Tockington Tracker 14-06-13

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Tockington Manor School, Tockington, Bristol, BS32 4NY.

Tel: 01454 613229 Email: [email protected] Web: www.tockingtonmanorschool.com

June 14th, 2013

Youth Speaks Winner

Last Tuesday ten Year 6 pupils battled it out in a

Public Speaking competition judged by the RotaryClub and Mrs Nelia Phillips.Each child spoke on a

subject of his or her choice for between five and ten

minutes. The subjects were diverse and very

interesting from Common Pests to Nuclear Warfare.

The judges felt that the children were courageous to

speak in front of an audience of friends, family and

judges and commended all the children for their talks.

The winner was Tom Edwards, speaking on the

subject of Food, Glorious Food and he goes through

to the final on July 1st. The runner up was BethPritchard, followed by Abigail Blackwell.

All ten of the children were given lovely illustrated

dictionaries and certificates as prizes for taking part.

We are very grateful to the Rotary Club for this

competition and congratulate the children on their

fantastic efforts.

Ms Case

Oliver Harris receives the House Cricket trophy from

Mr Tovey, on behalf of Alexander House.

House Cricket

The opening game between Alexander and Churchill

ended with Alexander winning. They reachedChurchills total of 35 in 5.1 overs. Max Curtis and

Pepe Garralda guiding the team to victory without any

real scare.

Game two saw Churchill take on Cunningham.

Churchill batting first, reached a total of 42 with a

fantastic batting display from Alex Blackwell,

reaching an unbeaten 26 in 6 overs. Cunningham

looked like they had won the game needing 3 runs to

win from the final over. Alex Blackwell completed the

over for only 1 run to win an extremely close-foughtgame.

The final game saw Cunningham take on Alexander.

Cunningham batted first and very tight bowling from

Alex kept Cunningham down to just 24 runs in their 6

overs. With Alex only needing 25 to win the result

looked inevitable. However, some excellent bowling

from Cunningham, including a timely maiden from

Hamish Gardner, saw the game go down to the final

ball of the final over! Alex only needing a single to

win the tournament, Ollie Harris hit the ball straight

back to the bowler but knew he had to run. The ball

wasn't picked up cleanly, leaving Ollie Harris and

Hugo Watts to run the single needed for victory.

A fantastically contested tournament with the stand

out players being Pepe Garralda and Alex Blackwell.

Mr Mildon

FOTM

Well done to everyone who brought in their bags of

clothes. We managed to raise 106.30 in our Clothes

for a Cause collection. Keep an eye for details of the

next one which will be in the Autumn term.

Just to remind everyone that we are still selling ice

creams (when the weather is suitable!)


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Results

Sadly all the Rounders matches on Wednesday

were cancelled due to the weather.Cricket v Beaudesert Park School

U9 XI - Lost by 8 runs

A close match. MOM: Ceredig Jones, top scoring

with 22 runs

U11 XI - Lost by 9 wickets

MOM Oliver Shutt, a good all round

performance.

Fixtures

15th JuneU13 Girls Cricket v St Johns & Clifton College (H)

- 1pm start17th JuneTennis v Wycliffe - CANCELLED

19th JuneU11 & U9 Cricket v Clifton High

- 2.15pmU9 & U11 Rounders (A&B) v Kings Gloucester (H)

- 2.15pm

22nd JuneU13 & U11 Cricket v St Johns (H)

- 2.00pm

Lower School

Parents EveningAppointments for Year 2 parents and open classroomsfor Year 1 and Reception parents will take place onTuesday 18th June between 4.00 and 6.30 pm.

WorkshopsOn Monday 24th June Year 1 will take part in aSeaside Journeys in the Past workshop and Year 2will be learning about the Great Fire of London.Reception will be on a Story Hunt.

Nursery News

There will be appointments for Owls parents to meet

staff on Wednesday 19th June from 3.30 to 8.30 pm.

School Appointments

Congratulations to Ana Sanchez for being appointed

Head Girl for the second half of this term. FreyaBelcher will continue as Head of School and Alex

Blackwell as Head Boy.

Common Entrance Results

Congratulations to Darren Banks and Oliver Harris

for their excellent CE results consequently gaining

entry to their chosen schools, Clifton College and

Wycliffe. Well done to all the other Year 8 children

for their results in the internal CE examinations.

School Exams

Good luck to all the children in Years 4-8 who start

their internal school exams on Monday.

Boarding in Activity Week

During Activity Week (24-28 June) we invite the

younger children to come and join us in the boarding

house for an evening of activities and a taster night inthe boarding house with their friends.

