Newsletter Lent 10

CLAREMONT RATED OUTSTANDING IN ALL
SCHOOL AREAS BY OFSTED - 2016

Weekly Newsletter INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Prep News .................................2
Friday 24th March 2017 Lost Property ............................6

Claremont School GCSE Results 2016: 47% Match Reports ..........................7
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Menu, Commendations,
Badges, House Points ..............8

Dear Parent, Pre-Prep News...........................9
Nursery News ...........................14
I think that the Front Office has never enjoyed so many sweets and cakes,
courtesy of a lively and enjoyable Fundraising Week. It wasn’t all sweet treats, Boarding House News .............16
though: the nerf guns proved very popular, as did throwing sponges at children and
staff! The energy and ingenuity were impressive to witness and I would like to thank Senior School News .................17
Mr Brownbill for organising the event. We believe that around £1,000 was raised - we
will be able to share the precise total at the beginning of next term, but thank you to WEEK 1
all of the children (and their parents) for their fantastic generosity.
April 18 Tues Term Begins.
On Thursday, PC Maria Shearing lead two separate talks on e-safety for
Years 5 and 6, and Years 7 and 8. While it is important to recognise the benefits of Contact Us
the internet, it is also essential that young people understand how to keep themselves
safe. PC Shearing reiterated that pupils must understand how to alter their privacy Claremont Prep and Nursery School
settings, report abuse, and they should never post photographs which would allow Ebdens Hill
strangers to identify where they are. As we have stated in the past, children should Baldslow
not be friends on social media with people that they do not know.
St Leonards-on-Sea
Year 7 pupils have been invited to apply for prefect positions. Application East Sussex
forms, a job description and person specification are all available from the Front TN37 7PW
Office. Pupils who are appointed to the prefect team, including Head Boy and Girl and
their deputies, will hold important positions of responsibility within the school and will Tel.: 01424 751555
be expected to act as role models to the younger children. The deadline for Website: www.claremontschool.co.uk
application is at the end of the first week of the Summer term.
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The Spring Soirée was an absolute delight from beginning to end, with so [email protected]
much diverse and exciting talent on display. The Junior, Boys and Chamber choirs sang
beautifully, treating us to an eclectic range of uplifting songs. The soloists played and Newsletter Editor:
sang with musicality and assurance. The dancing was striking and achieved with an [email protected]
impressive degree of self-possession. The humorous verse pieces were delivered with
exquisite comic timing. During what has been, on a national level, a harrowing week,
the Soirée provided a wonderfully joyful note.

And yet the term was not quite over. On a day which dawned mercifully dry
(after the deluge of Wednesday!), the Nursery and Pre-Prep and their Easter bonnets
marched into the Peace Park to enjoy the Easter egg hunt (thank you to FOCS), while
the whole of Claremont Prep School converged at the pavilion to start the annual
sponsored walk. Some pupils (headed by a speedy Mrs Edmunds) chose to run the
course, while the rest of us took our time, pausing to enjoy the carpets of white
anemones beneath the trees. With so many signs of rebirth and renewal around the
school, it seemed a fitting way to begin the Easter holiday.

Abra Stoakley

We hope you have a lovely Easter and look forward to seeing you again for the Summer
Term, which begins on Tuesday 18th April.

Last day of term fun! Sam was confirmed in St
Peter's Church, Bexhill last
4C Have been learning
about Climate Change Sunday morning.
and some of the gases
that contribute towards
it. We learnt that
burning fossil fuels
produces some of the
greenhouse gases that
contribute to Global
Warming. We found it
very easy to make
carbon dioxide (only in
small amounts and purely
in the interests of
Science!) by mixing
vinegar with bicarbonate
of soda. The gas
particles spread out to
fill and inflate the
balloons!

A reminder to pupils in 6C and 6E
that their independent research
about the Gospel writers must be
handed in by Wednesday, 19th April.
Please remember to follow the
instructions you have been given for
completing this task. The required
information is very specific and
under no circumstances should text
be copied and pasted directly from
the internet.
Mrs Burrows and Mme Austen look
forward to reading your assignments.

