Newsletter summer 4

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Prep News .................................2
Monday 15th May 2017

Claremont School GCSE Results 2016: Match Reports ..........................5
47% A*/A
Menu, Commendations,
Badges, House Points .........7

Dear Parent, Pre-Prep News...........................8
Nursery News ...........................11
We are waiting for a final total from last Friday’s mufti day (many thanks to all
who donated), but I wanted to mention that Mrs Smalldon (mother of Henry, Year 4) WEEK 5 Mon Swimming Gala 17.00
has spent the last week trekking part of the Great Wall of China to raise money for Tues Year 7 & 8 v Battle
the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT). You may recall that this was a charity that May 15 Abbey @ CSS. 17:00-
we supported (raising £250) with Crazy Glasses/Wear Blue Day in March. We are look- 18:00
ing forward to Mrs Smalldon telling us all about her adventures in an assembly. 16 Year 8 Common 17:15
Entrance French
5H returned from France safely on Saturday, full of excitement about their Listening Exam.
time at la Maison Claremont. From buying baguettes, pain au chocolat and croissants at Year 2 Introduction
the boulangerie in the mornings, to their visit to the planetarium, it seemed to have to Year 3.
been a very enjoyable few days. Year 4 is off to Windmill Hill on Friday for a wide Swimming Gala
range of outdoor activities at the PGL centre. In a just a few weeks, the Year 8 leavers Years 5 & 6 v
are all off to the south of France for nine days at two PGL centres and already the ex- Dulwich @ CSS.
citement amongst the pupils is building.
17 Wed Year 8 Common
At this time of year, we begin to think about transitions, not just into senior Entrance French
school, as the case with Year 8, but also between Year groups. Tomorrow afternoon, Speaking Exam.
parents of current Year 2 parents are invited to an event where they will meet the
Year 3 Form Teachers and have a look around the school. It is an ideal occasion to ask Cricket 1st XI v 14:00
questions and understand how your child’s day will change at the Prep School. I look Lewes Old
forward to seeing you at 5pm. Grammar (A).

Preparations are well underway for our summer event: Alice in the Woods. You Girls Cricket v St 14:30
will enjoy live music, readings, performances, dancing and some acrobatics all in aid of Ronan’s: U13 A, B, 14:30
the Queen’s annual garden party, which will be hosted by the Queen herself. The Dra- C U11 (H).
ma department is appealing to anyone who may donate or loan the following items: Rounders v St
Ronan’s U11 x 2
Top hat (A).
Bowler hat
Cups and saucers 18 Thur Cricket v St 14:15
Teapots Ronan’s U9A (A).
Doylies
Jars/dessert glasses U8/9 (H) 14:30
And anything else that you think might be slightly related to Alice in Wonderland.
Girls Cricket v 14:30
Thank you, as always, for your support and of course please feel free to lend a hand Battle Abbey: U8/9
especially if you have experience in costume, hair or makeup. Simply contact Alexandra (A)
Jackson to register your interest.
Staff Twilight 18:00-
Abra Stoakley Training. 21:00

19 Fri ATL Grades Years
3-8.
Badgers, Foxes
and Kingfishers
Parents’ Evening
by appointment.

Polite Notice: Children should have a sun hat and sun lotion (spray form please). Contact Us
Also, as it’s getting warmer, please can you also ensure that your child has a
water bottle with them each day. Thank you. Claremont Prep and Nursery School
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We have a new member of Zoology Club! After a lot A very big thank you to all pupils and parents that helped raise
of deliberation it has been decided to call her money for the Friends of Fia during Charity Week. £700 was
Kinder. Although they are still getting to know each raised and Fia's parents have decided to buy a specially
other, it is hoped that Kinder will be a new friend adapted bike which has been recommended by the Occupational
for Crunchie. Therapist. This piece of equipment will enable Fia to exercise

and play with other children.

Without losing a game, Select U9s went one better than
last weekend’s tournament, and won this one! Pictured are

Ethan, Harvey and Luca. Well done boys.

Hattie
practising
word building
and spellings.
Learning can
be fun!

With former Manchester United captain and England
International, Rio Ferdinand, at last week's Bulverhythe

Football Tournament.

