June 14th, 2013

Youth Speaks Winner

Last Tuesday ten Year 6 pupils battled it out in a Public Speaking competition judged by the Rotary Club and Mrs Nelia Phillips.Each child spoke on a subject of his or her choice for between five and ten minutes. The subjects were diverse and very interesting from Common Pests to Nuclear Warfare. The judges felt that the children were courageous to speak in front of an audience of friends, family and judges and commended all the children for their talks. The winner was Tom Edwards, speaking on the subject of Food, Glorious Food and he goes through to the final on July 1st. The runner up was Beth Pritchard, followed by Abigail Blackwell. All ten of the children were given lovely illustrated dictionaries and certificates as prizes for taking part. We are very grateful to the Rotary Club for this competition and congratulate the children on their fantastic efforts. Ms Case

House Cricket
The opening game between Alexander and Churchill ended with Alexander winning. They reached Churchills total of 35 in 5.1 overs. Max Curtis and Pepe Garralda guiding the team to victory without any real scare. Game two saw Churchill take on Cunningham. Churchill batting first, reached a total of 42 with a fantastic batting display from Alex Blackwell, reaching an unbeaten 26 in 6 overs. Cunningham looked like they had won the game needing 3 runs to win from the final over. Alex Blackwell completed the over for only 1 run to win an extremely close-fought game. The final game saw Cunningham take on Alexander. Cunningham batted first and very tight bowling from Alex kept Cunningham down to just 24 runs in their 6 overs. With Alex only needing 25 to win the result looked inevitable. However, some excellent bowling from Cunningham, including a timely maiden from Hamish Gardner, saw the game go down to the final ball of the final over! Alex only needing a single to win the tournament, Ollie Harris hit the ball straight back to the bowler but knew he had to run. The ball wasn't picked up cleanly, leaving Ollie Harris and Hugo Watts to run the single needed for victory. A fantastically contested tournament with the stand out players being Pepe Garralda and Alex Blackwell. Mr Mildon

FOTM
Well done to everyone who brought in their bags of clothes. We managed to raise 106.30 in our Clothes for a Cause collection. Keep an eye for details of the next one which will be in the Autumn term.
Oliver Harris receives the House Cricket trophy from Mr Tovey, on behalf of Alexander House.

Just to remind everyone that we are still selling ice creams (when the weather is suitable!)

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Results Sadly all the Rounders matches on Wednesday were cancelled due to the weather. Cricket v Beaudesert Park School U9 XI - Lost by 8 runs A close match. MOM: Ceredig Jones, top scoring with 22 runs U11 XI - Lost by 9 wickets MOM Oliver Shutt, a good all round performance. Fixtures
15th June U13 Girls Cricket v St Johns & Clifton College (H) - 1pm start 17th June Tennis v Wycliffe - CANCELLED 19th June U11 & U9 Cricket v Clifton High

School Appointments
Congratulations to Ana Sanchez for being appointed Head Girl for the second half of this term. Freya Belcher will continue as Head of School and Alex Blackwell as Head Boy.

Common Entrance Results

Congratulations to Darren Banks and Oliver Harris for their excellent CE results consequently gaining entry to their chosen schools, Clifton College and Wycliffe. Well done to all the other Year 8 children for their results in the internal CE examinations.

School Exams
Good luck to all the children in Years 4-8 who start their internal school exams on Monday. Boarding in Activity Week During Activity Week (24-28 June) we invite the younger children to come and join us in the boarding house for an evening of activities and a taster night in the boarding house with their friends. If you would like your child to board, please let Mrs Dengel know, or sign up at the back lobby desk. Year 3 Monday night Year 5 Tuesday night Year 4 Wednesday night. Long Exeat Long Exeat begins at 2.00 pm on Friday 28th June for children in the Upper School (no evening activities). Those returning from their camps in Yrs 6, 7 & 8 are free to leave at 1pm. However, school will remain open because of our overseas boarders. Friday 13th July Would parents please note that school will finish for all day children at 3.30 pm on Friday 13th July so that preparations for the Leavers Supper and Speech Day can take place.

