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24th October, 2012
Cheltenham Literature Festival Trip
The Creative Writing Club of 2011/2012 was
invited on a trip to Cheltenham Literature Festivalwhich took place on Sunday October 14th and a
fabulous day it was too! Ten children accompanied
Mrs Gooch and myself on a thoroughly enjoyable
adventure. We saw a number of writers who talked
to us about their books and the inspiration behind
them. We saw Tony Robinson from the Time Team
(some of you might know him as Baldrick) who has
a series of books out with Macmillan called the
Weird World of Wonders. Both Seren Clayton and
Mrs Gooch joined him on stage where Seren died
rather convincingly and Mrs Gooch told him off andthreatened to call the police more than once. Next
we saw Derek Landy who writes the Skulduggery
Pleasant books. He was amusing and he answered
a myriad of questions including one from Aditi
about why all of his crime detective writing is about
dead people. He explained that he was influenced by
the writing of authors such as Stephen King and
books such as Dracula by Bram Stoker. Tom
fished further and discovered that the only place
where he can write is at home with his cats (one on
his chest and one digging its claws in on his lap) and
his old dog. We then went to see a very famous
scientist and doctor called Robert Winston, who
explained that life has been on this planet for four
billion years but humans have only been here for
about one hundred thousand of those. He let us take
a look at his fantastic new, colourful book called
Thats Life and it is crammed full of great
explanations and photographs. Finally, we went to
see Helen Dunmore who writes fantasy books called
The Ingo Chronicles. She helped us to understand
how reading is a creative thing and a reader
becomes a creator no matter what they read. So get
reading theres a wealth of books waiting for you
in the library take a couple home with you for the
October break! And, if you think you would like to
become a writer, join us on a Tuesday night from
6.30 to 7.30 for cake and creativity!
Ms Case
FOTM News
Many thanks to all those who worked so hard tomake the Friends Quiz Night on Saturday 20thOctober the resounding success it was. We raised avery respectable 672 at this first Friends event of
the school year and I am truly grateful to everyonewho helped make this very sociable evening theenjoyable gathering it was. A special thank you toMr Spratling, the quiz master and Mrs Spratling whomarked the papers, for all their great effort.
Anita Williamson
Lost Property
Please check lost property if you are missingsomething. We have a fair bit of lost property which
will be given to charity, if it remains unclaimed.
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Look @ My Work Assembly
On Tuesday we had our first Look @ My Work
assembly with Mr Edwards who came in to school
to talk to Years R to 7 about becoming a brain
surgeon. Mr Edwards described how a career in
neurosurgery begins with hard work at school until
the age of 18 and three other very important things :
teamwork; playing an instrument to improve the
coordination of your hands; and getting on well
with people. After school, brain surgeons go to
university for many years of study and do a number
of work placements to gain experience, practice and
more knowledge. Once qualified, the learning does
not end, as Mr Edwards is now involved withpioneering and experimenting with new technology.
His job sounded fascinating, as he described all of
the cool things he gets to use in his day to day life.
But the best thing of all in his job is that he helps
people who are very unwell to get better. Mr
Edwards helped us to understand his work with a
great power point and we were able to see inside a
human brain with a video clip which took us down
the tubes. Both staff and pupils were in awe of the
fabulous work which Mr Edwards does and the
amazing stamina and resilience required to get tohis position. We thoroughly enjoyed this first talk in
the series and look forward to our next visitor in
February.
Handwriting & Presentation Competition
Last Friday in prep all of the children from Years 3
to 8 took part in a Handwriting and PresentationCompetition. Years 3 and 4 copied a poem in their
best handwriting while Years 5 to 8 wrote to the
author, Cathy Farr, who visited our school at the end
of last month. Their letters were fantastic, newsy
and engaging and I am sure Cathy Farr and Finn, her
dog, will enjoy receiving them through the post
when I send them at the end of the week. It was not
quite so enjoyable having to select winners from
each year group because there were so many really
good efforts. However, the winners are :
Year 3 Carmen Rey-Jones
Year 4 Tabitha Huby
Year 5 Bellayia Lazarides
Year 6 Olivia Campbell
Year 7 Harvey Jones
Year 8 Daniel Bertomeu
The winners each received a book voucher so that
they can buy a book of their choice from the
bookshop. They also received a certificate to
commend their efforts.
Jakes Fun Run
Jake Wakeling took part in the Cardiff Fun Run onSunday 14th October. He came 7th overall and ran 1mile in 9 minutes and 53 seconds. Well done!
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Olivia at Wycliffe Orchestral Festival
On Sunday 14th October Olivia Campbell took partin Wycliffe College's orchestral festival for young
musicians (of grade 2 and above) led by director ofmusic Mr Ed Jenkins. They played excerpts fromStar Wars, the Grand March from Verdi's Aida andan Abba medley. It was full and exhausting day buta great experience for Livvy, the orchestra achievingso much in a short space of time.
