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Spanish Club

Sport News & Fixture Amendments

Pre-Prep News

Art News

Music News

House Competitions

History Week

Pancake Tossing Competition

From the Head Master 5 February 2016

In the News

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Congratulations to Ethan

La Porta who recently

passed his Grade 2 Tap

exam with Merit.

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Pupil Achievements

Scholarship Success

Many congratulations to Neeya Bhadresha who has been awarded an Academic Scholarship to Northampton High School. Very well done, Neeya, on this wonderful news.

Visiting Head

Next Friday, Dr Stringer, the new Headmistress of Northampton High School, will be speaking in assem-bly and, as always, she will be delighted to meet parents afterwards over coffee in the Drawing Room.

Cross-Country

The competition in the Swanbourne Chase cross-country event yesterday was unbelievably strong and our children achieved excellent results, with the Junior Girls coming 1st, Senior Girls 2nd, Junior Boys 4th and Senior Boys 5th. Well done to all those who participated on what was a tough course.

History Week

Next week is one of the most exciting events of the year, History Week, where lots of special activities and events will be taking place, including History Drama Workshops, the ‘Who is that Baby?’ Staff Photo-graph Competition, the Second World War History Café and the ‘What’s Your Story?’ – interesting arte-fact competition. As always, my thanks to Mrs Hemmings and the History Department for putting to-gether what I am sure will be a fascinating week.

Year 8 Informal Concert

This was a fantastic evening with so many Year 8 soloists performing. It really was quite a remarkable number of children who performed, some for the last time at Spratton. Very well done to all.

Ash Wednesday Services

These services take place next Wednesday, with Years 6, 7 and 8 at 8.50 am and Years 3, 4 and 5 at 9.15 am, as always, in St Andrew’s Church. I do hope many of you are able to join us.

Easter Church Services

We have had to bring forward, by one day, our Easter Services as the members of the clergy in our par-ish are unavailable because they are attending the Maundy Thursday renewal of ordination vows at Pe-terborough Cathedral. The new date for our Easter Services is Wednesday 23rd March.

Year 3 Drama Production

The children have been working very hard towards their production ‘Reach for the Sky’ which takes place in the Hunter Hall next Tuesday at 5.30 pm. I am sure it will be a most entertaining evening and I am very much looking forward to it.

Thank you

The Informal Concert on Tuesday involving Year 8 musicians

was a thoroughly enjoyable event. We were treated to

some excellent solos of such a high standard and a real

range of different styles of music and instruments.

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Spratton Hall Newsletter

Music Department

Informal Concert – Year 8 The Informal Concert involving Year 8 musicians was a thoroughly enjoyable event. We were treated to some excellent solos of such a high standard and a real range of different styles of music and instru-ments. Nearly all of Year 8 performed which was wonderful to see. Well done to all those who took part.

Uppingham School Prep Schools’ Music Day – Thursday 25th February A letter has now been sent out to all those invited containing further information about the Music Day at Uppingham. Please be aware that there will now be a return coach back to Spratton at the end of the day.

Concert Band – Thursday 11th February and Thursday 25th February There will not be a Concert Band Practice on Thursday 11th February and Thursday 25th February (due to Uppingham Orchestral Day).

Junior Song We had a fantastic rehearsal on Tuesday with the Senior Choir. A re-minder to Junior Song that they will also be rehearsing with them on Tuesday 9th of February instead of their normal Wednesday night practice. Please be aware that the rehearsals will finish at the later time of 5.20 pm.

Regional Festival of Music for Youth – Saturday 12th March Senior Choir, Junior Song, Boys’ Choir and Jazz Band We have now received the final information regarding our perfor-mance times for the Regional Festival of Music for Youth. A letter has been sent out to all those pupils involved. Please return the reply slip as soon as possible.

Spanish Club

Since 2000 the Modern Languages Department has been offering Spanish as a

language club. Some members of Year 6 to Year 8 have been involved in the

Spanish Club on Thursdays in the spring term. The pupils have been learning

some topical expressions and grammar but also some aspects of cultural life in

Spain. They have also been introduced to Spanish traditional and modern mu-

sic.