This years Science fair was the
most successful yet, with a
record number of students
taking part. As always, there
was a large array of subjects
researched and presented..'How can you live a fulfilled
life? What is a virus? Why do stars twinkle? The
motivation and knowledge of the students never fails to
impress. Interpersonal skills were gained and marketing skills we mastered as the
pupils encouraged others to visit their stalls. A certificate was award to all pupils
that entered. Mr Slattery, Mrs Perry and Mrs Ackerley would like to say an
enormous 'well done' to everyone who took part. You made your Science teachers
very proud. Who won the top prizes seems almost irrelevant as everyone who took
part succeeded. Winners though will be announced in the next Newsletter
issue.

Crowhurst Park Winter Junior Training programme has now finished. There was an excellent attendance with
everyone enthusiastically enjoying themselves at Claremont Senior School.

Outdoor training is due to start on Friday 28th April at The Walcott Ground, Crowhurst Park Cricket Club. Details
will be published shortly. Look out for other announcements as the 2017 season gets underway.

Congratulations to 1st Places Lyra collected her trophy for the
all our students Isabella Willard - Dancing Trios and Quartets Tap Age 14 & entrant who showed the most promising
who took part in under work in speech and drama aged 11 to 15;
the Hastings Claremont Chamber Choir and then performed her humorous
Musical Festival Galina Baxter - Higher Piano Any Age verse: Sister Flo and the Veggies by
2017 We are proud Diya Binodh - Violin Solo Age 9 and Under 11 Doug Macleod.
of everyone who Arjun Kolani - Piano Age 9 Year Only
entered and special Galina Baxter - Piano Age 10 Years Only
mention to the Julia Malcolm - Piano Age 12 and Under 15
people who came Galina Baxter - Woodwind Bronze Medal Age Under 16
first. Well done. Galina Baxter - Woodwind Recital Any Age
Finlay Gibbon-Brookes - Brass Primary Any Age
Lyra Cookson - Speech Humorous Verse Age 11 Years Only
Hector Wright - Speech Humorous Verse Age 9 Years Only
Eadie Bridger/Ania Muntean -Duologue Age 10 and Under 12
Elliot Wilson/Frank Taylor - Duologue Age 12 and Under 14

A group of Year 5 pupils making cards
for their mothers while listening to each
mother’s favourite song to inspire them!

You should be so proud of your children.
They knew exactly what your favourite
songs were. Do you recognise yourself in
any of these? "I want to break free'
'Promises' 'We build this city' 'Take me
to church' '500 miles' 'Can't stop the
feeling' ?

To all mothers, have a lovely Mothering
Sunday!

Winner: Arjun Kolani

6S have made some amazing milk cartons
in the style of their class reader
'Fortunately the Milk' by Neil Gaiman.

During their English lessons, 6E have been studying poetry and rhythm. Mrs

Stoakley set the class a challenge to write a ballad with a 4 – 3 – 4 – 3

metre and an abab rhyme scheme. They had to write one stanza about themselves and one about the form as

a whole. This was the result: see if you can identify the pupils involved…

The Ballad of 6E – by 6E I like swimming and playing stuff Then hockey will be next. Hattie is a swimmer.

There once was a form called 6E Today will be the best. Crack of the ball: Claremont will Hattie is such a good
In swimming I am really tough
In Claremont days of old. win. helper.
And through their words you now But now I need a rest.
SPORTS! SPORTS! SPORTS are She is such a winner.

will hear 6E is clever, fun and cool the best! 6E enjoyed a perfect year
Their tale being told. We’re smarter than 6C. They never would forget.
We sometimes play the fool 6E are cool, 6E are loud. Sweet memories of friends
Mrs Edmunds looks after us. But are such busy bees. Some of them play the drums. and cheer:
She’s the best form tutor. We’re such a warm and happy A Claremont School asset.
She doesn’t let us make a fuss Airbus/Boeing fight for best plane crowd
And loves her computer. Swiss Lufthansa is good. We're always having fun.

I'm a funny, lively, strange boy. I hate driving in tiny lanes. British Airways planes are the

Who loves a bit of fun. I’ll fly in adulthood. best!

