Newsletter 25th June 2018

CLAREMONT RATED OUTSTANDING IN ALL
AREAS BY OFSTED - 2016

SCHOOL INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Weekly Newsletter Prep News ................................... 2
Mathletics ………………… 8
Monday 25th June 2018 Match reports……………...9

Claremont School Menu ........................................... 10
GCSE Results 2017: 31% A*/A Commendations & House Points…...11
A Level Results 2017: 34% A*/A
Pre-Prep News.............................. 12
Nursery News............................... 19

Dear Parent, WEEK 10+11 Cricket v Battle Abbey. 14:15
1st XI (H) 14:30
I am delighted to announce that we have made our first appoint- Jun 27 Wed Girls Cricket v Dulwich 14:30
ments to positions of responsibility within the school. The following pupils Prep: U13ABC, U11AB (h)
have been made prefects: Joe Corrigan, Samuel Corrigan, Eadie Bridger, Lu- 28 Thu Girls Cricket v 17:00
cas de Oliveira, William de Wilde, Ania Muntean and Isabella Willard. We 29 Wed Bricklehurst: U11 (h) 6:15
have also appointed Tarran Barton-Dibble, Ella Carr Taylor, Charlie Glasper,
Dylan Kist, Imogen Laurense, Eve Spencer, Jake Stanley, Barney Mitchell, July 2 Mon Parent Rep meeting 09:30-
Austen Restell and Stanley Willard as Peer Listeners. We were very im- 10:30
pressed by the quality of the applications this year and will continue to aug- 3 Tues Y8 Info Eve BBQ at CSS 09:00-
ment our team throughout the first two terms of Year 8. 4 Wed 16:30
5 Thur Claremont Day 09:30-
This term’s edition of the pupil-led newspaper, The Arrow was pub- Pre-School transition 10:30
lished on Friday and I have to say that it is really going from strength to morning 17:00-
strength. We are indebted to the hard work and vision of Cathryn Kemp who 19:00
runs the Newspaper Club, as well as the pupils who have made it such a suc- Final rehearsals Little
cess. In other news, Shakespeare Week was incredibly enjoyable with the Shop of Horrors 10:30
exploration of a wide variety of Shakespeare plays, as well as insights into 14:30-
life in the time of Shakespeare. Access Shakespeare (who work with the Reception, Badgers and 15:30
educational arm of the RSC) provided some really interesting workshops to Foxes Transition Morning 18:00-
some of our classes and judging by the beautiful independent work which the 20:00
pupils have produced, the week really excited and enthused our children. Year 7 Transition 09:00-
Barbecue 10:00
Last Friday, Elliot Wilson, Cohen Luff, Charlie Glasper, Eleanor Stre- 11:00
vens, Eddie Carr-Taylor, Ruby Cutbush and Amelia Barrett competed in the Tech and Dress Rehearsal 12:00
County Athletics competition in Crawley. There were some fantastic perfor- Little Shop of Horrors 18:00-
mances and a lot of PBs, but of particular note was the fact that Amelia National Athletics Finals. 20:00
reached the 200 metre finals, Charlie coming third in the 300 metre final Alexander Stadium,
and Eleanor winning the 800 metre final, in what sounded like a thrilling tus- Birmingham.
sle with a competitor from Bede’s. Eleanor is now off to the Nationals in
Birmingham. Badgers / Foxes
Graduation
On Claremont Day Children should be dropped off at school as nor- School Production
mal. There will be tea and coffee available for parents in the Chapel and on Performance
the Headmasters’s Lawn ahead of the more formal part of the day which will
commence at 10am. In the afternoon, Children are running stalls and there Moving up morning -
will be ice-creams and food to purchase, as well as Zorbing and an inflatable Preschool, Pre-Prep & Year
obstacle course run by an external company, so pupils may wish to bring a 3
little money in a named purse (this should be handed to the Form Teacher in Inter-House Swimming
Pre-Prep). The weather is set to be fine and, as I was discussing the day Gala
with the Head Boy and Head Girl (Matthew Brand and Lyra Cookson) and School Barbecue
their Deputies (Elliot Wilson and Rachel Waters), there was a palpable sense School Production
of excitement. I am looking forward to seeing many of you there. Performance

Abra Stoakley 6 Fri Reports issued - Years 3-7

National Mathematics Challenge

On Monday 18th June, 4 intrepid Mathematicians made their way with Mr. Slattery on the
train to South-West London to take part in the semi-final of the KS2 National Mathemat-
ics Challenge at Hampton Prep School. They had qualified after winning the East Sussex
heat in May. With a place in the National Finals at stake (at the Tower of London),
Claremont finished 4th out of 8, a great performance, but not quite enough to go forward
to the next stage. We hope to do well again next year.