- 2.15pm U9 & U11 Rounders (A&B) v Kings Gloucester (H) - 2.15pm 22nd June U13 & U11 Cricket v St Johns (H)

- 2.00pm

Lower School
Parents Evening Appointments for Year 2 parents and open classrooms for Year 1 and Reception parents will take place on Tuesday 18th June between 4.00 and 6.30 pm. Workshops On Monday 24th June Year 1 will take part in a Seaside Journeys in the Past workshop and Year 2 will be learning about the Great Fire of London. Reception will be on a Story Hunt.

Nursery News
There will be appointments for Owls parents to meet staff on Wednesday 19th June from 3.30 to 8.30 pm.

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House Rounders
Congratulations to all the girls who took part in the House Rounders competition on Saturday. It was an excellent opportunity for all the girls to get involved and play. Well done to some very good performances: Batting - Olivia C and Ellie C Catches taken from - Freya, Antonia, Lucy E and Olivia C Player of the Tournament - Freya for a wonderful display of skill and leadership. Final result: Cunningham 1st Churchill 2nd and Alexander 3rd. Thanks to Mrs Dawes for running the Tournament.

Nursery picnic
On Monday 10th June, the nursery children, parents, families and friends joined together for a fun day picnic. The weather was very kind to us and everyone enjoyed a multitude of activities including ring games, soft play, giant construction, bubble machines and a large under the sea tunnel. It was a lovely day and I would like to thank everyone, including the practitioners and families, for made the day a huge success.

Freya Belcher receives the House Rounders trophy from Mr Tovey, on behalf of Cunningham House.

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Farewell Summer Disco

In order to provide a social opportunity for everyone to say their goodbyes to Richard and Jane Tovey, the Friends are hosting a Farewell Summer Disco on Wednesday 10 July. For the upper school it will start immediately after the swimming gala, while the lower school will be able to make their purchases from 3.00pm. Although the disco in the hall is completely free of charge, the Friends will be selling refreshments (tea and cake) in the colonnade along with face painting and temporary tattoos in order to further our fund raising. With this in mind please may I ask you to ensure you and your child bring a little money into school to purchase afternoon tea etc, at this sociable farewell event. We look forward to seeing you there! Anita Williamson, Chairman FOTM.

Swimming
Over the next week pupils will receive their profiles and personal best times for the year. The results help the swimmers to see best strokes, most improvement and whether they have reached a medal standard in any stroke. One copy will be placed in their Records of Achievement and one glued into planners. Please have a look at the progress your child has made. Pupils also use these as targets for self improvement. For the teachers, we can monitor progress and input more lessons in 1 stroke, if necessary. Last year backstroke needed work and there has been a 100% improvement in backstroke this year. Next year, breaststroke needs work! The following pupils deserve praise for their consistency in achieving National School speed standards (set by the ASA) in all disciplines. We work on: backstroke, breaststroke, fly, crawl, 100m free and 50m free. Congratulations to: Alex Blackwell, Darren Banks, Javier, Pepe Garralda, Imogen Rees, Seren Clayton, Olivia Campbell and Abi Blackwell. Well done! Mrs Hichliffe

Below: Images from... EAL students visit to Clifton Suspension Bridge and SS Great Britain

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Camps
Would parents of children in Years 6, 7 and 8 please remember to collect the necessary kit and clothing from school for your childs trip the week after next. Day children in Years 6, 7 and 8 should take home their sports equipment, e.g. tennis racquets, cricket bats, etc so that they are not left unattended in the changing rooms while the children are at camp. Boarders equipment will be locked away at school. Would parents please note that children going on Year 6 and Year 8 camps are not allowed to take any mobile phones or electrical goods with them.

Upper School Trips

Leavers Walk Year 8 leavers will be going on a walk with Mr Cann on Thursday 20th June. Activity week Outing Can we remind parents that children in Years 3,4 and 5 will be on an outing on Tuesday 25th June leaving at 8.30am and will not be back in school until at least 5.30 pm.

OT Charity Bike Ride

Poppy Thompson an Old Tockingtonian is taking part in a charity bike ride from Bristol to Berne in support of the Penny Brohn Cancer Charity. If anyone would like to support her please go to www.justgiviing.com/ poppythompson

New Headmaster
Mr Symonds will be in school on Monday 17th June and the morning of Tuesday 18th June and would be delighted to meet with any parents who would like to see him. If any parents would like to meet with him please do contact the office.

Below: Images from... Boarders French Picnic and Boarders BBQ

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