Newsletter 7th May 2018

CLAREMONT RATED OUTSTANDING IN ALL
SCHOOL AREAS BY OFSTED - 2016

Weekly Newsletter INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Monday 7th May 2018 Prep News ............................. 2

Claremont School Mathletics ………………… 3
GCSE Results 2017: 31% A*/A
A Level Results 2017: 34% A*/A Match reports……………...4

Menu .................................... 5
Commendations

House Points…………….. 6
Pre-Prep News ........................ 7
Nursery News ......................... 9

Dear Parent, WEEK 4+5

Our pupils were so lucky to have Colin and Michael Pritchard visit us last May 8 Tues Swimming Gala v 16:30-
week. They vividly recounted their experiences at Claremont during the war and in its Bethany & Cranbrook 17:45
aftermath. We were shown what a week’s rations looked like (Colin and Michael were School - Years 7 & 8 17:00
very impressed that the Claremont cooks managed to be so creative with limited re- 14:00-
sources). Michael spoke movingly about his experience of VE Day. The pupils were Believe in You - 17:00
given a holiday and celebrated by lighting counselling drop-in 14:00-
a bonfire and baking a potato in it. Mi- session 17:00
chael said, “Mine was a bit raw on one 14:15
side, and charred black on the other, but 9 Wed U11 Cricket Festival
I have never, ever tasted such a wonder- 14:30
ful baked potato”. An odd-job man named Claremont U11 Girls
“Cookie” guided the boys (Claremont was Cricket Festival (h) 14:15
a single-sex school at this time) in com-
munity singing around the fire. Cricket v Bede's. 1st XI, 17:15-
2nd XI, Colts C (A). 18:15
Colin and Michael Pritchard also Colts A&B (H) 17:00-
recounted the story of when the Princess 18:00
Elizabeth visited the school (pictured at Girls Cricket v Sutton 10:20-
Claremont). She was on her way to Has- Valence: U13AB (a) on 11:00
tings, but the Mayor wanted her to arrive grass, U12AB (a) on 14:30
in his car and Claremont was chosen as a astro
staging post. Princess Elizabeth enjoyed a 14:15
short tour of the school before continu- 10 Thur 7Al leaving for la 14:30
ing her journey. Our visitors really made Maison Claremont in
history come alive with their detailed,
and often poignant, memories of their Saint Omer
time at Claremont.
Cricket v St Andrew's.
Their visit came at an opportune U9A, U9B, U8 (H)
time for our Year 6 pupils, who have been
studying World War II this term. They Girls Cricket v Dulwich
are looking forward to our forthcoming Prep (h)
trip to London, which takes us on an ex-
tensive journey visiting well-known land- 11 Fri Open Day
marks, such as Smithfield Market and St 14 Mon
Paul’s Cathedral, as we learn about how Swimming Gala v Battle
London coped with the Blitz. It is going to be a fascinating day which will allow the Abbey - Years 7 & 8
children to gain real insight into life in the capital during World War II.
15 Tues Swimming Gala v
The Year 4s enjoyed the sunshine during their own trip to Windmill Hill last Dulwich - Years 5 &
week. Challenging themselves and overcoming their fears, it was a thoroughly enjoya- 6
ble day which took in the zip wire, tunnelling, archery and high swing. The staff at
the centre praised our pupils for their willingness and energy – as well as their excel- Wed Year 8 CE French
lent manners. Listening exam: 10.20-
11.00am
After the stunning weather over the Bank Holiday weekend, we are hoping
for sunny Open Mornings at the end of the week. Our thanks, as ever, to all of the Girls Cricket v St
pupils who are taking part. Ronans: U13ABCD (h),
U11ABC (a)
Abra Stoakley
Thur Year 8 CE French
Please can pupils bring in a hat, sun-cream and a water bottle to school. Speaking Exam

London Blitz Walking
Tour

Cricket v St Ronan's.
U9A (A) U9B, U8 (H)

Girls Cricket v Bedes
Prep: U9A & U8A (H)

Girls Cricket v
Bricklehurst: U9/8 (H)

AtL grades Years 3-8

Well done Nancy!

