BEYOND THE SCHOOL GATES IN PARTNERSHIP
17 Royal Visit to Swiss Cottage Farmers' Market 38 Worth Every Centime
18 Year 3s take a Prehistoric Journey! 39 Saturday Club
19 Year 1 go to the Dentist! 40 Maths Quiz & Design Project
20 Year 7s Street Art 40 Intergenerational Concert at the Old Vic
22 Year 8 Geography & Science Field Trip to Swanage
23 Reception at the RAF Museum ECO-SCHOOLS
24 Oh là là... Quelle Dommage!
25 Five, four, three, two... Year 1 blast off to 41 ECO Committee News
The Science Museum CHESS
25 Year 6 visit the Centre of the Cell
26 The Year 5s Explore Battle & the Bayeux Tapestry 42 The European Youth Rapid & Blitz Championships
45 Chess News
SOUTH AFRICA TOUR
LIFE SKILLS
27 South Africa Music Tour 2019 (Pull out special report)
46 Enterprise Challenge
MUSIC 46 Year 5 Healthy Living Workshop
46 Year 7 Drugs & Alcohol Awareness
35 Remembrance Service
35 Chapel Choir St Paul's Cathedral A LIFE IN THE DAY OF
35 London Philharmonic Orchestra Concert
36 Handel & Hendrix House Museum & Westminster Abbey 47 Leonie Lachlan
37 Senior School Concert
39 Music Competition DRAMA
48 Hamlet
51 Reception Nativity December 2019
52 Year 1 Christmas Play 'T'was the night before Christmas'
SPORT
53 Football 2019
55 Autumn Term Special Assembly Football Reports
56 Football Match Report
60 Ski Squad 2019-2020 Ski Season
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News
NEWS 3
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NEWS 5
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ORANGE HOUSE
WE STARTED OFF THE TERM
WITH HIGH HOPES, AFTER YEARS
OF OBSCURITY, OUR GLORIOUS
COLOUR ORANGE ADORNS THE FACE OF
THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD!
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BLUE HOUSE
NEWS 9
PURPLE HOUSE
Blake Morris
GREEN HOUSE
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The Hall Junior School Christmas Challenge
Change for Change
NEWS 11
MY THANKS GO TO THE MEMBERS OF STAFF ON
THE LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGY GROUP
WHO LED THE REVIEW OF OUR VALUES AND
HABITS FOR LEARNING AND HAVE BEEN INFLUENTIAL IN
REFINING OUR ORIGINAL IDEALS.
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EVERY ONE OF THE MUSIC STAFF WHO TOOK ON THE
CHALLENGE OF THE GRADE-ONE-A-THON SUCCEEDED,
RAISING OVER £2,000 IN SPONSORSHIP, AND GAINED
RESULTS THAT TOTALLED 2 MERITS AND 9 DISTINCTIONS.
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SOME EXCITING NEW EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN
INSTALLED IN THE DT ROOM WHICH ENCOURAGES
THE BOYS TO TAKE CALCULATED RISKS AND
BECOME MORE RESOURCEFUL, INNOVATIVE AND
ENTERPRISING.
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BEYOND THE SCHOOL GATES 17
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BEYOND THE SCHOOL GATES 19
BOYS WENT ON TO RESEARCH HOW STREET ART IS OFTEN
USED AS A MEANS OF PROTEST AND LOOKED AT THE
WORK OF BANKSY.
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BEYOND THE SCHOOL GATES 21
Geography &YSEAciRen8ce Field Trip
TO SWANAGE, DORSET
THE BOYS COMPLETED A BEACH CLEAN AT
SWANAGE AND ALSO ENJOYED FISH AND CHIPS
ONE EVENING FOLLOWED BY BEACH GAMES.
