Weekly News from St Hugh's

Senior School Congratulations

Congratulations to Rebecca Bell for being awarded an academic scholarship to St Helen's & St Katharine's and to Amelia Green for being offered a place at Our Lady's Abingdon and an English Exhibition to OLA.

Engagement of Miss Jenny Please

We are delighted to announce that Miss Jenny Please is engaged to be married. The wedding will take place in the summer holidays and Miss Please will move abroad with her husband. Jenny is a much valued member of the Pre-Prep team and a superb Reception teacher, whom we will miss very much.

We will be advertising this post shortly in the educational press and we will keep parents informed about progress in finding a suitable successor.

Birth Congratulations

We are delighted to announce the safe arrival of Micah Jude Lings, born to Mrs Netty Lings and her husband Ben, on 27th December 2011, weighing in at 9lbs. Many congratulations also to Natalie Velaj in our Catering Department, and to her husband Ajet, for the safe arrival of Reece, who appeared six weeks early, on 16th January, weighing 4lbs 8oz.

Appointment of Part-Time Receptionist

We are very pleased to announce that from a very strong field of candidates, Mrs Polly Johnson has been appointed as part-time receptionist and administrative assistant at St Hugh's. Polly will already be known to many parents, as the mother of Tallulah and Monty, and we are delighted she is joining our administrative team. Polly will begin work at St Hugh's on Monday, 30th January.

Music Exam Congratulations

Congratulations to the following pupils on their performaces in last term's practical Associated Board Music Examinations:

Candidate	Subject	Grade	Cat
HARRIET BATSTONE	PIANO	01	Pass
FLORENCE BLACKBURN	ALTO SAXOPHONE	02	Pass
GABRIELLA CAIRNS	VIOLIN	04	Pass
EVIE COPE	PIANO	01	Merit
ELLEN CURRIE	PIANO	01	Distinction
SOPHIE GALBRAITH	PIANO	01	Pass
ELIZA GRAHAM- CAMPBELL	FLUTE	01	Merit
REUBEN HAVELOCK	PIANO	05	Pass
AMBER LAWSON-SMITH	VIOLIN	01	Distinction
MILLIE LORD	SINGING	02	Distinction
ELLA ROSENFELD	PIANO	02	Merit
THOMAS SAER	PIANO	03	Pass
MOLLY SANDERS	PIANO	P
IMOGEN SIMPSON-ORLEBAR	VIOLIN	03	Pass
GABRIEL SMITH	PIANO	01	Distinction
OTIS SPIER	PIANO	P

Sports Congratulations

Congratulations to Rebecca Bell who has been selected to train with the National U16 Dressage Squad; a huge honour achieved through hard work and diligence.

Congratulations also to Hannah McLintock, Annabel Simpson and Lucy Grace for being selected for the Oxford County Hockey Team.

New Tarzan Trail

Tarzan Trail - a jointly funded project by FOSH and the School

We are delighted to announce that the new Tarzan Trail has been installed on the field at the side of the woods by the all-weather pitch. FOSH (including the proceeds of the Autumn Fair) provided 50% of the cost of the Trail, with the school providing the other half of the funding. The new trail was requested by members of the School Council on behalf of pupils and will no doubt be much enjoyed!

Please click here to see a photo of the new trail - already being enjoyed by the children!

FOSH News

Charity -Your Form Reps are delighted to announce that 'Home-Start' has been chosen as this year's charity. A cheque for £1,000 will be sent to the charity. To find out more about Home-Start, please visit their website: www.home-start.org.uk.

Events - advance dates for your diary with more details to follow:
Friday, 9th March - Children's Second Hand Clothes Sale
Saturday, 17th March - Quiz Evening
Saturday, 19th May - Penny Fair

Nursery News

Life never seems to slow down in Nursery and it hasn't this week either! We began our week by researching the rhyme of Hickory Dickory Dock. The children made junk model mice and in PE we performed clockwork actions. We even counted to 12 in French during the French conversation session! Phonics continued by looking at the sound 'u'. We also re-capped sounds previously learnt and we were amazed by how many we now know.

Within Numeracy this week, the children had great fun measuring themselves on Gerald the giraffe height chart to find out who is the tallest and shortest. Mrs Farrant tried to win the tallest competition by wearing her high heels - it still did not work!

Hope you have a great weekend!