Nancy did a great job in her dance and LAMDA speech & drama exams got a distinction
in both "Miming Entry Level - Solo" and "Speaking Verse and Prose Grade 2". Also a
merit in Grade 1 Tap.

Open Day

Friday 11th & Saturday 12th May 2018

9:30—1pm

Mathletics

Bronze Silver gold
Winners Winners Winners

Paddy White Dylan Kist James Smith
Georgia Tipping Toby Nicolle

Reuben Booth
Eddie Carr Taylor
Abesa Sivaseelan

Darci Bailey
Tess Rowland

Isabella Latuskie
Emilia Willis
Katy Tipping

Yagiz Velidedeoglu
Thomas Willis
Miles Nicholls
Ella Smith
James Rowland

Athiethan Ilavalagan

Swimming Gala Yrs 4, 5, & 6

Claremont 199 - 149 Scared Heart

Our first gala of the term against Sacred Heart and we swam fantastically well. We swam Year 3 swimmers in Year 4
races and Year 4 swimmers up in Year 5 races. We were pretty much stronger in most races but still the races were
competitive throughout. We won the majority of the relays and it was great to see so many of our swimmers doing as
many strokes as possible. The atmosphere was great throughout and all the swimmers handled the occasion really well
having that some from both schools were competing in there very first gala. A breakdown of the results are below:

CL SH

Yr 4 Girls 36 22

Yr 4 Boys 33 25

Yr 5 Girls 32 26

Yr 5 Boys 24 34

Yr 6 Girls 37 21

Yr 6 Boys 37 21

Swimming Gala - Yrs 7 & 8

Claremont 138 - 138 Dulwich

This was a really exciting gala. We gave a fantastic account of ourselves where we more than competed in every
stroke. We were missing a couple of swimmers and a couple of our Year 7's swam up in the Year 8 races. Our Year 7
boys again carry on this fantastic effort of being undefeated on all relays for the past 3 years! Our Year 7 girls have
displayed a great team bond where they are swimming at a consistency high standard. The Year 8 girls winning both
there relays was another highlight. Finally the Year 8 boys who have some strong swimmers and a couple just have to
realise they have great potential. A breakdown of the scores are below:

CL DP

Year 7 Girls 37 28

Year 7 Boys 37 28

Year 8 Girls 33 41

Year 8 Boys 31 41

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Main Beef Lasagne Chicken korma Roast turkey Beef winter Fish fingers or
Course Quorn Lasagne with basmati rice served with roast stew with breaded cod
served with
Sweet potato potatoes and mashed potato chunky chips
korma gravy
Winter Veggie fingers
Quorn Roast vegetable stew or veggie
nuggets

Vegetable Green beans Cauliflower and Carrot batons and Sweetcorn and Garden peas
Selection Salad bar broccoli savoy cabbage green beans and baked beans

Salad bar Salad bar Salad bar Salad bar

Dessert Fruit cocktail with Rice pudding with Lemon drizzle Strawberry Chocolate
Chantilly cream jam mousse brownies with
Selection of fresh
Selection of fresh Selection of fresh fruit Selection of fresh cream
fruit fruit fruit
Selection of
fresh fruit

Amelia Barrett, Olive Dickie, Daniel Hayes, Ania Muntean, Alicia Wieczerzak, James Smith.