They have been studying Spanish through the means of websites such as Lin-

guaprime, Linguascope, Languagesonline and Languagenut. In those activities,

they listen and match words, do closing exercises and complete word-search.

They can also enter a test at the end to assess their learning. They have been

able to engage in role-play situations as well as answering and asking ques-

tions in Spanish. They have also been completing worksheets based on the

studied vocabulary.

We have also been watching some videos,

and teaching the pupils the correct pronun-

ciation of words on selected topics. Finally,

the pupils have also been learning the

Spanish alphabet and the differences be-

tween European and South American spo-

ken Spanish. Mr Seguin

Senior Choir Senior Choir has been invited to perform in one of the NMPAT Sum-mer Concerts. They will be performing on the evening of Friday 20th May. Please keep the date free.

Termination of Music Lessons Please be aware that if you wish to cancel music lessons from the start of the summer term, notice must be received by February half term.

All Saints Church Congratulations to Ethen Powell who has been successful with his audition to join the Choristers in the Boys’ Choir at All Saints’ Church in Northampton.

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Art Department

Artist of the Week

Sport Department

TEAM OPPOSITION VENUE DATE RESULT

U11 A Netball Bilton Grange Home 30.1.16 Lost 7-9

U11 B Netball Bilton Grange Home 30.1.16 Won 6-4

U10 A Netball Bilton Grange Home 30.1.16 Lost 1-4

U10 B Netball Bilton Grange Home 30.1.16 Won 8-3

1st VII Netball Trent Away 3.2.16 Lost 10-20

2nd VII Netball Trent Away 3.2.16 Won 13-10

3rd VII Netball Trent Away 3.2.16 Lost 4-27

4th VII Netball Trent Away 3.2.16 Lost 1-9

U11 A Netball Swanbourne House Home 3.2.16 Won 10-5

U11 B Netball Swanbourne House Home 3.2.16 Won 23-1

U10 A Netball Swanbourne House Home 3.2.16 Won 12-0

U10 B Netball Swanbourne House Home 3.2.16 Won 14-1

U10 A Netball Warwick Home 4.2.16 Lost 3-6

U10 B Netball Warwick Home 4.2.16 Drew 5-5

U10 C Netball Warwick Home 4.2.16 Lost 0-7

U9 A Netball Kimbolton Away 4.2.16 Lost 1-8

U9 B Netball Kimbolton Away 4.2.16 Lost 0-3

U9 C1 Netball Kimbolton Away 4.2.16 Won 6-4

U9 C2 Netball Kimbolton Away 4.2.16 Lost 0-6

1st XI Hockey Bilton Grange Home 30.1.16 Lost 1-2

2nd XI Hockey Bilton Grange Home 30.1.16 Won 6-0

3rd XI Hockey Bilton Grange Away 30.1.16 Lost 1-2

4th XI Hockey Bilton Grange Away 30.1.16 Won 4-1

1st XI Hockey Foremarke Hall Home 3.2.16 Lost 0-3

2nd XI Hockey Foremarke Hall Home 3.2.16 Lost 0-10

3rd XI Hockey Foremarke Hall Away 3.2.16 Lost 1-4

4th XI Hockey Foremarke Hall Away 3.2.16 Lost 1-10

U11 A Football Bedford Prep Home 3.2.16 Won 3-0

U11 C Football Bedford Prep Home 3.2.16 Won 3-2

U10 B Football Bedford Prep Away 3.2.16 Won 5-3

U10 C Football Bedford Prep Away 3.2.16 Won 7-0

U9 A Football Akeley Wood Away 4.2.16 Lost 0-5

U9 B Football Akeley Wood Away 4.2.16 Drew 2-2

U9 C Football Akeley Wood Away 4.2.16 Won 2-1

Results

Artist of the Week goes to Olympia Onslow (8E).

