CLAREMONT SCHOOL Weekly Newsletter Monday 21st May 2018

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1 CLAREMONT SCHOOL Weekly Newsletter Monday 21st May 2018 RATED OUTSTANDING IN ALL AREAS BY OFSTED INSIDE THIS ISSUE Prep News... 2 Mathletics 7 Match reports...8 Dear Parent, Claremont School GCSE Results 2017: 31% A*/A A Level Results 2017: 34% A*/A Starting at St Paul s Cathedral and ending up in the Docklands, Year 6 s walking tour of London explored some iconic areas of London and covered significant ground. My group s guide was 6 foot 7 inches tall and had us scampering after him like a group of eager fluffy chicks. At least he was not difficult to lose amongst the sea of Londoners all out enjoying the sunshine. There were many standout moments during the incredibly enjoyable day, but for me the tranquillity of St Dunstan s was extraordinary. This church, which was bombed during World War II, so only the walls and the Sir Christopher Wren clock tower remain, was an oasis of calm in the busy city. The feedback from our tour guides was effusive: they found our pupils to be polite, engaging, interested and interesting. The Afternoon Tea Concert last week was such an enjoyable event, with some pupils making their debut on the Claremont stage, alongside more seasoned performers. It was poignant to think that for some of the Year 8s, this would be their last opportunity to perform at the Prep School, but it was heartening to see so much strong talent coming through from the younger pupils. In addition to our soloists, the flute and brass ensemble started and completed this most enjoyable event, and were both excellent. There are quite a lot of exciting things taking place in the Mathematics Department at the moment. Our pupils enjoyed considerable success at the UKMT Junior Challenge. Gold was awarded to Arjun Kolani (Year 6) who also received an invitation to the Junior Kangaroo round. Silver medals went to: Emma Curl (Year 8), George Owen (Y8), Lyra Cookson (Y8) and Imogen Laurense (Y7) and Bronze: Tami Akindele (Y8), Oliver McInnes (Y8), Tarran Barton Dibble (Y7), Meade Ramus (Y7) and Reuben Dickie (Y6). We are very proud of all of their achievements. This Wednesday we are sending three teams to the National Prep School Mathematics Championship, Round One, consisting of pupils from Years 5 and 6: Arjun Kolani, Eddie Carr Taylor, Diya Binodh. Max Woodfear, Javier Gomez, Arthur Ford, Reuben Dickie Amelia McCarthy, Reuben Booth, Oscar Rushant, Galina Baxter and Zac Buggy. We which them the best of luck. We can expect some glorious weather and some exciting moments of sportsmanship on Friday as we celebrate Sports Day. The children have been enjoying extra practices, particularly for the longer distance-running events, at break time. Sports Day is always such a wonderful event and it is a fitting end to a busy and enjoyable half term. Abra Stoakley Menu Commendations House Points.. 13 Pre-Prep News Nursery News WEEK 6+7 May 21 Mon Year 8 girls - HPV Vaccinations Swimming Gala v Bricklehurst Manor - Years 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 22 Tues Swimming Gala v Vinehall - Years 7 & 8 23 Wed Reception Fun Day Heat 1 National Prep Schools Maths competition Cricket v Vinehall. 1st XI, Colts C (A). 2nd XI, Colts A&B (H) Girls Cricket v Vinehall: U13AB (A) U12B, U11ABC (H) 24 Thur ABRSM Music Exams Cricket v Bede's. U9A, U8/ U9 (H 2:30pm). U8A (A 2pm) Girls Cricket v Vinehall: U9/8A,B,C (H) Badgers / Foxes Parents' Evening Little Shop of Horrors, Devonshire Theatre, Eastbourne 25 Fri Year 8 reports issued Prep School Sports Day Jun 4 Mon Year 8 Exams Years 7, 6 and 5 French Listening and Speaking Exams Week Reception / Badgers / Foxes Transition Morning Swimming Gala v Saint Ronans - Years 3, 4, & 5 5 Tues Year 8 Exams Years 7, 6 and 5 French Listening and Speaking Exams Week 6 Wed Year 8 Exams Dulwich Prep U12 Girls Cricket Tournament: U12A, U11A (A) Cricket v Rose Hill. U13 Pairs, Colts C & D (A). Colts A & B (H) Girls Cricket v Battle Abbey: U11 A & B (H) Y2-3 meeting for parents 24 Thur Years 7, 6 and 5 French Listening and Speaking Exams Week Girls Cricket v St Ronans: U9 A & B, U8 A & B (H) Reception September 2018 Welcome Evening 11:30-4:30 16:45-18:15 08:00-15:30 09:45-11:45 14:30 14:30 14:00 14:30 15:30-17:50 18:00-22:!5 09:00-15:30 09:30-10:30 17:00-18:00 13:00 14:15 14:30 15:00-16:00 14:30 18:00-19:30 25 Fri Years 7, 6 and 5 French Listening and Speaking Exams Week

