Tockington Tracker 9-12-11

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The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School 9th December 2011

2011 Tockington Manor School, Washingpool Hill Road, Tockington, Bristol, BS32 4NY.

Design & Technology

Congratulations to Elliott Orchard on being

awarded a Certificate of Excellence in his D & Tlesson.

Musical Assembly News

Year 8 have been working on their music this term

and were asked to write a short 45 seconds scenewith music to support it. Last Fridays musical

assembly showcased a very effective horror theme

performance from Becky Moss, Blanca Kirkendell

and Ellie Clark, Well done, girls!

Year 7 also performed an example of their film

music on which they have been working on for the

Gladiator film trailer. The whole school enjoyed

a very strong performance from Darren Banks,

Alex Blackwell and Tanguy Sautjeau. Well done,

boys!

Primary Maths Challenge

Well done to the Year 5 and 6 pupils who entered the

recent Primary Maths Challenge. Silver awards went toLoveday Kossmann, and Victoria Torres (Year 6) and

bronze awards to Jack Brain, Gerardo Torres (Year 6),

Oliver Shutt, Abigail Blackwell, Charlie Gent, Hamish

Gardner and Antonia Hopcraft (Year 5).

Judo Successes

Year 2 pupils Leonidas Lazarides and Rohan Howard-

Robinson took part in a judo competition on Sunday 4th

December at Long Ashton. Trained by John who runs

the judo club at Tockington Manor School, the boys

competed very well and both won trophies. Leonidas

won all three of his fights and in Rohans firstcompetition he won two out of his three fights.

In the same tournament Clement Bentejac came fifth,

winning the maroon trophy.

Well done, boys!

Lower School NewsClearwell Caves

On Monday 12th December the Lower School will

be going to Clearwell Caves to see Father

Christmas. The children can wear their own

clothes, appropriate for walking through caves. On

our return to school we will have a Christmas tea

and if the children would like to, they may change

into party clothes. The school day will finish a

little later at approximately 4.00 pm. After-care

will run as normal for those who require it.

ChristingleOn Monday Year 1 were led in reflection and

prayer by Rev. Alice Monaghan. We made

Christingles and spent some time thinking about

the symbols of the Christingle. Rev. Monaghan

then helped us to light our candles and say a few

quiet prayers. We learnt a song too. We wanted to

say a big thank you to Rev. Monaghan for giving

up her time to help us. Thank you!

Music Department

Well done to all the performers who took part in

Mondays lunchtime concert. It was thoroughly

entertaining showing some wonderful up and

coming talent. Thank you to all those who came to

support us. We look forward to more informal

concerts next term.

Mrs Warn

Activities

Would parents please note that there are no after

school activities in the Upper or Lower School next

week.


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Upper School Carol Service

All parents, from the Lower School and Nurserytogether with those from the Upper School, are

invited to attend the Carol Service at 6.30 pm on

Tuesday 13th December in St Marys Church,

Olveston. Please ensure that your child has clean

uniform when coming to school on Tuesday, in

particular a clean shirt and shoes and wearing a

blazer. Children in Years 3, 4, or 5 who are in the

Junior or Performance Choir should bring in a white

shirt and choir tie on Monday. All children in the

Upper School will stay to early tea and attend the

service. There will be no school transport that

evening.

Christmas Parties

The children in the Nursery will be having theirChristmas party on the morning of Monday 12th

December with the Lower School party taking place

in the afternoon. The Lower School party will finish

at approximately 4.00 pm. The children can bring in

some party clothes to wear in the afternoon.

Entertainment will take place at lunchtime for the

Nursery and Lower School.

Children in the Upper School will have

entertainment on the afternoon of Thursday 15th

December followed by a Christmas party. This will

end at 5.45 pm. Transport will run as usual. All

Upper School children are expected to attend theparty (no early leavers please). Children wear

school uniform.

The whole school will have Christmas lunch on

Wednesday 14th December.

Term DatesTerm finishes at 12 noon on Friday 16th December.

Spring Term starts on Monday 9th January

(boarders) and Tuesday 10th January (day children).

Mulled Wine & Mince PiesWe hope many parents will come back to school

after the Upper School Carol Service for some

mulled wine and mince pies and it would be greatly

appreciated if you could telephone the office by 12

noon on Monday and advise the number in your

party to help us with the catering arrangements.

Tickets are available from the office at 4.00 each or

5.00 at the door.

A big thank you to the children who have offered tohelp with some light entertainment including the

orchestra, singers and instrumentalists. Please

remember your music and instruments on Tuesday!

There will be an art scholars exhibition on display

in the dining room.

Panto TripYears 3, 4 and 5 went to Cheltenham yesterday to

see the pantomime of Jack and the Beanstalk and

what a treat it was! The children were delightful; the

show was excellent with the most impressive giant

stealing the show in the second half. We all had a

great afternoon despite the lashing rain. Thanks to

Mrs Gooch for her excellent planning and all of her

hard work.

Owls Christmas Play


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Sports News

Zac Portch won a lovely cup at the Corsham MXC

Club Championships last week. Congratulations, a

great performance.

Cross-Country

The results of the Rugby Ball Cross-Country

Challenge were as follows:

1st Simon Sheppard

2nd Darren Banks

3rd Pepe Garralda

4th Nkechinyem Ogbogbo

5th Maria Garralda

Athlete of the Month

Lauren Clark

Rugby Colours

Congratulations to the following children who

gained their rugby colours this week: Nathan

Adams, Tobias Burden, TJ Underwood, Jason

Ingamells, Cesar Benito, Andreas Galllego and

Simon Sheppard.

Swimming News

Please look out for the Personal Best slips which

will be appearing in planners over the next fewdays. Although speed is only a small part of our

swimming curriculum, it helps to identify

strengths and weaknesses. It also serves as a target

for improvement as the swimmers can clearly see

how close they are to meeting medal targets for

stroke and distance. We will repeat this during the

next two terms. The details are for the ASA

School swimming times up to 16 years of age. Our

swimmers should be very proud of their

achievements.

One medal winning time: TJ Underwood, John

Pineau, Rebecca Moss, Eleanor Clark, Nathan

Adams, Charlie Sanzo, Harvey Jones, Seren

Clayton, Oliver Harris, Darren Banks and Hamish

Gardner.

Two medal winning times: Simon Sheppard,

Mimi James, Jason Ingamells, Cesar Benito,

Tobias Burden, Daisy Williamson, Imogen Rees,

Ethan Hilsley, Pepe Garralda, Abigail Blackwell,

Olivia Campbell and Max Curtis.

Three medal winning times: Jessica Portch and

Alexander Blackwell.

Well done to everyone!

Art Competition Results

There were some fantastic entires for the Artist &

Designer of the Week certificate designingcompetition. Special mention must be made of

Olivia Campbell who was the overall winner for

the Artist of the Week design and Alex Gooch

who produced this extremely thoughtful design

inspired by the work of Leonardo da Vinici and

won the Designer of the Week category. Well

done to the runners up in the following categories:

Artist of the Week

Yr 3 & 4: Isabel Browning & Bellayia Lazarides

Yr 5 & 6: Larry Williamson & Ben Horlor

Yr 7 & 8: Oliver Harris & Tanguy Suatjeau

Designer of the Week

Yr 3 & 4: Tiphaine Sautjeau & Alex Grocott

Yr 5 & 6: Alex Gooch & Olivia Campbell

Yr 7 & 8: Daisy Williamson & Becky Moss

All these designs will be used on certificates for

the rest of the year and you can see all the entries

on display in the art room.

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