Silver

Thomas Willis, Henry Sheppard, Abesa Sivaseelan,
Liberty BransbyMiles

Bronze

Elizabeth Kirby, Oliver Fakhoury, Lilli Lewis, Harry
Bridger, Bert Burrows, Toby Coomber, Daniel Morris,
Isabella Moloney, Natalia Ramus, Tise Palmer, Oscar
Rushant, Darci Bailey, Heidi Mellon, Olivia Wilson, Anna
Bourne, Cameron Namvar, Tess Rowland.

We had a great time enjoying the "Le Plus" Science museum and
Planetarium in Dunkerque on Friday. We actually managed to see
Jupiter with our own eyes, at dusk in the night sky, as we had been
invited to look out for. The planetarium show was "L'aveugle aux yeux
d'etoiles" (The blind man with stars in his eyes) all in French and the
children were taught a few words and phrases beforehand by
Didier; the man projecting the film, who spoke a mixture of languages
to them, explained about the planets and what to look out for at this
time of year in the night sky. He also encouraged them to understand
and respond in French. Bravo 5A! We enjoyed the park in St Omer,
bowling on Friday evening and the market on Saturday morning, as well
as tucking in heartily to delicious French food, both in the three
restaurants we visited and at "home" in La Maison Claremont. The
children spoke confidently to the waiters and waitresses in French to
order their drinks and food and in the boulangerie to buy their
breakfasts of croissants, pain au chocolat and baguettes. They all
behaved very well and were great ambassadors for Claremont. Many
thanks to Mr Wood for driving us and to the children of 5A for making
it such an enjoyable and worthwhile trip!

Anna: "Our trip to Saint Omer was fantastic. My favourite
bit was the 3D planetarium because it really felt like we
were moving. The food was amazing and I enjoyed every
bit of it!"

Sebastian: "My favourite part was lunch and dinner. Lunch:
Flunch - fast food - minibus - baguette - Euro Tunnel -
baguette. Dinner: Le Rialto - pizza, bowling ally - steak
hache"
Ciaran: "The thing I liked the most about Saint Omer is when
we went and bought things and going to eat at Le Rialto".
Zac: "Going to France was a sensational experience for
me. The food was divine and the atmosphere was amazing. I
would definitely recommend going there when you have the
chance."

Matt: "I liked shopping at Auchan and the market. I also really liked
having lunch at Flunch and dinner at the Italian place - Le Rialto."
Galina: "I really enjoyed going to the planetarium as we found out we
could see Jupiter and that night after bowling we saw Jupiter as we came
out of the restaurant!"
Reuben: “My favourite part was going bowling. I also enjoyed shopping in
Auchan, Decathlon and the market."

Year 6 have been learning about the periodic table, and as part
of this chemistry-based topic they went outside to watch a spontaneous exothermic
reaction. There is a time lag with this reaction, set up by Mr. Slattery and volunteer
Joe Cook. Form 6S stood well back and their patience was rewarded when the
Potassium Permanganate and Glycerol eventually ignited!

Congratulations to the Wadhurst Titans; winners of the On Friday Main School were treated to
Crowborough and District Junior Football League FA Spring fabulous May Pole dancing in assembly. Well
Trophy - U11 A Division. This small local team of 12 great done to all the children who participated.
players, contains a number of Claremont boys: William de W
(captain), Charlie G, Ben R, Freddie S (goalkeeper) and Alfie S,
who have been on fire this year and played amazing football. This
league is the strongest in the area and they fought of the likes
of Sevenoaks, Raw Skills, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells Foresters
and Langton Green, to claim the league title. They move leagues
next season, remaining a Saturday team, as the Crowborough
League changes to a Sunday. As our boys are multi talented they
wanted to keep their Sunday commitments too, notably rugby,
and the club were happy to accommodate. We look forward to
many more cup wins.

Tuesday 16th May - Year 8 Common Entrance French
Listening exam (am)

Wednesday 17th May - Year 8 Common Entrance
French Speaking exam (am)

Bonne Chance!

Swimming

Double success in the pool

Claremont 212 - 139 Sacred Heart

We hosted a swimming gala v Sacred Heart on Monday and it
was a fantastic effort by all the swimmers involved. Our
youngest swimmers in Year 4 came up against a strong Sacred
Heart squad. So close were the races that at the end it was a
tie in the scores of 29 points a piece! Our Year 3s swam up in the Year 4 races and a special mention goes to
Alfie H who did really well to come up and help as we only had two Year 4 boys. The Year 5s, who have got two
boys relay teams and are all very competitive amongst each other, came out on top in their group. The girls, who
swam really well this year, came first in all their races, with the help of the Year 4s that swam up to help them.
Galina B again swam really well throughout and a special mention to Liberty B-M, Anna B, Tess R, Summer M, and
Olivia W for all swimming up to help the Year 5 team. Our Year 6 boys and girls squad, who are one of the
strongest year groups for swimmers that the school has had, once again produced a great performance. Evie S,
Eve S, Hattie H, Saffron A again winning their relays to carry on a great season. The boys who have Barney M,
Will de W, Freddie S, Jae M, and Thomas F all putting in great performances to again win both their relays.
Well done to all our swimmers; a really brilliant team effort at the end of the day.