2 Archie played in the regional finals for All Stars, he won and is now in the nationals in Birmingham later this year. Congratulations to Emily, Emilia, Katy and Eva who competed at the Summerfields gym competition and all won prizes! The Women Who Saved the Birds Dora and Daniel Glass went up to London to help launch a new book written by their mother, Tessa Boase. Daniel writes: My mum has been writing a history book about the women who founded the RSPB (the charity that protects birds) in 1889, campaigning against the Victorian and Edwardian fashion for feathered hats. Bird species around the world were under attack from the plumage hunters. Hundreds of species were dying out. Some of the biggest wearers of these hats were the suffragettes, who wanted women to get the vote. The book s heroine has a funny name: Etta Lemon. No-one has written about her before. After three years, my mum s book Mrs Pankhurst s Purple Feather was finally finished, and we had a big book launch party to celebrate the book being finally published. I was in charge of the cash as we sold the books, and I really actually enjoyed it. Dora writes: At our mum s book launch, it was packed with people and colour. We sold lots of books. Our mum was doing her signature, I was putting a feather in each book, and Daniel was putting the books in bags. He also took the money.

3 Year 8 French oral exams Well done all Year 8 pupils who worked hard in preparation for their French Speaking exams which took place on Thursday 17th May. The language learning skills they gained at the prep school will give them increased confidence in studying any foreign language in their senior schools and of course in dealing with real situations in their future life whether at work or for pleasure. Good luck with the rest of the exams.

4 Well Done! Hastings and Bexhill Rugby stars Reuben B (Year 6) and Gonzalo S P (Year 6) were both awarded trophies by their club, Hastings & Bexhill RFC, at Sunday s awards ceremony. Reuben scooped Coaches Best Back and Gonzalo won Best Newcomer. Gonzalo was also presented with an album of his time at the club. Reuben, who regularly captains the Under 11 s introduced Gonzalo to his club, enabling the up and coming Madrid player, to experience English Club Rugby, as part of his year studying as a Claremont Boarder. With rugby in his blood, Gonzalo, whose brother once played for Madrid, didn t take long to make an impression. Their team finished the season almost unbeaten. Both boys are having an enforced rest from training after Reuben broke his thumb and Gonzalo his finger during a match against Northampton. Reuben will be joining Gonzalo in Madrid during half term and I m sure rugby will be on the agenda. Well done boys!

5 Open Day Maypole Dancing

6 6E s examples of creating pictures using their compasses!

