Newsletter Lent 8

CLAREMONT RATED OUTSTANDING IN ALL
SCHOOL AREAS BY OFSTED - 2016

Weekly Newsletter INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Prep News .................................2
Monday 13th March 2017 Lost Property ............................7

Claremont School GCSE Results 2016: 47% A*/A

Match Reports ..........................8

Dear Parent, Menu, Commendations,
Badges, House Points .............10
Last week was dominated by musical and speech and drama successes at
the Hastings Music Festival, culminating in a spectacular performance by our Pre-Prep News ..........................11
Chamber Choir. Cup after cup arrived in my office, accompanied by many first Nursery News ...........................13
places with honours, together with fantastic feedback from the judges about
our pupils’ musicality, comic timing and performance poise. We are enormously Boarding House News ............16
proud of all of our performers.

Mrs Smith (James 3P) and Mrs Peters from the East Sussex WEEK 10 Mon Hastings Festival: 14:15
Healthcare NHS Trust lead a highly informative and interactive presentation on Tues Dance Classes 15:15
oral health to Year 3, focusing on good oral care and exploring models of teeth; Mar 13 Wed and Singing 15:15
looking at good diets and bad diets for oral care; and why some people may have 14
difficulty swallowing. The workshop tied in with the current Science lesson fo- Thur Science Week 14:15
cus on the way in which sweet drinks damage teeth. We are very grateful to 15 Hastings Festival:
Mrs Smith and Mrs Peters for their informative and entertaining workshop. Dance Classes
16 and Singing
I am afraid that recently there have been several occasions when staff
have been walking the children over the crossing when a car has driven far too Year 6 Scholarship
quickly into the car park, narrowly missing the group. Please can you make sure Exams - Internal
that you observe a 5 mph speed limit on the school grounds? As I have said be- and External @
fore, nothing is so urgent that it is worth putting adults and vulnerable children CPS - Sport
at risk. Boys Hockey v
Ashford Prep:
And finally, a reminder that we will be fundraising for CHECT this Fri- Colts ABC&D (A)
day, where children are encouraged to wear silly glasses, blue mufti and bring in
£1 to donate to the Children’s Eye Cancer Trust. My thanks to Lyra Cookson, Netball v Gildredge
Henry Smalldon and Mrs Smalldon for their assembly on the important work of House: 1,2,3rd VII
the charity. The final week of term is Fundraising Week where all of the pupils (H)
are invited to come up with imaginative ideas for raising money.
Netball v Battle
Abbey: U11A&B
(A) @ Battle
Abbey Prep
School, Bexhill
Hockey v Ashford
Prep: U9A&B (A)

Happy Science Week! Hockey v Dulwich 14:15
Prep: U8A&B 14:15
Abra Stoakley Boys Hockey v
Marlborough
House/Rose Hill
U9 (Marlborough
House)

17 Fri Year 2 Trip, All Day
Penshurst Place
Armada Day
AtL grades
Crazy Glasses
CHECT
fundraising Day
Science Fair

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Claremont Prep and Nursery School

Ebdens Hill
Baldslow
St Leonards-on-Sea
East Sussex
TN37 7PW
Tel.: 01424 751555
Website: www.claremontschool.co.uk
General Enquiries:
[email protected]

Tickets for the Spring Soiree are on sale! Newsletter Editor:
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spent 3 days full of new learning and fun at la Maison Claremont
in Saint Omer. They were fascinated by La
Coupole and the planetarium. They spoke in
French to people in shops and restaurants and
enjoyed each other's company. Their behaviour

was excellent and they were a pleasure to take on the
trip. Tres bien, Year 7! Many thanks to Mr Wood for
driving the minibus and for helping Miss Compton and
Miss Burton to make the trip a success.

Freddie collected 3 awards at the annual East Sussex
Pony Club Prize giving last week: Best Mini
Tetrathlon, Best Mini Show Jumper and Fred and 3
other members won the best Mini Jumping Team for
their 4 double clears at Hickstead.
Fred has also competed over the last 5 months in the
winter pony club Triathlon League and won an overall
silver! Well done, Freddie, what an achievement.

Silver Winner: Arjun Kolani
Sam Webster, Louis Lewis, Abesa Sivaseelan, Tess
Rowland, Henry Smalldon, Heidi Mellon After 19 years in the offices,
on the courts and by the pool,
Bronze we bid farewell to Fiona Taylor.
Bert Burrows, Killian Kennedy, Thomas Samuel, Henry We wish her all the very best
Sheppard, Archie Wright, Harry Bridger, Cohen Luff, in her new venture and hope
Isabella Moloney, James Bourne, Igor Talbot, Tarran she’ll pop back and see us soon!