Team members: Arjun K, Diya B, Eddie CT, Max W.

Shakespeare Week

Shakespeare in French

Year 5 put together the French vocabulary they learnt so far by making their beautiful
versions of scenes from ‘Romeo et Juliette’. They used words and phrases such as: ’J’aime’
or ‘les deux familles se detestent’. The moral of Romeo and Juliet is one of letting old fam-
ily wounds go, and not letting your emotions rule your life. A timeless moral for readers
around the world.

Year 6 made Shakespeare’s family tree and were surprised to hear that Shakespeare’ s
wife, Anne had ‘des jumeaux’ ( twins). Year 7 learnt the verb TO BE in the Negative form
being inspired by Shakespeare’s famous quotation: ‘ To be or not to be, that is the ques-
tion’.

El viaje de Latinoamerica –
Thursday 14th June 2018

On Thursday 14th June I was delighted to welcome back the Spanish workshop Company
“Calena Fina” who performed and presented a Spanish cultural event of drama, music, sal-
sa and a story telling adventure about Cuba and Uncle Tito for Year 5-7.

This was such a lovely opportunity to celebrate such a successful first year of introducing
Spanish at the Prep School. It was equally wonderful for Year 5’s to immerse themselves in
this new subject which they will officially start in September.

The workshop saw us transported to Cuba in search of Uncle Tito. Carlos and Marr our
teachers worked brilliantly teaching the children Spanish words and the technical language
for Salsa and music. Their authentic method had us all feeling like we miles away from
rainy East Sussex and in the heart of the vibrant streets of Havana.

I was so impressed with the courage, openness and exuberance of our children. They all
embraced the day with “gusto” and excelled in both language and dance. Year 5 show huge
potential for next year and I am very excited to teach them. Years 6 and 7 should be very
proud of what they have achieved this year.

The day really was the best possible way to end the school year in Spanish…fun, lots of
hard work, and culture! “¡Viva la cultura española!”

A big thank you to all staff who helped with the day and for taking part. It was clear that
some of our lovely teachers and pupils could give next season’s “Strictly Come Dancing” a
run for their money!

I think it is clear the children got so much from this exciting event! It has broadened and
enriched the children’s education with a cultural, and linguistic experience of a Spanish
speaking country and the Spanish way of life right on our very own doorstep in our wonder-
ful school.

Wishing you all a fantastic summer!

Señora Osborne



A big Happy Birthday to Charlotte was celebrated during the
week! Thank you so much for all the lovely meals you cook for us!

Newspaper Club holding up our current edition for next
week’s newsletter!

Alfie has been cast as ‘Danny’ in ‘Danny the Cham-
pion of the World’ running from 19 - 29 December
at The Stables Theatre! Well done, Alfie!

Mathletics

Bronze gold
Winners Winners

Dylan Kist Amelia Barrett
Rosie Burrows Miles Nicholls
Abesa Sivaseelan
Darci Bailey
Edward Wentworth
Emilia Willis

Dora Glass
Katy Tipping
Yagiz Velidedeoglu
Emily Wentworth
Thomas Willis
James Rowland

Mathletics
Last Monday, we took eight Year 4 & 5 athletes to Hurstpierpoint for the annual County Athletics Meet-

ing. There was around 30 schools competing from across Sussex. It was a fantastic event and it’s a great

achievement to get to this stage, which only very few manage to do. If you win, it’s a bonus, but just to

compete and see if you can get a personal best is always the target. To compete at the event you had to

qualify within a certain time, height or distance. Amelie F ran the 75m and finished 6th. In their respec-

