From the Headmaster... Alex McCullough HEADMASTER Karenza whelas karenza

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1 THE Polwhele Post Issue No June 2018 DIARY DATES Wednesday 6 June 8.30am ISA SW Athletics Trials Thursday 7 June all day Royal Cornwall Show (Dancers and Musical Theatre Group to perform) Friday 8 June all day Royal Cornwall Show (Y2 to visit) Saturday 9 June all day Royal Cornwall Show Monday 11 June 8.00am Prep School Exam Week 10.15am Finance & General Purposes Meeting 1.30pm Prep School Swimming Gala From the Headmaster... I hope everyone had a relaxing and successful half term and feels refreshed and ready for the challenges of the final part of the school year. I am delighted to announce the appointment of Mrs Charlotte Wheele who will succeed Mr Gent in the bursary on Monday 18 June. Mrs Wheele brings much relevant management and school-based experience to Polwhele and we very much look forward to welcoming her into the school community. Looking ahead to the last day of term, the choristers are involved in a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast of evensong on the afternoon of Wednesday 11 July. Therefore, we are going to move the Prep School presentations to the morning to tie in with drop off rather then pick up. We still plan to round off the day with a cream tea for parents on the gravel car park. I am sorry if this means you have to alter your plans for the day but I m sure that you can appreciate the importance of having all the children present. With best wishes, Alex McCullough HEADMASTER headmaster@polwhelehouse.co.uk THE NEWSLETTER OF POLWHELE HOUSE Tuesday 12 June 1.30pm U8 & U9 Mixed Rounders v St Petroc s (a) REMINDER: Please could parents put sunscreen cream on their children prior to coming to school. Karenza whelas karenza POLWHELE HOUSE TRURO CORNWALL TR4 9AE TELEPHONE / FAX office@polwhelehouse.co.uk

2 COMMENDATIONS (week commencing 4 June 2018) Georgia Lusty Reception Isla Thomas Reception Paul Hill Year 1 Wilfred Lloyd-King Year 1 Mimi Thomas Year 2 Oscar McCullough Year 2 Alexis Bell Year 2 Henry Bateman Year 2 Poppy Stevenson Year 4 Olly Goldby Year 5 George Warren Year 5 Ethan Lusty Year 6 Dan Davey Year 6 Lila Tillyard Year 6 Nerayah Aubrey Year 6 Sky Trevena Year 6 Fergus Stephen Year 6 CONGRATULATIONS TO ELIAN QUINNEY Elian completed a special survival skills test and he is very proud of his certificate and badge! WELL DONE!

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4 PRE-PREP NEWS RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE On the final Friday morning of the half term something strange was going on in Pre- Prep. The Reception classroom had changed completely the tables had disappeared and had been replaced by a jungle! There were vines hanging form the ceiling, tropical flowers adorning the walls and palms all over the place. It could mean only one thing - it was time for the Nursery and Reception presentation of Rumble in the Jungle. Over the half term we learned all about animals. We studied mammals, reptiles, fish and amphibians and had a fantastic time at Newquay zoo on the Monday before. In our English lessons we studied the text Rumble in the Jungle. We learned the story and practised saying our words with loud, clear voices in preparation for our performance. The children (and staff!) were very excited as a huge audience crammed into the Reception classroom awaiting the entrance of our very youngest performers. At 9.00am we donned our head dresses and stepped onto the stage. Every single child was amazing. They all sang with enthusiasm, stood beautifully and spoke with great clarity and enjoyment. The Nursery children set the scene by telling us all about what we might expect to find if we went to the jungle and then we heard from the Reception children disguised as a chimpanzee, a lion, a zebra, a hippo, a giraffe, an elephant, a gorilla, a gazelle and a crocodile, alongside a snake, a rhino, a leopard and a tiger! We finished by singing a song called Mammals, which the children love! We are extremely proud of all of the children and think they were fantastic! Well done Nursery and Reception!

5 PRE-PREP NEWS cont. Some children in Year 1 made a fantastic mosaic which I thought would be lovely to share in the newsletter. The children were Wilfred Lloyd-King, Tristan Cochrane, Paul Hill and Freddie Sexton. Mrs Caddy

6 Keyes Corner: Geography puzzler! Which city is this? Answer to last time s puzzler: Tokyo PREP PUZZLE PRE-PREP PUZZLE CADDY S CONUNDRUMS! Escamotage Please use a dictionary to find your answer! Answer for last conundrum BIGOT a person who is intolerant towards those holding different opinions.

