6th October 2017

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HEADMASTERS CORNER
Our Year 8 children have been off to Stackpole
for their Geography fieldwork trip this week and I EFFORT MARKS
hear they have been working hard and enjoying
Congratulations to the following children for an
themselves despite the windy weather. I look
excellent first set of effort marks!
forward to seeing the results of your enquiry in
due course. Harrison Leadbeater, Katie Woodhouse, Amelia
Ricciardi, Violet Gibbs, Emily Gaulton, Stirling
The back lobby is nearing completion and we
Rolls, Maya Sapkota, Emily Tyler, Marie Veron,
hope to have it back in use next week. Its looking
Henry Benson, Gemma Allen, Georgia Cooper,
light, bright and airy. Thank you to Mr Wilmer and
Sophie Cresswell, Eva Lewis, Alex Nguyen, Beth
his team for all their hard work.
Gill, Charlotte Gill, Lily Edwards, Billy Rowe,
Logan Fitzpatrick, Jacob Browning, Oliver Gill,
Carmen Rey-Jones and Jake Wakeling.
Keep up the good work!
Mr Glanville

ST. MARYS TOY SERVICE

10.00am Sunday 3rd December
Last year, our choir sang at St. Marys Toy Service
and the church enjoyed it so much that theyve
invited us back again this year. Miss Hughes will
be looking at the arrangements over the next few
weeks.
At the service toys will be collected for distribution
by the Salvation Army, and the puppet group
Reach Up, Reach Out will be performing.
Everyone is welcome to attend the service on
3rd December at 10.00am.

Dont forget that our Inter House Hockey and

Rugby Tournaments are taking place this
Saturday and Year 5 - 8 children should come to
school for 9.00am. I wish all those taking part the
best of luck and welcome any parents who would
like to come along to watch.

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PSHEE IN YEARS 3 & 6
Our PSHEE focus this week was maintaining
mental, physical and emotional health and well
being. In our Form Time on Tuesday, Year 3 and
Year 6 children met together to chat about things
we are good at and things we need to improve
upon. The children were very honest talking to
each other and all of them identified strengths
ranging from friendliness, reading, rugby or maths,
and then thought carefully about an area that they
needed to work on. Again there were a variety
of subjects including time keeping, organisation,
handwriting and times tables.
Mrs Glanville and Mrs Beach also thought about
the things that they need to work hard to improve!
Mrs Beach & Mrs Glanville
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RUGBY TRAINING
As an accredited RFU coach, our thanks this week go to Mr Jones (Carmen and Rafies dad) who
helped out with training sessions this Wednesday. The boys loved it, thank you.

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YEAR 8s FIELDWORK WEEK IN STACKPOLE, PEMBROKESHIRE
Our Year 8s enjoyed a week of hard work as well as a range of activities during their week away in
West Wales. The main focus of their week was a study of the sand dunes at Freshwater West. They
looked at the formation and development of the dune system, collecting data on the slope angle, the
number of plant species, and looking at the proportions of Marram Grass, Bare Ground and other
plant species at each station. We also looked at the role of Marram Grass in the dune ecosystem.
The dune at the North end of the bay was used in the recent Harry Potter film!

We also undertook many activities during the week. The activities included a long coastal walk, a night
line, completing the John Muir Award, visiting St.Govans Chapel, coasteering around Barafundle
Bay, going to Pembroke Castle, and mountain biking around the beautiful Stackpole Estate.
The enquiry contributes to 20% of their CE mark in their final geography exam. The pupils worked
hard during the week, collecting data, planning their study, and beginning their enquiry and research.
Year 8 were a pleasure to take to Pembrokeshire and my thanks to Mr Cann and Miss Palmer for
their invaluable contribution.
Mr Jones

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RUGBY Under 9s
Under 8s TMS vs St.Johns-on-the-Hill
TMS vs St.Johns-on-the-Hill, 8 - 8 The Under 9 team played St. Johns on
Wednesday. We lost the game but were up
Our Year 3 boys played in their first ever game
against a well-drilled team that offloaded from
for the school against St. Johns-on-the-Hill this
the tackle and stretched the organisation of our
week. It was a very quick and exciting game for
defence. We did manage some good passages
the boys, showing their skills and everything we
of play, in particular James Collin and Stirling
have practised during the games lessons. All
Rolls with direct running. Alex Cresswell had a
boys played extremely well, looking forward to
good afternoon and tackled well.
our next game.
Player of the Match: Awarded to Toby West for
Player of the Match: Joshua Newman, scoring 4
good leadership and link-up play. Well done!
fab tries!

Under 9 Festival at Beaudesert Park

Wednesday 27th September
We played in the A section of the festival and
were therefore up against bigger schools and
some good teams.
The boys played 4 matches and worked very
hard, unfortunately we came second in all of the
games.
The boys learnt a lot during the afternoon.
Players of the Day: Alex Cresswell and James
Collin for their great tackling.

Under 10s
Game 1: TMS vs Llandaff Cathedral, 10 - 35
Tries from Gabe Carrell and Toby Littlejohn.
Good first half performance but unfortunately we
didnt defend well enough in the second half.
Game 2: TMS vs St.Johns-on-the-Hill, 0 - 15
Better defensively but we couldnt break down a
physical St. Johns side.
Player of the Match: Toby Littlejohn.

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HOCKEY
U11 A vs Monmouth School for Girls, 4 - 0 U10 vs Monmouth School for Girls, 0 - 1
A super game with some strong play. We used Our U10 girls played an U11 B team this week.
available space much better and were really They were taller and stronger but nonetheless
thinking about team work. we gave a good account of ourselves and were
unlucky not to draw the match - Georgia Cooper
Player of the Match as voted by Monmouth:
had a cracking shot at goal, missing by mere
Poppy Newman
inches!
Player of Note: Hannah Williams
Player of the Match: Georgia Cooper
Player of Note: Chloe Askew

ATHLETICS SUCCESS OT UPDATE

Our congratulations this week Good luck to OT Rachel
to Kaya Priove who took first Shutt who is off to
place in the 300m race in the Sheffield this weekend
Yate Athletics track competition. to swim in the National
Well done, Kaya! Inter County Swimming
Event. The event attracts
the best swimmers from
across the country with
all the English Counties,
Welsh & Scottish regions
matched against each
other.
Were keeping our fingers
crossed for you, Rachel!

STAR BADGES
Congratulations this week to Year 1s
Lexi Groves and Matilda Ellis-Waring.
The girls tried very hard in the mini
cross country lesson today. Well done!
Mrs Pullin

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Tockington Manor School, Washingpool Hill Road, Tockington, Bristol, BS32 4NY
 Olveston

A 1km run for younger children around

Each participant who finishes will receive a medal
the school grounds and a
ENTRY Fees
single lap off-road course for the
Pre-registration Race Day
5km along footpaths and bridleways of
Adult * 5.00 7.00
Olveston.
Child 5km 3.50 5.00
All start at Olveston School, one entry fee
Child 1km 2.50 3.00
to join both.
Family 5km 15 (Advance only max 2 adults /3 children)
1km start at 10:00
5km start at 10:30
Family 5km start at 10:45
* Members of ARC affiliated running clubs pay 3 / 5
Registration from 09:00 at Olveston
School

Entry forms available from Olveston School Office or by contacting Charlotte

Witherbed - charlottehume123@hotmail.com / 07780886342
We also need volunteers to be - Marshalls, First Aiders and help with
refreshments so if you can help please contact Charlotte on 07780886342