Good Luck and Goodbye

INAMOS
Yateley Manor’s Weekly Newsletter • www.yateleymanor.com
Vol. 28 Issue No. 35 • 15th June 2011
Next Week’s Diary
MONDAY
Staff Training Day
TUESDAY
Staff Training Day
10.00am School Shop Opens
3.45pm New Children’s Tea
WEDNESDAY
4.35pm
Term Begins
Sports Department
Procedures Meeting
(no sports clubs)
THURSDAY
7.00pm
Welcome Evening for
Years 1 and 2 Parents
FRIDAY
9.00am
Gum Shield Fitting for
Girls
After School Clubs
All after school clubs are running in
the first week of next term except:
Wednesday: All sports clubs
New School
Appointments
Congratulations to the following
pupils on their school appointments
from September:
Prefect:
Joshua Baxter, Emily Good,
George Marchant, Chris Searle,
Emily Simpson, Harry Yates
Gold Monitor
Seb Francis, Blake Major,
Kate Peden
Silver Monitor
Kourosh Abbaspour, Harry Fogarty,
Alex Groom, Maisie Hargreaves,
Bruno Kempster, James Li,
Ieuan Martin, Charles Maynard,
Edward Morrison,
Liam Ross-McDonnell, Louis Reid,
Sebastian Waddington,
Jordan Whiteley
Good Luck and Goodbye
At the end of this term we say goodbye to several members of staff.
Lynn Murison is retiring after an amazing 15 years at Yateley Manor as Head of Girls’
Games. Under her guidance, a generation of girls has learnt a love of sport and she
has fostered in them a sense of team spirit, enthusiasm and fair play. We will miss her
invaluable contribution to the school, both personally and professionally, but look forward to
welcoming her back for Wednesday afternoon matches.
Burny Murray, Head of Science, is also leaving us. Burny joined the school in 2002 and during
his time with us has guided the Science Department and taken a full role throughout the
school supporting sports, trips and the School House Charity. His experience, hard work,
dedication and unflappability will all be greatly missed and he leaves with our very best
wishes for the future .
Ron Hlabano came to Yateley Manor in 2005 and during his time with us has worked as a
Classroom Assistant in Reception and in Year 1. Children up to Year 5 remember Ron for
his kindness, gentleness and his enthusiasm for sport and football in particular. He will be
greatly missed and we wish him every success in his future career.
We are also saying goodbye to Year 3 teacher, Caroline Greatbatch, who joined us to cover
maternity leave and Claire Pope who has been with us only a short while in the Learning
Support Department. We will miss them and are very grateful for their contribution this year.
Both have our very best wishes for the future.
Sarah Fish, Laura Matthews, Kelly Edwards and Aaron Walters have been fantastic Gap
Students helping in so many ways in every department of the school. We are very grateful
to them all for their endless enthusiasm, hard work and good humour and are delighted that
their time at Yateley Manor has cemented the desire of Sarah, Kelly and Laura to become
teachers. In September the three girls start on their teacher training courses and Aaron
begins his training as a physiotherapist. We wish all four of them the best of luck.
Gig on the Green
Yateley Manor played a significant part in Yateley’s first Gig on the Green.
Our two choirs were invited to sing at the event opening and both sang with energy and
enthusiasm. Manor Singers performed their popular rendition of Goldfinger complete with
dramatic presentation and the Pre-Prep choir sang Time on our Hands in three parts with
lively actions.
Lucy Webb, who had earlier been on stage with the choir, won the Age Category1
section of Y Factor. Singing Paloma Faith’s Upside Down, Lucy wowed the judges with her
beautifully sung and well choreographed performance and won the opportunity to spend
time in a recording studio as well as an invitation to take part in Gig on the Green in 2012! to
see Lucy’s performance click here:
Jamie Macfarlane also took part with his singing partner in the Battle of the Bands.
