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The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School 9th December 2011
2011 Tockington Manor School, Washingpool Hill Road, Tockington, Bristol, BS32 4NY.
Design & Technology
Congratulations to Elliott Orchard on being
awarded a Certificate of Excellence in his D & Tlesson.
Musical Assembly News
Year 8 have been working on their music this term
and were asked to write a short 45 seconds scenewith music to support it. Last Fridays musical
assembly showcased a very effective horror theme
performance from Becky Moss, Blanca Kirkendell
and Ellie Clark, Well done, girls!
Year 7 also performed an example of their film
music on which they have been working on for the
Gladiator film trailer. The whole school enjoyed
a very strong performance from Darren Banks,
Alex Blackwell and Tanguy Sautjeau. Well done,
boys!
Primary Maths Challenge
Well done to the Year 5 and 6 pupils who entered the
recent Primary Maths Challenge. Silver awards went toLoveday Kossmann, and Victoria Torres (Year 6) and
bronze awards to Jack Brain, Gerardo Torres (Year 6),
Oliver Shutt, Abigail Blackwell, Charlie Gent, Hamish
Gardner and Antonia Hopcraft (Year 5).
Judo Successes
Year 2 pupils Leonidas Lazarides and Rohan Howard-
Robinson took part in a judo competition on Sunday 4th
December at Long Ashton. Trained by John who runs
the judo club at Tockington Manor School, the boys
competed very well and both won trophies. Leonidas
won all three of his fights and in Rohans firstcompetition he won two out of his three fights.
In the same tournament Clement Bentejac came fifth,
winning the maroon trophy.
Well done, boys!
Lower School NewsClearwell Caves
On Monday 12th December the Lower School will
be going to Clearwell Caves to see Father
Christmas. The children can wear their own
clothes, appropriate for walking through caves. On
our return to school we will have a Christmas tea
and if the children would like to, they may change
into party clothes. The school day will finish a
little later at approximately 4.00 pm. After-care
will run as normal for those who require it.
ChristingleOn Monday Year 1 were led in reflection and
prayer by Rev. Alice Monaghan. We made
Christingles and spent some time thinking about
the symbols of the Christingle. Rev. Monaghan
then helped us to light our candles and say a few
quiet prayers. We learnt a song too. We wanted to
say a big thank you to Rev. Monaghan for giving
up her time to help us. Thank you!
Music Department
Well done to all the performers who took part in
Mondays lunchtime concert. It was thoroughly
entertaining showing some wonderful up and
coming talent. Thank you to all those who came to
support us. We look forward to more informal
concerts next term.
Mrs Warn
Activities
Would parents please note that there are no after
school activities in the Upper or Lower School next
week.
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The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School 9th December 2011
2011 Tockington Manor School, Washingpool Hill Road, Tockington, Bristol, BS32 4NY.
Upper School Carol Service
All parents, from the Lower School and Nurserytogether with those from the Upper School, are
invited to attend the Carol Service at 6.30 pm on
Tuesday 13th December in St Marys Church,
Olveston. Please ensure that your child has clean
uniform when coming to school on Tuesday, in
particular a clean shirt and shoes and wearing a
blazer. Children in Years 3, 4, or 5 who are in the
Junior or Performance Choir should bring in a white
shirt and choir tie on Monday. All children in the
Upper School will stay to early tea and attend the
service. There will be no school transport that
evening.
Christmas Parties
The children in the Nursery will be having theirChristmas party on the morning of Monday 12th
December with the Lower School party taking place
in the afternoon. The Lower School party will finish
at approximately 4.00 pm. The children can bring in
some party clothes to wear in the afternoon.
Entertainment will take place at lunchtime for the
Nursery and Lower School.
Children in the Upper School will have
entertainment on the afternoon of Thursday 15th
December followed by a Christmas party. This will
end at 5.45 pm. Transport will run as usual. All
Upper School children are expected to attend theparty (no early leavers please). Children wear
school uniform.