Saffron Andrew, Diya Binodh, Emma Curl, James Day, Ava Edwards. Samuel Kemp, Amelia McCarthy, Ania Muntean, Toby Nicolle,
George Owen, Maddie Ritchie, Ella Smith , Scarlett Van Eyssen, Rachel Waters, Isabella Willard, Tami Akindele, Rami Amini-Asl,
Henry Barcroft, Ella Carr-Taylor, Joseph Corrigan, Amarisa Ghattas, Lilirose Hancock, Nancy McInnes, Oliver McInnes, Miles
Nicholls, Betsy Parsons, Natalia Ramus, Elliot Wilson,

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

Sparta: 1636 Corinth: 542
Athens: 1668 Athens: 653
Corinth: 1753 Sparta: 584

Yellow Badge

Honor Cassleton Elliott, Olive Dickie, Ava Edwards, Amarisa Ghattas, Athie Ilavalagan, Nikolas Kirby, Miles
Nicholls, Lucas Patel, Reuben Randall-Smith, James Rowland, Stanley Yeats, Jia Jing You, Eva Cook, James
Furnival, Toby Nicolle, William Staley, Ethan White, Darci Bailey, Aubrey Cassleton Elliott, Isabelle Cole, Ar-
thur Ford, Aboorva Ilavalagan, Tabitha Lowe, Harvey Wheeler, Max Woodfear, Amelia Barrett, Galina Baxter,
Matthew Biddle, Eddie Carr Taylor, Amelia McCarthy, Emma Patel, Charlie Willard, Saffron Andrew, Henry
Barcroft, Eadie Bridger, Sam Corrigan, Lucas De Oliveira, Daniel Hayes, Mithu Ilavalagan, Dylan Kist, Imogen
Laurense, Betsy Parsons, Austin Restell, Eve Spencer, Ossie Wookey, Tami Akindele, Emma Curl, James Day,
Oliver McInnes, George Owen, Natalia Ramus, Tallulah Stichbury, Rachel Waters.

Green Badge

Arjuna Kolani, Abesa Sivaseelan, Joe Corrigan, Ania Muntean, Isabella Willard, Lyra Cookson, Elizabeth
Staley.

A beautiful butterfly took a seat
on Eliza’s sleeve and said hello!

Freddie was the only un- Penny C 2B was awarded
der 7 on his team and yes- the Excellent Conduct
terday they won team of Badge for this week. Well
the year. done Penny!
He plays for Parson Move

Year 2 have been inspired by the Ancient Egyp-
tians. We even have The Bin of Tutankhamun!

Iona got the conduct badge in 2f for always
showing good manners and waiting her turn
patiently!

Year 1 Forest School—We built structures using sticks and string. Teamwork was very important! It
was lovely being by the lake listening the birds sing!

Ducklings &

Butterflies

This week the Ducklings and Butterflies have enjoyed planting their sunflowers, bulbs and bedding plants. Both
rooms have also been busy vegetable printing and playing with the pasta play with their friends in Robins.

Robins

This week in Robins we have been exploring the colour blue. We have been doing blue car rolling and
sticking of different materials and practising our pencil control with the blue felt tip pens. At circle
time we loved joining in with old McDonald with the puppets. We all joined in with a lot of the actions to
the wheels on the bus and baa black sheep. We have also helped the Butterflies and Ducklings put some
of our new plants into pots for our garden.

Hedgehogs

This week we have been looking at the changing weather. We have enjoyed indoor activities, working
together to build towers and creating art work for the display board. When the weather brightened we
continued the build our towers outside.

Badgers & Foxes

This week we have had fun making finger painting
snail patterns. We did stream splashing in Forest
School and followed animal tracks that we found in
the mud and made obstacle courses outside in the
sunshine.

Squirrels

This week, the children started looking at bugs and have used them for paint printing. They talked
about the different patterns that different bugs made and loved the way the colours mixed together!
The squirrels spent lots of time playing with the small world and building houses with the bricks. We
also enjoyed using the instruments to create different animal sounds; for example, if we were being a
loud lion, we shook our instruments as loud as we could! Finally, the children loved the dressing up…
they pretended to be police people, doctors, nurses and even rock stars!

Kingfishers

This week we have been encouraging the children to be independ-
ent and had a fun afternoon down at the adventure playground.
The children have also been preparing their own food, and cutting
up fruit at snack time. The children have gained a good under-
standing of which foods are healthy and which we should limit.