Have a Wonderful Summer
We wish all our pupils, staff and their families a wonderful summer break. Pupils return on
Wednesday 7th September
Years 1 to 4 Prize Giving
Year 2
Year 1
English
Isobel Beeson
English
Alex Yates
English Progress
Finlay Harriss
English Progress
Lucy Carpenter
Maths
Sam MacRobbie
Maths
Ross Mackenzie
Maths Progress
Amelia Shaw
Maths Progress
Amy Stewart
Reading Progress
Peter Washer
Reading Progress
Alex Emery
All Round Progress
Griffen Human
All Round Progress
Krishal Maru
Citizen
Sam Rowe
Citizen
James Hannaby
Best Investigator
Louis Newman
Best Investigator
Sam Baird
Spirit of Yateley Manor
Angharad Markey
Spirit of Yateley Manor
Amy Hodgkiss
All Round Contribution
Joshua Benton
All Round Contribution
Tom Dexter
Year 3
Year 4
English
Niam Patel
English
Matthew Williams
English Progress
Lucy Tickle
English Progress
Olivia Newton
Maths
Omeet Atara
Maths
Sohini Long
Maths Progress
Francesca Oades
Maths Progress
Boris Kempster
Reading Progress
Jack Muncaster
Reading Progress
Liam Mills
Science
Benjamin Perryman
Science
Toby Davis
Science Progress
Anna Ball
Science Progress
Harry Foster
Humanities/Topic
Rachel Whiteley
Humanities/Topic
Anna McFall
Art
Serena Lu
Art
Yasmine Bowman
Spirit of Yateley Manor
Edward Lutterloch
Spirit of Yateley Manor
Freddie Francsics
Endeavour
Xavier Norton-Edwards
Endeavour
Sam Russell
All Round Contribution
Stephen Moss
All Round Contribution
Catherine Fogarty
Other Lower School Prizes What Will You Choose for Lunch Next Term?
Lower Sportsman
of the Year
(Hatherington Cup)
Jontie Sebborn
Lower Sports Girl of
the Year
Lily Hayes
Lower Music Cup
Sophie Gibson
The Eileen Wall
Lower School Prizes
for Cookery
Ella Haffey
Harry Young
Pre-Prep Awards
Available
Daily
Wednesday
25 Star Certificate: Rupert Parker
Mexican Chicken Fajitas
Marinated chicken breast with onions, peppers and tomatoes
flour tortillas, rice, salsa, salad and grated cheese
Vegetarian fajitas(v)
Vanilla ice cream
Thursday
Beef Lasagne
Layered minced beef and tomato ragout, pasta sheets and cheese sauce
garlic bread and carrot sticks
crispy baked vegetarian patties(v)
Fruit crumble with custard
Times Table Challenge: James Roberts
25 Star Certificate: Danielle Olugbile
Breakfast: (8.00-8.30am) A choice of: fruit juice, cereal, scrambled
eggs, sausage, bacon, beans, toast & marmalade, tea, coffee or
milk. All for only £2.20. Continental breakfast is £1.10. Vouchers are
also available in books of 10.
As well as our daily menu, we have an extensive salad bar with
various protein items, composite salads and hot jacket potatoes.
Fresh bread, fresh fruit and yoghurts are always available.