I can always bring people joy I think 6E is crazy loud. Cessna, Airbus, Boeing.
In French I have not shun. Classes are very fun. You should know because you
6E is not a massive crowd. have guessed:
6E are such a jolly lot: We like to eat iced buns. I know where I’m going.
They really like their cake.
Smart Mrs Stoakley in her dress
Love of aeroplanes some have got Ania’s an excellent dancer Her pupils are so fun.
While some just like to bake. And she is amazing She likes to celebrate success
At Maths. Tap’s where she will With all the things they’ve won.
Joseph and I love Yo-Kai Watch advance
Cricket is also good.
My preferred timepiece is a Swatch Now her life is blazing. We are funny and very smart

And my mum makes good pud!!! In 6E Yo-kai is the best Planes have taken over.
You are very smart too. 6E has a ginormous heart.
We’re always kind to each other Most are sporty; we’re the best We are not pushovers.
Baking happens weekly.
We borrow each other’s rubbers. We are crazy cuckoos. Drawing is the best with Yo-kai.

And never feel peaky. All my friends are great and Kyubi is my favourite.
awesome Yo-Kai Watch is all I’ll buy.
Crazy Daisy is my cool name. I am very joyful. I like eating chocolate.
YouTube is what I do.
The best animals are possums. That 6E is a clever form
Bonkers, crazy a bit of fame.
Yummy food is trifle. With brainiacs all round.
Art, drama, baking too.
Loads of stars have become the
6E is the best class by miles 6E is fun, or so they say! norm
We have our maths class whiz . British Airways is cool.
We all have our different styles Cake comes our way every Tuesday. And Ania’s got the crown.

We win at any quiz. Pupils are never cruel. I am a big big football fan.

I am a nerd and I know it. I think that I am very shy. I love my cats they’re cool.
I have three bestest friends. I like to watch doctors. I love being in my big clan.
I love botany and admit I sometimes wish that I could fly. I love going to school.

My interest has no end. I like swimming otters. 6E include the sporty four.

6E is a very good class We help one another to reach our We are the best at Maths.
Tuesday’s cupcake I just adore.
In the morning we play. goals. We follow our own paths.

Most of the year has now gone past We are a tight-knit group.
We avoid life’s scary pot-holes.
And bridge club starts in May. Stand tall and never stoop. Hattie’s auntie lives in

In the morning I like to swim Yorkshire.

Harry Manning - Claremont wooly hat
Sapphire Hennessy-Grant - Claremont tracksuit top
Tilly Pilkington - Sondico white shin pad (X1)
Venter Rathbone – Stormstuff navy raincoat
Chloe Wilson – Black and green Healthfield & Waldron Rugby Football Club bag
Max Woodfear - 1X Football sock
Alfie Hawkes - Navy Claremont Fleece
Emily Kynvin - Sainsburys Navy Vneck Jumper
Nikolas Kirby – Navy blazer
Eva Cook – Tracksuit top
Betsy Parsons – Navy Coat
Jasper Bowyer – tracksuit top
Matthew Biddle grey school trousers
No name - Burwash 2013 leavers hoody navy
No name - Clarks Black, white and red left shoe trainer! - P.O initials
No name - Campri ski jacket black and pink size 8
No name - Black Florence + Fred Coat size M
No name - Black and orange Nike boots size 8
No name - White thermal under armour top
No name - M&S white school shirt 11-12 years
No name - Debenhams grey shorts age 5
No name - Navy cotton shorts
No name - Navy rugby top
No name - Navy speedos size 8/10
No name – Canon Ultrasonic EOS 450D Camera
No name – Small pack of Pokemon cards
No name – Geonaute navy sport watch
No name – 1066 yellow ruler
No name – Casio silver watch with black face
No name – Black USB cable
No name – White Wilson golf left hand glove
No name – M&S Black coat size 7-8 years fur hood
No name – Bright pink Diesel zip hoody
No name – Gap kids grey hoody
No name – Cream/grey/green wooly bobbly hat
No name - Baby blue woolovers cardigan – small
No name - Minnie mouse hoody 5-6 years
No name - Navy H&M hoody 11-12 years
No name - White and black water bottle with ‘train dirty’ quote
No name - Pink and orange water bottle ‘Tinc’
No name - Red tin water bottle

The Y8 girls took place in their last
Netball session at Claremont Prep School
on Wednesday and what better way to
celebrate that occasion than by naming a
tournament after them!

