A reminder about arrangements for the end of term, Wednesday, 14th December:

• The Pre-Prep children break up at 12.20pm on 14th December. They will have lunch at school and will be available for collection from their classrooms at 12.20pm.

• Those in the Middle and Upper School will remain at school and be transported to Bampton Church for the carol service, which will begin at 2.45pm. Please ensure children bring their blazers into school.
  

• The carol service is due to finish at 3.45pm and if you are not attending and cannot collect from the church, we will bring your children back to school from where we would ask you to collect them by 4.30pm at the very latest.
  
  
• End of term envelopes, containing the colour newsletter, Spring term 2012 calendar, end of term assessment reports and other important documents will be sent home with your youngest child on Tuesday, 13th December.

Congratulations to the following pupils, all of whom passed their guitar examinations:

Edward Adamson - Grade 5 - distinction
Edward Cope - Grade 2 - distinction
Alex Chapman - Grade 2 - merit
Edward Flower - Grade 2 - merit
Ned Batstone - Grade 1 - merit
Felix Stevens - Grade 1 - merit
Angus Thomson - Grade 1 - merit

A beautiful Christmas tree arrived this week in Nursery and the children enjoyed decorating it from head to toe with golden baubles and lots and lots of tinsel! We also performed our magical Nativity on Monday and Tuesday afternoons. Nursery were twinkling stars and sang their own star song to entertain everyone.

Along with all this excitement, the children have spent time in the Sports Hall working with the small apparatus and we have been busy making Christmas cards using our feet and hands! Finally, we joined the rest of Pre-Prep to watch a super production of Beauty and the Beast in the Barn - much fun was had by all!

I hope you all have a good weekend.

Jessica Blythe

Next week's events to note:

Monday: No Library
Please can all children bring in a large bag for art and craft
Tuesday: PE
Christmas Lunch and afternoon party
Wednesday: Show and Tell - anything!
End of term 12.15pm

Beachborough Cross Country
Senior Girls came 1st out of 7 schools
Annabel Simpson 1st
Maya Grell 6th
Florence Blackburn 7th
Harriet Batstone 11th
Rose Smith 25th
Lily Lovell 26th

U11 Boys - overall winners
Ned Batstone 6th
Louis Needham 8th
George Edgedale 10th
Inigo Russell 12th
Sid Mitchell 23rd
Euan Bremner 32nd

Senior Boys - 3rd overall
Jack Mitchell 4th
Ivo Brown 7th
Chesney Clubb 15th
Edward Cope 29th
Jamie Dee 31st
Edward Flower 34th

v Winchester House
The is the beginning of our Netball season for U13, U12 & U11, whereas it is the end of the season for Winchester House)
U13A Lost 5-7 (Players of the match: R Smith & K Newland)
U13B v Year 8s Lost 0-11
U13B v Year 7/8 Lost 1-4 (Player of the match: D Wildman)
U12A Lost 3-12 (Player of the match: G Henderson)
U11A Lost 5-6 (The whole team were fantastic!)
U10A Lost 5-6 (Player of the match: M Gibbard)
U9A Won 9-5 (Player of the match: A Blackburn)
U9B Won 6-1 (Player of the match: K Dodd-Noble)

Junior House Netball
1st Malvern
2nd Chislehurst
3rd Carswell
4th Bickley

Girls' Hockey
v Beachborough
U11 Won 3-1 (Scorers: A Hearn x2, L Naylor; Player of the match: T Blackburn)
U10 Lost 0-1 (Players of the match: I Saer, M Jacobs)

 
Rugby
v Prior Park
1st Won 29-19 (Tries: E Adamson, C Lay, P Hicks Beach, J Browning, J Stanton;
Conv: C Lay x2)
3rd Won 17-12 (Tries: H Emmott x2, H Power; Conv: J Naylor x2)
Colts A Won 26-0 (Tries: A Thomson x2, O Baker, W Stanton; Conv: L Needham x2, I Russell)
Colts B Won 21-7 (Tries: M Sutton x2, R Walker; Conv: A Green x3)
Colts C Won 65-10 (Tries: T Grell x5, S Thomson x3, N Smith x2, O Stevens, R Hartley,
H Clemence)
U9 Won 40-15 (Tries: W Noakes x3 K Sangha x2, F Kelly, O Walker, H de Reuver)