Friday
Mild Chicken and Potato Curry
onions, chilli, cumin, tomatoes and fresh coriander
long grain rice and mango chutney
vegetarian lasagne with quorn mince (v)
Banana loaf or fresh fruit
Years 5 to 8 Prize Giving
Subject Awards
Senior
Middle
English
Duncan Ashworth
Amy Churchlow
French
Jordan Whiteley
Jordan Spooner
Geography
Charles Maynard
Charlie Wiseman
History
Lydia Jones-Parry
Matthew Hills
ICT
Jeremy Bizot-Smerdon
Issy Fraser Hardie
Latin
George Marchant
Laura Cataldo
Mathematics
Harry Came
Emma Smart
Religious Studies
Laith Al-Khalaf
Benjamin Simmons
Science
Jamie Hilditch
Matthew Jones
Other Subject Awards
The Likely Cup for Creative and Original Thinking
Harry Yates
The Year 5 Creative Writing Cup
Oliver Roper
The Thompson Cup for Most Improved Linguist
Priveen Uthayaraj
The Bidos Senior Technology Cup
Madison Geeves
The Andrews Middle Technology Cup
Lilly Hennah
The Thomas Cup for Most Improved Technologist
Joshua Martin
The Max Thomas Cup for Outstanding Mathematical Achievement
Jamie Hilditch
Art Cups
Sports Cups
Year 5 Art Cup
Harvey Marchant
Year 6 Art Cup
Laura Kennedy
Alexandra Peal Art Cup
Jordan Mullis
Alexandra Huxford Cup for
Improvement in Art
Emily Simpson
Music Cups
Senior Sportsman of the Year (The
Hunter Cup)
George Marchant
Middle Sportsman of the Year (The
Bates Cup)
Joseph Tucker
Senior Sports Girl of the Year
Emily Simpson
Middle Sports Girl of the Year
Lilly Hennah
The Polley Cup for the Biggest Overall
Contribution to Sport
Jamie Cunningham
Other Cups and Awards
Senior Music Cup
Blake Major
The Skeates Cup for Endeavour
Oliver Gerrard
Middle Music Cup
Lucy Pygott
The Holden Fulfilment Cup
George Nye
Woolf Family Boys’ Singing Cup
Matthew Jones
The Gerrard Cup for Courtesy
Peter Bent
Holden Girls’ Singing Cup
Rebecca Washer
The Callaway Cup for Fieldwork
Kourosh Abbaspour
Alice Thomas Cup for General
Musicianship
Lydia Jones-Parry
The Cartwright Cup for Senior
All-Round Contribution
Jamie Hilditch
Hartley Cup for Most Improved Strings Jessica Minshull-Beech
Player
The Brown Cup for Middle School
All-Round Contribution
Lucy Pygott
Simon Peal Woodwind Cup
Will Arris
Duncan Ashworth
Percussion Cup
Thomas Markey
The Holden Senior School Spirit of
Yateley Manor Cup
Brass Cup
Oliver Blease
Matthew Hills
Guitar Cup
Sanjay Arulchelvam
The Middle School Spirit of Yateley
Manor Cup
Keyboard Cup
James Li
Pre- Prep Awards Assembly
Star Prize
Effort Prize
Reading Prize
2AFH
2JN
2RA
Krishal Maru
Ela Singh
Caitlin O’Toole
Liam Samut
Abi Millington
Harry Herdman
Lucy Hunt
Jenna Davis
Hugo van Delsen
Kyle Ramkissoon
1BH
1STJ
RJV
RKL
Joshua Benton
Dev Atara
Millie Blackburn
James Newton
Ben Muncaster
Emma Butcher
Sunay Patel
Isabella Davison
Niamh Howson
Arthur Bole
Lochran Rowan
Harrison Sivakumaran
Years 3 & 4 Progress & Citizen Prizes
Year 4 Progress
Emily Houghton
Year 4 Citizen
Year 3 Progress
Year 3 Citizen
Pre-Prep Chess Awards
Japbir Singh
Isabella Harper
Junior Chess Cup
(for Years 3 & 4)
Hayden Gamble-Smith
Year 2
Tom Dexter
Lizzie Roughton
Year 1
Joshua Benton
Years 5 to 8 Awards Assembly
