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INAMOS Yateley Manor’s Weekly Newsletter • www.yateleymanor.com
Vol. 33 Issue No. 27 • 13th May 2016
Next Week’s Diary
Clubs Next WeekAll clubs running next week except:
Thursday: Years 3 and 4 Craft Club (due to staff maths meeting)
Friday: Open Chess (due to chess match)
SATURDAY12.00noon FYMS May Fair
MONDAYYear 4 Parents to lunch13+ CE Mental Arithmetic Exam
TUESDAY
11.30am
Year 4 Parents to lunch13+ CE French Listening ExamPrep Council Meeting
WEDNESDAY13+ CE French Speaking ExamsYear 1 Local Walk
THURSDAY
11.30am4.35pm
13+ CE French Speaking ExamsYear 4 Parents to LunchPrep Sports Council Maths Department Meeting (staff only)
FRIDAY1.30pm GCSE PE Examination
FYMS May Fair 12.00 noon to 4.00pm
Cup CallAll cups and shields should be returned to Mr Head as soon as possible. This includes all the shields and cups awarded at the prize giving last summer and all those awarded at either Christmas and at Easter. Thank you
Rain or shine the FYMS May Fair will take place on Saturday afternoon.
After weeks of planning, FYMS has organised a fantastic array of stalls and events as well as tasty food to tempt you. Come along and join in the fun - the May Fair is always a wonderful afternoon out for the whole family.
Pupils who are performing in school events are usually expected to wear school uniform but the informal nature of the May Fair makes this an exception. A list of scheduled events is on page 3.
Charlie is IAPS National Runner-UpCharlie Curran swam superbly to finish as runner up in the IAPS National Swimming Finals. Charlie was one of four Yateley Manor pupils who qualified to represent the school in last weekend’s finals.
Each year more than 200 prep schools from around England enter their best swimmers into the twenty qualifying events of the IAPS National Swimming Championships. Once all the regional competitions are complete, the swimmers’ times are compared and the 16 fastest individual swimmers and the quickest 12 teams in each category are invited to take part in the National Finals. With up to 200 swimmers in the regional stages in each category, simply qualifying for the National Finals is a massive achievement.
Charlie qualified second in the U11 boys 50m freestyle and in the finals missed out on first place by just two hundredths of a second. Morgan Kitto qualified in 13th for the final of the U13 boys 50m breaststroke and finished 14th on the day, breaking his personal best (PB) by 2 seconds. Katherine Cairney qualified in 5th for the U12 girls 25m butterfly and finished 5th, also breaking her PB. Fergus Thomson who, despite only being in Year 4, swam in the U10 section. He qualified for the finals at the last minute after another boy dropped out and improved his ranking by an incredible ten places to finish a superb 6th. These are all excellent achievements and the sporting attitude and approach of the children should also be commended.
Good Luck to our Chess PlayersThe very best of luck to our U9A chess team who are taking part in the EPSCA National Semi Final in Bristol on Saturday and all our chess players who are taking part in the Megafinal on Sunday.
Robert Upton’s latest blog can be found on the School website. The following is a taster:
If someone asked how intelligent you are, on a scale of 0-10, what would you say? I suspect many people would relate the question to ability in English, Mathematics or Science and answer accordingly. At a stretch some may look towards languages, but for many people intelligence means the extent to which you can communicate with words and numbers or use reasoning skills. Equally if asked who is the most intelligent, David Beckham or Albert Einstein, I think most people would opt for the latter, and yet if you put them on a football pitch the answer may change.
To read the rest of this article and other blogs visit the website.
How Intelligent Are You?
Pre-Prep Awards
Improvement in Science: Aarmaan Chana, Leo Ramkissoon
Headmaster’s Commendations
House Points and BonusesBonuses House Points Overall
Fyson 2nd 3rd 2nd =
Kingsley 1st 4th 1st
School 4th 2nd 4th
Stanley 3rd 1st 2nd =
Bonus Point Winner: KingsleyHouse Point Winner: StanleyOverall Winner: Kingsley
30 Star Certificate: Kashish Ikram, Alba Wisbey, Umreeta Gill
25 Star Certificate: Sophie Thomas, Joshua Binks, Finley Binks, Harry Goodby, Harry Phillips
20 Star Certificate: Oliver Thornton, Rebecca Carpenter, Daniel Shek, Kailan Patel
Reception Stars of the WeekFor accurate counting and number recognition: Stefano Rossi
For excellent ladybird doubles: Sienna Whitley
Vanessa Norton-Edwards, Head of English, will be holding a Year 6 English for Year 5 Parents meeting on Tuesday 7th June
The meeting aims to explain the standard of English expected from children at 11+. It also covers how teachers support children in preparation for exams and how parents can help. In the past this meeting has proved to be highly valued by parents.
