Newsletter Summer 1

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Weekly Newsletter INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Prep News .................................2
Monday 24th April 2017

Claremont School GCSE Results 2016: Match Reports ..........................6
47% A*/A Menu, Commendations,
Badges, House Points ..............7

Pre-Prep News...........................8
Nursery News ...........................12

Boarding House News .............15

Dear Parent,

A very warm welcome back to all of our pupils, parents and staff. It WEEK 2 Mon Year 8 Mock
was a gloriously sunny day on Tuesday morning, which seemed to reflect the Exams
mood of our children as they cheerfully began the new term. It hardly seems April 24
possibly that we are only ten weeks away from the summer holidays and we are
all looking forward to a busy and enjoyable term.

Some of our pupils enjoyed particularly successful Easter holidays. We 25 Tues Year 8 Mock 14:15
are proud of the pupils who took part in the Opera South East performances of 26 Wed Exams 14:30
The Magic Flute: the singing spirits who were Galina Baxter, Alfie Saunters and
Anna Irvine-Capel and the chorus comprised of Lulu Payne, Lucinda Barber, 27 Thur Year 8 Mock
Sapphire Hennessy-Grant and Lucas De Oliveira. The feedback was incredibly Exams
positive, with the pupils being praised for behaving "immaculately" and per- Cricket v St
forming "with skill, energy and intelligence". The beautiful masks were also Ronan’s:1st XI,
much admired. Elsewhere, the Claremont Equestrian Team, formed of Lilli and Colts A, Colts D
Louis Lewis, Beatrice Crawford and Amy-Lou Hammond, enjoyed an emphatic (H) 2nd XI, Colts
win at the NSEA competition at Duckhurst, in the Grassroots 40cm class. B, Colts C (A)
Girls Cricket v
Of further note is Arjun Kolani (Year 5), who won the Under 11 and Un- Gildredge House:
der 13 Boys Singles title at the Hastings Junior Badminton Tournament and the U13 ABC (A) Girls
Under 10 and Under 11 Maidenhead Junior Chess Congress during the holidays. Cricket. Cricket v
I have just been informed that, following a selection process in Liverpool last Battle Abbey: U11
weekend, Arjun has been invited to join the England National Chess Junior x2 (H) Girls Cricket
Squad. It is an enormous achievement, and we are very proud of all our pupils' v Bricklehurst: U11
successes. x2 (H)

Cricket v 14:30
Marlborough
House U9 A (H) 14:30
U9 B (A) 18:00
Rounders v
Vinehall: U9, U8 &
U9/8 (H)
Pre-Prep/Nursery
twilight INSET

It is an inescapable fact that all children in the Prep School will have 28 Fri
examinations this term; indeed, the Year 8s are sitting mock exams this week.
This is the time for your child to ensure that they have complete notes in the
relevant subjects, particularly if they have missed school through illness. If
you are in any doubt, please speak to your child's form tutor.

Abra Stoakley Contact Us
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Weren’t we lucky with the weather and the children had a wonderful
time too, as can be seen in these photos. I think some of the staff found it exhausting!

Rachel Waters
baked a special
Tarte Tatin for our
first lesson back to
school and taught
the rest of the
Year 7 class some
new vocabulary
related to French
cooking. Merci,
Rachel!

A reminder to pupils in 6C and 6E
that their independent research
about the Gospel writers should have
been 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.

On behalf of all of my colleagues at the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust, I want to thank everyone
at Claremont for your involvement in Crazy Glasses/Wear Blue Day on Friday 17th March. I
collected the money raised during the Easter holidays, and you raised a superb £233. Sarah
Cookson very generously topped up the final total to £250.

We were delighted by how much the children got involved in designing and wearing their Crazy
Glasses, and if it has helped them to understand a little about the challenges faced by children
with retinoblastoma and resulting visual impairment then that's absolutely terrific.

A certificate is en route to Claremont, and Lyra will be getting her own personal one for coming
up with the idea in the first place and supporting the charity so well.

Thanks so much again for supporting CHECT. Mrs Smalldon.