7 Mathletics Bronze Winners Silver Winners gold Winners Year 8 Fonsie de Ruvo Ackerlund, James Bourne, Olivia Hazelwood, Cohen Luff, Issey Moloney, Patrick Richardson, Frank Taylor, Georgia Tipping Year 7 Dylan Kist, Daniel Glass, Tise Palmer, Saffron Andrew, Samuel Kemp, Kieren Morris-Abberley, Maddie Ritchie Betsy Parsons Abesa Sivaseelan Elizabeth Kirby Yagiz Velidedeoglu Miles Nicholls James Rowland Galina Baxter Year 5 Darci Bailey, Tess Rowland Year 4 James Harrison, Issy Latuskie, Ollie McCarthy, Emilia Willis, Cosmo McKenzie, Toby Nicolle, James Smith, Thomas Willis, Katy Tipping Year 3 Ava Edwards Cutler Blunden

8 Swimming Gala Yrs 7 & 8 Claremont Battle Abbey The standard of swimming on show was at an incredibly high level. I was delighted with the effort of all of our swimmers. All races apart from fly were 2 lengths and some races were extremely tight to call. The Year 7 girls again have been very competitive. This was the tightest scoreline with only 5 points in it. The Year 7 boys have been a massive highlight again and kept up this incredible run of staying undefeated. The Year 8 girls squad who have a small group have stayed together well throughout the year and have produced some really strong performances. The Year 8 boys squad came up against a strong opposition and again were pipped in a couple of races, however they have worked really hard this season. Well done to all of our swimmers. Breakdown of the results were as follows; CL BA Yr 7 Girls Yr 7 Boys Yr 8 Girls Yr 8 Boys Swimming Gala Yrs 5 & 6 Claremont Dulwich Prep We came up against a very strong Dulwich squad. Huge credit has to go to our Year 4 swimmers that have swam up to help the Year 5 squads, for the girls we had Amelie F and Summer C and in the boys squad we had all Year 4's swimming as we have no Year 5's and they were Jack G. James F, Will S, William S and James S. They swam really well, competing against swimmers an age group up. The Year 6 girls gave the best competition as they lost out in a couple of races by an arm length and only 5 points. Finally the Year 6 boys who swam were missing a couple of swimmers and a few swimmers swam more than expected but done so with great effort. A breakdown of the results are as follows; CL DPS Year 5 Girls Year 5 Boys Year 6 Girls Year 6 Boys 28 39

9 U11A Girls Cricket v St. Ronan s: The U11A s had a closely contested game away at St. Ronan s this week. Both teams were evenly matched but Claremont dropped 3 catches when fielding and it was this that gave St. Ronan s a narrow 9 run win. Catches win matches after all. Final score: St. Ronan s 220 for 3. Claremont 211 for 5. Player of the Match was Emma P. U8A Girls Cricket v Bedes: The Year 3 girls had a comfortable win in their game against Bede's. Claremont bowled very well and showed some good decision-making when fielding, taking five wickets in total. Maggie and Ami were the strongest batting pair scoring a total of 21 runs, closely followed by Ella and Maya with 19. Final score: Claremont 253 for 0. Bedes 196 for 5. Player of the Match was Maggie McK. A fabulous result, well played girls!

10 U9/8 Cricket with Bricklehurst It was a lovely afternoon of cricket. We combined our two schools and fielded 4 mixed teams. The girls played against each other in a competitive yet relaxed atmosphere as you can see from the photographs.

11 Colts Cricket House Matches With only 6 players per house and only 5 overs per innings. Plus 5 runs for any wides and no balls. This made for an exciting afternoon of Cricket. Run down of the scores below. Sparta Athens Sparta went into bat first and picked up 41, however not a single run was from the bat! Athens came in and reached Sparta's total within 4 overs. Charlie W getting 8 and Tom O 4. Sparta Corinth This was much more like it, Sparta hitting some solid fours, most notably from Arjun K who scored 28 not out. Max R supporting really well with 8 not out. Corinth then had to chase 65 to win. They started really well with Luca R scoring 16 not out, however Rufus B took a wicket with a fine catch from Harvey W. Corinth Athens Sparta went into bat first and Reuben scored 14 and Antonio G took an excellent wicket for Corinth. 57 scored and a decent total for Corinth to try and chase. Luca R scored 13 not out and a few wides and no balls made it a frantic ending. Javier G got a timely wicket to stop the Corinth momentum. Corinth needing 6 off the last ball to win, however a straight ball and Athens held on to the win and come out victorious!