This week the girls have been learning how
to officiate the game and armed with that
knowledge they were presented with the
opportunity to officiate and manage their
very own tournament, namely the inaugural
'Y8 Netball Festival'

All of the girls in Y5-7 were taking part
and placed into even teams with two Y8
girls at the helm of each team. In each
round the Y8s organised, managed and
umpired their games. At the end the Y8
girls were presented with their 'Netball

Umpiring' certificate. As they head up to
the Senior School some of these girls
might like to take this experience further
by embarking on the 'Sports Leaders'
Programme. I really think they enjoyed
the responsibility and certainly some of
the younger girls can't wait until it is their
turn!

Results:

1st - red team

2nd - green team

3rd - yellow team

Pre-Prep enjoying their sponsored walk today.

Monday Summer Term Menu Friday

Meat option Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Vegetarian Closed - Easter AWAITING NEW MENU!
option Monday

Sides/extras

Pudding

Oliver Harrison, James Smith, Isobel Zaltzman, Georgia Crossley, Matilda Pilkington, Ameya Sangle.

Beatrice Ackerley, Reuben Dickie, James Gardiner 6E, Finlay Gibbon Brooks, Javier Gomez, Isabella Moloney, Lulu Payne,
Xander Samuel, Samuel Webster, Charles Willard, Henry Barcroft, Tarran Barton-Dibble, Eddie Carr Taylor, Ben Cole,
Isabelle Cole, Olivia Cox, Marysia Dickinson, Cameron Luff, Cohen Luff, Nancy McInnes, Patrick Ostle, Jake Stanley, Ossie
Wookey, Rufus Bate, Hattie Bligh, Eadie Bridger, Rosie Burrows, Theo Davies, Olivia Hazelwood, Emma Patel, Matilda
Pilkington, Elizabeth Simou, Chantalle Welsh.

WEEK’S TOTAL HOUSE TERM’S TOTAL HOUSE
POINTS: POINTS:

Corinth: 519 Corinth: 5789
Sparta: 493 Sparta: 5289
Athens: 413 Athens: 5177

Gold Badge: Tarran Barton-Dibble, Mary Woodfear.

Silver Badge: Isobel Zaltzman, Ameya Sangle.

Bronze Badge: Tess Rowland, Beatrice Ackerley, Eddie Carr Taylor, Cameron Luff,

Charlie Glasper, Harriet Hawkes, Benedict Simpson-Alexander, Harry Bridger, Tim Liu,
Thomas Samuel.

Red Badge: Elizabeth Kirby, James Smith, Rufus Bate, Lizzie Simou, Oscar Wookey,

Marysia Dickinson, Woody Eriksson, Tippi Willard, Erin Winter.

Green Badge: Aubrey Cassleton Elliot, Georgia Crossley,

Olivia Hazelwood, Isabella Moloney, James A Gardiner.

have been learning about the story of Easter. We decorated hard boiled eggs
and rolled them down the hill!

made beautiful daffodil crowns to celebrate Spring.

Today RS have enjoyed practising
their coordination and balance, with
egg & spoon walking!

Preston’s sweet pea seeds were planted on 11th March and are now
ready to be planted out! He's measured them daily from the day
they popped through the soil! He's measured the tallest one as 15
cm or 150 millimetres or 5 3/8 of an inch!! Well done Preston!

Sibylla dressed
for Mrs Wilson's
music and dance
club.

Enjoying the spring sunshine on the

headmaster's lawn, sketching flowers.

We have brought in all our old toys and
books and made some cakes to sell to
raise money for charity.

Each classroom has turned into a game /
craft station for different activities!

The games include nerf gun challenge,
how many marbles can you count
for a prize, Easter bonnet making
and drop the coin in the centre of
the tub.

James has made an egg-cellent
cake!!

Year two ventured to Penshurst place for a Tudor reinactment! Thank you to Trish Edwards and Jenny Nicholls for
coming!
We met Queen Elizabeth who took an alarming liking to Mr Cook, even asking him to be her carriage servant!