Bronze Silver goldtive 200m heat races, Dora G came 6th, Will S came 6th and Fife P finished 5th. Tess R came 5th in her

time trial 300m race. Arthur F, 3rd in his 300m time trial race. Lili Lewis finished 9th and just missed out

Winners Winners Winnerson the top 8 and a 4th jump with a distance of 3.00m in the long jump. She also ran a very tough 600m

race. Will S jumped 1.03m in the High Jump and Fife P jumped 1.12m. Harvey W who had a good year last

year went another one better as he won both the 100m and 200m final. What a brilliant achievement and
to be theCfamasetreosntLpufrfep
competedDoanrctihBeaidleayy. school Year 5 boy in SusDseyxlasnouKnidsstpretty cool!! Well done to all our athletes who

Katy Tipping

Edward Wentworth Rosie Burrows

Max Woodfear Cutler Blunden
Dora Glass Amelie Foreman

Emily Wentworth James Smith
Thomas Willis

Oliver Fakhoury

Sarah Biddle

Ella Manuel

Oliver Hammond

Yagiz Velidedeoglu

Miles Nicholls

James Rowland

Varnika Parthasarathy

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Main Turkey Meatballs Savoury mince Baguette Day Pork Stroganoff Fish fingers or
Course with penne pasta served with new served with breaded cod
- Baked beans basmati rice served with
Veggie meatballs potatoes, chunky chips
Yorkshire - Tuna mayo Vegetable
puddings stroganoff Veggie fingers
- Coronation or veggie
chicken nuggets

- Spicy Mexican
beans

- Cheese

Vegetable Garlic bread and Green beans and Broccoli and peas Cauliflower and Garden peas
Selection mixed lettuce sweetcorn Salad bar carrots and baked beans

Salad bar Salad bar Salad bar Salad bar

Dessert Mixed yoghurts Oaty Apple crumble Banana and Raspberry jelly Rice krispie cake
with custard Blueberry cake with vanilla cream
Selection of fresh Selection of
fruit Selection of fresh Selection of fresh Selection of fresh fresh fruit
fruit fruit fruit

Diya Binodh, Eva George, Eddie Carr Taylor, Max Woodfear, Arjun Kolani.

Darci Bailey, Amelia Barrett, Diya Binodh, Janina Corbet, Olive Dickie, Reuben Dickie, James Gardiner,
Eva George, Charlie Glasper, Javier Gomez, Daniel Hayes, Ryan Hughes, Imogen Laurense, Ania Muntean,
Cameron Namvar, Eve Spencer, Henry Ware, Charles Willard, Isabella Willard, Tarran Barton-
Dibble, Galina Baxter, Liberty BransbyMiles, Eddie Carr Taylor, Ella Carr Taylor, Aubrey Cassleton-
Elliott, Isabelle Cole, Samuel Corrigan, William de Wilde, Arthur Ford, Heidi Mellon, CJ Morgan, Marley
Neill, Betsy Parsons, Meade Ramus, Luca Rose, Abesa Sivaseelan, Jake Stanley, Max Woodfear, Anna
Bourne, James Bourne, Georgia Crossley, Lucas De Oliveira, Eleanor Foster, Aboorva Ilavalagan, Anna Ir-
vine-Capel, Dylan Kist, Arjun Kolani, Emma Patel, Jospeh Patel, Matilda Pilkington, Austin Restell, Tess
Rowland, Gonzalo San Pedro Montiel, Maya Talbot, Jacob Watson, Chantalle Welsh.

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

Sparta: 4772 Corinth: 246
Athens: 4988 Athens: 243
Corinth: 5120 Sparta: 261

Yellow Badge

Emily Wentworth, Enzo Manzi.

Green Badge

Maya Talbot, Lexy Tuddenham, Esme Boussaid, Eva George, Isla Irvin.

Red Badge

Charlie Willard, Lucas De Oliveira, Isabella Willard.

Bronze Badge

Georgia Crossley, Galina Baxter, Eddie Carr Taylor, Joe Corrigan, Dylan Kist.

Gold Badge

Arjun Kolani

Nursery & Pre Prep Sports Day!

Nursery and Pre Prep enjoyed a suc-
cessful Sports Day with great enthu-
siasm and sportsmanship throughout
a very warm afternoon of events. It
was wonderful to see so many par-
ents and carers supporting all of the
children, as they ran, hurdled and
threw their way to success!