12 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Main Course Spaghetti Bolognese with garlic bread Quorn Bolognese Pork sausages with mashed potato and onion gravy Veggie sausages Roast gammon served with roast potatoes and gravy Quorn Roast Mild beef chilli con carne with basmati rice Mild mixed bean chilli Fish fingers or breaded cod served with chunky chips Veggie fingers or veggie nuggets Vegetable Selection Mixed lettuce Garden peas and creamy leeks Broccoli and carrots Sweetcorn and green beans Garden peas and baked beans Salad bar Salad bar Salad bar Salad bar Salad bar Dessert Ginger sponge with toffee sauce Selection of fresh fruit Chocolate Mousse Selection of fresh fruit Pineapple upside down cake Selection of fresh fruit Cheese and crackers Selection of fresh fruit Rocky road Selection of fresh fruit

13 Finlay Gibbon Brooks, Galina Baxter, Lilirose Hancock, Max Woodfear, Arjun Kolani, Archie McGonigle. Chanel Amirazody, Darci Bailey, Diya Binodh, Emma Curl, Ciaran Day, James Day, Fonsie de Ruvo-Ackerlund, Reuben Dickie, Oscar Diss, Javier Gomez, Toby Nicolle, George Owen, Xander Samuel, Amelie Spurway-Bishop, Rachel Waters, Joe White, Charles Willard, Isabella Willard, Stanley Willard, Tami Akindele, Lucinda Barber, Galina Baxter, Matthew Brand, Liberty BransbyMiles, Eddie Carr Taylor, Isabelle Cole, Joseph Corrigan, Samuel Corrigan, Olivia Cox, Jack Cutbush, Summer Cutbush, Lilirose Hancock, Cameron Luff, Oliver McInnes, Cosmo McKenzie, Heidi Mellon, Miles Nicholls, Betsy Parsons, Arte, Sinhaievskyi, Abesa Sivaseelan, Sebastian Starr, Georgia Tipping, Yagiz Velidedeoglu, Elliot Wilson, Matthew Biddle, James Bourne, Eadie Bridger, Rosie Burrows, Daisy Clarke, Lyra Cookson, Georgia Crossley, Henry Grant, Sapphire Hennessy-Grant, Arjun Kolani, Louis Lewis, Xander Muchamore, Emma Patel, Joseph Patel, Lucas Patel, Matilda Pilkington, Max Riches, James Rowland, Elizabeth Staley, Paddy White, Thomas Willis. TERM S TOTAL HOUSE POINTS: Sparta: 2886 Athens: 2909 Corinth: 3084 WEEK S TOTAL HOUSE POINTS: Corinth: 836 Athens: 704 Sparta: 764 Yellow Badge Cutler Blunden, Oliver Long, Maya Talbot, Ben Cole, Ella Manuel, Ollie McCarthy, Thomas Willis, Ruby Cutbush, Ciaran Day, Reuben Dickie, Finlay Gibbon Brooks, Henry Grant, Cameron Luff, Patrick Ostle, Sebastian Starr, Olivia Cox, James Gardiner, Charlie Glasper, Sapphire Hennessy-Grant, Samuel Kemp, Kieren Morris Abberley, Marley Neill, Maddie Ritchie, Freddie Saunders, Eleanor Strevens, Luke Thomson, Ryan Thomson, Lucinda Barber, James Bourne, Fonsie de Ruvo-Akerland, Olivia Hazelwood, Isabella Moloney, Xander Samuel, Amelie Spurway-Bishop, Frank Taylor, Georgia Tipping. Green Badge Honor Cassleton-Elliot, Ava Edwards, Amirisa Ghattas, Maggie McKechnie, Miles Nicholls, Lucas Patel, James Rowland, Toby Nicolle, Darci Bailey, Liberty BransbyMiles, Georgia Crossley, Josh Langham- Underdown, Tabitha Lowe, Harvey Wheeler, Max Woodfear, Galina Baxter, Matthew Biddle, Eddie Carr Taylor, Javier Gomez, Lilirose Hancock, Amelia McCarthy, Emma Patel, Charlie Willard, Saffron Andrew, Tarran Barton-Dibble, Sam Corrigan, Lucas De Oliveira, Will de Wilde, Imogen Laurense, Tise Palmer, Betsy Parsons, Joseph Patel, Eve Spencer, Magnus Wilson, Ossie Wookey, Matthew Brand, Jack Cutbush, James Day, George Owen, Rachel Waters, Elliot Wilson. Red Badge Arjun Kolani.

