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www.springgroveschool.co.uk Friday 10th June 2016 No. 32

SG MessengerSG Messenger

Celebrating the Queen’s 90th Birthday

The Bee Team swarm around the chimney

IAPS Triathlon Competition Congratulations to Edith McNair, Rosa Bowden and Scott Strange who competed so courageously in last weekend’s rain-soaked IAPS Triathlon Com-petition held at Dulwich Prep School, Cranbrook. This is a na-tionwide event with competi-tors coming from as far afield as Millfield in Somerset and Rep-ton in Derbyshire. A 200m swim, 2km bike ride and 1.2km were the three main elements and mastering the transition periods between the disciplines would be crucial. Our three young competitors are always gutsy in their approach: Edith came a creditable 50th in the Year 5 girls whilst Rosa pro-duced our outstanding perfor-mance of the day with a joint 14th placing. Scott Strange came 17th in the boys’ Year 6 race which included longer stag-es on each discipline. He came 17th overall. Well done to all three brave rac-ers!

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Headmaster’s Scholars of the Week Week 7 (ending 17th June)

I have set up a new notice board directly outside my study which gives details of my Scholars of the Week. Form teachers regularly send to me pupils who have completed an impressive assignment. I am able to talk through the successful work with the pupil, have them read to me and listen to their ideas for further de-velopment. I then reward them with an appropriate sticker and stars. This notice board will allow me to provide public recognition of their efforts. I shall publish each week’s ‘scholars’ in the SG Messenger:

Dexter Weir Excellent maths work

Emmeline Liddle Excellent Creative Writing

Edith McNair Excellent Creative Writing

The House test-tubes have been installed in the front hall in order for us all to raise money for SASP, the South Afri-can charity, which is dedicated to supporting children’s education. The accompanying table indicates what we might aim for in our collection…

For more information, visit www.saspuk.org

Donation What will this buy?

£10 000 A fully equipped classroom

£5 000 A multi-purpose sports surface

£2 000 A play area for a crèche or a primary school

£1 500 A secondary school education for one pupil over 6 years

£250 One bursary for one pupil

£100 Essential education supplies for one school for one term

£25 A food pack to feed a family of five for one month

SG Connect

Answers to last week’s Connect Question: Words made up of two names! (Answers: Denmark, Melrose, Patron, Garryowen, Evades) . WINNER: Robert Beale This week’s tricky challenge: Solve the five clues then find what connects the answers… 1. German battleship named after 19th Century Chancellor. 2. Dubris is the Latin name for which town? 3. Tudor sailor and explorer and maker of bicycles... 4. First name of Baron de Coubertin, founder of the Modern Olympics. 5. British WW2 General who led the allied forces to victory in North Africa. Connection: ___________________________________ Email your answer to headmaster@springgroveschool.co.uk . The first correct answer wins a Spring Grove pen!

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Sport Chess Match v Junior King’s—Match Reporter, Piers Courage On Tuesday, 13 chess players from Spring Grove went to Junior King’s for a chess tournament and then we started and everyone played 2 or 3 games. At the end it was a draw, so Mr Cheney played their gap student for a tie-breaker and Mr Cheney won! The man of the match was me, 2 wins and a draw and well done Benny for 2 wins and a loss. Thank you Mrs Jones and Mr Cheney for taking us. U11 Girls’ Kwik Cricket tournament at Ashford School—Match Reporter, Matylda Reilly On Wednesday the U11 girls took part in a tournament against Ashford, Kent College, St Faith’s and Claremont. In our first match we restricted Ashford to just 7 runs whilst we scored 60. In our second match we played Kent College and we fielded first. They were very good batters and finished with a smashing 70 runs so we were determined to beat them. Izzy and Daisy went first and were caught out 4 times but still we managed to get 3 runs. The final score was 13 runs with Kent College having 70 runs. Next, we played St Faith’s. They batted first and scored 32 runs. We came in strong with me and Betsey and scored 7 runs and no outs. The final score was SG 28 and St Faith’s 32. Our last match was against Claremont. We fielded first and me, Betsey, Amelia and Gigi all caught them out and they ended with 28 runs. It was our turn to bat and we batted very well and scored lots of runs. We finished with 35 runs. We finished the tournament in 3rd place. Well done to everyone. Thank you to Mr Cheney and Miss Drury for taking us. Well played SG. U9 A&B Rounders v Lorenden (A) On Thursday, the U9 A Team played against Lorenden. We fielded first and did some good bowling. Lorenden, however, had some smashers and played really well. Our catching and throwing was not at our best so they scored 5½ rounders. Then it was our turn to bat, we smashed the ball as hard as we could. The last ball, Emmy whacked the ball and scored a whole rounder leading us up to 6½ rounders. Well done SG! Amelia got the Lady of the Match (well done) Thank you Mrs Langford and Miss de Ambrosis for taking us. B Team—Match Reporters, Abigail Weir & Elvie Kingham The B Team played against Lorenden too on Thursday The weather was fine and we got off to a good start. We started off fielding. Elvie tried her hardest and was excellent at 2nd base. Everyone tried their best and

managed to get a few people out. Phoebe was doing very good bowl-ing. Then the time came to do some batting. Tabitha started of batting and we found out they were good at fielding. We all tried hard but it wasn’t enough. We couldn’t win. The final scores were 5½ rounders to SG and 8 to Lorenden.