7 PREP NEWS Anderson Shelters In History, Year 6 have been exploring various aspects of World War II. As a homework task, the children were given opportunity to create an Anderson shelter from any materials they wished. As in the past, the class produced some great models and were very inventive and imaginative in their ideas. Something that has not happened in previous years is that someone created an edible Anderson shelter. Nerayah created a sponge roll with jam and cream, which when covered in chocolate made a very effective looking shelter. I m not sure how safe I would feel inside a sponge cake shelter during the Blitz, but if it was as tasty as Nerayah s was, I d be willing to take my chances. Well done to Nerayah, and the whole of Year 6 for all the excellent Anderson shelter designs. Mr Caddy

8 FRENCH TRIP 2018: Upper School French Trip 2018 Oh, what a fabulous time we had on the trip to France! To quote La Plage Boys it was Fun,fun fun all the way. We met our brilliant driver, Ryan, at around 6.30 on Tuesday evening, and boarded our plush mini bus. Before anyone could ask How much longer til we get there? more than a dozen times, we were driving on to the ferry in Plymouth. We found our cabins and settled down for the night. We woke the next day just as we were approaching Roscoff and after the usual border control formalities, we made for the older part of Roscoff for our picnic breakfast and a first chance to try out the children s conversational French at the harbourside market. Zack was clearly fluent enough and hungry enough to purchase a French stick and enough cooked jambon to feed a small army. Fully refreshed, we returned to the bus and made our way to Quimper, where Madame Fergus gave the children some tasks to complete in their booklets. Again, they were able to practise their conversational Francais. After finally persuading Nerayah not to try and kidnap one of the miniature ponies in the town square, we had a picnic lunch which was followed by a trip to the walled town at Concarneau. When we arrived at Concarneau there was a huge ferris wheel in the car park and a group of the children decided to give it a go. From the top, George thought about seeing if his Go-Pro camera might bounce gently, but, last second, he changed his mind and aborted the experiment. No amount of euros would persuade the operator to stop the wheel with part of our group at the top, so when they descended we all made our way into the walled town. This was a truly magical world full of sweet shops and ice cream parlours. Pure heaven! There were also some quaint buildings, little squares and of course, the battlements of the wall to visit. We all stopped at a creperie and the children ordered their own apres midi snack in French. I am not entirely sure that they all got what they wanted but everyone seemed satisfied. Apparently, Crepe a la Nutella is a local delicacy. We left Concarneau and made our way to the Centre d herbergement de Brest (Giggle giggle), we soon settled into our own private corridor. Some children quite naturally moaned that the accommodation did not quite match the Ritz, but they were prepared to semi-slum it for a few days. We went down to the dining room for our evening meal, where we met the school sharing our accommodation. There were 120 children from a school in Truro s twin town, Morlaix. I know what are the chances!

9 Then came the first truly terrifying moment for some of our party: They were serving FRENCH food. They have this peculiar food in France called carrots. Some of the children were willing to risk their lives by eating the cuisine, while others decided not to take the chance. Dinner with the French school gave the Polwhelers another opportunity to practise their conversational French again. This proved quite successful for both groups and soon a (cliché alert) Entente Cordiale was in full swing. One lad who shall remain nameless called Dan Davey was particularly successful in his cordial ententes and was soon exchanging names and numbers with a young French lady. This led to Dan spending much of the following day choosing a present for Amelie, fair maiden of Morlaix. More of this later. After the evening meal we went to the nearby beach where the children clambered on a rope mountain, tried to launch Zack s rugby ball into orbit and, in George s case, covering his legs in some horrid looking stuff which made him resemble the creature from the black lagoon. Madame Fergus insisted that I run the kilometre to the other side of the beach to check out if the building in the distance was the aquarium we were visiting the next day. I did; it wasn t. Soon we returned to the accommodation and prepared for our first night s sleep in France. Unfortunately, due to high excitement and an immersion in all things Gallic, the group in the next room to mine were no longer able to understand English, and my French is woefully inadequate and so I had to resort to talking very loudly and very slowly in order to convey the need for them to settle down and be quiet. They were of course, mortified at their own inability to grasp the need to follow instructions and in recompense they volunteered to clean the bus at the end of Thursday s travels. What kind, thoughtful boys. We did find Oceanapolis the next day in the opposite direction to which Madame Fergus had sent me the previous evening! This is one of Europe s best aquarium attractions. It is divided into three sections: The tropical area where several species of shark cruise through the water accompanied by tuna, turtles, octopi and many other colourful species. We even found Nemo. The Polar section featured penguins, who looked clumsy and awkward on land, but we could see them under water where they moved with unbelievable grace and speed. We also saw sea lions expertly performing the Brest stroke (Titter,titter). The Breton section featured less extraordinary sea life, but was still very interesting and it did lead to the shop where we could purchase more precious and priceless trinkets. George declared on the Friday bus journey home that Oceanapolis was the best part of the trip. He did not clarify whether he spoke unilaterally or for the whole group, but it seemed that everyone had a great time at the aquarium. The apres-midi adventure brought about a change of pace as we visited Chateau Kerjean. We were given a very detailed history of the chateau. We got a real flavour of the life of the Barbier family, who ran the estate in the days just prior to the French Revolution. We saw how the rich lived, and how the servants served. It was an enthralling afternoon, even if it did remind me a little too much of home.