We met a Tudor

Nikolas: The bell man was excellent! I bet he saw lots of crimes and lots of heads chopped off!
Oskar: Varnika got dressed up like Queen Elizabeth I.
Elsie: Queen Elizabeth was very strict. She had a pretty red dress and round her were at least ten
treasure boxes (which I loved.)
Ami: The musical man played us
the bag pipes and I've no idea
what the mini guitar was!
Alicia: The bell man had to ring a
bell when he saw a crime going on.
He told James to sit in the
stocks.
Ella: The doctor pretended to put
a frog in Miles's throat.

The Foxes went into the woods, armed with magnifying glasses and collecting pots, on their
mission to find “bugs”. We carefully turned over logs and found earthworms, centipedes and little
beetles. We studied the mossy surfaces of tree trunks looking for spiders and woodlice. We
made the most of the boisterous March wind and chased bubbles during Forest School. Then we
had fun exploring technology, by using an electric whisk to make rainbow bubbles, for sensory
play in Foxes. Maths in the playground involved a huge foam die and a target, namely Chester our
class mascot fox. Bean bags had to be tossed into Chester’s circle which was in the middle of
another, and bigger circle. A high number on the die meant starting further out from the outer
circle, making it a bit more of a throwing and aiming challenge. In phonics we have been focusing
on alliteration and designing alliterative aliens.

This week we have really been exploring our creative side with Mother’s day and Easter coming
up. We have been busy modelling and painting (without giving too much away for our Mother’s Day
presents). We have also made Easter crowns and made spring colour paintings. We enjoyed a
focused number activity in the garden this week with number cones and sorting bears. We sorted
the cones in the right order then placed the right number of bears in front of the corresponding
number.

The Badgers have has an exciting week, reading the series of 'Aliens in Underpants' stories. To
help explore them, we had lots of fun creating our own underpants, by cutting different pieces
of material out and creating collages! We have also been painting our own aliens and pirates as
they also make an appearance throughout the stories! To add to this excitement, some children
have been thinking of some special words to do with aliens and pirates and trying to figure out
some of the sounds in these words.; some children went a step further in writing these words up!

This week the Hedgehogs have been making Mother’s Day cards ready for Sunday. We have also
been making Spring flowers for our new display board. Everyone is very excited about the egg hunt
on Friday and they have been decorating their own Easter bags in anticipation of filling them with
lots of goodies!

This week in Robins we had lots of fun in the woods and exploring in Forest School; it was super exciting in
the fairy part of the woods. We followed all the signs and looked through all the windows and doors to see if
any fairies were home. We have also been busy painting, making lovely Spring pictures to go up on our display
board.

This week the Ducklings and Butterflies have been looking at the story of The Hungry Caterpillar.
The babies then enjoyed butterfly printing, making caterpillars out of playdough and looking for
caterpillars in the garden.
The Butterflies have been busy making cakes, flowers and cards for their mummy's on Mother’s
Day.

This week the children wanted to learn about recycling. We looked at what can be recycled
and spoke about the different things could be made from trees. We went into the woods and
made bark rubbings on the tree trunks.
The Squirrels have also been taking home their cards and sunflower gifts for their mummys
for Mother's Day.

This has been filled
with many
unforgettable memories
and activities. We went
paintballing, bowling and
to the cinema. For next
term our planned
activities are trips to
London, archery, Go
Kart, Bewl Water and
many more.

Unfortunately, one of
our finest boarders will
not be returning after
the Easter holidays.
Pedro Bodega only came
for one term. Our big
boarding family will
miss him greatly, with
hopes of him returning
back to Claremont in
the near future.

A busy boarding house
is a happy boarding
house! In the Summer
term we will be
welcoming new boarders
from Ukraine, France
and Italy! New
friendships and life long
memories are being
created here in the
boarding house!

We wish all our
boarders a very Happy
Easter and look forward
to seeing you again
soon.

Pevensey House Charity Fundraising

Pevensey House have been busy raising money for charity, and have been proud to send off a cheque this term
for £226.83 to their house charity, the World Wildlife Fund. Thank you to all parents for the wonderful
contributions to the house cake sale: they were enjoyed by all!

Mrs Liggett
Head of Pevensey
House