U9 Boys’ Cricket v St Faith’s We lost the toss and the game began. We had to bat first.. We batted well and scored lots of runs. The best pair was Piers and Seb. Spring Grove then fielded and St Faith’s batted well too. The score was 229 to us and 235 to St Faith’s. Man of the Match was Sebastian Fairchild. Issah ponders another move during a chess club practice session.

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PTA News Masquerade Ball- We are still tallying up the proceeds and the costs. If you owe any money for the parking raffle, auction items or wine, please pay quickly. If you have receipts and are owed money please contact Janette. (Please note that the wine cooler was located and reunited with its owner!) Queen’s Birthday Fete- It was a beautiful British summer’s day—i.e. the rain came down in buckets—and the children had a lot of fun. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped with stalls and the baking and book stall. The baking was delicious. New and 2nd Hand Uniform Sale takes place on 30th June- It is time to sort out all your winter and summer uni-forms. Please note the different uniform requirements as children move up through the school. http://www.springgroveschool.co.uk/school-uniform.html A donation box will be put out for 2nd hand uniform dona-tions. Dates for your calendar Thursday, 30th June - New and 2nd Hand uniform sale Saturday, 9th July—Sports & Prize Day…& Family Camp Night 13th July- End of School Year TBA- PTA End of year meeting

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Form 1 children have enjoyed an exhilarating year in the classroom, in the gar-den and on stage. They thoroughly enjoyed the Queen’s Birthday Fête.

“I am thrilled to acknowledge that we raised £800 yesterday for St Mary's church in Hastingleigh,” writes Mrs Courtenay-Snipp. Mr Curnow and his family visited, having loaded items, including his medals and is pictured with one of my arrangements entitled, "The Armed Forces".

A royal celebration in flowers!A royal celebration in flowers!A royal celebration in flowers!

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A new and unique opportunity for musicians in Kent who A new and unique opportunity for musicians in Kent who love the idea of community musiclove the idea of community music--making.making.

Spring Grove’s Family Music CourseSpring Grove’s Family Music Course

Monday 22nd —Thursday 25th August 2016 9.30—4.00pm each day

Overseen by our Director of Music, Hilary Jones, the music course is aimed at orchestral musicians who

will be keen to learn and develop their skills through the week. There are already a variety of

Kent-based orchestral courses for advanced school-age musicians. We think the Spring Grove course

will offer something new:

Children of all ages can sign up Confident Grade 1 players up to and beyond Grade 5. We can adapt

parts to suit abilities. Children from any school learning any orchestral instrument are wel-

come. Adults can join too…

It is possible for children to bring an adult along with them! An ideal opportunity for parents who might once have learnt an instrument

and lacked the courage to play! Course Tutors:

Bill McConnell (conductor/arranger), Hilary Jones (strings), Bill Jones (brass)

Pastoral Care: Sue McConnell and Hilary Jones The course will incorporate:

a mixture of group rehearsals for the different instrumental sections

a variety of orchestral styles including jazz, folk and classical supervised break time activities including swimming and

outdoor team games

Drinks and refreshments will be provided but packed lunches

will need to be brought each day. The course will end with a concert at 3.30pm on Thursday,

25th August to which friends and family are invited.

Cost: £125 for the full 4 day course. £10 reduc-Cost: £125 for the full 4 day course. £10 reduc-

tion for each extra family member. tion for each extra family member.

Please note: All instruments must be insured

Booking and consent forms can be obtained via the school office or the school’s website.

Contact: Spring Grove School, Harville Road, Wye, TN25 5EZ

apeirson@springgroveschool.co.uk / 01233 812337 www.springgroveschool.co.uk

Family Camp Night (Saturday, 9th July) The Spring Grove Family Camp Night has become one of those fantastic school traditions which has grown in popularity over the years: it is run entirely by the par-ents who choose to camp overnight on the school play-ing field following our Sports and Prize Day. Invariably, it is a happy occasion when families can enjoy a lovely get-together, play games and a barbecue. Two concerns have grown in recent years: the growing popularity of the event with older unattached Spring-grovians and the security of the school. As this is not a school event, those who attend are responsible for the behaviour of the children who attend. Therefore, this year the event will be open to Spring Grove families as usual but I have also booked a security officer to remain a presence on site who will ensure that the school buildings remain secure and that children play safely and with due consideration for others. In order to im-plement this, there will be a £10 charge per family that registers and attends. Looking forward to a great Family Camp Night on Sat-urday, 9th July 2016

Chess Club 2016

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Happy Birthday to…Happy Birthday to…

