Chronicle: 29 June 2018

Cranmore Chronicle 29 June 2018 Editor: Mrs S Trumble

Upper Preps watching the transformation of their caterpillars into Painted Lady butterflies with great anticipation!

In This Issue...

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The Headmaster

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Picnic in the Paddock

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MP, UP and Ones Sports Day

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Holiday Fun

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Athletics Report

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Sixth Form at Swanage

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A Letter from No. 10!

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Gymnastics Summer Course

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West Horsley in Bloom

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La Petanque

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Wintershall and Worth

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Fun in the Forest

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Fourth Form Ramble

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Amazing Masks

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Cranmore Nursery

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50 Things To Do Without a Screen!

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Dear Parents I am sure you will wish to join me in thanking the CPA and their helpers for giving us such a wonderful Picnic in the Paddock last Saturday.

On Sunday I was delighted to be presenting the medals to all the winners in the National Catholic Schools Athletics Championships. Our senior boys were outstanding and we won both the U12 and U14 competitions, a remarkable double.

The RE department arranged a visit to The Life of Christ at Wintershall. We were also represented at the Good Shepherd Service at Worth Abbey.

The Fathers’ Day Breakfast with our Nursery pupils was a great success, so too was their marvellous sing-a-long concert.

Today is another milestone to mark our special 50th Anniversary. We shall be delighted to welcome back many former staff, including two of my predecessors. In addition, we are looking forward to welcoming a former Cranmore parent, the Rt Hon Anne Milton MP. We are also celebrating a special Mass this afternoon with Bishop Richard Moth.

Yours sincerely Michael Connolly

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All children in MP, UP and Form 1 participated in a very warm, but successful Sports Day on Monday. The children showed tremendous skill and determination in their races and events, earning points for their houses. Congratulations to Radford, the winning House.

Thank you to parents and grandparents who came along and supported the children.

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Athletics A busy few days on the track started on Saturday 16th June with a meet hosted

by Donhead. This was an opportunity for our U8’s to U11’s to compete on a full sized stadium track against five other schools. It was a fantastic afternoon of competition from all age groups. There were some great results across the board and we finished 2nd overall.

Tonbridge meet followed for our U11’s on a very hot afternoon. There were some good performances in all events with A Sangha taking silver in the shot.

The final competition was the National Catholic Prep Schools which took place on Sunday. It was a closely contested competition, against some big schools.

Cranmore performed solidly throughout the afternoon in both track and field, winning 7 gold, 16 silver and 4 bronze medals. There were some great individual performances but everyone gave their best, gaining valuable points for the team. At the end of the afternoon, we were 1st in both the U12 and U14 competitions and therefore became overall combined Boys Champions. Well done to everyone a great afternoon’s work.

Thank you to all who have competed over the last two weeks, and the parents for all their support.

Mrs Attree

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Anna from Middle Preps takes a very pro-active approach to environmental issues. After a lesson on deforestation, she chose to write a letter to The Prime Minister in her Golden saying that there should be a law created to make sure all people have to recycle paper to help Save the Rainforests. This week she received a reply from 10 Downing Street!

Anna was delighted and the letter explained that her matter had been given to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for them to take further!

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The RE department organised a trip to ‘The Life of Christ’ at Wintershall last week (above) and participated in the Celebration of the Good Shepherd at Worth (right).

Pupils said about Wintershall: 'One of the best trips ever; I hope I can come next year.'

'I really enjoyed it and learnt a lot about the life of Jesus.'

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West Horsley in Bloom Lowers and Middles met the judges for the West Horsley in Bloom Competition 2018.

Our entry was Peter Rabbit – Mr McGregor’s Garden.

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Fourth Form Ramble On Friday 22nd June, the Fourth Form went on an 11-mile ramble through the Surrey Hills, raising money ‘For Jimmy’ and ‘Young Minds’. We were lucky to have beautiful weather and wonderful views.

We started slowly as one minibus got lost. Once the minibus arrived, we began the long climb of Leith Hill. After reaching the summit, we came to a tower where we sat and had our first break. We went back down Leith Hill and across to Wotton Hatch where Mr Phillips picked up the members of the A cricket team who had a cup match in the afternoon. We carefully crossed the A25 and went up a steep hill towards Ranmore Common, where we had lunch in the shade and admired the view of Dorking shimmering in the afternoon heat. While we were eating, we watched a plane doing flips and loop-the-loops.

On the journey in the afternoon, we passed a pupil’s house where he had kindly left a note and sweets on the gate. We finally arrived back at Cranmore the back way and saw that we had done 11 miles!

