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Your Child • Their Journey • Our FocusVol. 36 Issue No. 29 • 24th May 2019

Clubs After Half TermAll clubs running after half term except:Tuesday: Table Tennis, French Clinic, Maths Club (due to exam meeting), Open Chess (due to house matches)Thursday: Pre-Prep STEM Friday: Swimming Club

MONDAY

11.30am12.45pm

4.45pm

13+ Common Entrance Exam Week (Tuesday to Thursday)Sports Council MeetingLuckley House Challenge (four Year 5 pupils)Year 6 English Workshop for parents of children in Year 5

TUESDAY8.45pm4.30pm

Year 6 to Hampton CourtExam Review Meeting Years 5 to 7 by invitation only

THURSDAY12.30pm

1.30pm4.35pm6.00pm

Year 1 to Year 2 Pupil Transition Meeting (staff only)Governors Meeting Academic Team Leaders MeetingMusic Recital Evening for Exam Candidates

FRIDAY

8.50am12.30pm

Year 8 Post Exam Programme StartsYear 1 Assembly (parents invited)Nursery to Reception Pupil Transition Meeting (staff only)

Year 2 Production of The PiperDiary for week after half term

Good Luck to .....Our Year 8 pupils who will be sitting their Common Entrance exams in the week after half term.

We wish all our pupils, parents and staff a restful half term. School starts again on Monday 3rd June.

Half Term

May Fair

Daisy’s Dream Cheque PresentationZoe Ovens from Daisy’s Dream, our school Charity of the Year, visited Yateley Manor on Thursday and spoke to Year 3 upwards about how the charity supports children and their families who are affected by life threatening illness or bereavement.

Year 8 children, Josh, Katie, Sunay and Thomas, who had proposed Daisy’s Dream to be our Charity of the Year, presented a cheque for more than £2,600 which the school raised this year.

Congratulations to Year 2 for two fantastic performances of their summer production of the musical The Piper. Audiences of family and friends were wowed by thechildren’s infectious enthusiasm and energy as they delivered their lines clearly, sang with gusto and acted and danced with confidence. The children’s costumes and face paint helped them to really bring the characters to life. It is always wonderful to see the children perform on stage with such confidence and enthusiasm.

Saturday’s FYMS May Fair was a tremendous success with members of the Yateley Manor community turning out in force to enjoy all the fun of the fair. There was entertainment for everyone, delicious food and plenty of activities and stalls to try.

We are very grateful to FYMS for organising such a fantastic event. A lot of hard work from a large number of people goes into planning the May Fair and it paid off! Thank you also to everyone who helped on one of the many stalls, food outlets or other activities, to the families who came along and, of course, to all the children whose smiles and laughter made the day a great success.

Pre-Prep Awards

Speaking and Listening Assessments: Sam Reader. Megan Hancock, Jasmine Singh, Erin Howells, Isaac Barney, Elizabeth Curran, Lauren Grice, Scarlett Salvage, Freddie Spoor, Ben Mullaney

Fantastic Roman Costume: Annabelle Starr

Consistent Application and Attitude for Learning in French: Toby Shrubsall

Accelerated Progress and Hard Work in French: Lauren Grice

Greek Myth: Charlie Sutton

Headmaster’s Commendations

House Points and BonusesBonuses House Points Overall

Fyson 3rd 1st 2nd

Kingsley 1st 4th 3rd

School 4th 2nd 4th

Stanley 2nd 3rd 1st

Bonus Point Winner: KingsleyHouse Point Winner: FysonOverall Winner: Stanley

Reception Smiles

Zach Gorvin, Anushka Lal, Niamh Lumpkin, Will Taylor

Year 6 English for Year 5 Parents

Post Common Entrance ProgrammeThis year’s exciting post Common Entrance programme for our Year 8 pupils has almost been finalised. Once their exams, which are straight after half term, are over, pupils will be launched into four weeks packed with physical and sporting events, drama, cookery and workshops designed to give them new life skills to take with them on the next stage of their educational journey.

Physical activities include a watersports day at Horseshoe Lake and an action packed Bushcraft Week, where they will undertake a variety of adventure and team building activities and, of course, Sports Day.

The group will spend an intense week rehearsing and preparing for a performance of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice which will be presented to parents on the Friday evening.

Visiting speakers will guide the children through workshops on On-Line Safety and the British Board of Film Classification.

They will also have a cookery session and write stories for the Pre-Prep children. A fun skittles evening completes the programme.

In between all these events, Year 8 will be completing their Yateley Manor Award log books to earn their bronze, silver or gold awards.

The Post Common Entrance programme is the culmination of Year 8s’ time at Yateley Manor and complements their hard work academically and within the School community. We look forward to celebrating all that they have achieved at our end of term Speech Day.