Boarders Zoo Visit
On Sunday 14th October the boarders went to thezoo with Miss Chard and Mr Glanville. They had agreat time looking at the animals, feeding thelorikeets, finding out fun facts and posing for lots offunny photos. They particularly enjoyed having theseals swimming around their heads in theunderwater tunnel!
October Totally Tennis ProgrammeCoombe Dingle
Courses Booked on a Daily BasisFri 26th October - Fri 2nd November
ProgrammeCourse A: Reception Year 29.30am-11am
Course B: Year 3 Year 7 9.30am -
12.30pm
Course C: OLDER BEGINNER / IMPROVERS
Year 7 Year 11 ONLY Thursday 1st Nov
Day 2 & Day 6 1.30pm 3.30pm
To Book 0117 9626718 (option 1)
Peter Bendall
House Rugby
On Saturday 13th October, the annual House Rugbytournament took place, with the three houses battlingit out for the Cymric Cup!
Winners: Cunningham 4ptsSecond: Alexander 2 pts
Third: Churchill 0 pts
Player of the tournament: Larry WilliamsonTop Scorer: Antonio ClementeBest Players: Alexander Blackwell, Harvey Jones,Elliott Orchard, Alexander Grocott, Tom Edwards.
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Cross Country
Error very sorry! - in last weeks issue it
stated that Antonio Clemente was the firstU13 athlete home in the meeting @Cotswold Farm Park. He did well, but ElliottOrchard, our Number 1 runner this term, was thefirst one back!
JJ
Parents Coffee Morning in the Library
Parents are invited to a coffee morning in theLibrary on Tuesday 13th November at 8.30am.Please come and have a complimentary coffee, a
chat (and maybe a biscuit) and browse through ourwonderful collection of books....if one takes yourfancy you can borrow it!
Year 7 Trip to Apple Store, Cabot Circus
On Monday 22nd October, Year 7 visited the AppleStore at Cabot Circus. The aim was for the childrento discover how the iMovie app can be used to editand add sound, words etc. to a video captured on theschools iPads.
Next FOTM Event
Our next evening of entertainment will be on Friday
9th November when we will host a family bonfirenight and disco starting at 6.30pm. The fire will belit at 6.45pm. We will be selling sweets, glow sticknovelties and hot chocolate. There will also bea barbecue and bar.
Hope to see you there!
Colts Rugby v Colstons
In very tough conditions at Colstons, where theheavens opened as we kicked off, tries from MaxCurtis (2), Ollie Shutt and Alex Grocott gave theColts an excellent 24-7 lead at half time. At theinterval, Colstons strengthened their team, but the
boys battled very hard and held on for a deserved24-24 draw.MOM: Hamish Gardner.
Visit from Nurse Becky
Year 2 had a visit from Nurse Becky this week. Aspart of our Science topic Health and Growth , wehave been learning that medicines are useful butdrugs are not foods and can be dangerous. NurseBecky asked the children to distinguish betweensweets and pills with interesting results.
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Advice to Parents on Trampoline Safety
One of the injuries Mr Edwards (brain surgeon)
frequently sees in his clinic at Frenchay is a brokenneck caused by multiples of children bouncing ontrampolines at the same time. We felt that, astrampolines are very popular at the moment, itwould be worth passing on his concern about usingthem safely. Do keep an eye on your children whenthey play on trampolines and try to limit the numberof children using them all at once.
Lower School Harvest Goats!
Well done to the Lower School and their parents for
a fantastic Harvest Festival last week. We havemanaged to raise 165 which is enough for 7.5goats!I have contacted Patricia Parker MBE, the founderof KidsforKids and she was absolutely delightedand said that ' the childrens' efforts had moved herto tears'. Patricia is making a key note speech at theRotary International Peace Conference this weekendand wants to mention the children from the LowerSchool at Tockington Manor School for theiramazing efforts.
Strictly Mrs Howard-Robinson!
Mrs Howard-Robinson has been dancing for 20years, just a few hours a week. She says it is greatfun and a good way to keep very fit, somethingeveryone will have seen with the Strictly shows.The photo below was taken in Belgium and theWorld 10 Dance Championships, where she came32nd out of 68. Her next competition is the BritishClosed at Blackpool in November.
Wakelingabout Circuit of Activities
A fun-filled Autumn afternoon of hockey hitting and
flicking, football target kicking, throwing, runningand relays was enjoyed by all the pupils who took
part on Saturday 20th October.Congratulations to Olivers Army, captained byOliver Harris, who won with a total of 102 points.The winning team comprised of Oliver, LaurenClark, Alexander Gooch, Oliver Shutt, Henry Allan-Jones and Helena Brain.
A Reminder about Poppy AppealPoppies are available at school for a minimum 1donation. Please use the envelopes as much as
possible so that gift aid can be claimed for anydonation.