Zoe Poublon, Annabel Holman and Rosa Bowden

CONGRATULATIONSCONGRATULATIONSCONGRATULATIONS

Headmaster’s Stars: Austen: Evie Dawson, Barney Smith, Henry Smith Chaucer: Josh Barnett, Mia Barnett, Phoebe Bou-cher, Sebastian Fairchild, Emma Stanbridge, Alex-ander Starr Conrad: Robin Cobb, Poppy Courtenay-Snipp, Josh Desmet, Alice Goodman, Anna Makin Dickens: Madeleine Delaney, Sebastian Smith, Luca Toma Boxing Award: Hector Hulme Karate Medal & Award: Curt Curtis Iron Kids Course medal: Cameron Crouch

Lost PropertyLost Property Hettie MoranHettie Moran New Games Top New Games Top Alfie AllanAlfie Allan Blazer & PE Top Blazer & PE Top Abigail WeirAbigail Weir Trainers & Football Trainers & Football

Boots and School CoatBoots and School Coat Harry SpeightHarry Speight One black shoeOne black shoe

Diary Monday 20th - Friday 24th June

Monday 20th Kent IAPS Track & Field Championships at the Julie Rose Stadium - 10.00am

Tuesday 21st Year 4 Trip to Seapoint Canoe Centre, Hythe Year 3 Trip to the British Museum, London

Wed 22nd Reception Class to Wildwood House Rounders U11 Cricket v Lorenden (H)

Thursday 23rd Whole School Photograph Postponed U9 Girls’ Kwik Cricket Tournament at Ashford School

Friday 24th Form 1 Assembly Armed Forces’ Day Gala Celebration - Canterbury College - 7.00pm-9.30pm

Jelly the GiraffeJelly the GiraffeJelly the Giraffe Congratulations to CHAUCER HOUSE for re-Congratulations to CHAUCER HOUSE for re-Congratulations to CHAUCER HOUSE for re-gaining Jelly. Well done the Yellows! Bril-gaining Jelly. Well done the Yellows! Bril-gaining Jelly. Well done the Yellows! Bril-liant!liant!liant!

1.1.1. Chaucer 505 StarsChaucer 505 StarsChaucer 505 Stars 2.2.2. Conrad 483Conrad 483Conrad 483 3.3.3. Austen 460Austen 460Austen 460 4.4.4. Dickens 433Dickens 433Dickens 433 Land Wanted

We are looking to purchase a piece of land approxi-mately 1 acre in size for a self build eco bungalow, suitable for disabled access. Location needs to be within a 10 mile radius of the south of Canterbury, even the Chilham, Faversham, Canterbury triangle. If you have or know of anyone that is prepared to sell us this much needed piece of land, please contact Michael on 07801273312.

A celebration of nature and place through literature 18th – 19th June 2016

Boldshaves Gardens, Kent

“It is a thrill to see The Wealden Literary Festival taking root and flourishing. With its em-phasis on the natural world, its commitment to children and to community, and its vision

of getting people outdoors and hands-on with nature, as well as reading and talking about it, it strikes me as a hugely hopeful and valuable new event. Long may it grow!”

Robert Macfarlane

http://www.wealdenliteraryfestival.co.uk

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Swim Club 2016

All ages, all levels, all welcome

Tobie Lumley will be at Spring Grove to run the Swim Club throughout the May Half

Term & Summer Holidays.

It could be that your child needs a bit of coaching to gain confidence or can’t swim

at all, we will be providing instruction for all ages and levels, even adults.

Cost £15 per half hour one to one session.

Bookings now being taken by contacting

Tobie or Angela via email abmp@uwclub.net or speak with Angela in the School Office.

Spring Grove School, Harville Road, Wye, TN25 5EZ t: 01233 812337 e: apeirson@springgroveschool.co.uk

LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SG EXTRA IN THE SUMMER TERM

With the summer afternoons here, we shall be in the garden whenever

possible making the most of the potentially bright warm weather. So we won't be doing particular tasks on set days, but there will still many

things taking place.

PLEASE TAKE A LOOK BELOW

The children will be making their tea inside and we hope to eat outside on many afternoons. There is a perfect shaded area towards the back

of the garden, ideal for a picnic. The children will love it !

We will make aeroplanes, flying saucers. kites, parachutes, bubbles and anything children can fly, chase and have fun with. Various outside

games too.

Should weather not permit outside play, we will be making edible treats that the children enjoy as well as art/craft activities in the

Nursery area.

Even though no specific dates and activities are listed this term, as we are relying on the weather, it would still be advisable to book children in with the office the day before at the latest please. This enables the

correct amount of food to be available for the teas.

S G Extra is available Monday through Friday 4pm - 6pm. Please come along and join us.

If you child wished to attend, please book in advance.

Looking forward to seeing you in the new term.

The Bees Some of us have learnt some new things about bees this week. On Wednesday, a healthy local hive swarmed and a queen and her thousands of workers arrived at SG and took up residence in front of the school. On Thursday morning, they elected to relocate to the chimney at the top of the school and numerous scouts found their way into the headmaster’s study. A fire in the hearth did little to deter them, it seemed, but having tried again after the end of school, the swarm returned to their original tree near the pond. On Friday afternoon, Mike Cox, Maths teacher and Assis-tant Housemaster at King’s School, Canterbury arrived and carefully found the queen, placed her in his large red box where she was joined by her protecting workers and took them away to join one of his hives in Canterbury.

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