Year 8 Exams Mock 2

P1 Monday 24th April Tuesday 25th April Wednesday 26th April Silver - Harry Bridger, Bert
P2 Burrows, Killian Kennedy, James
Biology Chemistry Geography Bourne, Tarran Barton-Dibble,
P3 (40mins) (40mins) (1hr) Oscar Rushant, Diya Binodh, Darci
Break (SE/CA) (SE/CA)
(JB/CHP) Bailey, Alfie Hawkes.
P4 Maths1 Maths2 (DS/MH) Bronze -Henry Sheppard, Archie
P5 (1hr) (1hr) Wright, Tami Akindele, Matthew
Physics Brand, Lyra Cookson, James Day,
(SE/CA) (SE/CA) (40 mins) Lizzie Staley, Tallulah Stichbury,
(DSl/CHP) (JB/CHP) (DS/MH) Igor Talbot, Rachel Waters, Joe

Break Break Break White, Olivia Hazlewood, Isabella
Moloney, Natalia Ramus, Xander
History French Reading and RE
(1hr) Writing (1 hr) (60 mins) Samuel, Frank Taylor, James
(SE/CA) (JA/DS) Gardiner, Ania Muntean (3),
(SE/CA) Tarran Barton-Dibble, Stanley
Willard (2) Ossie Wookey, Charlie
Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
P6 English English Games Willard, Diya Binodh, Emma Patel,
(1hr 15) (1hr 15) Oscar Rushant, Abeesa
P7 (DS/MH) (DS/JA)
P8 Silvaseelan (2), Darci Bailey (3),
P9 Games Games Teddy Booth, Anna Bourne (2),
Liberty BransbyMiles(2), Isabelle
Venue of exams: Before break and after lunch - O’Byrne. Cole, Cameron Namvar (2) Isabelle
Periods 4 and 5 History Room (8F) and Library (8S) Porter, Tess Rowland (4) Henry

Smalldon, Dora Glass, Elizabeth
Kirby, Thomas Willis (2), Esme
Boussaid, Ben Cole, Ben Field (2),
Oliver Harrison, Alfie Hawkes,
Emily Kynvin, Isabella Latuskie.

Crowhurst Park Summer junior outdoor training is due to start on Friday 28th April at The Walcott Ground,
Crowhurst Park Cricket Club. Look out for other announcements as the 2017 season gets underway.

Congratulations to all our students The dedicated children in Claremont
who took part in the Hastings equestrian team again have done
Musical Festival 2017 We
are proud of everyone extremely well in the inter
who entered. Special school horse riding
mention to Georgia in 7A Grassroots completion over
who was unfortunately the Easter holidays. Lilli L,
missed off the list of 1st Louis L, Beatrice C and Amy-
places for the Hastings Lou H have again come First
Musical Festival in the in the 40 cms team
last newsletter. event. Charles C did an
amazing individual two
Georgia was awarded the rounds unfortunately not
Doreen Carter Cup for placed but should be very
Singing Solo Age 12. proud of himself. They all
looked very smart in their
Well done, Georgia. Claremont sports kit and did
the school proud with their
beautifully turned out
ponies.

And Congratulations to xx

Arjun won the Under 11 and U13 Boys Singles
title at the Hastings Junior Badminton
Tournament. He also came second in the Under 13
Doubles section. Wow!

Synopsis of The Magic Flute, by Galina.
Act one:
Tamino, a prince, is alone in the woods when suddenly, a
deadly serpent tries to attack him. He faints but is
saved by three ladies who are the of the Queen of the
Night’s workers. Tamino wakes up and hears someone
coming: it's Papageno, a bird catcher. Tamino assumes
that it was Papageno who saved him, and the two
become friends.
The three ladies return and explain they saved Tamino
not Papageno and they give him a picture of Pamina, the
Queen of the Night's daughter. Tamino falls in love with
the portrait, but is told that Pamina has been kidnapped
by Sarastro, a high priest. Tamino vows to rescue
Pamina. Once the Queen heard what Tamino had said
she arrives and offers Tamino her daughter's hand in
marriage if he is successful in rescuing her. For their
mission Tamino is given a magic flute and Papageno is given a set of magic bells.

Tamino and Papageno are led to Sarastro's temple by three spirits (Anna, Alfie and I play the three spirits!). Papageno
finds Pamina and he reassures her that she will soon be rescued. Tamino sneaks into the temple and goes in search of
Papageno and Pamina. They all run into Sarastro and his followers. It turns out Sarastro is kind and wise, and he

insists that Tamino must undergo a series of tests to prove himself worthy of Pamina.