Shakespeare Week is less than a month away and plans are well underway for a fun-filled week putting together ‘The Merchant of Venice’ with director Chris Connaughton.’ Children in Year 8 have received news of the character they will play and are in possession of scripts to begin the process of familiarisation and learning of lines. Details of the week itself and costume requirements will be sent out soon. Thank you.Children in Year 7 are also busy learning lines for the up and coming Poetry Picnic Performance on 10th of June. More details will follow directly after half term.

Year 8 Shakespeare and Year 7 Picnic Performance

Head of English, Antonia Robinson, will be holding a Year 6 English for Year 5 Parents meeting on Monday 3rd June

The meeting aims to explain the standard of English expected from children at the age of 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 complete the form that can be found here.

Everyone for CricketRobert Upton’s latest blog can be found on the School website. The following is a taster:

When she puts her crash helmet on, the car does not know if she is male or female. Born in Guildford in July 1980, Katherine Legge is a British racing car driver and, some might say, the most under-rated sportswoman. To achieve notoriety during her career, Legge has needed perseverance, resilience and an unfaltering desire to succeed.

To read the rest of this article and other blog posts visit the website.

Ultra Marathon for Mr DavisNeil Davis will be competing in an ultra-marathon in July, completing the 60 mile course in 24 hours. He is raising money for a local Bristol charity called Above and Beyond. If you would like to support him his fundraising page can be found here.

Congratulations to ...

Happy Birthdayto everyone whose birthday falls during half term or in the first week back:

Jake Brown 5 Wil Cantelo 8 Carlo Cognetti 10 Jessica Fussey 9Orla Harris 7Joseph Lockwood 12Eloise Macoraghty-Mines 10William Mitchell 11Rihaan Nair 9Alex Ng 7Henry Parker 9Lawson Sessions 4Freddie Spoor 11

FYMS CornerPrep Sports Day Refreshment Helpers - FYMS are looking for parents of children in Nursery, Reception, Year 1 or Year 2 to volunteer to help run the refreshments/ice cream stall on the day of the Prep Sports Day - Friday 14th June so that parents of Prep children can enjoy the day. This favour will be repaid as their children progress through the school. If you are able to help please email FYMS@mail.com. Thank you.

May Fair - Year 6 Rugby Assault Course Results - Winners of each group are as follows: Pre-Schoolers – Lewie Morris (30:20) Pre-Prep - Alice Waddington (22:02) Years 3 & 4 - Harry Sables (20:39) Years 5 & 6 - Oliver Waddington (16:01) Years 7 & 8 - Harrison Sivakumaran (17:17)Miss Callan chose a winner’s winner out of a hat…..and Oliver Waddington won the top prize of a family ticket to visit the World Rugby Museum & Tour of Twickenham Stadium.Please could prize winners collect their prizes from School Reception after half term.

A reminder that the residential trip briefing for parents of childen in Year 7 will take place on Monday, 10th June at 4.45pm in Abraham.

Residential Trip Briefing

Thank You To ...The Codd Family (Sam) for their donation of a scooter for the Holiday Clubs.

What Will You Choose for Lunch?

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 purchased 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.

MondayCrispy Lamb Noodles

Chilli and Vegetable Noodles (v)Carrots, sweet corn and pitta bread

Rhubarb orange cinnamon pots

Tuesday

Roast Pork Mushroom, Spinach and Spring Onion Rissotto (v)

Pommes Anna, Vichy carrots and broccoli

Millionaire shortbread

Wednesday

Chicken Arrabiata Macaroni Cheese (v)

Roasted vegetables, garlic bread and crudites

Chocolate mousse

Thursday

Cottage Pie Vegetarian Cottage Pie or Vegetable Samosas (v)

Vegetable medley and gravy

Jelly and icecream

Friday

Fish Fingers or Tikka Salmon Bake Vegetable Sausage Casserole (v)

Spicey wedges, baked beans and peas

Orange and lemon drizzle cake

We are so proud of our two Tenner Challenge Teams and what they achieved on their first venture onto the Young Enterprise scheme. Team ‘Mother’s Little Helpers’ took £170.80 with the sales of their ‘must have’ Mother’s Day gifts. They managed to keep up with demand and engineered a school craze with their brightly coloured pom-pom keyrings. They also made a substantial donation from their profits to the school charity Daisy’s Dream. Team ‘The Ruler’ kept pupils and some teachers supplied with their ever-changing attractive stationery supplies in their custom-made mobile sales box. They took an excellent £49.54. Congratulations and thanks to both teams. Here’s to Tenner Challenge 2020!

Tenner Challenge - Mission Complete

Shourya Patre (4PT) who qualified for the UK Chess Challenge Gigafinal by scoring 4½ points out of six at the Surrey Mega Final. Shourya won four matches and drew one finishing an excellent fifth out of 33 children in his group.

Kayan Sachdev (2SLT) who, playing as part of the Yateley United FC U7 team, reached the Plate Cup Final of the Darby Green tournament. Kayan scored several important goals during the tournament.