Year 4 Girls 29 29
Year 4 Boys 24 34
Year 5 Girls 39 23
Year 5 Boys 38 19
Year 6 Girls 41 17
Year 6 Boys 41 17

Claremont 99 - 53 Bethany

Our Year 7 & 8 swimmers put in a great display over at Bethany on Tuesday afternoon and from the first
race they were really up for it. We called up Evie S, Eve S, Barney M, James G from the Year 6 squads. The
first races were all 25m and the second races were 50m races. Archie W and Jasper B finished 1st and 2nd in
the 25m Freestyle followed by a 1st and 2nd by Tippi W and Natalia R in the girls 25m Freestyle. We then had
a joint first place with James G and Barney M in the Backstroke race. Evie S and Olivia then matched that with
a close 1st and 2nd in the next race. The Breaststroke races followed with a 1st and 2nd for Barney and Henry
S with Cohen finishing a close 3rd. Evie and Olivia 1st and 2nd again in the Breaststroke. The 50m races
followed suit with first places to Archie in the freestyle and Evie in the Breaststroke. Some 2nd place finishes
by Tippi W, James G, and Barney and Olivia followed in their respective races. We entered 3 boys Freestyle
Relay teams to give as many swimmers a chance to swim and we came 1st, 2nd and 4th in each race. We had 2
girls Relay teams and they finished 1st and 2nd in the Freestyle Relay. In the final race, the Medley Relay we
put in 5 mixed teams and we finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd. It was a really good display by all the swimmers. Well done,
great effort!

Cricket

In-House Pairs Cricket Tournament

Some of the U13s and U11s had a lovely afternoon playing an in-house pairs cricket

tournament in the sun. It was great to see the girls using the 'Z position' when wicket

keeping, and 'grip, stance, pick-up' when batting - we have been practising in games this

week.

1st: Purple team

2nd: Oranges team

Joint 3rd: Green team and Banana team Miss Compton.

U12/11 v Sutton Valence

Finally some 'proper' cricket weather arrived this week in time for our match against SVS. Our girls batted

first and were a little tentative at first, struggling to hit off some erratic bowling. The girls were encouraged

to hit off any wide balls but this became our undoing as we were caught out on four occasions when in reality we

would normally have been been rewarded with 'wides'. This happened less often for SVS as our bowling was

more accurate and therefore it is disappointing that the official result was a loss.

Olivia H was awarded POM as our best bowler with 6 runs off her bowling and no wides/no balls conceded. Our

most successful batting pair were Rachel and Elizabeth (who did not concede runs by being dismissed)

Result:

CPS 121 for 8

SVS 154 for 3 Miss Holmes.

Cricket

U9s v Ashford Prep
The U9s had their first kwik cricket match of the term this week and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was pleased with
how well each of the girls bowled, despite some of them lacking confidence in this area. We were confident with
the bat, with each batting pair managing to score over the boundary. Olivia W and Fife P were the most prolific
batting pair scoring sixteen runs off two overs. Unfortunately we didn't take our chances to score singles when
they arose and this gave Ashford the edge.
Although there is still plenty to work on there were many positives to take from the game.
Final score:
Ashford 259 for 3. Claremont 237 for 2
Player of the Match this weeks was Fife P.

U8A v Ashford Prep

Claremont 248 - 269 Ashford

POM Ashford vote: Georgia C

POM Miss Compton vote: Beatrice C

Georgia C and Sarah B were the top batters scoring a total 45 runs! Beatrice C and Isabella L were the top

bowlers taking a wicket. A great first cricket game. To improve, when batting we must work on running singles

to score more. Miss Compton.

U8B v Ashford Prep
The sun shone on the Y3 girls first proper cricket match this
Thursday and it was fantastic to see them in action. All of our
girls scored with the bat and also bowled with a good degree of
success. Dora was so accurate that she bowled out one of the
opposition. Eva was voted our best bowler, whilst Lilli and Amy-
Lou were our most successful scorers with the bat.