10 The shop at Kerjean sold many goodies. Dan took the opportunity to buy some soap, which we understood was a present for the young lady from Morlaix. At dinner, the question punctuated the meal of yes FRENCH food: Would Dan have the courage to hand over the soap to the French Belle or not? The answer during the beetroot and apple salad starter was no! The answer during the Bolognaise was no! The answer during the Crepe pudding was YES! Dan presented his soap to a somewhat overwhelmed and stunned young lady whose complexion now matched the beetroot of the starter. After the shock, Amelie regained her composure quite remarkably. She said, in equally remarkable fluent English, that she loved her present tres much. The meal ended and both parties returned to their own areas for a more peaceful evening s sleep. The next day the children took on the almost impossible task of tidying their rooms. Another highlight of the trip: Fergus was introduced to the delights of the vacuum cleaner. He tried to conceal, but I could tell that he was enthralled by his first experience of operating heavy machinery. Mum and Tilly will be delighted! Ryan, ever accommodating, took us to a local Leclerc hypermarket to spend the last of our euros. This was an enjoyable hour, once we explained to Lila and Sky that they could not make any purchases from the Wine Hall. We stopped for another picnic lunch at Kersalliou beach. As it was Ryan s birthday we gave him a card and a little present to help him celebrate and to say thank you for being such a great driver. We set off again and before anyone could say How long before we get there? for more than a dozen times, we were back at Roscoff ready to board the ferry home. We dropped Daniel off with his mum in the car park, as they were staying in France for half term. The children appraised Dan s mum of his romantic adventures. The rolling of her eyes suggested that nothing surprised her where her son was concerned. An impending shortage of cocoa beans led to panic buying of chocolate from the ferry shop. This was initially offset by Josh buying a tin of sardines, but on closer inspection, these were also made of chocolate. I wonder what sort of person came up with making chocolate sardines? Before anyone could say How much longer til we reach Plymouth more than two dozen times, we arrived in Plymouth. Quick disembarkation led to equally swift processing at border control and we were on our way. Before anyone one could ask How much further? more than a dozen times, we were on the familiar territory of the school s gravel car park, where eager parents were waiting to collect their tired but enriched offspring. Once again Madame Fergus had organised a brilliant trip to France with meticulous precision. I don t know how she does it. So much was crammed into the few days we were away; so much variety; so much interest; so much fun. There was also, obviously a lot of opportunities to practise their French speaking and to learn much more about the country. Thanks to Madame Fergus, the children will have a memory that will stay with them forever and an experience that will continue to enrich their lives for many years to come. Mr Caddy

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12 SPORTS NEWS ATHLETICS FIXTURE ISA Trials at Exeter Arena (EX4 8NT) Wednesday 6 June 11am to 4pm Pupils who are unable to participate at the NATIONAL ISA FINALS in Birmingham on Wednesday 19 June must not compete in the SW trials. Parental transport will be required to take finalists to the ISA finals. PUPIL EVENTS PUPIL EVENTS Dan Davey Long jump & 80m Lila Tillyard 150m & 600m Ethan Lusty High jump & 600m Daisy Hassell 150m & 600m Jack Beckly High jump & 600m Finn Ashton Long jump & 75m Please arrive at school in your athletics kit and full tracksuit (coat needed). We will meet at the art room wall at 8.40am You will have a packed lunch and you may bring extra water and healthy snacks. For trips out of county children are permitted to bring hand held electronic devices; however we do not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage. Collection time from Exeter is 3.30pm and collection time from Polwhele is approx. 6.00pm Parental support is most welcome. Should the weather be inclement please contact the school office regarding the cancellation of the fixture. Mrs Lusty