Barton-Dibble, Oscar Rushant, Cameron Luff, Rami
Amini-Asl, Liberty BransbyMiles, Isabella Cole,
Cameron Namvar, Tess Rowland, Max Woodfear,

Beatrice Crawford, Oliver Fakhoury, Elizabeth Kirby,
Toby Nicolle, James Smith, Thomas Willis, Ben Cole,

Ben Field, James Furnival, Alfie Hawkes, Isabella
Latuskie, Lilli Lewis.

Thank you to all of the pupils who helped
support the school during our two Open
Mornings.

Heathfield and Waldron Rugby Club under 12s were
crowned East Sussex Champions, winning matches against
East Grinstead, Uckfield and Crowborough. Well done
Xander and Elliot.

Claremont Prep Science Week will take place the week commencing 13 March. This exciting week will culminate
with a Science Fair on the morning of Friday 17 March. All pupils in Y3-8 are invited to take part. There is an entry
fee of £1 per pupil. Fair entries can be completed either be independently or in pairs. Pupils should think of
a Science question they would like answered, investigate the answer at home and then be prepared to present their
findings to the rest of the school. In the past, pupils have presented their work as models, films, songs and
posters. This is always a fun, energy filled event, demonstrating the imagination and ingenuity of our pupils. Pupils
should complete the entry form that is in their form rooms. Parents are invited to attend the fair which will take place
in the O'Byrne Theatre from 10am -11am.

Claremont Brass Ensemble topped off a very successful

afternoon at the Hastings Please do send a write up and photos of
Festival on Tuesday by taking your children’s achievements to the
home the Junior Brass Band Newsletter Editor:
trophy. Individual performances were all notable with the [email protected] so
Brass players demonstrating their ever growing confidence we can congratulate the children. Thank
and technical prowess on their instruments. Finlay G-B was

first in his class with Charlie W second. James G came

second and Julia M third in another close call and Alfie S Galina goes from strength to strength. At
played his Prelude by Charpentier into a well-deserved second the Hastings Festival, she achieved the
place amidst stiff competition. Well done to all and a big thank highest mark for a solo woodwind/recorder
you to Mr Mitchell for inspiring the boys and girls to play well performance (joint highest with the recorder
and work hard. Well done. ensemble) for her clarinet recital (any age)

which was awarded with honours with some

amazing comments from the adjudicator. She

was also awarded the woodwind bronze medal

(under 16).

It is incredible to think
this time last year she
hadn't even taken her
grade 2 and today her
recital consisted of
grade 5 and 6 pieces
and playing in classes
for children much older
than her. She is very
pleased her hard work
paid off. Well done,
Galina.

have been Rufus, 5H enjoying his extra
making Faberge French work from Linguascope
Eggs to hang on a tree. These free app on his iPad.
pictures are of them painting them
and the finished product.

Many thanks to our enthusiastic French learners: Ania, Tim,
Amaya, Emma, Joseph and Lucas for volunteering to come to
school on Saturday Open Morning. They had fun putting
together and acting out a sketch in French using food and
drink vocabulary. Merci beaucoup!

Enjoying a visit from the Dentist!

Harry Manning - Claremont woolly hat
Tarran Barton-Dibble - Claremont woolly hat + Cherokee 4-8 yrs
white and pink thinsulate gloves
Harvey Wheeler - Navy v neck 11-12 years jumper
Sapphire Hennessy-Grant - Claremont tracksuit top
Tilly Pilkington - Sondico white shin pad (X1)
Lorenzo Long – Navy woolly hat
Venter Rathbone – Stormstuff navy raincoat
Heidi Mellon – School tracksuit top + mouth guard
Ben Field – Navy rucksack with books in!
Chloe Wilson – Black and green Healthfield & Waldron Rugby Football Club bag
Ned Perrin – Tracksuit bottoms
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

Netball

Week 9 was Inter House Week at Claremont for the Prep Girls The challenges of Inter House
U11 Inter House
Netball!
The U11 competition was run on a 'versatility' Netball format with each

girl changing positions and experiencing play in both defensive and attacking

positions. Every girl also had the opportunity to shoot and score goals for

their team, providing a real all-round team experience. As with any great

competition, the result came down to the very last game between Corinth and

Sparta, with Sparta winning by the narrowest of margins.

Final result

Sparta 23 points

Corinth 21 points

Athens 11 points

U13 Inter
House
1st Athens
2nd Corinth
3rd Sparta
Athens 9 - 6
Corinth
Sparta 7 - 8 Corinth
Athens 10 - 2 Sparta
All the girls played fantastically. It was good to see them using their new centre pass and backline routine,
which we have been practising in lessons this week. Beautiful play, top job everyone. Miss Compton.