James Trowbridge 4S

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What a great week! On Thursday we were very happy to welcome lots of Daddies in for our annual Fathers’ Day breakfast. The children had baked banana muffins the previous day and Mr Walker and his team provided us with delicious croissants, juice and iced coffee.

Nursery children had their Sports Morning with the Lower Preps and PreNursery had their own sporting event in the form of their Bug Olympics. All the children loved taking part and receiving a medal.

We had our colourful Singalong too. The children looked amazing and sang beautifully.

We plan to have a fun-filled and action-packed week to round off the term, and are looking forward to our Summer Holiday Fun sessions which are open to children in Lower Prep too.

Daddies enjoying breakfast!

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Sixth Form Trip to Swanage On Monday 18th June the Sixth Form headed off to Swanage for a week of funpacked activities which included paddle-boarding, coasteering, crabbing and bushcraft in the woods over a camp fire. It was great to see the year group enjoying themselves and working so well together.

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Gymnastics / Athletics Summer Holiday Course This course is open to all pupils of Cranmore School as well as non-Cranmore pupils

Friday 13th July 2018 Time: 10am – 3pm Cost - £40 Your child will be taught a very dynamic and diverse variety of skills, which includes the Vault, Trampette and development of Floor Acrobatic Skills. We will also include Speed and Agility Training which will help with Athletics and all other sports.

The course will be run by Miss Gibbins & Mrs Summers

If you wish your child to attend the course please email Miss Gibbins on polo82@btinternet.com by Thursday 12th July 2018 Payment will be required on the day of the course by cash or a cheque payable to C Gibbins

Drop off and collection point will be via the Breakfast Club door which is located opposite the Sports Hall. All children to wear appropriate sports clothing and bring with them a drink, healthy packed lunch and some snacks

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The Second Form enjoyed a fantastic trip to Legoland last week where they took part in three different educational workshops and found time to look at the amazing Miniland too.

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On joue à la pétanque car il fait vraiment trop chaud!

The Sixth Form have enjoyed the gorgeous summer weather this week, starting the day playing "la pétanque" in French. Alors, tu pointes ou tu tires?

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Middle Preps found an ideal way to keep cool at Forest School—a water fight!

Who are these? Upper Prep F in their Kenyan masks!

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50 Ideas for Fun Holidays (Without a Screen!)

To celebrate 50 years of learning at Cranmore try the following…

1. Dig in the soil and plant seeds.

2. Look out of the window and paint what you see.

3. Do a jigsaw puzzle with your parents.

4. Make a camp with branches and foliage collected from the woods.

5. Cook on an open fire/bar-b-que 6. Throw balls into a bucket.

7. Cut out pictures and stick them into a scrap book.

8. Draw a map to your favourite place.

9. Ask your parents about the day you were born and what everyone thought.

10. Climb trees.

11. Take a bag to the park and pick up litter with tongs.

12. Make a water course around the garden using tin cans and plastic bottles.

13. Create a dance routine and teach it to someone.

14. Paint a shed with H2O and a large brush.

15. Make a papier-mâché sculpture 16. Make a papier-mâché landscape on hardboard for Lego or Playmobil 17. Lie on the lawn in a sleeping bag after dark to really look at the stars.

18. Create your own smoothie recipe.

19. Describe someone you see in the street as a suspect in a crime.

20. Design the vehicle of your dreams.

21. Use hair gel to create a fabulous new style and spray it with dye.

22. Experiment with recording your voice and read a play in different voices.

23. Put on a blind fold for an hour and tell someone what it felt like.

24. Design an animal and give it an original name.

25. Plan a journey using as many different modes of transport as possible.

26. Record a voice diary.

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27. Choose an animal or bird and learn everything about it. Do a presentation to your family.

28. Write a love song.

29. Look in the mirror and draw yourself.

30. Buy a garment from a charity shop and alter it to make something else.

31. Design a house and draw a plan of it.

32. Use a magnifying glass to look at the detail of a flower.

33. Collect caterpillars and their favourite food and watch them turn into chrysalises, then butterflies.

34. Use a magnifying glass to study a snowflake.

35. Learn how to say ‘Hello’ in six languages.

36. Climb a ladder and look around at the world from up high.

37. Find a dead insect and study it with a magnifying glass and tweezers.

40. Learn how to make a good cup of tea.

41. Visit an old person and ask them about their childhood.

42. Bury a time capsule in your garden.

44. Make the perfect boiled egg and soldiers.

45. Create a mask depicting your favourite animal.

46. Roll down a grassy hill 47. Design and make a fabulous hat.

48. Learn how to make your bed.

49. Make toffee apples for your friends.

50. Make a picnic and cycle to a field to eat it.

NB: Get the permission of an adult before you do numbers 5, 10, 11, 21, 36, 40, 44 and 49.

Katina Offord