The whole school will have Christmas lunch on
Wednesday 14th December.
Term DatesTerm finishes at 12 noon on Friday 16th December.
Spring Term starts on Monday 9th January
(boarders) and Tuesday 10th January (day children).
Mulled Wine & Mince PiesWe hope many parents will come back to school
after the Upper School Carol Service for some
mulled wine and mince pies and it would be greatly
appreciated if you could telephone the office by 12
noon on Monday and advise the number in your
party to help us with the catering arrangements.
Tickets are available from the office at 4.00 each or
5.00 at the door.
A big thank you to the children who have offered tohelp with some light entertainment including the
orchestra, singers and instrumentalists. Please
remember your music and instruments on Tuesday!
There will be an art scholars exhibition on display
in the dining room.
Panto TripYears 3, 4 and 5 went to Cheltenham yesterday to
see the pantomime of Jack and the Beanstalk and
what a treat it was! The children were delightful; the
show was excellent with the most impressive giant
stealing the show in the second half. We all had a
great afternoon despite the lashing rain. Thanks to
Mrs Gooch for her excellent planning and all of her
hard work.
Owls Christmas Play
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The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School 9th December 2011
2011 Tockington Manor School, Washingpool Hill Road, Tockington, Bristol, BS32 4NY.
Sports News
Zac Portch won a lovely cup at the Corsham MXC
Club Championships last week. Congratulations, a
great performance.
Cross-Country
The results of the Rugby Ball Cross-Country
Challenge were as follows:
1st Simon Sheppard
2nd Darren Banks
3rd Pepe Garralda
4th Nkechinyem Ogbogbo
5th Maria Garralda
Athlete of the Month
Lauren Clark
Rugby Colours
Congratulations to the following children who
gained their rugby colours this week: Nathan
Adams, Tobias Burden, TJ Underwood, Jason
Ingamells, Cesar Benito, Andreas Galllego and
Simon Sheppard.
Swimming News
Please look out for the Personal Best slips which
will be appearing in planners over the next fewdays. Although speed is only a small part of our
swimming curriculum, it helps to identify
strengths and weaknesses. It also serves as a target
for improvement as the swimmers can clearly see
how close they are to meeting medal targets for
stroke and distance. We will repeat this during the
next two terms. The details are for the ASA
School swimming times up to 16 years of age. Our
swimmers should be very proud of their
achievements.
One medal winning time: TJ Underwood, John
Pineau, Rebecca Moss, Eleanor Clark, Nathan
Adams, Charlie Sanzo, Harvey Jones, Seren
Clayton, Oliver Harris, Darren Banks and Hamish
Gardner.
Two medal winning times: Simon Sheppard,
Mimi James, Jason Ingamells, Cesar Benito,
Tobias Burden, Daisy Williamson, Imogen Rees,
Ethan Hilsley, Pepe Garralda, Abigail Blackwell,
Olivia Campbell and Max Curtis.
Three medal winning times: Jessica Portch and
Alexander Blackwell.
Well done to everyone!
Art Competition Results
There were some fantastic entires for the Artist &
Designer of the Week certificate designingcompetition. Special mention must be made of
Olivia Campbell who was the overall winner for
the Artist of the Week design and Alex Gooch
who produced this extremely thoughtful design
inspired by the work of Leonardo da Vinici and
won the Designer of the Week category. Well
done to the runners up in the following categories:
Artist of the Week
Yr 3 & 4: Isabel Browning & Bellayia Lazarides
Yr 5 & 6: Larry Williamson & Ben Horlor
Yr 7 & 8: Oliver Harris & Tanguy Suatjeau
Designer of the Week
Yr 3 & 4: Tiphaine Sautjeau & Alex Grocott
Yr 5 & 6: Alex Gooch & Olivia Campbell
Yr 7 & 8: Daisy Williamson & Becky Moss
All these designs will be used on certificates for
the rest of the year and you can see all the entries
on display in the art room.