Jessica Blythe

Next weeks events to note:

Monday: Library, Music Workshop 1
Tuesday: PE
Wednesday: Show and Tell - an expression
Thursday: French conversation
Friday: PE

Please click here to view this week's photographs.

News from Pre-Prep

Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Sulgrave Manor to learn more about the Tudors. They were bursting with news upon their return - dressing up in Tudor costume was obviously a real highlight. The children received praise from the Manor staff for their excellent behaviour and manners - they were a real credit to the both their parents and the school. Photos of the excursion will shortly be uploaded on the relevant Pre-Prep website page.

The focus on lunchtime behaviour and manners is already making a difference - the children are trying their very best to use their knife and fork properly. Thank you for your help at home in supporting this.

Guitar Lessons

We currently have spaces available for guitar lessons with the school's new guitar teacher, Mr Manus Noble, (www.manusnoble.com). Interested parties should contact Mrs Havelock or Mr Dunn. Thank you.

Sports Department News

Fixture Alterations

Wednesday, 25th January - U9B Hockey Fixture (The Manor can now bring two teams so all girls can play). Therefore, Hockey U9A will start at 4.30pm and U9B at 5pm (Astro).

House Football for Years 5 & 6 will now take place on Wednesday, 25th January.

Player of the Match
It has been agreed that a Player of the Match (and occasionally two players of the match) may be nominated for each match and it will be noted in the weekly e-zine. However, not every match will have a Player of the Match.

Barbados Fundraiser
May we kindly remind parents that we are collecting old/unwanted mobile phones to raise money for the next Barbados Netball Tour. Please let them with Mrs Nobes in the Manor House Reception.

Sports Kit

Netball Socks
We have ordered better quality socks from a new supplier and they should be here in 3-4 weeks. In the meantime, please wear what you already have.

Base Layer Skins
Please may we ask parents to ensure that only the St Hugh's school uniform navy base layers are purchased? If you have a white base layer these can be worn only until they are outgrown.

Hockey Shirts
Shepherd and Woodward can no longer supply us with the quartered shirts so we are in the process of designing a new version. This will be available from September but the old style can still be used for another year.

Swim Wear (boys & girls)
Newly designed boys and girls school swimsuits should be available towards the beginning of March. The new costumes are not compulsory - the old design (plain navy) can still be worn for another year.

Sports Results

Netball Year 8's v Staff
Staff won 16-14 - This was a very tough match (with the girls' fitness levels pushing the staff to their limits!!). The girls were closing in on us fast - luckily we had our secret weapon, Mrs Snow, who saved the day.

U14 Boys Tennis 14/1/12 playing in the Oxfordshire Winter League
Well done to George Strainge, Edward Flower, Daniel Ferris and Charlie Lay who managed a Draw 3-3 against Witney/Lower Windrush. Edward won his Singles 7/6(5), 6/2 and so did Daniel 3/6, 6/4, 13/11 - both epic battles. Charlie Lay narrowly lost his singles but he played Doubles with Edward and they won 6/3, 6/2. Well done to all the team as they battled through wind, fading light and freezing cold weather and especially to Mrs Strainge who organised it all.

Netball

Monkton Combe Tournament

Group matches
v Monkton - Lost 3 - 5
v Hazelgrove - Lost 0 - 4
v Knighton House - Won 6 - 3
v The Downs - Won 9 - 1
v Norman Court - Won 8 - 2

We were placed as 2nd in our group, just over Monkton on a 'goals scored' count back.

Semi final v Beaudesert - Won 5 - 2
Final v Hazelgrove - Lost 1 - 7

The girls became stronger throughout the morning, and although it was a tough final, they thoroughly deserved to get there after some great performances later in the day. Well done to Florence Blackburn who was St Hugh's player of the tournament, but also to all the girls who were well deserved runners up.

v Bloxham
U13 Won 22-8 (PoM: H McLintock & A Ashmead Bartlett)
U12 Won 16-2 (PoM: G Henderson)

v Pinewood
U13A Won 18-8 (PoM: H McLintock & L Grace)
U13B Lost 5-19 (PoM: I Milne)
U12A Won 15-7 (PoM: C Shorthouse)
U11A Won 16-1 (PoM: M Smith)
U11B Won 15-1 (PoM: C Barlow)

Girls' Hockey

v Beachborough
U10A v U11s Lost 0-8 (PoM: S Hicks Beach [GK] - much improved second half
U10B Lost 0-4 (PoM: V Shorthouse)
U9A Drew 2-2 (Scorer: N Walker + OG)(PoM: A Blackburn)
U9B Won 1-0 (Scorer: A Lawson-Smith)(PoM: N Currie)

