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INAMOS Yateley Manor’s Weekly Newsletter • www.yateleymanor.com

Your Child • Their Journey • Our Focus

Vol. 35 Issue No. 14 • 12th January 2018

After school clubs and coaches are running next week as usual.

School Council, Sports Council and Food Committee Elections

Welcome to Yateley Manor

Elections for these Prep School Committees will take place next Thursday morning in Year Assemblies.

Pupils from Years 3 to 6 who would like to stand for election to one of the Committees and represent their year should let their Head of Year know by the end of school on Tuesday at the very latest.

Climb into Someone Else’s SkinRobert Upton’s latest blog post can be found on the School website. The following is a taster:

“First of all,” he said, “if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view […] until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” You could be forgiven for thinking that Atticus’s advice in the book ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ is more aligned to ‘Silence of the Lambs’. However Atticus is suggesting that in order to fully appreciate the views of others we must put ourselves in the other person’s place.

To read the rest of this article and the Headmaster’s other blog posts visit the website.

World War II Visitor for Year 5

A very warm welcome to: Nursery Rebecca Thompson Year 2 Charlie Sutton Year 3 Laksh Patel Year 4 Patrick Maxlow-Tomlinson Year 5 Rory Minson We are sure that they will settle in quickly and happily.

MONDAY

4.45pmYear 8 Scholarship Trials WeekSki Trip Briefing

THURSDAY8.50am

1.00pm

4.45pm

Prep School Council, SportsCouncil and Food CommitteeElectionsLadies Lunch (Senior Girls and Staff )Maths Workshop for Parents of Children in Years 1 and 2

FRIDAY9.30am Yateley Manor Public Speaking

Competition

Happy New YearWe are delighted to welcome all our pupils, staff and parents back for the new term and wish everyone a very Happy New Year.

To start their new History topic of the Second World War, Year 5 were visited by Mr William Harrison. He started by saying that he was born in 1917 and so the children were amazed to work out that he will be 101 later this year! He described some of his experiences of fighting during the Second World War, both as a soldier and then as a pilot in the RAF. He had travelled to Canada as part of his training and then he was posted to various places around the Mediterranean sea. His main job was to shoot at and sink enemy convoys. There were some poignant moments as he described how his navigator had been killed on a mission and the children appreciated the sadness he had felt. (continued on page 4)

Bonuses House Points Overall

Fyson 1st 3rd = 2nd

Kingsley 3rd 2nd 3rd

School 4th 1st 1st

Stanley 2nd 3rd = 4th

Bonus Point Winner: Fyson House Point Winner: SchoolOverall Winner: School

Headmaster’s Commendations

Captains and Vice Captains

Pre-Prep Awards10 Star Certificate: Miguel Simoes Da Silva

Reception Stars of the Week

For showing kindness and good manners to others in the lunch hall: Rex Macoraghty-Mines

For being enthusiastic and working hard: Leela Ikram

House Points and Bonuses

Life in Years 7 & 8

English - Poetry Anthology: David Garlinge, Bakianyor Bakia, Nathan Brown Lauren Gostelow, Eden Berdat, Flora Fergie-Woods,Ella MacDougall, Chloe Holden, Lillian Scarr, Anya Hagen

RS - Creative Writing: Eleni Malandrinos

Captain Vice Captain

3AC Emily Goodby Shourya Patre

3GR Anya Sachdev Isaac Neville

3HJ Rebecca Carpenter Jack Holland

4JAB Arthur Holden Kashish Ikram

4KAD Lucas Longworth Carlo Cognetti

4SS Eloise Macoraghty-Mines Finley Binks

5BCS Isabel Burroughs Oliver Waddington

5ESB Guy Miller Adi Kazhdan

5JAC Sam Reader Eva McLoughlin

5JJS Henry Cook Zoe Tickle

5LA Alex Main Tess Attale

6AER Andrew Kirby Freya Whitley

6CD Noor Razzaq Henry Read

6TLM Isla Spradbery Madi Freer

6MJB Bethan Williams Henry Benton

6PD Tanishka Desai Adithya Anand

6SKP Ella MacDougall Harry Glossop

Several parents who expressed an interest in attending last term’s Life in Years 7 and 8 meeting were unable to make the date. We are therefore holding a repeat of the meeting on Monday 22nd January at 7.00pm.

Parents will be able to hear about the PSB programme, the Yateley Manor Award scheme and citizenship in Years 7 and 8. There will also be the opportunity to hear from some of our current senior pupils.