The meeting will start at 4.45pm and will be held in Johnson and Bronte. If you would like to attend this meeting please email Penny Charles or let Reception know. Thank you.
Year 6 English for Year 5 Parents
Autumn Term 2017 Starts Wednesday 6th September Half Term 23rd October to 3rd November (2 weeks) Ends Friday 15th December
Spring Term 2018 Starts Tuesday 9th January Half Term 12th to 16th February Ends Friday 23rd March
Summer Term 2018 Starts Tuesday 17th April Half Term 28th May to 1st June Ends Thursday 5th July
Staff Training Days Autumn Term 2017 Monday 4th & Tuesday 5th September Spring Term 2018 Monday 8th January Summer Term 2018 Monday 16th April, Friday 4th May & Friday 6th July
NB Please note the staff training day on Friday 4th May, just prior to the Bank Holiday on Monday 7th May.
Term Dates for 2017 - 2018
A reminder that residential trip briefings for parents of children in Years 5, 6, 7 and 8 will take place as follows:
Year 8 Thursday 26th MayYear 7 Monday 6th JuneYear 6 Monday 23rd MayYear 5 Monday 13th June
The meetings will all start at 4.45pm
Residential Trip Briefings
Frimley Park Children’s Unit
On Friday we welcomed Jo Higson from Frimley Park Children’s Unit, our charity of the year, to assembly. Jo spoke to the children about her role within the Unit, the work the Unit does with children and how it supports families as well as their patients themselves. She also gave some insight into how the money the School has raised will be spent which included beds for families, Xboxes and toys for the patients and coffee machines all of which help patients and their families when they are most vulnerable.
Jo also received a cheque for £2,358.95 which has been raised since the Children’s Unit was chosen as the School’s Charity of the Year.
The Yateley Manor Whole School Photograph will be taken on the morning of Thursday 26th May.
These photographs are only taken every three years and we would like as many children as possible to be in the photo. Please therefore do not book any medical or dental appointments for your child for this morning. Thank you.
Whole School Photograph
Congratulations to ...
Happy Birthday
Mia Ingram (5LA) who won two bronze medals at last weekend’s Rushmoor Royals Junior Meet for 50m Butterfly and 50m Backstroke.Aarmaan Chana (4KAD) who passed the Rock School Grade 1 Electric Guitar with merit.
Harry Ayton-Judd 7Edgar Brown 9Daniel Corfield 9Sadie Kitto 11Nicholas McCarthy 11Rohit Praveen 6Harrison Sivakumaran 10Oliver Thornton 6
May Fair Scheduled Events
As well as these events FYMS have organised a range of stalls including old favourites such as adult tombola, children’s tombola, lucky dip, ladder lob, welly throwing, penalty shoot out, coconut shy, apple bobbing. The very popular plant stall is back again and the team will be filling hanging baskets to order.
For the active there will be bouncy inflatables and a rodeo bull and when you need sustenance, visit the BBQ for a delicious burger or onion bhaji, the tea shop for some tasty home made cake or the beer tent.
Come along and join us for all the fun at the fair for what promises to be a fantastic family day.
12.45pm Pre-Prep Choir 1.15pm Wet Sponge a Teacher 1.30pm Junior Manor Singers 2.00pm Senior Manor Singers 2.30pm Wet Sponge a Teacher 3.00pm Orchestra and Wind Band 3.45pm Prize Winners Announced
All performances will be under the canopy opposite the Fyson Blum Hall
Yateley Manor Talent Contest
What Will You Choose for Lunch Next Week?
Available Daily
Breakfast: (8.00-8.20am) A choice of: fruit juice, cereal, scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, beans, toast & marmalade, tea, coffee or milk. Breakfast Vouchers may be purchase from Reception in advance in books of 10 at the price of £2.50 each for full English breakfast and £1.30 each for Continental. Breakfast may also be paid for in cash on the day for £3.00 and £1.50 respectively. As well as our daily menu, we have an extensive salad bar with various protein items, composite salads and hot jacket potatoes. Fresh bread, fresh fruit and yoghurts are always available.
MondayPork Sausages
Vegetarian sausages (v) mashed potato, carrots, peas, fried onions, gravy
Carrot cake and custard
Tuesday
Chicken Goujons Cheese and onion pasties (v)
potato wedges, baked beans and sweet corn
Spotted dick and custard
Wednesday
Beef Meatballs in Tomato SauceMacaroni cheese (v)
pasta, garlic bread, mixed salad and cucumber sticks
Flapjack and custard
Thursday
Roast Pork Vegetarian burgers (v)
Roast potatoes, carrots, broccoli, gravy and mint sauce
Pear crumble and custard
FridayBattered Fish or Fishcakes
Roasted vegetable wraps (v) Potato wedges, mushy peas, baked beans and lemon wedges
Chocolate Rice Krispie cake and custard
Children from Year 3 upwards who would like to take part in the end of term Yateley Manor Talent Contest should collect an entry form from Mrs Daines. Children may enter as a solo act or in a group of no more than six.All entries must be handed to their Head of Year by Friday 27th May, just before half term. The Yateley Manor Talent Contest is one of the highlights of the year and is held on the penultimate day of term, Wednesday 6th July.