Act two:
With the series of tests about to begin, Sarastro explains that he kidnapped Pamina
from her evil mother, the Queen of the Night, because Tamino and Pamina are meant to
be together. Papageno is also promised a wife if he successfully completes the tasks. In
preparation, they must remain silent so Tamino and Papageno are not allowed to speak.

In our production the magic Meanwhile, The Queen appears before Pamina and tries to
bells were glitter balls! convince her to kill Sarastro. The Queen sings her famous
aria, "Der Hölle Rache", which translates as "A hellish rage
burns in my heart."

Tamino and Pamina meet again, but because he is not allowed to

speak, Pamina fears Tamino no longer loves her. The three spirits

(Anna, Alfie and I) reassure Pamina that Tamino does love her.

Tamino declares he is ready to be tested, he faces the tasks of This is Sarastro, as the
water and fire; with the help of the magic flute he is successful. mad science teacher!
Papageno, meanwhile, plays his magic bells and his future wife,

Papagena, appears. He is filled with joy. Papageno and Papagena sing

This is the Queen of Night their signature duet, Allegro: "Pa- pa- pa- ...".
singing her aria, she has

the knife in her hand to The Queen of the Night is angry with everyone's love and success; she returns to destroy

give to Pamina to use to the temple ... but she is sent to hell.
kill Sarastro.
In Opera South East’s version, it is set in a school where the Queen of the Night is the

head teacher and Sarastro is the crazy science teacher, the chorus are meant to be

teachers too there are children that play children and animals, they are non-singing but acting parts and they are on

stage the whole time helping with the production. As part of the set they use large boxes

to spell things out – like nature, wisdom and reason which are lyrics from one of Tamino’s

arias.

Sitzprobe Papageno and Papagena
On Monday 3rd April Anna Alfie and I went to a sitzprobe which means seated rehearsal. A singing their duet.
sitzprobe is when we sang our pieces with the orchestra for the first time! It was very
different to doing it with the piano because certain instruments are playing your part, in
our second piece I have to listen to the violas, Alfie has to listen to the cellos and Anna is

listening to the violins as we are singing in a three-part
harmony.

Tech Run

On Tuesday 4th April, we had a tech run which is when we did a full run through for the
first time on the stage in costume but it was just with the piano not with the full
orchestra, we stopped and started a bit because we were doing it mostly to check that
everything will run smoothly because the other children (the squad!) are using boxes to
spell things out so we needed to check that the words were spelt correctly. We also
needed to check all the lighting was right it was also a good time for us to practice

It was also a good time for the stage management to work out how long they had for some scene changes, they also
had to check the props were on the right side of the stage and the chorus had to work out where their positions were.

Dress runs
We had two dress runs. A dress run is when you do a full run with the orchestra, in costume
and no stopping and starting, it is treated like a performance but with no audience. On the first
dress run the opera singer who played the role of Papageno was at an audition so we had
someone who stood in for him but he didn’t wear the costume. The dress runs are a good place
to sort out any mistakes or problems before the performance.
Our costumes were rags and mortar board hats.

The Performances
The performances went very well. The audiences were quite big.
On the second night before the show we had a pre-show talk with
the audience when they could ask questions. A few of the other
children, Anna, Alfie, Miss Ashton who played Pamina and myself
were there. Also on the second night it was being filmed to make
into a DVD. I am very pleased with how we performed. My
favourite scene is when Pamina came on and we got to steal the
knife from her as she was about to stab herself. I am looking
forward to continuing with my singing as I am starting singing
lessons and I hope that I will perform in more operas in the
future. We got some photos with some of the principals such as
Papagena, Papageno, Tamino, Pamina and one of the three ladies.

With James, who played
Papageno.

With Marina, who played Papagena.
She is wearing feathered eyelashes!

With Julia, one of the 3
Ladies, she was also the
set and costume.designer.

With Mark, who With Miss Ashton,
played Tamino. our singing teacher,
who played Pamina.

Huge congratulations to Alfie, Galina and Anna as the Spirits and Lulu, Lucy,
Sapphire and Lucas as the Squad for working on this wonderful production.

