Weekly Buzz 12 June 2023

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Cultivating Curiosity

Ms Florea

Huxley —Y11

Eric Y11

Y6-8 Creative Arts Showcase

Thursday 25th May saw the students from Years 6, 7 & 8, in both the day and hybrid schools showcase their work from across the Creative Arts Faculty.

The massed choirs got things started with renditions of the classics ‘Hit the Road Jack’, ‘Another One Bites the Dust’ and ‘Another Brick In the Wall’ with a selection of solos included. There were solo and duet items from all the year groups which showed a high level of proficiency and confidence whether students were in Year 6 or older.

Year 6 Drama performed a scene from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ whilst trestle masks and scenes from ‘Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations’ demonstrated the abilities of the Year 7 classes. African Mask Making work in Year 7 Art was imaginatively presented with the use of a choreographed routine accompanied by djembe drums, and students explained the projects in Design that they had been working on.

Year 8 Hybrid students eloquently and clearly guided the audience through the evening before everyone joined together to sing Rick Astley’s anthem ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’.

Huge congratulations to all the students for their contributions and to the Creative Arts Faculty for bringing their work together.

Mr Hill

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The Wall of Kindness News

Josh (Hybrid Y9) would like to thank Max and Gabe for helping him around school on his first day.

Big thank you to Inigo and Sonny who helped a family find our location for their school tour—Ms Wilde

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U12 Rounders vs North Bridge House Canonbury

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What a beautiful afternoon for a game of rounders!! The sun was shining down on us in Regent’s Park and the girls were really motivated and ready to play. They were super organised and knew exactly what they had to do.

PPS started off with a bang and quickly settled into the game whilst batting. The girls were connecting with the ball and made some fantastic hits, putting us on the scoring sheet. Bibi was the first to score a full rounder, followed by Razan to the delight of the team. Rosie was on fire and really switched on, moving between posts and scoring half rounders for the team. We then switched to fielding and I was so impressed with the tactical play within the game. We had some great fielding from Talia, Lily, Helena, Rosie, Bibi, Bea and Harrie to prevent NBH from scoring too many rounders. After the first innings, PPS were up 7.5 to 3 rounders.

In the second innings, PPS had to maintain the lead and after a half time talk, they were focused and ready to go. We saw some great hits from Sara, Bibi, Helena, Lily, Esther, Catherine, Bea and Rosie. We also saw some more great fielding to seal the deal and prevent NBH from scoring many more points.

To our triumph, PPS won the game by a staggering 13.5 to 5 rounders. It was such a delight to see them perform so well and really connect as a team to beat our archrivals, NBH. A huge well done to all the girls involved!! They should be extremely pleased with themselves. Player of the match went to Rosie who was outstanding throughout the game and a special mention goes to Sara who really gave it her all to win some vital points. Until next time!!

Miss Boyce

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Helena, Esther, Lily (C), Razan, Catherine, Harrie, Rosie, Beatrice, Talia, Bibi and Sara

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On Tuesday 6th June PPS took on North Bridge Canonbury in a fast paced, all action game of cricket. The game format saw both teams have two 20-minute innings and it was PPS who opened the initial innings with the bat. In the early overs opening pair Henry and Nate batted superbly. The boys were scoring runs off nearly every ball including a high number of doubles and even some triple runs. Eventually Henry fell to a LBW after a superb individual effort. Harrison continued where Henry left off, scoring some excellent doubles off some powerful drives. Zane also had a solid performance batting as PPS hit 55 runs in the first 20-minute spell.

U12/13 Cricket vs North Bridge House Canonbury

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North Bridge stepped up to bat and knew they were in for a challenging time in the early overs as Henry bowled out a batter off his second bowl, Harrison bowled out 2 batters in a row and Joe’s deliveries resulted in catches and 2 run outs. It was a devastating bowling performance from PPS’s strong attacking line-up. North Bridge did settle and start to score some runs in the latter overs as some more inexperienced PPS bowlers put themselves forward to bowl. By the end of the innings North Bridge had scored 27 runs giving themselves a large target to reach in the second innings.

PPS started the second innings and got off to a solid start. The runs weren’t as free flowing as the first innings but there was still some good batting on display from Zane, Joe, Enzo and Roman. By the end of the innings PPS’s final batting score was 84 runs. An excellent number scored from 40 minutes of batting. North Bridge stepped up knowing they had a huge target to reach; they started well and were making more successful contacts with that bat, but PPS looked sharp in the field and communicated well. Their final score was 45 runs.

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This was an excellent performance from our U12/13 team, PPS’s strong year 8 players set an excellent example for our year 6 & 7 players and showed them the level cricket that can be played at if you play club cricket and practice regularly. Joe had a brilliant bowling performance; his pace and accuracy was impressive, and his bowling resulted in 6 players being called out! However, he will admit a couple of these were in the last over when North Bridge decided to run no matter what. Nate and Harrison both had excellent stints with bat and scored a large percentage of PPS’s total run count.

Player of the match goes to Henry who had an excellent all-round game – he scored the joint highest runs, bowled superbly, communicated and organised his team mates effectively and made an excellent catch.

Well done boys!