If you would like your child to board, please let Mrs

Dengel know, or sign up at the back lobby desk.

Year 3 Monday night

Year 5 Tuesday night

Year 4 Wednesday night.

Long Exeat

Long Exeat begins at 2.00 pm on Friday 28th June forchildren in the Upper School (no evening activities).

Those returning from their camps in Yrs 6, 7 & 8 are

free to leave at 1pm. However, school will remain

open because of our overseas boarders.

Friday 13th July

Would parents please note that school will finish for

all day children at 3.30 pm on Friday 13th July so that

preparations for the Leavers Supper and Speech Day

can take place.


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House Rounders

Congratulations to all the girls who took part in the

House Rounders competition on Saturday.

It was an excellent opportunity for all the girls to get

involved and play. Well done to some very good

performances:

Batting - Olivia C and Ellie C

Catches taken from - Freya, Antonia, Lucy E and

Olivia C

Player of the Tournament - Freya for a wonderful

display of skill and leadership.

Final result:

Cunningham 1st Churchill 2nd and Alexander 3rd.

Thanks to Mrs Dawes for running the Tournament.

Freya Belcher receives the House Rounders trophy

from Mr Tovey, on behalf of Cunningham House.

Nursery picnic

On Monday 10th June, the nursery children, parents,

families and friends joined together for a fun day

picnic.

The weather was very kind to us and everyone

enjoyed a multitude of activities including ring games,

soft play, giant construction, bubble machines and a

large under the sea tunnel. It was a lovely day and I

would like to thank everyone, including the

practitioners and families, for made the day a huge

success.


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June 14th, 2013

Farewell Summer DiscoIn order to provide a social opportunity for everyone

to say their goodbyes to Richard and Jane Tovey, the

Friends are hosting a Farewell Summer Disco on

Wednesday 10 July. For the upper school it will start

immediately after the swimming gala, while the lower

school will be able to make their purchases from

3.00pm.

Although the disco in the hall is completely free of

charge, the Friends will be selling refreshments (tea

and cake) in the colonnade along with face painting

and temporary tattoos in order to further our fund

raising. With this in mind please may I ask you to

ensure you and your child bring a little money into

school to purchase afternoon tea etc, at this sociable

farewell event.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Anita Williamson, Chairman FOTM.

Swimming

Over the next week pupils will receive their profiles

and personal best times for the year. The results helpthe swimmers to see best strokes, most improvementand whether they have reached a medal standard inany stroke.One copy will be placed in their Records ofAchievement and one glued into planners.Please have a look at the progress your child hasmade.Pupils also use these as targets for self improvement.For the teachers, we can monitor progress and inputmore lessons in 1 stroke, if necessary. Last year

backstroke needed work and there has been a 100%

improvement in backstroke this year.Next year, breaststroke needs work!The following pupils deserve praise for theirconsistency in achieving National School speedstandards (set by the ASA) in alldisciplines. We workon: backstroke, breaststroke, fly, crawl, 100m freeand 50m free.Congratulations to:Alex Blackwell, Darren Banks, Javier, Pepe Garralda,Imogen Rees, Seren Clayton, Olivia Campbell and AbiBlackwell. Well done!

Mrs Hichliffe

Below: Images from...EAL students visit to Clifton Suspension Bridge and SS Great Britain


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Below: Images from...Boarders French Picnic and Boarders

BBQ

CampsWould parents of children in Years 6, 7 and 8 please

remember to collect the necessary kit and clothing

from school for your childs trip the week after next.

Day children in Years 6, 7 and 8 should take home

their sports equipment, e.g. tennis racquets, cricket

bats, etc so that they are not left unattended in the

changing rooms while the children are at camp.

Boarders equipment will be locked away at school.

Would parents please note that children going on Year

6 and Year 8 camps are not allowed to take any mobile

phones or electrical goods with them.

New Headmaster

Mr Symonds will be in school on Monday 17th June

and the morning of Tuesday 18th June and would be

delighted to meet with any parents who would like to

see him. If any parents would like to meet with him

please do contact the office.

Upper School Trips

Leavers Walk

Year 8 leavers will be going on a walk with Mr Cann

on Thursday 20th June.

Activity week Outing

Can we remind parents that children in Years 3,4 and 5

will be on an outing on Tuesday 25th June leaving at

8.30am and will not be back in school until at least

5.30 pm.

OT Charity Bike Ride

Poppy Thompson an Old Tockingtonian is taking part

in a charity bike ride from Bristol to Berne in supportof the Penny Brohn Cancer Charity. If anyone would

like to support her please go to www.justgiviing.com/

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