13 Y3 & Y4 Athletics at Truro Prep Tuesday 22 May All our Y3 & Y4 children took part in a wonderful afternoon of athletics. The children competed in the vortex throw, the long jump, the 60m sprint race and the 400m distance race. The afternoon ended with relay races where all our teams fought really hard on the track to produce very fast and thrilling races. Well done to you all for pushing yourself in all your track & field events! Mrs Lusty

14 TO BE CONFIRMED.. ROUNDERS v ST PETROC S Tuesday 12 June 1.30pm (away) Jessica Pearce (Capt) Poppy Stevenson Lucia Warden Emilia Frost Henry Piccin-White Aaron Malhotra Rex Zhou Tom Hooper Ruby McCullough (Capt) Rosie Warren Pippa Alford Ameera Syed George Holder Matthew Lusty Leo Nicholas Rupert Watkins-Aiken You need to get changed into your PE kit during morning break. We will have a packed lunch. Meet at the art room wall at the end of lesson 3. Collection time from St Petroc s is 3.00pm or from Polwhele is 4.30pm (5.00pm after clubs). Parental support is most welcome. Should the weather be inclement please contact the school office regarding the cancellation of the fixture. Mrs Lusty

15 EQUESTRIAN NEWS We hope everyone enjoyed their half term break, and some really lovely weather! We were busy at the stables, however the day we chose for painting, was just after a day of heavy rainfall, so we were not able to achieve as much as we had hoped! We did manage to get a major part of the arena fencing painted, so a BIG thank you to all the children who came along for a day of fun! We are looking forward to a busy term with the ponies, so watch out for further news on our forthcoming Dressage Competition and end of term Gymkhana, which will include all of our riders! Also our Equestrian Scholars are practising hard for a Primary School Show Jumping Competition at the beginning of July, so we are all very much looking forward to getting out to represent Polwhele House School in the local equine community! OUT & ABOUT Mimi on Inca and Florence on Polly, admiring the pretty wisteria, at the Walled Garden. Ruby riding Nel and Leo riding Inca, after a session in the arena.

16 Rosie on Arnold, Lucy on Polly and Ameera on Inca, working in the arena. Elian on Inca and Evie on Polly, hacking through the grounds Tom on Inca and Gus on Polly, after a competitive game of line tag in the playground!

17 OUT AND ABOUT cont 'The Three Amigas'!!! Bea on Arnold, Isla on Polly and Rosalie on Inca returning from a ride through the grounds

18 Polwhele House Toddler Group Summer Term 2018 Wednesdays pm Each week we will play, sing and have story time with a snack. All welcome! Date Theme 6 th June A Royal occasion to celebrate the Queen s birthday! 13 th June Pirate ships Why not come along dressed up or dress up in our collection of party clothes. We will make our own crowns and picture frames for our royal party photo. Come dressed to get wet as we make our own junk model pirate ships and sail them on the seven seas! well in our water tray anyway! 20 nd June Pre-Prep Sports Day! Why not come along with your picnic and blanket and hopefully enjoy the sunshine watching Nursery-Year 2 take part in their sporty afternoon. 27 th June Our Final Toddlers of the school year! Pirate Party Come dressed as a pirate if you like to find buried treasure, make your own pirate hat and have lots of fun. Mrs Reed NURSERY LEADER

19 LUNCH PHSoc NEWS MENU Tuesday 5 June Italian Chicken Tomato and Courgette Ragu (V) Served with Rice and Salad Custard Biscuit Wednesday 6 June Roast Beef Aubergine Bake (V) Served with Roast Potatoes Carrots and Savoy Cabbage Apple Cake and Custard Thursday 7 June Ham Quiche Cheese and Tomato Quiche (V) Served with New Potatoes and Salad Chocolate Cracknell Friday 8 June Fish Fingers Cheese Calzone (V) Served with Sauté Potatoes Peas and Sweetcorn Fruity Mousse Monday 11 June Jacket Potato with Cheese (V) or Tuna and Sweetcorn Served with Salad and Coleslaw Ginger Cake and Pouring Cream