do with

stimulating opportunities for growth

handprints of every child and member

the excitement levels in the build up, but

whilst nurturing their emotional needs. If

of staff. This was then festooned around

mostly thank you to Mrs Pulleyn for your

children are happy they will learn.

In the lead up to the event, Miss John

Cakes were plentiful, the gardens looked

Whilst I won’t miss the early mornings (and standing at the front door, in the cold and the rain), I shall miss Barrow Hills greatly but I know that the staff will continue to strive to make sure that Barrow Hills remains a place whereby children and their families are loved and cared for and that they will ensure that your children are given many opportunities to succeed. I wish everyone love and great strength for the future. Thank you children, colleagues and parents for being part of my life over these past years.” Mrs Pulleyn

Mr Skehan The Treasurer, Mrs Justine Voisin, thanked Mr Skehan for his stewardship, professionalism and commitment to the School.

Mr Skehan wrote to the parents: “It has been a great privilege to be headmaster of Barrow Hills for the last three years, at the beginning of the school’s time as a Bridewell School and

“As many of you will know, the level of

King Edward’s partner school, a time of

Year 6 and 8 academic, sports, performing

exciting change.

arts and all-round scholarships and awards to senior schools over the past two years has been at a record high for both years with over 20 awards in each year. This speaks to the quality of the all-round

As the Treasurer has written in her letter, I am leaving Barrow Hills for personal reasons and as a family, we are returning to our home in East Sussex.

educational provision that Sean has

Barrow Hills is a beautiful place with a very

overseen in his three years as Head.”

special ethos. It has been a great gift to

teach and care for your children, to work with the wonderful staff team and with the supportive and dedicated governing body. I leave with very happy memories.”

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School Council School Council 2018-19

the rain poured down and the power cut out, but somehow over 300 guests did fit into the School!

From Pre-Prep right through to Upper It has been a busy year for members of

children to help them understand the

School Council, who put forward some

importance of a healthy balanced diet.

fantastic suggestions!

Prep, all the children took great pride in introducing their much-loved grandparents to the special Barrow

A disco was another high priority on

Hills environment. Grandparents first

Firstly, the children asked for more fancy

the wish list. On Thursday 28th March,

attended an assembly in the Chapel,

dress days. They came up with the idea

all children in Years 3-6 danced the

during which members of the School

of Christmas Jumper Day, enjoyed by

night away to tunes from DJ Deep Heat

Council spoke of their favourite aspects

children and staff.

in the school hall. Everyone loved the

of life at Barrow Hills. Highlights

foam machine!

included the exciting residential trips,

School Council met regularly with Tomas, our Head Chef, to discuss likes and

Perhaps the best suggestion this year was

dislikes on the menu. Unsurprisingly,

to create a Grandparents’ Day at Barrow

members of School Council put forward

Hills. We had an amazing turn out from

suggestions to increase the amount

so many grandparents who spent the day

of pizza they could eat at school! The

with their grandchild on Tuesday 18th

weekly menus were shared with the

June. The weather did not shine on us -

fun-packed play-time, exhilarating

School Council

sports match afternoons, preferred

of course rounded off with a

academic subjects and predictably, the

sumptuous cream tea, with

delicious lunches! A short talk was

music provided by the children

delivered by Mr Crisell who is a former

from a repertoire spanning songs

Barrow Hills pupil.

from various productions.

Children then escorted their grandparents

Comments from

on a short tour of the School, spending

attendees included:

time in their respective classrooms and engaging in various activities. This involved grandparents drawing an eclectic mix of questions out of a hat - ranging

‘It was very special to be shown round by Charlie and he is so enthusiastic and a joy’

from ‘what did you eat at school?’ (the

‘I had a lovely time and what a

brawn response was met with disgust),

happy School’

to teaching the older generation new

And one grandparent wrote to

IT skills. Year 2 discovered that their

his two grandchildren:

grandparents enjoyed maths and geography and that their swimming pool was freezing cold! The younger children drew pictures of their grandparents and performed a selection of nursery rhymes.

This was followed by some healthy competition in the quiz - questions ranging from ‘where is the Eyjafjallajökull volcano’, to naming left-handed members of staff at Barrow Hills. The session was

‘We thoroughly enjoyed Grandparents’ Day at Barrow Hills today. Thank you so much for guiding us around the school and showing us where everything goes on. You certainly are well catered for with every activity. While we went to very good schools, we don’t remember having

all the facilities you enjoy. We have two very lucky granddaughters.’

