The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School

9th December 2011

Musical Assembly News

Year 8 have been working on their music this term and were asked to write a short 45 seconds scene with music to support it. Last Fridays musical assembly showcased a very effective horror theme performance from Becky Moss, Blanca Kirkendell and Ellie Clark, Well done, girls! Year 7 also performed an example of their film music on which they have been working on for the Gladiator film trailer. The whole school enjoyed a very strong performance from Darren Banks, Alex Blackwell and Tanguy Sautjeau. Well done, boys!

Primary Maths Challenge

Well done to the Year 5 and 6 pupils who entered the recent Primary Maths Challenge. Silver awards went to Loveday Kossmann, and Victoria Torres (Year 6) and bronze awards to Jack Brain, Gerardo Torres (Year 6), Oliver Shutt, Abigail Blackwell, Charlie Gent, Hamish Gardner and Antonia Hopcraft (Year 5).

Judo Successes
Year 2 pupils Leonidas Lazarides and Rohan HowardRobinson took part in a judo competition on Sunday 4th December at Long Ashton. Trained by John who runs the judo club at Tockington Manor School, the boys competed very well and both won trophies. Leonidas won all three of his fights and in Rohans first competition he won two out of his three fights. In the same tournament Clement Bentejac came fifth, winning the maroon trophy. Well done, boys!

Lower School News

Clearwell Caves On Monday 12th December the Lower School will be going to Clearwell Caves to see Father Christmas. The children can wear their own clothes, appropriate for walking through caves. On our return to school we will have a Christmas tea and if the children would like to, they may change into party clothes. The school day will finish a little later at approximately 4.00 pm. After-care will run as normal for those who require it. Christingle On Monday Year 1 were led in reflection and prayer by Rev. Alice Monaghan. We made Christingles and spent some time thinking about the symbols of the Christingle. Rev. Monaghan then helped us to light our candles and say a few quiet prayers. We learnt a song too. We wanted to say a big thank you to Rev. Monaghan for giving up her time to help us. Thank you!

Design & Technology

Congratulations to Elliott Orchard on being awarded a Certificate of Excellence in his D & T lesson.

Music Department
Well done to all the performers who took part in Mondays lunchtime concert. It was thoroughly entertaining showing some wonderful up and coming talent. Thank you to all those who came to support us. We look forward to more informal concerts next term. Mrs Warn

Activities
Would parents please note that there are no after school activities in the Upper or Lower School next week.

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The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School

9th December 2011

Christmas Parties
The children in the Nursery will be having their Christmas party on the morning of Monday 12th December with the Lower School party taking place in the afternoon. The Lower School party will finish at approximately 4.00 pm. The children can bring in some party clothes to wear in the afternoon. Entertainment will take place at lunchtime for the Nursery and Lower School. Children in the Upper School will have entertainment on the afternoon of Thursday 15th December followed by a Christmas party. This will end at 5.45 pm. Transport will run as usual. All Upper School children are expected to attend the party (no early leavers please). Children wear school uniform. The whole school will have Christmas lunch on Wednesday 14th December.

Upper School Carol Service

All parents, from the Lower School and Nursery together with those from the Upper School, are invited to attend the Carol Service at 6.30 pm on Tuesday 13th December in St Marys Church, Olveston. Please ensure that your child has clean uniform when coming to school on Tuesday, in particular a clean shirt and shoes and wearing a blazer. Children in Years 3, 4, or 5 who are in the Junior or Performance Choir should bring in a white shirt and choir tie on Monday. All children in the Upper School will stay to early tea and attend the service. There will be no school transport that evening.

Mulled Wine & Mince Pies

We hope many parents will come back to school after the Upper School Carol Service for some mulled wine and mince pies and it would be greatly appreciated if you could telephone the office by 12 noon on Monday and advise the number in your party to help us with the catering arrangements. Tickets are available from the office at 4.00 each or 5.00 at the door. A big thank you to the children who have offered to help with some light entertainment including the orchestra, singers and instrumentalists. Please remember your music and instruments on Tuesday! There will be an art scholars exhibition on display in the dining room.

Term Dates
Term finishes at 12 noon on Friday 16th December. Spring Term starts on Monday 9th January (boarders) and Tuesday 10th January (day children).

Panto Trip
Years 3, 4 and 5 went to Cheltenham yesterday to see the pantomime of Jack and the Beanstalk and what a treat it was! The children were delightful; the show was excellent with the most impressive giant stealing the show in the second half. We all had a great afternoon despite the lashing rain. Thanks to Mrs Gooch for her excellent planning and all of her hard work.

Owls Christmas Play

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The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School

9th December 2011

Swimming News
Please look out for the Personal Best slips which will be appearing in planners over the next few days. Although speed is only a small part of our swimming curriculum, it helps to identify strengths and weaknesses. It also serves as a target for improvement as the swimmers can clearly see how close they are to meeting medal targets for stroke and distance. We will repeat this during the next two terms. The details are for the ASA School swimming times up to 16 years of age. Our swimmers should be very proud of their achievements. One medal winning time: TJ Underwood, John Pineau, Rebecca Moss, Eleanor Clark, Nathan Adams, Charlie Sanzo, Harvey Jones, Seren Clayton, Oliver Harris, Darren Banks and Hamish Gardner. Two medal winning times: Simon Sheppard, Mimi James, Jason Ingamells, Cesar Benito, Tobias Burden, Daisy Williamson, Imogen Rees, Ethan Hilsley, Pepe Garralda, Abigail Blackwell, Olivia Campbell and Max Curtis. Three medal winning times: Jessica Portch and Alexander Blackwell. Well done to everyone!

Art Competition Results

There were some fantastic entires for the Artist & Designer of the Week certificate designing competition. Special mention must be made of Olivia Campbell who was the overall winner for the Artist of the Week design and Alex Gooch who produced this extremely thoughtful design inspired by the work of Leonardo da Vinici and won the Designer of the Week category. Well done to the runners up in the following categories: Artist of the Week Yr 3 & 4: Isabel Browning & Bellayia Lazarides Yr 5 & 6: Larry Williamson & Ben Horlor Yr 7 & 8: Oliver Harris & Tanguy Suatjeau Designer of the Week Yr 3 & 4: Tiphaine Sautjeau & Alex Grocott Yr 5 & 6: Alex Gooch & Olivia Campbell Yr 7 & 8: Daisy Williamson & Becky Moss All these designs will be used on certificates for the rest of the year and you can see all the entries on display in the art room.

Sports News
Zac Portch won a lovely cup at the Corsham MXC Club Championships last week. Congratulations, a great performance. Cross-Country The results of the Rugby Ball Cross-Country Challenge were as follows: 1st Simon Sheppard 2nd Darren Banks 3rd Pepe Garralda 4th Nkechinyem Ogbogbo 5th Maria Garralda Athlete of the Month Lauren Clark Rugby Colours Congratulations to the following children who gained their rugby colours this week: Nathan Adams, Tobias Burden, TJ Underwood, Jason Ingamells, Cesar Benito, Andreas Galllego and Simon Sheppard.

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