Years 5 to 8 Progress and Citizen Awards
Progress Prizes
Citizen Prizes
Year 8
Oliver Gerrard
Karl Lankford
Year 7
Sebastian Francis
James Li
Year 6
Joel Brooker
Elliott Walker
Year 5
Keshin Barathan
Oliver Roper
Years 5 to 8 Sports Awards
The Taylor Cup
Freya Wilson
The Anderson Cup
Harry Yates
The MacQueen House Swimming Cup
Kingsley
The Cunningham Swimming Cup
Bruno Kempster
The Thomas U13 Basketball Award
Blake Major
The Thomas U11 Basketball Award
Benjamin Martin
Years 5 to 8 Chess Award
The David Lee Chess Cup
Rahul Radia
Yateley Manor Awards
Gold:
Duncan Ashworth,
Madison Geeves,
Jamie Hilditch,
Lydia Jones-Parry
George Nye
Silver: Peter Bent
Jamie Cunningham
Oliver Gerrard,
William Langdon
Karl Lankford
Jordan Mullis
Bronze: Laith Al-Khalaf
Harry Came
Charles Marshall-Stochmal
Sebastian Francis
James Li,
Blake Major
George Marchant
Christopher Searle
Harry Yates
Sports Colours
Senior Athletics: Madison Geeves, Peter Bent, Jeremy Bizot-Smerdon, Jamie Cunningham, William Langdon, Jared Moore, George
Nye, Dylan Partridge,
Junior Athletics: Issy Heath, Lilly Hennah, Ella Hopwood, Ellie-Rose Matthews, Jessica Minshull-Beech, Lucy Pygott, William Dexter,
Matthew Hills, Matthew Jones, Alex Leach, Joe Tucker, Elliott Walker
Senior Cricket: Duncan Ashworth, Harry Came, Oliver Gerrard, Jamie Hilditch, William Langdon, Charles Marshall-Stochmal, Jared
Moore, George Nye
Junior Cricket: Michael Atkinson, Oliver Blease, Thomas Coates, William Dexter, Matthew Gibson, Adam Hendries, Matthew Hills,
Thomas Kirkpatrick, Oliver Lowthian, Ben Martin, Edward Martin, Harry McLachlan, Matthew McLachlan, Harry Millar, Benjamin
Simmons, Jordan Spooner, Benjamin Thomas, Joe Tucker, Elliott Walker
Senior Rounders: Madison Geeves
Junior Rounders: Amy Churchlow, Issy Fraser Hardie, Elysia Geeves, Issy Heath, Lilly Hennah, Ella Hopwood, Ellie-Rose Matthews,
Jessica Minshull-Beech, Amisha Singh, Emma Smart, Emma Turrell, Rebecca Washer, Lucy Webb, Eve Winter
Senior Swimming: Madison Geeves, Peter Bent, Jamie Cunningham, William Langdon, George Nye
Junior Swimming: Elysia Geeves, Lilly Hennah, Ella Hopwood, Lucy Pygott, Amelia Roberts, William Dexter, Nathan Hopper, Arsen
Ismagilov, Benjamin Simmons, Jordan Spooner
Senior Tennis: Madison Geeves, Duncan Ashworth, Jared Moore, George Nye
Junior Tennis: Issy Heath, Jessica Minshull-Beech, Emma Smart, Freya Wilson, Thomas Coates, Adam Hendries, Harry Lardner,
Benjamin Martin, Benjamin Thomas, Elliott Walker
Headmaster’s
Commendations
Life Cycle of the Golden Eagle:
Jonathan Findell
RS – Wedding at Cana: Matthew Gibson
Who’s in the Zoo: Max Bremner,
Aman Parmar
House Challenge Cup
The results of the House Challenge Cup take into account all bonus and house points
earned since September as well as all the house competitons in sport, chess, general
knowledge and debating.
Congratulaitons to School House
School
1900
1st
Kingsley
1625
2nd
Congratulations to ...
Stanley
1425
3rd
Thomas Markey (6JAD) who passed his
Grade 1 Rock School Drum Exam.
Fyson
1350
4th
Amelia Roberts (6JRM) who passed
her Grade 1 LAMDA Drama Exam with
distinction.