If you would like to attend the Life in Years 7 and 8 meeting please complete and submit the form using this link or email Penny Charles.

This term Associated Board Music Exams will take place in school on Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th March.

Children who have music lessons outside school are also able to take exams in school. Parents who wish to arrange an examination can collect a form from School Reception or download one here.

Pupils who take individual lessons in school and are taking an exam this term will have a form sent home by their instrumental teacher.

Forms should be returned to Jen Hustler, Director of Music, by Thursday 18th January.

Associated Board Music Examinations

Maths Workshop for Parents of Children in Years 1 and 2 Pre-Prep staff will be holding a Maths Workshop on Thursday 18th January at 4.45pm for parents of children in Years 1 and 2 . The aim of these workshop is to discuss how to better support your child at home and suggest ideas for keeping maths interesting and relevant to everyday life. There will also be an opportunity for parents to ask questions.

The workshop will start at 4.45pm and is scheduled to last approximately 45 minutes.

If you would like to attend any this workshop please complete and submit the form using this link or email Penny Charles.

Friends of Yateley Manor

Happy BirthdayHenry Benton 11 Matthew Daines 10Connor Dyason 13Robin Hawksley 10Ethan Howells 12Gaku Mori 11Kailan Patel 9Henry Wells-Skeates 7

Congratulations to ...Quiz Night

FYMS Events for 2018 kick off with their very popular Quiz Night which will take place on Friday 23rd February 2018 at 7.30pm in the Fyson Blum Hall. The Quiz is always a popular, enjoyable evening for parents, staff and friends with the emphasis on fun with a competitive flavour!

Teams will consist of six people. You can either book a whole table or let FYMS place you in a team. The cost is £10 a head which includes the quiz and supper.

There will also be a prize for the most imaginative team name. For the winners there will be the much coveted Yateley Manor Quiz Trophy.

The booking form, which also gives full information about the quiz, was sent home on Friday and can also be downloaded here.

For full information including a link to the on-line booking form and payment by PayPal visit the FYMS Quiz page of the School website.

Nativity Costumes

With Christmas over FYMS would be very grateful for the donation of any nativity costumes which no longer fit your children or that you no longer need. FYMS are always keen to add to the collection of costumes which they hire to parents for the Nursery and Reception nativity plays. If you are able to help please leave the costumes in School Reception. Many thanks.

What Will You Choose for Lunch Next Week?

Available Daily

Breakfast: (8.00-8.20am) A choice of: fruit juice, cereal, scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, beans, toast & marmalade, tea, coffee or milk. Breakfast Vouchers may be purchase from Reception in advance in books of 10 at the price of £2.50 each for full English breakfast and £1.30 each for Continental. Breakfast may also be paid for in cash on the day for £3.00 and £1.50 respectively. As well as our daily menu, we have an extensive salad bar with various protein items, composite salads and hot jacket potatoes. Fresh bread, fresh fruit and yoghurts are always available.

Monday

Chicken GoujonsFalafel with Couscous (v) Mashed potato and beans

Bananas and custard

Tuesday

Spicy Lamb Meatballs Moroccan Spiced Beetroot & Squash Wellington or Vegetarian Bugers (v)

Crushed potatoes and sweetcorn

Fruit salad

Wednesday

Beef Lasagne Quorn Lasagne (v)

Carrots and garlic bread

Jam roly poly and custard

Thursday

Roast Turkey Vegetable Nuggets (v)

Roast potatoes, green beans and medley of vegetablesCranberry sauce and gravy

Cheesecake

FridayBattered Fish or Salmon en Croute

Leek and Potato Pie (v)Potato wedges, pea and beans

Chocolate shortbread

Sarah-Jane Butler (5BCS) who was awarded a medal for passing her Royal School of Church Music Voice for Life Light Blue Level. Sarah-Jane has also been awarded her ITDA Musical Theatre duo bronze medal with Honours. Well done Sarah-Jane.

New School Swimming Record SetMany congratulations to Eleni Malandrinos who, just before Christmas, broke a long standing Yateley Manor School Swimming Record. Eleni broke the U10 freestyle of 36.00 seconds which had been set by Rebecca Fisher in 2003/4.

Eleni’s new record is 35.61 seconds. Very well done Eleni.

If your child has expressed an interest in starting to learn an instrument, please contact Jen Hustler or collect an Instrument Form from School Reception. Lessons are available in a variety of instruments including piano, strings, brass, woodwind, percussion, etc and can start midway through the academic year.