Miss Holmes.

Summer Term Menu

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Meat option Pasta Bolognese Sausages and Mash Roast Turkey Pork Stroganoff Fish Fingers or Battered Cod
served with Garlic served with Onion served with Roast Potatoes, served with Basmati Rice served with Crispy Chunky
Bread and Side Salad Gravy and Garden and Seasonal Vegetables
Peas Stuffing Balls and Chips, Baked Beans and
Vegetarian Quorn Bolognese Seasonal Vegetables Vegetarian Stroganoff Garden Peas
option served with Pasta, Quorn Sausages and Quorn Roast served with served with Basmati Rice
Garlic Bread and Side Mash served with Roast Potatoes, Stuffing and Seasonal Vegetables Veggie Fingers served with
Sides/ Onion Gravy and Balls and Seasonal Crispy Chunky Chips,
extras Salad Garden Peas Jacket Potatoes
Pudding Salad Bar Salad Bar Vegetables Baked Beans Baked Beans and Garden
Salad Bar Peas
Peaches and Cream Lemon Drizzle or
or or Taspberry Jelly & Cream Salad Bar Salad Bar
or *SUGAR SMART DAY*
Selection of Fresh Selection of Fresh Selection of Melon Mini Muller Corner
Fruit Fruit Selection of Fresh Fruit or
or
Selection of Fresh Fruit Selection of Fresh Fruit

Saffron Andrew, Amelia Barrett, Diya Binodh, James Gardiner, Charlie Glasper, Benjamin Rosling, Tess Rowland, Freddie
Saunders, Alfie Saunters, William de Wilde.

Chanel Amirazody, Saffron Andrew, Jasper Bowyer, Reuben Cockerill, Emma
Curl, James Day, Oliver Fakhoury, James Gardiner, Cathryn Garner, Max Giddins, Daniel Glass, Harriet Hawkes, Ania
Muntean, Jacob Ray, Thoma Samuel, Xander Samuel, Freddie Saunders, Benedict Simpson-Alexander, Amelie Spurway-
Bishop, Rachel Waters, Samuel Webster, Joe White, Isabella Willard, Lucinda Barber, Tarran Barton-Dibble, Matthew
Brand, Liberty BransbyMiles, Josephy Cook, Amelia Coomber, Toby Coomber, William de Wilde, Marysia Dickinson, Thomas
Field, Cohen Luff, Jae McDuffus, George McGee, Betsy Parsons, Abesa Sivaseelan, Georgia Tipping, Elliot Wilson, Mary
Woodfear, Ossie Wookey, Archie Wright, Isobel Zaltzman, Lucy Bate, Matthew Biddle, James Bourne, Eadie Bridger, Harry
Bridger, Lyra Cookson, Lucas De Oliveira, Olivia Hazelwood, Julia Malcolm, Barnaby Mitchell, Kieren Morris Abberley, Joseph
Patel, Ameya Sangle, Alfie Saunters, Henry Sheppard, Elizabeth Staley, Tallulah Stichbury, Henry Strevens, Frank Taylor,
Chantalle Welsh, Paddy White, Thomas Willis.

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

Athens: 756 Corinth: 1876
Sparta: 739 Sparta: 1847
Corinth: 691 Athens: 1800

Gold Badge:

Silver Badge:
Bronze Badge:

Red Badge: Ania Muntean.
Green Badge: James Smith, Thomas Willis, Tarran Barton-Dibble, Eadie Bridger, Lucas De Oliveira, William

de Wilde, Thomas Field, Charlie Glasper, Ben Rosling, Alfie Saunters, Eve Spencer, Ossie Wookey, Matthew Brand,
Lyra Cookson, Elizabeth Staley, Cathryn Garner, Mary Woodfear.

Yellow Badge: Oliver Fakhoury, James Furnival, Oliver Harrison, William Staley, Freya Starr, Matthew

Biddle, Rosie Burrows, Finlay Gibbon Brooks, Saffron Andrew, Harrison Bardrick, Ella Carr Taylor, Adam Chowdhury,
Joseph Cook, Olivia Cox, James Gardiner, Daniel Glass, Sapphire Hennessy-Grant, Phoebe Mathews, George McGee,
Nancy McInnes, Barney Mitchell, Tise Palmer, Betsy Parsons, Joseph Patel, Austin Restell, Freddie Saunders,
Benedict Simpson-Alexander, Jake Stanley, Ryan Thomson, Ellison Venter-Rathbone, Chantalle Welsh, Isabella
Willard, Stanley Willard, Isobel Zaltzman, Lucinda Barber, James Bourne, Emma Curl, Natalia Ramus, Xander
Samuel, Tallulah Stichbury, Lucy Bate, Bert Burrows, Toby Coomber, Julia Malcolm, Harry Manning, Ameya Sangle,
Henry Sheppard, Archie Wright.