Connor Plummer-Colom (1STJ) has been
invested as a Beaver and has received his
first badge.
Staff Successes
Congratulations to Jackie Bilton and
Linda Fray who have both achieved the
NVQ Level 3, supporting Teaching and
Learning in Schools..
School Shop News
The School Shop will be open on Tuesday
6th September from 10.00am until 1.00pm.
The Shop will also be open as usual on
Thursday 8th September between 3.00
and 5.30pm.
Happy Birthday to Everyone Whose
Birthdays Fall During the Holidays or in the
First Week of Next Term
Luke Allison 11, Sam Baird 8, Anna Ball 8, William Banham 9, Keshin Barathan 10,
Joshua Baxter 12, Henry Bole 9, Ria Bose 6, Natalie Brooks 9, Adam Brown 9,
Alex Buckingham 12, Harry Came 13, Lucy Carpenter 7, Laura Cataldo 11, Izzy Cole 10,
Alex Corbett 4, Jenna Davis 7, Ryan Davison 5, Sam Diamond 10, Caitlin Emery 6,
Samuel Forester 6, Louis Foster 8, Sebastian Francis 13, David Garlinge 4,
Oliver Gerrard 13, Sophie Gibson 9, Emily Good 12, Alex Groom 12, Lily Hargreaves 11,
Tom Jeffery 10, Ollie Johnson 6, Thomas Kirkpatrick 12, Catherine Lee 10,
Bethany Likely 12, Blake Major 13, Harvey Marchant 11, Isabella Marino 9,
Thomas Markey 11, Charles Marshall-Stochmal 13, Ellie Rose Matthews 11,
Jared Moore 14, Max Morgan 6, Edward Morrison 12, Oliver Newton 9,
Joseph O’Connor 8, Caitlin O’Toole 7, Rupert Parker 7, Joshua Payne 4, Kate Peden 12,
Rahul Radia 11, James Roberts 7, Joseph Seth 5, Amelia Shaw 7, Louis Sims 11,
Alexander Smith 11, Jordan Spooner 12, Lucy Tickle 8, Poppy Treacher 6,
Philippa Varcoe 10, Benjamin Ware 5, Lottie Washer 10, Jamie Yates 5
Thank you to ...
The Mitchell family (Freddie 6JAD) for
their kind donation of books to the Library.
Cookery Thank you
Eileen Wall would like to thank all the
parents who helped with Year 3 cookery
this year: Mrs Al-Khalaf, Mrs Fogarty,
Mrs Foster, Mrs Hodgkiss, Mrs Holden,
Mrs Kennedy, Mrs Maynard, Mrs Treacher.
She is also particularly grateful to
Mrs Al-Khalaf for her unstinting support
with the Year 8 cookery.
Library News
The School Library will be open between
10.00am and 12.00 noon on the following
days for children to change their library
books:
Monday 1st August
Monday 22nd August
Hampshire Libraries
Summer Challenge
The Hampshire Libraries Summer Reading
Challenge is taking place in all Hampshire
libraries and is part of a national promotion
to encourage children to carry on reading
over the summer holidays. It is aimed at
children aged 4 -11.
For more information visit:
See http://www.summerreadingchallenge.
org.uk/ and http://www.circus-stars.org.
uk/
PTA Corner
Pre-Prep Fun Afternoon: This exciting free event is open to all Pre-Prep children and
will take place on Saturday 24th of September between 2.00pm and 4.00pm. There will
be lots of activities, fun and prizes! An invitation will be sent out at the begining of term.
The PTA would like to thank all the parents, staff and children who have attended or
helped with our events over the past 12 months. We very much appreciate that without
your support and effort none of the events would run. We wish you all an enjoyable
summer break and look forward to more exciting events next year.
School Fees
Fee invoices were sent by email Friday 8th July.