Children from Year 3 upwards are able to participate in Music Practice Club which is run by Mrs Gough on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursday and Fridays during club time. Children who learn instruments outside school are also welcome to take part.

As spaces are limited any child wishing to take part in this club should sign up on the day of the club with Jo Foster in School Reception.

Individual Music Lessons and Music Practice Club

UK Chess Challenge

It is time to enter the South of England Chess Championships, which are taking place at Yateley Manor over the weekend of 27th and 28th January.

We are looking forward to a very strong representation from our players in all age groups from U7 to U13.

Enter today on line here:

South of England Junior Chess Congress.

South of England Chess

The UK Chess Challenge starts in school this term.

Andrew Martin will be running two sections in Pre-Prep which will take place in chess club time starting immediately.

There will also be a whole school section, on Tuesdays and Fridays during open chess club, which will start straight away in the week beginning Monday 15th January.

Sports MatchesOur older netball and rugby teams played some enjoyable but tough matches against The Abbey and Hall Grove teams on Wednesday.

On Thursday our Year 3 and Year 4 girls and our Year 4 boys were also in action against Hall Grove.Reports on all this week’s matches can be found by clicking here.

Next week’s fixture listSunday 9.30am National Schools Girls’ Chess Teams Southern Semi Finals, St Catherine’s, Bramley

Wednesday 2.30pm Netball v Daneshill U13, U10A & U10B Home, U11A, U11B & U11C Away (coach leaves 1.40pm & returns 4.30pm)2.30pm Rugby v Hawley Hurst U11A, U11B, U10A & U10B Home2.30pm Rugby v Pangbourne College 1st XII & 2nd XII Away (coach leaves 1.30pm & returns 5.00pm)

Thursday 2.00pm Netball v Eagle House U9A & U9B Home, U8A, U8B & U8C Away (coach leaves 1.30pm & returns 4.00pm

Friday 4.30pm Ski Training

Saturday 9.00am IAPS U11 National Basketball Championships, ACS Chobham (meet Mr Daines at ACS Chobham at 9.15am)1.00pm IAPS U13 National Basketball Championships, ACS Chobham (meet Mr Daines at ACS Chobham at 12.45pm)

Half Term Fun der Zone

If you have changed your address, telephone number, mobile number, email address or emergency contact details recently, please remember to inform the school. Thank you.

Second Hand UniformContact Details

We will be holding our last Saturday Open Morning for Prospective Parents for the academic year on Saturday 3rd March.

Saturday Open Mornings are hugely important events for the school and having the whole school community here means that we can give prospective parents a really good understanding of Yateley Manor’s unique ethos and culture.

With this in mind, we are again requesting that all children from Year 2 to Year 8 attend the Open Morning. Year 1 children are also invited to attend and we would be delighted to see as many of them as possible. A letter regarding the Open Morning will be sent home next week.

We are very grateful to our children and parents for their support with our Open Morning.

Saturday Open Morning

Half Term Early Years Care

IAPS Swimming GalaPlease note that the date for the IAPS swimming gala has been changed from Monday 5th February to Monday 12th March. The event will still be held at Cranleigh School.

Rugby v SherfieldThe 1st and 2nd XII rugby matches scheduled to be played against Sherfield on Wednesay 24th January will now be played away (not at home as indicated in the calendar).

The Early Years Holiday Care for children in the Nursery and Reception will be open during half term between 12th and 16th February.

Full information and the booking forms are available to download from the School website. Alternatively printed copies can be collected from The Nursery or School Reception.

Fun der Zone holiday activities for children in Year 1 upwards will be open during half term between 12th and 16th February.

Full information and the booking forms are available to download from the School website. Printed copies of the brochure are also available and can be collected from School Reception.

Robin Hawksley (5BCS) has lost his named blazer and Kingsley polo shirt.

If you have seen either of these items please let the owner, Matron or Mr Daines know. Thank you.

Lost Property

Thank you to...The Walgate Family (Annabelle N) for their donation of guitar music books for the Music Department.

There were some dramatic tales as he explained how, on a number of occasions, he had had to land his plane without the wheels down and he had begun to get quite good at doing ‘belly flops’, although it did tend to destroy the planes!

It was a really wonderful start to the topic and the children were very lucky to be able to hear a first-hand account from the Second World War.

World War II Visitor for Year 5 continued

The School Shop is currently unable to accept any more second hand uniform for sale due to volume of stock they already hold. Look out for further information in the next few weeks.We apologise for any inconvenience.