Thank you to everyone who helped to
support the event especially Mr
Moseley for starting the races, Mrs
Stoakley for handing out stickers to
the children and all of the Nursery
and Pre-Prep staff for making the
sure the children had a great time.
Also a big thanks to Trish Edwards
for serving teas and coffees and the
FOC for ice lollies. Well done all!



Year 2 at Hever Castle – We learnt these things…

The ladies spent loads of time in the rose garden.
Mollie M

Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII. She was beheaded – not a successful one! Sibylla

Henry VIII had six wives and he married them all.
Jonathan

They had a big piano and pink sofas. Mollie
The hedges have been carved fantastically! Christopher

There was a big water maze. It was really
fun. Tom

Henry liked eating goose. Elizabeth

The moat was very deep and wide. Edward M
The dungeon is where they tortured their enemies. Jeremy

They had small rooms but they had a lot of rooms. Kira

People were smaller then because they didn’t know that we need fruit and vegetables. Joe
King Henry had some hunting dogs. Lilia

Anne Boleyn and her family lived there. Henry VIII was very fat! Jimi

The portcullis was pulled up by chains and weights. Melanie
The arrow slits were for shooting arrows through and it was
hard for the enemies to hit you. Edward S
Henry VIII used to be handsome and fit but then he became fat and ugly, very ugly. Frankie

Henry had a comfier bed than Anne Boleyn and he didn’t even live there! William
The ladies had a morning room where they go to sit in the morning. Penny

Isla and Ola found two hidden
stones - they have re-hidden them
for you to find!

Lego Hever Castle in Year 2. Excellent conduct - Marvellous
Myles had such lovely manners at
Riding club went into the woods Hever Castle.
this week!

Year 2 singing Shakespeare in a round!

Years 1 and 2 had a fabulous day at Hever Castle!

2F and 2B, protecting
their castle walls!

Craft clubbers enjoyed making animal masks today! Well done to Jonathan, this week’s conduct
badge winner in 2B

RW have been learning all about the devastating effects plastic is having on our oceans and why it’s so im-
portant to recycle. They have all created posters encouraging people to recycle, some of their imagery is quite
striking. The children were very excited to find out that their posters will be on display at the fashion show on
Claremont Day.

Ducklings &

Butterflies

This week the Ducklings and Butterflies have had a lovely time outside in the garden playing on the soft play, in the
ball pool and with the cars on the car ramps.

We are very excited as we have our new mud kitchen so we have enjoyed making mud pies and having a tea party with
our friends in Robins.

A big thank you to everyone that contributed to Cupcake Day on Thursday. This was a huge success and we raised
£111.

This money has gone to the Alzheimer's Society

Robins

This week in Robins we have carried on with our summer display board decorating some seaside shapes
including shell's, jellyfish, crabs, starfish and fishes. These are going to look fantastic displayed on our
board. To carry on with our seaside theme we explored some shell's Christine brought back from her hol-
iday.

Hedgehogs

Last Thursday the nursery held a cake sale to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society. We would like
to thank you for the support and kind donations. We raised an amazing £111.68.
This week we have been focusing on animals, the children have particularly enjoyed the farm animals.
We took the farm set outside and some of the children thought it would be fun to feed the cows chives
from the herb garden. We have really enjoyed the weather and taken many activities outside.

Badgers & Foxes

This week, we have been busy engaging our learning
outside since the weather has been grand. We have
introduced addition to the class this week, learning
to add one to a number. To help, we used the para-
chute and the dice and were thinking about what
number might come next. We have then had fun in
the forest, making music using sticks and logs. We
even tried making up our own songs.

We have also been busy creating our own village in
the playground by chalking on the floor. We creat-
ed a road, a building site, a bakery, Tesco and even
a toy shop.

Squirrels

This week the Squirrels have been focusing on the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We've done
fruit tasting at snack time, used fruit to paint and print with and made our very own Hungry Caterpil-
lar. We've also looked at shapes and counting, working together as a team to make shapes using our
bodies.

Kingfishers

This week the children helped rescue a bumble bee, so we decided to speak about different types of
mini beasts and their habitat. The children even made their own insects for our new display board.