Chronicle: 12 January 2018

Cranmore Chronicle 13 January 2018 Editor: Mrs S Trumble

In This Issue...

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The Headmaster

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Toddler Group

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Taster Sessions for Reception

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Music News

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Coffee Morning for Bright Stars and LP parents

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Bright Stars news

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Parents’ Reading Group

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Second Hand Shop Sale

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Dear Parents I do hope you had a wonderful Christmas break and I wish you and your family every happiness for 2018.

This edition has the results from the recent Music exams and I wish to congratulate all these pupils for their marvellous success.

We have been holding some internal exams in the senior department this week and I am sure the pupils look forward to resuming their normal timetable.

As ever, the calendar shows that we have a busy period this term. Please note the dates of key events such as our 50th Year Anniversary Mass on the 30th January, the Future Schools’ Evening on 13th March, and the CPA Ball on Saturday 17th March.

Yours sincerely Michael Connolly

The Junior and Senior Ski Clubs enjoyed their skiing and ringoing at their end of term party, after a very successful term of skiing by all from MP—Form 6.

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Bright Stars and Lower Prep Parents’ Coffee Morning Tuesday 16th January 8.30 – 9.15 in the Hospitality Suite We look forward to seeing you there, after drop off.

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The Second Hand Shop is having a

50% - 75% OFF Save EVEN MORE in our January Sale

19th Jan until 2nd Feb. Trousers, shorts, jumpers -£2!!

Junior sports kit -£2!!

Senior sports kit -£5!!

Cricket items -£5!!

Winter coats -£5!!

Blazers -£5!!

Shoes and trainers -£2!!

Bags -£2!!

AND.....a free white shirt with any purchase!

See you there!

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Toddler Group Easter Term 2018 Fridays 2-3.15pm (term-time only) Come and enjoy fun activities with your child in our Pre-Nursery Room and meet other parents. Refreshments provided.

12th January

Pip the Little Penguin

19th January

Winter Weather

26th January

Once Upon a Time

2nd February

Yee-hah! There be pirates about!

9th February

Valentine’s Day Special

There will be no Toddler Group on Friday 16th February (half term)

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Music News

MUSIC PRACTICAL EXAM RESULTS

Grade 1 William Marthaler

Piano

Pass

Olivier Hinds

Percussion

Pass

Oliver White

Trumpet

Pass

George Wiesener

Piano

Merit

Thomas Spencer

Flute

Merit

Gabriel Ladds

Piano

Distinction

Samuel Mellstrom

Percussion

Distinction

Michael Bosman

Violin

Distinction

James Crisp

Cello

Distinction

Alexander Bull

Cello

Distinction

Sebastian Crehan Mills

Clarinet

Distinction

Thomas Mellstrom

Piano

Pass

Tommy McNamara

Saxophone

Merit

James Way

Piano

Merit

Tom Allen

Oboe

Merit

Sasha Dow

Cornet

Merit

Georgie Paulson

Piano

Merit

Adrian Groenewald

Piano

Merit

Kyle Man

Piano

Merit

Edward Agar

Singing

Distinction

Grade 2

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Music News

Grade 3 Patrick Anderson

Flute

Pass

Thomas Jamieson

Oboe

Pass

Marcus Muir

Singing

Pass

Ben Cooper

Trombone

Merit

Aaryan Sangha

Violin

Distinction

Jake Uzielli

Trombone

Distinction

Michael Goncharuk

Singing

Distinction

Killian Hess

T Recorder

Distinction

Haris MacNicol

Clarinet

Merit

Jake Crehan Mills

Flute

Merit

Joseph Howes

Saxophone

Distinction

Thomas Jamieson

Piano

Pass

Joseph Howes

Piano

Distinction

Freddie Barklam

Piano

Distinction

Arjun Kang

Saxophone

Pass

Thomas McLean

Saxophone

Distinction

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade 6

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Welcome back to Bright Stars and Happy New Year to you all!

We had a very busy time in our Bright Stars Holiday Fun sessions, with lots of themed activities ranging from a ‘Magical Elves’ day to exploring ice and even having our own Winter Sports event in the Gym. This term we are very pleased to welcome new friends into both Pre-Nursery and Nursery. We hope they will soon feel settled and part of the Cranmore family.

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LIBRARY NEWS Parents’ Reading Group Some of you may not know that we have a parents’ reading group which meets 2 or 3 times a term. We are always keen to meet new members so why not come along and give us a try? We read a very wide variety of books including fiction, non-fiction and biography, and have a lot of fun discussing them. We meet in the mornings over coffee, because afternoon pick-up times vary so much, and it seems to work well. Occasionally we have an evening meeting when we go out for a curry or meet to watch a DVD of a book we have read.

Our next meeting is on Monday 15th at 8.30, over tea and coffee in the Senior Library. We have chosen a light-hearted book for the Christmas holidays The Hive by Gill Hornby: The story takes us through one year in the life of an Anglican primary school, deep in the most bourgeois Boden country. First day back, the new headmaster explains that government cuts have kyboshed his plans for a new library, and so the elite St Ambrose Fundraising Committee is born. The calendar commences with a Lunch Ladder: "one person has a lunch, charges £15 a head, and those who attend have a lunch in turn and so on". It's followed by the Lakeside Summer Ball, which happens in December. The Gourmet Gamble. The Car Boot Sale. The Quiz. Who will the queen Bea include in today's group text for post-dropoff jogging, Pilates, Nordic walking?

Who will emerge from the playground power struggles as the new top mum?

If you are interested, please come along on Monday or email sue.trumble@cranmoreprep.co.uk for more details.