Over the holidays, Saffy A, Izzy
W and Charlie W took part in 'The
West End Experience' held at the
White Rock Theatre with around
60 other children aged between 8
-18.
This Performing Arts five day
experience involved the children acting, singing and dancing to learn and
rehearse routines and sketches from west end shows including Aladdin, Billy
Elliott, Saturday Night Fever and Rock of all Ages. The children were
instructed by professional choreographers, creative and musical directors
from the West End, and enjoyed hearing professional singers performing on
stage. The week ended with the children putting on a fantastic two hour
musical show, and treating the receptive audience to a high standard of
entertainment.

Well done - what a fantastic experience you all had.

Cricket

U13A v Bede’s

Claremont 191 - 250 Bede’s

POM (Bede’s vote) fielder: Mary W, batter: Tippi W.

POM (Miss Compton vote) fielder: Lucy B, batter:
Amber S.

Bede’s gave us a tough first game to the season but we responded well. We were first into field. Lucy B made a
fantastic catch. Julia M, Tippi W and Amelia C all took wickets when bowling. All the girls hit some good balls
when we were batting. To improve we must have more confidence and practice attacking the ball in the field. A
good first game, well done. Miss Compton.

U11 v Bede’s

The U11s had their first pairs cricket game of the season at home to a strong Bede’s team this week. Diya B
and Emma P were the highest scoring pair with 20 runs, followed by Olivia C and Phoebe M who scored 12.
Phoebe M also proved to be our most prolific bowler taking 1 wicket ( bowled ) for 0 runs!
Izzy W claimed the shot of the game with a great six off her first ball! A shot that also earned her "Player of
the Match". Final score: Bede’s 257 for 6, Claremont 214 for 8.

Summer Term Menu

Meat Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
option
Turkey meatballs in a Beef cheese burger Roast Gammon Chicken Korma Fish Fingers or battered Cod
Vegetarian tomato and basil sauce Served with herby dice Served with Roast Served with Basmati rice, Served with crispy chunky
option served with pasta and potatoes and seasonal nan bread and seasonal chips, baked beans and garden
BBQ sauce and a
Sides/ seasonal vegetables Side salad vegetables vegetables peas
extras
Veggie meatballs in a Veggie cheese burger Quorn Roast served with Vegetarian Korma served Veggie Fingers served with
Pudding tomato and basil sauce Served with herby dice, roast potatoes and with basmati rice, nan crispy chunky chips, baked
served with pasta and BBQ sauce and a side seasonal vegetables bread and seasonal
vegetables beans and garden peas
seasonal vegetables salad
Jacket potatoes Salad bar
Salad bar Salad bar Salad bar Baked beans
Rocky Road
Banana custard Chocolate chip sponge Strawberry Mousse And or
or or Salad bar
or Selection of fresh fruit
Selection of fresh fruit Selection of fresh fruit Selection of fresh fruit *SUGAR SMART DAY*
Selection of Melon
or

Selection of fresh fruit

Beatrice Crawford, James Day, James Gardiner 6E, Finlay Gibbon Brooks, Galina Baxter, Amy-Lou Hammond, James Smith,
Georgia Tipping, Arjun Kolani, Lilli Lewis, Louis Lewis, Emma Patel.

Luke Thomson, Ryan Thomson, Darci Bailey, Diya Binodh, Beatrice Crawford, Emma Curl, Reuben Dickie, Cathryn Garner, Dora
Glass, Oliver Harrison, Alfie Hawkes, Harriet Hawkes, Emily Kynvin, Elizabeth Morley, Michalina Pilka, Amba Sharma, Rachel
Waters, Ethan White, Tami Akindele, Tarran Barton-Dibble, Galina Baxter, Ella Carr Taylor, Elliott Aubrey Cassleton, Eva
Cook, William de Wilde, Benjamin Field, Thoma Field, Antonio Ghattas, Amy-Lou Hammond, Killian Kennedy, Elizabeth Kirby,
Isabella Latuskie, Oscar Rushant, James Smith, Freya Starr, Mary Woodfear, Sarah Biddle, James Bourne, Esme Boussaid,
Harry Bridger, Bert Burrows, Daisy Clarke, Lyra Cookson, James Furnival, Lilli Lewis, Esme Perrin, Emil Venter-Rathbone,
Emilia Willis, Thomas Willis.