Football

v Pinewood
U11A Lost - Many goals to nil. (MoM: E Bremner)
U11B Lost 0-3 (MoM: S Thomson)
U10A Won 3-0 (Scorers: C Pritchett, I Russell, W Stanton)(MoM: I Russell)
U10B Won 3-0 (Scorers: A Rosenfeld x2, T Isaacs)(MoM; T Isaacs)
U10C Won 1-0 (OG)(MoM: J Davies)
U9A Won 5-2 (Scorer: K Sangha x2, O Walker, J Graham + OG)
U9B Lost 1-3 (Scorer: L Browning)
U9C Lost 0-2
U8A Lost 2-6 (Scorers: W Hearn, W Isaacs)(MoM: A McLintock)
U8B Won 4-1 (Scorers: J Kelly, H Green, C Calvert, C Martin)(MoM: E Alder)

Boys' Hockey

v Bloxham
1st Lost 1-2 (Scorer: P Noakes)(MoM: D Ferris)

v Pinewood
1st Drew 3-3 (Scorers: B Yorston, E Adamson, J Stanton)(MoM: E Adamson)
2nd Won 4-2 (Scorers: J Dee x3, M Paton)(MoM: J Dee)
3rd Won 2-1 (Scorer: E Flower x2 + MoM)
4th Won 6-1 (Scoer: G Ergatoudis x2, Y Rowe x2, E Cope, P Sayer)(MoM: A Ryder)

School Lift Sharing

If anyone is interested in sharing lifts on a Thursday or Friday morning from 'Just Fabrics', Burford please ring Charlie on 07771992840.

Lost Property

Amelia Green mislaid her reading glasses at the end of last term. They were in a case, pink and orange on a white background, with a handle. If anyone knows of their whereabouts or has them for safe-keeping, please hand to the matrons.

Small Advertisements

Swish Event (Please see flyer attached)
Friends of Buckland School, (FOBS) the fundraising committee of Buckland Church of England School near Faringdon in Oxfordshire are organising a vintage/swish event on 25th Feb 2012 at 2pm within the school premises. All profits from the event will go to FOBS and the aim is to raise funds for the new Art & Technology room. The Swish event is open to all Ladies that would like to come and the day will also feature a traditional vintage tea, grand raffle, and arts/crafts for the children. (Please kindly note no unaccompanied children.)

SuperCamps Please see flyer attached

W.I.S.H. - A new and unique holiday property rental/exchange club for the Independent School Sector
Register FREE and book your next holiday rental from our diverse and growing range of properties including deluxe ski chalets, a villa in Florida, an English country cottage, a French chateau, Riad in Marrakech and even a girls' Spanish learning holiday!
Alternatively, join as a founder member to advertise your holiday property with a 20% lifetime discount off our annual membership fees and a bespoke W.I.S.H. engraved visitor book for your holiday home. Visit www.wish-holidays.co.uk or email enquiries@wish-holidays.co.uk

Ski Clothes, New & Nearly New (Please see flyer attached)

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Stress and anxiety related illnesses are at an all-time high, to find out more about how hypnotherapy can help please visit www.shionacranstounhypnotherapy.co.uk.

For Sale
6 Black Labrador Puppies, excellent pedigree, five bitches and one dog - ready for new homes from end of February. Contact Ratty Lord 01993 868999 or 07790770807 (rattylord@waitrose.com)

Do you need someone to care for your dog whilst you are out for the day or on holiday?
If so, contact Faith at her Dog Hotel in Faringdon. Overnight & Day Care available.
Please call 01367 240641 or 07519 584314 or email faithwills@hotmail.com for further information and rates. Faith is also a seamstress and will repair and alter clothing. Please contact her for more information.

Beautiful Chaise Lounge for Sale (Please see flyer attached)
Pale blue satin material.Would look lovely in a dressing room, bedroom, bathroom etc.
Only £275
For further details: 07889 676140

Pretty Occasional Chair for Sale (Please see flyer above)
Will need some restoration and to be re- upholstered - but is over 100 years old!
Only £100
For further details: 07889 676140

Franke Double- waste Sink for Sale
Bought, unwrapped and then never used!
RRP £375 - Only £100
For further details: 07889 676140

Issue 66 | 20th January 2012