If for any reason you have not received your account please email
[email protected]
Early Years Funding
If your child was born between 1 September 2006 and 31 August 2008, they will be
eligible for the Hampshire County Council Early Years Funding in the autumn term, but
only if they will not be attending a state school (nursery, special or infant/primary, or unit
attached to any of these) between 5 September – 16 December 2011.
The information from Hampshire County Council, and claim forms, were not received
in time to mail to parents before the end of term but the full details will be sent to the
parents of eligible children during the holiday.
Road Works in Yateley
If you live near the school, you may have seen articles in the local press regarding the
planned closure of the B3272 Reading Road between Darby Green Road and the A30.
South East Water will be installing a new 600mm diameter water main along the road in
order to safeguard water supplies to a number of areas in Hampshire and Surrey.
The work is starting on 25th July but will continue until 28th November and will involve
completely closing sections of the Reading Road coming from the Camberley direction
throughout that period. The diversion will be along the A30 and then north along
Cricket Hill, so this is likely to suffer from increased congestion and longer journeys. Both
Reading Road and Cricket Hill are regularly used by parents travelling to school.
Please allow sufficient time for your extended journey, when we return in September.
Year 1 at Blue Reef Aquarium
Year 5 Bug Challenge
Year 5 concluded their Science and Art project on insects with a
fantastic ‘Bug Building’ competition. The children were put into
groups and set the challenge of building the best bug. Each group
was given a big bag of art and craft materials and invited to plan
and build their bug, as scientifically accurate as possible, using only
the materials provided.
In true ‘Art Attack’ style the children
were given one hour to build
the bug and record it’s progress
on a camera. The teamwork and
creativity of every group was
absolutely amazing. The children
were very mature in their approach
and quickly settled to their
allocated tasks, producing some
first class bugs. Hopefully many of
you have had chance to see their
results in Manor Court.
Year 2’s Adventure on Yateley Common
To conclude their topic on plants, animals and habitats, Year 2 walked to Yateley Common to participate in a nature trail with the
Rangers. In groups the children had to follow the clues located around the Common to spell a hidden word. Each group worked really
well together as a team.
The clues made the children think about life on the Common, for example, the difference between plants under the canopy and
plants in the open heathland. The children showed the Rangers their expertise by working out all the clues correctly and successfully
completing the challenge.
The groups met back at basecamp for a talk about Yateley Common by the Rangers. The children were able to hold real objects such as
deer antlers and snake skins. The Rangers commented on the exceptionally good behaviour and knowledge of the children. The Year 2
staff would like to thank the children for their participation and excellent behaviour, especially when walking to and from the Common;
everyone had a wonderful morning.
The Nursery Visit Birdworld
The Nursery visited Birdworld for their end of year outing. The weather was perfect and they had a great day. The children loved looking
at all the birds and animals, and there was great excitement when Nemo was spotted in Underwater World! Penguin Beach proved to
be very popular as was the Heron Theatre. and most of the children were brave enough to stroke the snake.
After a picnic lunch, there was time to explore Jenny Wren Farm and take a ride on the little land train, before heading to the coach for
our journey back to school. There were lots of nodding heads as we made our way back, it had been a very busy day. A big thank you to
all our parent helpers!
U11 Regional Cricket Tournament
On the Tuesday of Residential week our U11 County Cricket Champions respresented Hampshire in the regional round of the National
Championships.
We beat Ryde School from the isle of Wight as did Dragon School who were representing Oxfordshire. The Berkshire winners did not
attend the tournament. We therefore played Dragon School in the final to see which team would represent the region, in the final 8
teams in the country, at the National Finals..
We bowled well but did not manage to take many wickets. We batted, under pressure, in the driving rain and lost too many wickets. In
a pairs game like this, each wicket costs us minus 5 runs and we ended up falling short of the target by 15 runs.