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

Corinth: 329 Corinth: 329
Sparta: 324 Sparta: 324
Athens: 320 Athens: 320

Gold Badge:
Silver Badge:
Bronze Badge:
Red Badge:
Green Badge:
Yellow Badge: Galina Baxter.

Pre-Prep had great fun at the end of last term, on their Easter
Egg Hunt. Special thank you for FOCS for organising such a
wonderful event and for all the parents for their help and support.
We hope you enjoy spotting your child!

Reception made bunny ears and celebrated Le We have been hearing the story of 'Matilda' in Year 2. Elsie
Lapin de Paques, which brought them chocolate! and Maggie enjoyed it so much when Ms Trunchbull swung
Amanda by her pigtails and threw her across the playground,
that they wore pigtails of their own!

Poster made by Jack - did anyone lose a Investigating floating and Reception S having fun in our
blue pair of sunglasses? If so we have sinking! pirate role play area.
them in RS!
Mrs Stoakley finds the
1L used role play and freeze new den in 2F rather
frames to help us tempting....who might
understand the thoughts hide in there next?!

and feelings of the characters in the
book 'Diary of a Killer Cat' by Anne
Fine. We used evidence from the
text and responded to an illustration
to help formulate our ideas.

As well as writing they did
lots of role play and had
lots of fun learning about

coding using our fantastic
Chrome Books!

We have had some great fun this Easter with our activities - bow sawing, chopping wood, camp-fires,
den building and jewellery making to name a few!

This week we are working
through a variety of
number problems -
specifically how to solve large two
digit addition and subtraction . The
children have all worked hard to
"break down" our sums into
manageable bite sized pieces!

Nikolas earned his red Stanley won this trophy at South
belt for kickboxing. Association Football Academy.
(SAFA).
Maggie measured rainfall at home and there
hasn't been much lately!

Elsie did some extra science prep on the growth
of a sunflower.

Francesca
enjoying a book
and a snack in
Miss Flanigan's
tent!

We made for the far woods on our first Forest School session of the Summer term in order to
marvel at the bluebells which have filled the ground of this hazel copse over the Easter holiday.
The children then collected small stout sticks and interesting things, such as fir cones and leaves
from the forest floor to make their own woodland mobiles.

This week the Kingfishers have been busy in our new safari role play pretending to be all sorts
different animals. We made reverse paintings by choosing different colours and mixing them with
our fingers and transferring our patterns onto paper. We have also enjoyed making paper chain
snakes and playing ping pong ball bingo in a salad spinner.

This week the Badgers have been busy exploring their favourite books - uncovering their
structure and common features. To help us do this, we have been drawing and describing our
favourite story characters. We have also been 'Number Hunters' hunting around for numbers
and then creating our own number line using numbers one to ten and investigating into numbers
beyond ten.

This week we welcomed everyone back into Hedgehogs after the Easter break, we also
welcome some new faces that have moved up from Robins . We have been focusing on lots
of group activities; circle games and fun activities to help the children settle in.

This week we have welcomed some new children into Robins; a huge welcome to Edie, George ,
Roman , Eli and Rosie! We have been busy exploring in the Robins room with all the lovely new and
exciting toys, we have also started making self portraits to go up on display. The Robins colour
this week is " multi-coloured".

A big welcome back to all of the Butterflies and Ducklings, we hope you all had a lovely Easter.
This week the babies have been enjoying the sunshine by playing outside in the garden in the sand
pit, water painting in the playground and playing on the bikes and slides. They have also enjoyed
looking at all of the lovely flowers growing, which they then enjoyed painting.

After a relaxing Easter break the Squirrels came back very refreshed and excited! We
welcome our new Squirrels from Hedgehogs this week, who are settling in very well.

The holidays are finished and everyone is back at the boarding house feeling refreshed and rested. The
Summer term is very important with all the upcoming exams. At the boarding house we create a
comfortable and quiet environment for our boarders, to prepare for exams and make sure they achieve
the best results possible. However, we will also try to do our best and fill this term with fun and
exciting activities for everyone to enjoy!

This term we are welcoming two new boarders: Mark and Matvii Petrov, who come to us from the
Ukraine. We hope that they will enjoy their time with us.