Morning Drop OffPlease note that the school does not openand supervision does not commenceuntil 8.00am in the morning. Childrenand parents should not enter the schoolpremises until that time.
Thank you.
The weather was favourable on Saturday when a coach full of supporters and onlookers set off early from school to visit the famous Badminton Horse Trials on cross country day. Everyone agreed that whether you have an avid interest in equestrian sport or not, it was a most enjoyable day out. Set in the Duke of Beaufort’s estate and flanked by the magnificent Badminton House, the four mile cross country course was walked by most visitors during the day, with stops along the way to watch the world’s top eventers tackle the challenging technical fences that make it such a popular four star event. The children, parents, staff and friends were possibly as exhausted as the competitors when the coach left for home at the end of the day.
Badminton Horse Trials Trip
Fixtures for Next Week Please note that cricketers on away matches are not back in time for either the early or late coaches.
Saturday EPSCA National Chess Semi Final U9A Bristol Grammar School
Sunday 9.00am Alton Convent School Show Jumping
Wednesday 1.00pm Cricket v Lord Wandsworth College 1st XI & 2nd XI Away (coach leaves 12.20pm & returns 5.15pm) NB This is an earlier start time than that published in the calendar)2.30pm Triangular Rounders v Edgeborough & Daneshill U10A Home, U13, U11A & U11B Away at Daneshill (coach leaves 1.45pm & returns 5.15pm)
2.30pm Cricket v Hawley Place U11/U10 Away at Eversley Cricket Club (coach leaves 1.50pm & returns 5.45pm)
2.30pm Internal Cricket Matches (see below) NB these are not in the school calendar
Friday 1.30pm GCSE PE Examination
1.45pm St Piran’s U9 & U8 Rounders Tournament U9A & U9B (coach leaves 12.30pm & returns 5.30pm)
4.30pm Chess v St Catherine’s School Home
Saturday 9.00am Yateley Manor U11 Rounders Tournament
When the weather is inclement on match days the decision as to whether a match will go ahead or not is made at about 12 noon on the day. Please do not call for information before this time. Fixture information is updated on the website.
Internal Cricket Matches
Kingsley and Stanley Camp Boys’ Tennis v Hall Grove
School 9 Fyson 3
Kingsley 3½ Stanley 8½
The results just about reflect the run of play. Stanley and School played the best chess and deserved victory.
House Chess Round 1
Lost PropertyCaitlin Emery (6PD) has lost her named red school coat. If you have seen it please let Caitlin or Matron know. Thank you.
Despite rather wet conditions this was a competitive match with good skills demonstrated by all boys who participated. In particular the boys combined well in their pairs, working effectively together throughout their matches to gain encouraging results. Well done boys!
Team: Tom Houghton, Oliver Banham, Ewan Johns, Christian Denny, Yaseen Subhan, Ben Ellerington , Matty Knowles, Jonathan McFall, Edward Long, Harry Saunders, Sam Fussey, Oscar Edwards
Three internal cricket matches will be played this Wednesday, 8th May, for boys in Year 6 and below. These will be played in match conditions, spectators are welcome and match teas will be provided. Please note these are additional fixtures and are not in the school calendar. Team sheets for these matches are now on the school website in the Team News section. These internal match teams are listed under the ‘Other Teams’ heading as they are mixed year teams.
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More than 80 children from Kingsley and Stanley Houses camped overnight in the school grounds last Friday. The group were extremely lucky with the dry and warm weather and had a fabulous time playing games including capture the flag, late night swimming, a camp fire and midnight feasts.
The children were very well fed with a BBQ supper, marshmallows and hot chocolate around the camp fire before bed and bacon rolls and cereal for breakfast.
Thank you to the parents who helped set up and strike camp, the staff who stayed overnight and those who helped in the evening or morning.
The Kazhdan Family (Ronnie 5ESB and Adi 3GJR) for their donation of books for Pre-Prep.
The Jeyadevan Family (Himaani 3EMR) for their donation of books for the Nursery..
Thank You To ...
Yateley Manor Equestrian Team NewsMembers of the Yateley Manor Equestrian Team took their ponies to Rycroft on Thursday evening for a show jump training session. Good luck to Jodie Saunders and Walter, Katie Saunders and Splash and Maisie Jenssen and Nipper who are all out competing this Sunday together with Maisie Rice and Nero, Cameron Ward and Ginger and Millie Day and Caspar. Full results next week.