This is her sculpture of lots of virus shapes made from differ-ent materials.

It is currently on display at the Parabola Gallery at Cheltenham Ladies' College, Olympia’s next school, where she has applied for an Art Scholarship.

Well done Olympia for all your hard work.

Fixture Amendments & Cancellations Saturday 6th February Cancelled: U8A Winchester House Football Festival has been cancelled due to expected bad weather—rescheduled for Saturday 19th March Wednesday 10th February Instead of 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th VII Hockey v Oakham it will now be 2nd & 3rd XI Hockey v Oakham (A) U11 A, B & C Football v Leicester Grammar (A) and U10 A, B & C Football v Leicester Grammar (H) will now all start at 2.00 pm U11A Netball v Maidwell will now be U11B team instead. Sunday 6th March U10 Rugby 7s & U12 Netball Tournaments at Oakham are cancelled due to lack of teams entered

Warwick Cross-Country Event On Friday 29th January we took seven relay teams to run at Warwick Prep School against nine other schools. It was a very exciting morning as it was the first cross-country event for most of the girls involved and very challenging with 'Gertrude' producing a strong wind to run into. U11 A Team: Olivia Williams, Rebecca Eales, Florence Hooper and Miranda Jackson came 2nd. U11 B team: Georgina Hunt, Evie Clarke, Isobel Jessop and Neeya Bhadresha also Came 2nd. U10 A Team: Harriett Round, Milena Bell, Mya Childs and Lauren Hewett came 5th. U10 B team: Ceara Cusiter, Jayna Bhadresha, Phoebe Thomas and Lucille Mangan came 3rd. The U9 A and B Teams took part in the A Team event. A Team: Emily Beaumont, Belle Bradnam, Bella Ruddle and Camilla Young winning the relay. B Team: Bea Orme–Smith, Chloe McGuire, Emily Jessop and Georgia Coker-Agar coming 3rd. U9 C Team: Francesca Penman, Angel Hanford, Willow Docker and Charlotte Round ran in the B race and came 5th.

Well done to all the runners who took part.

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The Cake Sale

on Monday

raised a total

of £249 for

LEPRA

Thank you for

your support

Week Beginning 8th February

Swanbourne Chase Cross-Country On Thursday 4th February we took five teams away to run in

the Swanbourne Chase.

We had a fantastic afternoon to run on. The course was very

challenging with plenty of steep hills, twists and turns. The Jun-

ior course was 1.9 miles and the Senior course was a little long-

er at 2.3 miles.

Junior Boys: 4th with Jasper Cooper first home in 6th place.

Senior Boys A Team: 5th with Johnny Oliver first home in 11th

place.

Senior Boys B Team: 14th with Henry Wheeler first home in

55th place.

Junior Girls: 1st in a very close battle with Kimbolton School

Pancake Tossing Competition Tuesday 9th

February

Break Time &

Lunch Time

20p a go

Supporting Cancer

Research

with Florence Hooper first home in 2nd, Olivia Williams 3rd

and Lauren Hewett 7th place.

Senior Girls: A fantastic 2nd, only to be beaten by a superb

Dragon team.

Molly Williams

came 1st overall,

with Gabby Peck in

6th, Rose Cassidy

8th place.

Well done to all

the runners—full

results are on the

website.

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Art Department

Artist of the Week

Artist of the Week goes to Jack Mundy (4S) for his tonal painting of a monkey. I especially like the expressive eyes which make the painting look very realistic. Well done Jack!