Well done School Council for an outstanding year and thank you.

Mrs Burnett

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Senior Prefects and Captains 2018/2019 Head Girl

Lucy

Design Technology Ilaria

Head Boy

Harry

Drama

Lucy, Hermione, Freddy

Kean

Freddy

Forest School

George

McCormack

Elena

Junior Prep

George, Hermione

Murtough

Ilaria

LAMDA

Dominic

Art

Elena, Oscar, Dominic

Pre-Prep

Nicolas, Toby, Serena

Sport

Serena, Nicky, Oscar

Chaplaincy Harry Debating Toby

Prize Day

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2019 Scholarships & Awards 11+ BARROW HILLS SCHOOL SCHOLARS 2019/20 Jessica - All rounder Barnaby - Academic Phoebe - Drama Tommy - Drama Cade - Sport Louis - Drama Matilda - Art

13+ LEAVERS’ SHIELDS Serena - Farnborough Hill Elena - Wellington College Nicholas - Worth Toby - Charterhouse (Foundation Academic) George - Ditcham Park Lucy - Prior’s Field (Sport) Harry - The Royal Grammar School Hermione - St Edmund’s Hindhead (Drama) Ilaria - Prior’s Field (Art and DT) Freddy - Ampleforth College (Basil Hume Drama Scholarship) Oscar - King Edward’s Witley (Art and Drama) Dominic - Charterhouse

11+ LEAVERS’ SHIELDS Georgia - Prior’s Field James - Churcher’s College Edward - King Edward’s Witley Sarah - Lord Wandsworth College (Drama) Jessica - King Edward’s Witley (Head’s Award for Sport) Eoin - Portsmouth Grammar School Ben - Frensham Heights Grace - Frensham Heights Matthew - Churcher’s College Hayley - Prior’s Field Holly - St Catherine’s, Bramley William - The Royal Grammar School Dominic - Churcher’s College James - King Edward’s Witley William - Churcher’s College Ben - Hoe Valley Alexander - Churcher’s College Theo - Churcher’s College Mia - Prior’s Field Arran - King Edward’s Witley Nils - Frensham Heights

FORM PRIZES 1st in Year 3 - Cleo Effort in 3G - Clara Effort in 3R - Jacob 1st in Year 4 - Millie Effort in 4G - Charles Effort in 4R - Edith 1st in Year 5 - Nathaniel Effort in 5G - Ruby Effort in 5R - Rosie

1st in Year 6 - William Effort in 6G - Alexander Effort in 6R – Luke 1st in Year 7 - Sascha Effort in 7G - Alexander Effort in 8G - Harry In each Year, one academic prize is awarded for 1st in exams.

Effort prizes are then awarded according to the number of A grades achieved throughout the year.

SPECIAL AWARDS Academic Progress – Hermione Alfonso Sedati Cup (Written French) - Elena All-Round Musician Cup - Xavier Atkins Hockey Cup - Alexander Barrow Hills Sportsman’s Cup - Freddy Beauclair Year 6 Maths Cup - Barnaby Bodsworth Cup – Charles Borelli R.E. Cup - Toby Campbell-John Drama Cup - Hermione Curtin Cricket Cup - Freddy Davies English Cup - Elena Dr Booker All Round Best Student Cup - Nicholas Effort Cup for Ballet - Rosie Enrico Medi Cup (Oral French) - George Esposito Football Cup - George Farmer Rugby Cup - Nicholas Forster Year 7 Maths Cup - Alexander Garman Art Cup - Elena Hirst Cup - Dominic Hobbs Sports Cup - Holly Hodgson-King Cup for History - Serena Holford Ballet Cup - Serena Hutchings Year 8 Maths Cup - Toby James Brown DT Cup - Ilaria La Berlière Cup (Year 7 French) - Sascha Latin Cup - Harry Liz O’Neill Cup - Owen MacMillan Acting Cup - Freddy Navin Cup - Lucy Netball Cup - Lucy Performing Arts Cup - Oscar Pollen Chorister Cup - Harry Rice Science Cup - Toby Sommer Rounders Cup - Ilaria St Pier Cup - Serena Taylor Best Endeavour - Ilaria Victor Ludorum – Freddy Victrix Ludorum – Matilda Wilde Hockey Trophy - James Wyatt Humanities Cup - Harry Zante Art Cup - Dominic

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