Matilda Upfold (3GJR) who won two awards this week. Matilda was named Yateley Hockey Club’s U8 Player of the Season and also Wokingham Netball Club U8 Coaches player of the Season.

Summer Uniform After Half TermA quick reminder that after half term, all children should be wearing Yateley Manor summer uniform.

A reminder also that as the weather warms up that during the summer hats should be provided for sport or play and a good spread of colourless sun cream should be applied before the children come to school, as the staff are unable to apply it.

Fixtures for the week after half term Tuesday 4.35pm Chess House Matches Round 3

Wednesday 12.00pm Wellington U11 T20 Boys Cricket Cup (coach leaves 11.15pm & returns approx 7.15pm)2.00pm Incrediball Cricket v Daneshill U11B Home, U13 & U11A Home at Yateley Cricket Club U10A & U10B Away (coach leaves 1.40pm & returns 4.30pm/5.00pm)2.30pm Cricket v Eagle House U13 & U10A Home, U11B Home at Yateley Cricket Club, U12 & U10B Away (coach leaves 1.50pm & return approx 5.30pm)

Thursday 2.00pm Cricket v St John’s Beaumont U8A, U8B & U8C (10 a side pairs) Home, U9A, U9B & U9C (10 a side pairs) Away (coach leaves 1.00pm & returns approx 5.00pm)2.00pm Incrediball Cricket v Lambrook U8A & U8B Home, U9A & U9B Away (coach leaves 1.20pm & returns 4.30-5.00pm)

Friday 1.30pm Farleigh Athletics Years 3 to 8 (coach leaves YM 12.00pm & returns approx 6.00pm)

Saturday Junior Wessex Athletics at Walhampton School Years 3 to 5 (coach leaves 7.30am & returns approx 6.30pm)

9.00am IAPS National Swimming Finals (meet Mr Daines at Aquatic Centre at 8.30am)

This Week’s MatchesThis week children from Year 3 to Year 8 played in cricket matches in beautiful sunshine. The U10s also took part in the Charterhouse 6-a-side tournament.A squad of our swimmers travelled to Bishopsgate for a gala and on Tuesday we hosted the annual Yateley Manor Athletics Event to which five other prep schools were invited. This was a fantastic event in which the schools competed in track and field events.Match reports for all of this week’s cricket, athletics and swimming matches can be found here.

Games KitHalf term is an excellent opportunity for parents to check their children’s kit bags to make sure that sports kit belonging to other children has not been put in the wrong bag by mistake.

Several children have lost parts of their sports kit which they will be needing for Sports Day after half term.

If you find kit which does not belong to your child please pop it into School Reception so that it can be returned. Thank you.

Speech DayOur two Speech Day Events will take place on the final day of term, Friday 5th July.

Speech Day for Years 1 to 4 will start at 10.00am and finish at approximately 11.00am. Children will return to their classrooms afterwards and parents are invited to join the Headmaster for a drink on the lawn. Term ends for children in Reception and Years 1 to 4 at 12.00 noon and parents should collect children from their classrooms between 11.00am and 12.00 noon .

Lunch and care can be provided during the afternoon for children in Pre-Prep and Years 3 and 4 whose parents will be attending the afternoon Speech Day, but not otherwise.

Speech Day for Years 5 to 8 will begin at 2.00pm and last for about an hour and a half. Term will end for children in Years 5 to 8 at the end of Speech Day at approximately 3.30pm. At the end of Years 5 to 8 Speech Day parents are invited to join the Headmaster for a drink on the lawn.

Leavers’ tea for all pupils in Years 6 and 8 and their parents starts at 4.00pm.

Coaches will leave school that day at 4.15pm and all children not attending Leavers’ Tea must be collected by 4.15pm. The Nursery will close at 4.00pm on that day. There will be no shuttle or 5.30pm coaches on that day.

If you would like to request tickets for either event please complete the ticket request form by clicking here. There is an initial allocation of two tickets per family per event.

Whole School Photo

Tempest Photography visited Yateley Manor on Thursday to take our three yearly Whole School Photograph. The children were fantastic, listened carefully to instructions and behaved very sensibly getting onto and off the staging.

We are looking forward to seeing the final photo after half term and offering it for sale to Yateley Manor families through Tempest’s password protected website.

A reminder that the Summer Concert, which features all children in Year 5 and Year 6, will take place on Tuesday 11th June at 6.30pm in the Fyson Blum Hall. It is expected that all children in Years 5 and 6, as well as members of ensembles, attend the concert.

A letter with full details was sent last week and can also be downloaded here. If you have not completed the response form please do so by clicking here.

Summer Concert for all Year 5 and 6 Children

Lost PropertyLewis Mandaza (6PCT) lost his named, almost new black school shoes just before the end of last term. If you have seen them please let Lewis or Matron know. Thank you.