Miss Savage

House Competitions

Senior Cross-Country

Girls Boys

1st Frobisher 1st Raleigh

2nd= Grenville 2nd Drake

& Raleigh 3rd Frobisher

3rd Drake 4th Grenville

Junior Cross-Country

Girls Boys

1st Raleigh 1st Grenville

2nd Grenville 2nd Raleigh

3rd Drake 3rd Frobisher

4th Frobisher 4th Drake

Years 5&6 Football & Netball

Girls Boys

1st Drake 1st Frobisher

2nd Grenville 2nd Drake

3rd Raleigh 3rd Raleigh

4th Frobisher 4th Grenville

House Chess

1st Raleigh 2nd Frobisher

3rd Grenville 4th Raleigh

Lost Property

Imogen Lott: dark

blue school coat

(named)

Monty Chalmers:

shin pads (named)

Found Black ‘Thinsulate’ gloves found in car-park Ray-Ban sunglasses found in carpark

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Lunch Menu for Next Week


Monday

8th

Tuesday

9th

Wednesday

10th

Thursday

11th

Friday

12th

Saturday

13th

Sunday

14th

History Week

1230—1530

Year 1

American

Indian Story

Telling

Workshop in

Hunter Hall—

parents’

performance at

1500

1500

U10 A, B & C

Football v

Bedford

Modern (H)

1430

U9A Netball v

Winchester

House (A)

1730—1830

Year 3 Drama

Production:

Reach for the

Sky

0850

Ash Wednesday Service for Years 6, 7 & 8 in St

Andrew’s Church—parents are welcome to

attend

0915

Ash Wednesday Service for Years 3, 4 & 5 in St

Andrew’s Church—parents are welcome to

attend

1400

U11 A, B & C Football v Leicester Grammar (A)

U10 A, B & C Football v Leicester Grammar (H)

1430

1st XI Hockey v Oakham (H)

U11B Netball v Maidwell (A)

1445

2nd & 3rd XI Hockey v Oakham (A)

(calendar amendment)

0815—1600

Year 3 Visit to Black

Country Museum,

Dudley

1500—1700

Pre-Prep Book Viewing

Afternoon

1620

Cancelled—Concert Band

1630

1st & 2nd VII Hockey v

St Olave’s (H)

0850—0915

Assembly with Dr Helen

Stringer, Headmistress

of NHS—parents are

welcome to attend and

join Dr Stringer for

refreshments in the

Drawing room

afterwards

1000

1st VII Hockey IAPS at

Repton (A)

1620

Clubs, Activities, Prep

and Team Practices as

normal

1720

Half Term Begins

No

Calendar

Events

No

Calendar

Events

School Diary for Next Week

Menu Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Soup of the Day Leek & Potato Soup Tomato Soup

Meat Main Course Sausage & Bacon Pasta

Chicken Fricasse Meat Loaf in a Peppercorn Sauce

Roast Loin of Pork & Trimmings

Fish Fingers, Chips & Peas

Vegetarian Main Course Mushroom Stroganoff

Stuffed Peppers with Vegetable Cous Cous

Red Onion & Goats’ Cheese Tart

Vegetarian Sausage Rolls

Vegetable Burgers

Salad Bar Options Chicken Pitta or

Cheese & Vegetable Pitta

Feta Cheese & Olives

or Roast Pork

Selection of Cheese & Bacon

or Cheese & Tomato

Croissants

Tuna Mayonnaise or

Egg Mayonnaise

Roast Ham or

Prawns in Marie Rose Sauce

Jacket Potato Bar Cheese & Beans Minced Beef & Vegetables

Brie & Bacon Chilli Con Carne Chicken Curry

Pre-Prep (Meat & Vegetarian Main

Courses plus)

Roast Ham or

Grated Cheese

Sausage Roll or

Boiled Egg

Grated Cheese or

Tuna Mayonnaise

Roast Ham or

Egg Mayonnaise

Grated Cheese or

Tuna

Desserts Bananas & Custard

Yoghurt, Fruit, Cheese & Biscuits

Bakewell Tart


Cranachan Trifle


Pineapple Upside Cake

Yoghurt, Fruit,

Cheese & Biscuits

Fudge Brownie


Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Soup of the Day Stilton & Broccoli Vegetable