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U13 Cricket vs North Bridge House

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On a glorious sunny afternoon at Regent’s Park, Portland’s Year 7 & 8 cricketers faced North Bridge on an artificial pitch in a 16 over match. Winning the toss, North Bridge elected to bat and their opener was caught leg before in the second over off Harrison’s pitched-up delivery. In his second over, opening bowler and team captain Henry clean bowled their number 2 and after Harrison claimed another in his second over, North Bridge found themselves 23/3.

Henry’s third over was his best, taking two consecutive wickets, both clean bowled. Coming after Harrison’s wicket this was a team hatrick and a double wicket maiden for the skipper. Nate joined the attack and was rewarded on just his third delivery with a superb off stump strike. By this time North Bridge were 25/6 and Portland looked to be very much on top.

It was at this point that Portland let their momentum slip. Some looser bowling allowed the extras total to creep up at a greater rate than would have been ideal. Joe took a nice wicket whilst Nate doubled his tally, but by this time North Bridge were 72/8 and looking to post a more respectable score than looked likely after 5 overs.

Bowling the final over, Henry took two more wickets to make it 5 for the innings. His figures were 4 overs, 5 for 15. Superb figures, and he must remember to come and claim the match ball.

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As they padded up, PPS were feeling confident, but their spirits soon dipped after opener Henry offered up a simple catch in the first over. Some slow scoring piled pressure on the batsmen and not long after, Nate was bowled for 8, having just got comfortable at the crease. Almost immediately after, PPS lost two wickets for no runs added and found themselves 17/4 and needing Harrison to dig them out of a hole.

With some confident scoring Harrison quickly moved to double figures but was also bowled, much to his frustration, on the last ball of North Bridges best bowler’s final over. At this point it looked very unlikely Portland would make the runs with no other batters looking capable of scoring quickly enough.

Zane carried his bat for 4, but PPS were bowled out in the 15th over for 57. It was a disappointing result after such a promising start and the squad will need to learn some lessons. They were guilty of taking their foot off the gas having put NBH in all sorts of trouble. Too many extras were given away in the field, whilst key batsmen offered up their wickets too cheaply. North Bridge were far more ruthless and deserved the win.

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This year’s Sports Day is fast approaching. All parents are very welcome, and we hope that as many as possible will be able to attend and cheer on Portland Place pupils during the day’s events.

In accordance with previous year’s arrangements, we are encouraging as many children as possible to make their own way to the track. Pupils who are unable to travel independently will be transported by coach to and from school.

It is compulsory for all pupils in Years 6 - 10 to attend Sports Day. Although attendance of Year 11 students is optional, the school would be delighted to see as many of these pupils as possible.

For Years 6 - 10 students parents have been asked to indicate, on the reply slip attached to the letter sent out before half term, how your child intends to travel. For Year 11 students please indicate attendance/non-attendance by ticking the appropriate box. We ask that the completed reply slip is returned by Friday 9th June.

Please be aware that for pupils who travel independently to the track, registration will be at 9.45am. Pupils who intend to travel to the venue by coach need to attend registration in school at 8.30am as normal.

Registration: 14.40

Prize Ceremony: 14.50

Departure: 15.00

Sports Day Best Performances

U13 Girls (Year 7 & 8)

U15 Girls (Year 9 & 10)

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Mon 12th June: Table Tennis Club, PPS Hall, 1.10-1.40pm

U13 boys’ Cricket vs Maida Vale, Regent’s Park, 1.45pm

U13/14 girls’ Cricket vs Maida Vale, Regent’s Park, 1.45pm

U14 Cricket vs North Bridge House Hampstead, Regent’s Park, 1.45pm

Tues 13th June: Weight Training Club, 12.50-1.25pm, PPS changing rooms

Y7&8 Inter-Borough Athletics Meeting, Mile End, all day

U12 boys’ cricket vs North Bridge House Hampstead, Regent’s Park, 1.30pm

U12 girls Rounders vs North Bridge House Hampstead, Regent’s Park 2.00pm

Cricket Club, 3.50-5.15pm, Lord’s Indoor Cricket Academy

Wed 14th June: Running Club, 12.50-1.25pm, Regent’s Park

Y9&10 girls’ Rounders vs North Bridge House Canonbury, Regent’s Park, 2.00pm

Karate Club, PPS Hall, 4.00-5.00pm

Thurs 15th June: Y7&8 boys’ basketball vs Fairley House, The Regent, 2.00pm

Weight Training Club, PPS changing rooms, 12.50-1.25pm

Fri 16th June: ~

Clubs for Summer Term 2023

Clubs for Summer Term 2023

** by invitation only for KS3, Art Scholarship holders must attend

Summer Term 2023

Term Starts: Tuesday 25 April

Bank Holiday: Monday 1 May (school closed)

Coronation Bank Holiday: Monday 8 May (school closed)

Half Term Holiday: Monday 29 May Friday 2 June

End of Term: Friday 7 July

Autumn Term 2023

Staff Inset: Thurs 31 August (closed to students)

New Student Induction Day & Staff Inset: Friday 1 September

Term Starts: Monday 4 September (all other students)

Half Term: Monday 16 October Friday 27 October

End of Term: Friday 15 December