The boys enjoyed representing Hampshire and were also grateful to be collected by Mr Williams and Mr Head and driven to Osmington
Bay to meet up with the rest of Year 6. Good effort boys. PD
Team: Edward Martin, Joe Tucker, Will Dexter, Tom Kirkpatrick, Jordan Spooner, Harry McLachlan, Oliver Blease,
Ollie Waddington, Matthew Rudd
House Chess
Competition
Fixture Amendment
The U13 netball match scheduled for 7th December will be a triangular fixture against St
Neot’s and Pangbourne.
All the other matches will be just against St Neot’s.
Round 3 Results
Fyson 4 Kingsley 8
School 9½ Stanley 2 ½
Nursery Enjoying the Garden
Final positions:
1st
Kingsley
29
2nd
Fyson
21
3rd
School
18½
4th
Stanley
3½
Congratulations Kingsley
Chess Success
Congratulations to Ayush Bose who
qualified for the U9 Terafinal Challengers
round to be held later in the summer.
Ayush scored 5 out of 6 points in his
section of the Gigafinal.
This is a fantastic achievement for Ayush.
He is one of the final 100 players left in the
competiton out of 70,000 who started this
nationwide competition. Well done
Ayush.
Approximately 20 other Yateley Manor
chess players also played in the Gigafinal
and several also came very close to
qualifying for the Terafinal
House Sports Competition Results
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Tug of War
Fyson
Kingsley/Stanley
Athletics
Kingsley
Stanley
School
Fyson
Swimming
Kingsley
School
Stanley
Fyson
School
Music Examination Results
Congratulations to all the following pupils who passed Associated Board Music Examinations this term. Everyone worked really hard
for their success..
Name
Subject
Grade
Result
Adam Brown
Violin
1
Merit
Alex Buckingham
Clarinet
3
Pass
Christian Cataldo
Clarinet
1
Merit
Catherine Fogarty
Flute
2
Merit
Matthew Gibson
Clarinet
1
Distinction
Haripriyam Gupta
Singing
1
Pass
Emma Hopper
Singing
1
Pass
Lydia Jones-Parry
Trumpet
3
Merit
Laura Kennedy
Singing
1
Merit
Catherine Lee
Singing
2
Pass
James Li
Clarinet
6
Merit
Sohini Long
Singing
1
Merit
Krishal Maru
Piano
1
Pass
Harry Millar
Clarinet
4
Pass
Paige Norton Edwards
Singing
2
Distinction
Caitlin O'Toole
Singing
1
Merit
Reuben Overton
Singing
2
Distinction
Niam Patel
Piano
1
Distinction
Christopher Perryman
Piano
2
Pass
Rahul Radia
Piano
2
Pass
Amelia Roberts
Piano
2
Pass
Oliver Roper
Piano
2
Pass
Jordan Spooner
Cello
4
Pass
Ollie Waddington
Singing
2
Pass
Rebecca Washer
Singing
4
Pass
Harry Yates
Trumpet
5
Merit
Years 5, 6, 7 and 8 Residential Trips
Years 5, 6, 7 and 8 all had very successful trips during Residential week.
Year 7 travelled to the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset completing the field work for their Common Entrance Geography project. They carried
out studies on the villages of Swanage and Corfe, looked at the geology of the Jurassic coastline and visited Durlston County Park to
look at sustainability. A highlight of the trip was a tour of Corfe Castle and a steam train ride back to Swanage.
The other three year groups had PGL Adventure Weeks, Year 5 at Liddington, Year 6 at Osmington Bay and Year 8 at Beam House. The
pupils undertook a huge range of activities including abseiling, archery, giant swing, quad biking, orienteering, fencing, climbing,
aeroballing, canoeing, vertical challenge, body boarding and the favourite of the Year 8 group, the mud challenge!
The children (and staff ) all commented that the food was excellent in quality and just as importantly in quantity.
The weather, unfortunately, was not as perfect as we had hoped but it did not prevent everyone from having a wonderful time. Thank
you to all the staff who accompanied the groups and who, on occasions, were persuaded to join in some of the activities..