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BEYOND THE SCHOOL GATES 23
Le voyage Une Partie de
foot
“Nous sommes allés
en France sur L'Eurostar “Quant’ au sport il
pendant une heure et demie semble qu’on parle tous
avec excitation. En arrivant
c’était genial de rencontrer la même langue...”
nos correspondants Julius Dyble
français”
Le déjeuner à la
Jake Sandler cantine
“La nourriture était
moins bien qu’au Hall
mais l’ atmosphère
était genial!”
Lane McDermid
Les opposés Le tournoi de
“J’ai beaucoup badminton
aimé mon séjour et ma
correspondante Coline était “C'était bon et amusant
hyper sympa et très gentille et James Borrie a gagné
mais, point de vue taille, elle avec l’aide de sa partenaire
faisait sourire
à moi giraffe!” française Camille”.
Blake Morris
Armaan Mathur
Gourmandise
“On a permis aux Le gouter
garçons d’acheter des
gaufres à condition qu’ils “Les parents avaient
les commandent eux apporté énormément
mêmes” de gâteaux “fait
Mme Davies maison” et on s’est
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Mme Parkes
Gand château et
bateau
“Après une visite au château
fort de Gandon a fait un tour
en bateau. Il pleuvait des cordes*
mais on a manger une gourmandise
sucrée très connue de Gand qui
s'appelle “les nez”
*Pleuvoir des cordes = to rain
cats and dogs
James Siskind
SCIENCE TRIPS
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Choral Eucharist
PAUL DEAN
The card from my ‘goodie bag’
Music
MUSIC 35
THE BOYS ENJOYED AN INTERESTING COMPOSING
WORKSHOP AND LEARNED ABOUT THE HISTORY AND
LIFESTYLE FROM BOTH THE 17TH AND 20TH CENTURIES.
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In Partnership
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SATURDAY
CLUB
FOCUS ON COMIC BOOK ILLUSTRATION
IN PARTNERSHIP 39
MATHS QUIZ &
DESIGN PROJECT
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ECO-Schools
ECO-SCHOOLS 41
Chess
“WHAT A WONDERFUL
ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE
THREE HALL YEAR 4 & 5
BOYS TO BE SELECTED FOR
ENGLAND! IT IS GOING TO BE
THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGE
THEY HAVE EVER FACED BUT
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF
THEM AND THEIR EFFORTS
SO FAR!” ANGELA EYTON,
NOVEMBER 2019
Thomas Smolders
“I WOULD HIGHLY
RECOMMEND CHESS TO
PEOPLE. IT IS REALLY FUN
AND YOU SHOULD START
EARLIER SO YOU KEEP ON
IMPROVING. ALSO ALL THE
CHESS COACHES AT SCHOOL
ARE SO SUPPORTIVE AND
TEACH CHILDREN
VERY WELL."
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““DING!” A MESSAGE
HAD ARRIVED ON MY
DAD’S PHONE. I COULDN’T
BELIEVE MY EYES. I WAS
IN THE ENGLAND TEAM! I
BLINKED. I BLINKED AGAIN.
AND AGAIN. MY HEART
THUMPED FASTER THAN
A CAR."
Florian Jhamna
CHESS 43
Benjamin Moser
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1993 45
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A Life in the Day of
I HAVE A FAIRLY LONG COMMUTE BUT I VALUE
IT. IT REPRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT
AND WRITE A LIST OF THINGS TO DO THAT DAY.
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The Hall School
HAMLETby William Shakespeare
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Wathen Hall Tickets available from School Office
ONCE WE PUT IT TOGETHER, EVEN IF WE
WEREN’T IN A SCENE, WE WERE ON THE
STAGE. WE ALWAYS HAD TO STAY IN CHARACTER.
THAT MAKES THE AUDIENCE FEEL FOCUSSED.
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DRAMA 49
WE HAD UMBRELLAS AND THEY WERE USED
FOR EVERYTHING: SWORDS…UMBRELLAS…
GUNS… CROQUET STICKS… OH – AND A SHOVEL!
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