Meat Main Course Bacon Pasta Lasagne with Garlic Bread

& Salad

Wild West Pie Chicken Curry & Rice

Fish, Chips & Peas

Vegetarian Main Course Macaroni Cheese Vegetable Wellington

Vegetable Lasagne Mushroom Stroganoff

& Rice

Sweet Potato Pie

Salad Bar Options Meat & Vegetarian Selection

Meat & Vegetarian Selection




Jacket Potato Bar Stilton & Broccoli Vegetable

Pre-Prep (Meat & Vegetarian Main

Courses plus)

Ham or

Cheese

Sausage Roll or

Egg Mayonnaise

Grated Cheese or

Tuna Mayonnaise

Ham or

Egg Mayonnaise

Grated Cheese or

Tuna

Desserts Queen’s Pudding


Rice Pudding


Carrot Cake


Treacle Sponge


Fudge Brownies


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As we all know, part of developing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle is being physically active. ‘Physical

Development’ is one of the Prime Areas of Learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework, which is followed by the Re-

ception classes, and continues to play a central and vital role in the curriculum for our children in Years 1 and 2. Being physically

active supports the development of the brain, as well as strengthening muscles and developing both gross and fine motor co-

ordination. The children in Pre-Prep enjoy a wealth of physical activity every day. The use of tools and equipment, from pencils

and scissors, to hoops, beanbags and quoits, help to strengthen hand-eye co-ordination and fine motor skills (essential pre-

requisites for writing!). Whilst the use of larger equipment in P.E, Games and Dance lessons, aids balance, develops spatial aware-

ness and builds core strength. Over the last couple of weeks, it has been a joy to watch the Year 2 children return, puffing and

panting back from their P.E. lessons, pink cheeked and wide-eyed with excitement – Mr Barnard has been refining their badmin-

ton skills and, with matches in full swing, I hear that even Mr Clarke could not resist shrugging off his suit jacket and grabbing a

racquet to join in with the fun!

It is always a pleasure to welcome visiting speakers into the Pre-Prep Department. Listening to different adults talk with passion

and interest about their areas of expertise is so enlightening for the children. Following on from a visit from Elsa’s mummy, who

is a vet, the Reception children welcomed Mr Swinfen this week, who gave a fascinating talk all about food and farming. Armed

with a box of Weetabix and packets of different grains, George’s daddy talked about the oats, beans, barley and rape seed

that he grows on his farm and where it is sent to. He even told the children all

about his 500 ewes that are about to give birth to possibly around 1,000 lambs

- oh how the children wished he had had all of those tucked under his arm

along with the Weetabix! As always, a huge thank you to both Mrs Miles and

Mr Swinfen for so kindly giving up their

time and for answering all the children’s

questions with unwavering enthusiasm.

Finally, a reminder that we are holding a

‘Pre-Prep Book Viewing Afternoon’ next

Thursday 11th February, between 3.00-5.00

pm. I know the children will take great

delight in flicking through the pages of

their books, proudly talking you through all

the activities they have completed. The

children’s work will, of course, also be

available to view during our Parent/

Teacher Consultations on Tuesday 8th and

Thursday 10th of March.

Mrs Fiona Sanchez

Head of Pre-Prep

Congratulations to Leo Smith (2L) who has

been awarded a medal for his dedication,

skill and commitment in Karate.

Toys Needed Have you recently had a post-Christmas de-clutter?

Our Reception classes never tire of new toys, games and dressing up clothes, and will happily re-home any unwanted items.

From Playmobil, Lego and cars, to jigsaws and role-play equipment, all will be put to good use.

Thank you, any donations are most appreciated.

Miss Yeo and Mrs Bold

Monday 8th February, 12.30-3.30pm – Year 1

American Indian Story Telling Workshop

Thursday 11th February, 3.00-5.00pm – Pre-Prep

Book Viewing Afternoon

Thursday 25th February, 3.00pm in the Hunter

Hall – Year 1 Assembly (Parents, friends and family

are welcome to attend)

Thursday 3rd March – World Book Day Celebra-

tions (more information to follow)

Friday 4th March, 3.00pm in the Hunter Hall –

Pre-Prep Mothering Sunday Assembly (invitation

to follow)

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