14 1L excellent conduct For Edward F for always being sweet and kind. Kira in 2B is this week s excellent conduct badge winner! Sibylla is simply the most helpful person in the department! Ballet Students working hard in their RAD Primary syllabus. Demonstrating the foot exercise!

15 Wonderful performances from these Pre- prep gymnasts at the Summerfield's gym competition! Dear Miss Flanigan I saw a real helicopter in Alexandra Park. It was for an emergency. Me and Maggie talked to the pilots. The pilots couldn t tell us anything about the emergency because it was private. There were 3 pilots and 2 doctors. We watched the helicopter fly off and it was really windy. Love from Isla

16 Leon was very proud to share his diary with Mrs Stoakley. He enjoyed sharing with her events from home and explaining the photos, pictures and postcards to her. He spoke confidently and with great enthusiasm about his activities. Thank you Leon for sharing it with us all. We made gorgeous pine cone owls today! Aren t they lovely?! Year 2 went to visit the French room!

17 1L learning about what it means to be a good friend.

18 RW have had an exciting few days as our butterflies have finally emerged from their cocoons. We have watched them grow from tiny caterpillars and today came the day for us to release them into the world and the life cycle to continue.

19 Ducklings & Butterflies This week the Ducklings and Butterflies have had a lovely time playing with the pasta,water and bubble play in the garden. We have also had great fun doing obstacle courses in the playground and joining the Robins for soft play. Towards the end of the week We went for a trip down to the Jubilee garden to look at all the lovely things growing.

20 Robins This week in Robins we were very lucky to have a visit from a member of staff from the Badgers room and with them they had a bowl of tadpoles for us to look at! We all found this very entertaining. Also this week in Robins we are looking at the colour orange and have a new orange display on our shelf and on our window display.

21 Hedgehogs This week we have been busy out and about. We have had a trip to the Jubilee garden where the children planted some vegetables. We got to see some tadpoles and we also went on a creepy crawly hunt in the long grass.

22 Badgers & Foxes Badgers and Foxes have been very busy this week. We have based most of our learning in the outdoor environment, taking advantage of the grounds we have at Claremont. We have been carrying on developing the concept of rhyme, linking it with the story paper dolls. Last week, we created paper dolls using different materials, where as this week we used ourselves. We joined hands together, and continued a rhyming string going down the line of 'paper dolls.' We have also been getting creative with nature. Some of us have been creating nature faces, collecting petals, sticks and leaves to help represent a face. On the other hand, some of the children created a nature collage, collecting different natural objects to help them create a picture. In addition to this, we have also released our class tadpoles into the lake. We have been keeping a close eye on them, from when they were just frog spawn. Year One, came to help us too. We will be going to visit the lake regularly to see if we can spot them.

23 Squirrels This week in Squirrels we have been letting our imagination run wild with the introduction of the theme this week from the story tale Jack and the Beanstalk. We have searched our gardens for any bean stalks hidden in the trees and giants; we have played interactive games based on the characters from the tale; also we have even created our very own beanstalk to go in our new role play room and many other props too! We were so lucky to have a secret visit from Jack himself and were given magic jumping beans! Which we have now planted and will watch them grow through the next couple of weeks. We also we had a visit from pre-schools tadpoles! They will turn into frogs! We loved meeting them and looking at their feet growing!

24 Kingfishers This week the Kingfishers have been making pom poms, and threaded wool around pieces of card before cutting them with scissors. We have also been talking about the royal wedding, and decorated our own crowns and flags!