Cross Country

A few of our runners from Year 3-6 went over to the annual Ashford Prep School Cross Country. Each school
could enter up to 12 runners, boys and girls combined in each race. Here are some of the standout
performances from the afternoon. In Year 3 - Emil V-R and Ben C finished 10th and 11th respectively out of
60 runners. In the Year 4 race, Orlando S came 11th, Henry S 17th, Max W 20th and Harvey W 21st out of 58
races. Javier G was our first placed runner in 16th, Eddie C-T 18th in the Year 5 races. Finally the Year 6
runners saw our highest placed finishes of the afternoon with Ellison V-R 6th, Luca de O 7th, Barney M 19th
and Charlie G 20th. Well done to all our runners who competed very well all
afternoon.

Cross Country

Hockey

The girls put up a tough fight against Vinehall. Vinehall came out as
overall winners, however, sterling performances from Amy-Lou
helped keep Claremont in the game until the final whistle. Claremont
took a lot away from the game despite it being a defeat, as the girls
started to grasp the concept of positioning themselves
appropriately, when attacking, as plenty of chances were created.

The Y3 and Y4 girls of Athens, Corinth and Sparta combined to
battle it out for the honour to become Inter House Hockey
Champions of 2017. Each house fielded two teams to play in
their own draw and the results combined to find the overall
winners.
The progress that the girls have made this year has been
impressive and it was great to see the Y3 girls hold their own
against their older opposition.

Final result
Athens 30 points
Sparta 20 points
Corinth 14 points

POM
Athens - Summer and Dora
Sparta - Tess and Sarah

Corinth - Amy-Lou and Izzy P

Lent Term Menu

Meat option Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Vegetarian Chicken Pasta Bake Savoury Mince served Roast Gammon served Hungarian Beef Goulash Fish fingers or Battered Cod
option served with mixed with New Potatoes, with Roast potatoes, Served with Basmati Rice served with Crispy chunky
Yorkshire puddings, chips, peas and baked beans
vegetables peas and sweetcorn green beans, carrots and and baton carrots
gravy
Vegetable Pasta Bake Savoury Quorn Mince Hungarian Vegetable stew Vegetable fingers or
served with mixed served with New Quorn Roast served with served with Basmati rice and Vegetable burgers served
vegetables Roast potatoes, green with Crispy Chunky Chips,
Potatoes, Yorkshire baton carrots
puddings, peas and beans, carrots and gravy peas and baked beans

Sides/extras Jacket potato sweetcorn Jacket potato Jacket potato Jacket potato
Pudding and and and and
Jacket potato
Salad bar and Salad bar Salad bar Salad bar
Rice pudding and
Mixed Yoghurts Salad bar Strawberry jam Rhubarb crumble and Chocolate Brownies
or custard
Vanilla Sponge with a or or or
Selection of fresh fruit sweet crusty coconut Selection of fresh fruit Selection of fresh fruit
Selection of fresh fruit
topping
or

Selection of fresh fruit

Beatrice Crawford, Freddie Saunders, Galina Baxter, Elizabeth Kirby, Elliot Wilson, Hector Wright, Lyra Cookson, Kieren
Morris Abberley, Esme Perrin, Frank Taylor, Beatrice Ackerley.

Chanel Amirazody, Teddy Booth, Jasper Bowyer, Reuben Cockerill, Emma Curl, Reuben Dickie, Cathryn Garner, Max Giddins, Amaya

Gomez, Harry Manning, Ania Muntean, Toby Nicolle, Jacob Ray, Thomas Samuel, Amba Sharma, Benedict Simpson-Alexander, Amelie

Spurway-Bishop, Samuel Webster, Tippi Willard, Tarran Barton-Dibble, Eddie Carr Taylor, Amelia Coomber, Toby Coomber, Marysia

Dickinson, Thomas Field, Killian Kennedy, Timothy Liu, George McGee, Heidi Mellon, Betsy Parsons, Natalia Ramus, Abesa Sivaseelan,

Jake Stanley, Erin Winter, Mary Woodfear, Max Wookey, Archie Wright, Lucy Bate, James Bourne, Teddy Bridger, Harry Bridger,

Bert Burrows, Daisy Clarke, Woody Eriksson, James A Gardiner, Arjun Kolani, Louis Lewis, Julia Malcolm, Daniel Morris, Emma Patel,

Joseph Patel, Austin Restell, Tess Rowland, Ameya Sangle, Alfie Saunters, Henry Sheppard, Henry Smalldon, Elizabeth Staley,

Tallulah Stichbury, Henry Strevens, Ellison Venter-Rathbone, Paddy White.