Alicia passed her Polish exam which was a In Year 2 Science we have been discussing
combination of Polish, English, Maths and ICT in seed dispersal. By re-enacting seeds falling from a tree, we
London at the weekend! discovered that seeds disperse from the trees and plants in
different ways. We found that seeds falling close to the tree shall
The teacher commentated that Alicia was die and seeds dispersed far from the tree will get enough sunlight
extremely fluent in Polish! and water to survive!

We used glitter 'germs' to show how they spread
from person to person... we must wash our hands!
We used white flowers and sat them in water
coloured with food dye, to prove in science that
flowers do need to drink water... and so do we!

In Forest School we went for a stream walk in the sunshine!
We discussed the way that a stream flows and Nik found a rock,
that shows the way the stream smooths everything in its path.
We may have got a little wet!

Year 1 having
fun with their

friends!

In 1D we have been looking at the life cycle of the butterfly and the frog. Here is some of our fantastic work, with
pictures and interesting facts about both creatures.

Matilda gave a very informative show First rehearsals for Pre-Prep’s Summer play... The Goblin Next Door.
and tell about the guinea pigs! Watch out for bad goblins!

We batted, we
bowled...
another fun
session!
Thanks to Mr
Peters, Justin,
Yodin, Ethan,
John and Tom/
Henry.

Reception have been busy this week: They can be seen Jack in RS and Leo with their Mum and Dad, including
here doing Sports skills with all of Reception & Pre- new baby sister Scarlet, who was born late last Friday
School.
night. Congratulations from all of Pre-Prep.
They've been writing messages in bottles this week after
receiving a letter from Captain Bones!

To end a busy week they’ve been practising typing their
ideas onto the computer.

Eliza made these beautiful
pine cone creations at break.

Nursery/Reception sports transition morning.

Having maintained their fascination with the fairy village in the woods, Foxes tackled making
fairy bread during their cookery session this week. This involved weighing ingredients and using
measuring spoons to add the right quantities. In Mathematics, the number aliens were decorated
with felt pen stamper marks to express the numerical value alongside them. Forest School was all
about making a class journey stick as a team activity.

This week the Kingfishers have been busy problem solving. We have been using scissors to cut out
different pictures that all follow a sequence. After cutting them out we then stuck them in the
correct order. We also explored estimation with our bee bot. We used our Beebot map and took
turns to try and get the bee bot to our chosen destination on the map by directing him with the
arrows on his back.

The Badgers have been exploring in the forest this week, by going on a memory walk. Here the
children were given some paper (divided into four sections) and a clipboard. We walked and
walked with our clipboards drawing memorable items along the way. We managed to spot some
flowers, fish, a ginormous tree and somehow a fairy...! We have also been getting creative in our
maths sessions, ordering beanstalks from biggest to smallest and even creating our own . This
brought on lots of role play from the children surrounding different fairy tales including Jack
and The Beanstalk and Snow White!

We have continued supporting the newer children this week by encouraging lots of group activities and
games. The children are forming wonderful friendship groups and are getting along really well with
each other.

This week in Robins we have been looking at the colour green, we made lovely green pictures for
the green display. We also enjoyed a lovely walk down to the duck pond and we saw lots of tadpoles
swimming around. The Robins also enjoyed cooking, we made yummy cheese swirls. It was lots of
fun rolling the dough and spreading the mixture out.

This week the Butterflies and Ducklings have had great fun painting a giant box, which we made into a
den using the rollers, paintbrushes and sponges. Then they enjoyed playing peekaboo and games inside
it.
The Butterflies enjoyed a trip down to the Jubilee garden to look at the vegetables growing and to
water the flowers.
Both rooms enjoyed making pizza which where delicious.
A big welcome to Rosie who started this week in Ducklings.

This week we have been talking about the farm and what we can find there. The children have
been making different animals using all sorts of materials. We have also been checking on the
Jubilee Garden and watering our seeds.