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

Sparta: 659 Corinth: 4600

Corinth: 632 Sparta: 4227

Athens: 613 Athens: 4016

Gold Badge: Ania Muntean.

Silver Badge: Tarran Barton-Dibble, Mary Woodfear.

Bronze Badge: Galina Baxter, Thomas Field, Betsy Parsons, Cathryn Garner, Ameya Sangle.

Red Badge: Tess Rowland, Lucas De Oliveira, Benedict Simpson-Alexander, Jake Stanley,

Toby Coomber, Tim Liu, Thomas Samuel, Amba Sharma, Sam Webster.

Green Badge: Teddy Bridger, James Furnival, Oliver Harrison, Elizabeth Morley, Toby

Nicolle, Esme Perrin, Josh Langham-Underdown, Cameron Namvar, Theo Davies, Ciaran Day, Adam
Chowdhury, Kieren Morris Abberley, Emma Curl, James Day, Ned Perrin, Amelie Spurway-Bishop,
Rachel Waters, Joe White, Elliot Wilson, Amelia Butterworth, Amelia Coomber, Henry Sheppard,
Henry Strevens, Max Wookey.

Yellow Badge: Tabitha Lowe, Heidi Mellon, Matilda Pilkington, James Bourne, Max Giddins,

Oliver McInnes, Patrick Richardson, Igor Talbot, Paddy White, James A Gardiner, Isabella Turner.

Reception found a fairy trail in the woods and enjoyed listening to the music in the
music from the fairy party tree or the mutterings in the fairy workers tree! We then have made magic wands and left

them by the fairy firs hoping they will sprinkle some magic on them!

Year Two are studying habitats. They went to the woods to search for habitats and link them to the food chain
surrounding it. Joshua found evidence of bats. We also found rabbits, foxes, birds and Leo talked keenly about mini
beasts and how they are important … and form a micro habitat themselves.

We used playdoh to make our 'un' prefix!

went on a spectacular science trip last week, to the Herstmonceux Science Centre. The children
enjoyed exploring, playing and discovering all things in science and space. We all had a fantastic time!

A big thank you goes to Mrs Chessell, Mr Edwards, Miss West and Miss Buckingham who helped with the trip.

This week in the Kingfishers we have been talking all about
Spring! The children wanted to make their own spring
flowers using tissue paper and pipe cleaners to take home.
On Tuesday we decided to go on the hunt around the woods
to see if we could spot different signs of Spring. The
children enjoyed pointing out the different flowers and
exploring the woods.

This week we have enjoyed some of the glorious sunshine,
by taking our learning outside! One afternoon we went to
the 'Harry Potter Tree' and explored the concept of
adding one to a number. The children represented this
problem using sticks and pinecones, this also reinforced
our counting skills. To aid us in our numeral recognition we
have also been decorating ladybirds with spots, according
to a numeral chosen at random by the children.

On top of this, we have had a trip to the Adventure
Playground, the children loved this, exploring their
surroundings and gaining confidence climbing over and
under the apparatus!

This week the Hedgehogs have been expressing themselves through mark making. We have been searching
for numbers in the sand, making patterns in the play dough and have been drawing on the white boards.

This week in Robins we have been super busy down on Robins Farm. We have been having lots of fun with
tractor rolling; we rolled it in different coloured paint which made lots of lovely patterns, we also had fun
jumping in paint with our wellie boots on, making lots of patterns. We also made yummy piggy cakes, which
was loads of fun mixing and decorating.

This week the Ducklings and Butterflies have been busy starting their theme on Spring by painting
beautiful pictures of daffodils for our display board. Both rooms then went on to make their own
daffodils out of tubes, card and paint which look lovely on our Spring Interest table for all to see.
The babies made the most of the lovely weather this week and went for a walk where they enjoyed
looking, touching and smelling the different kinds of Spring flowers in the school grounds.

This week the Squirrels have been busy planting their sunflower seeds. The children cannot wait
to see them grow.
On Wednesday, we flew to the moon during music and movement time: lok at them walking on the
moon in their best costumes!

It’s been a great term in the boarding house filled with many exciting activities. We have said goodbyes to
Jonathan Sommer, Yann Schiller and said hello to Robert Yu.

Maja Matyja, Canelle
Veschambre and Carol Zhou
have recently celebrated their
birthdays, Maja, our head girl,
turned 18. Carol is not a big fan
of chocolate cakes, so she was
rewarded with chicken nugget
cake!

We also looking forward to Everyone is looking forward
start Summer Term with to a nice and well-deserved
thrilling events and welcoming Easter break, with hopes to
new students to our boarding catch up with families and

house. friends back at home.