The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School

6th December 2013

Headmasters Corner
Thank you and well done to ALL the children from the Nursery and Lower School. Your performances this week in your Christmas productions were absolutely fantastic and I know that every parent and grandparent thoroughly enjoyed themselves. I add a thank you to all the staff for making every performance such a success. I would like to remind all families that we will be holding our annual Carols around the Christmas Tree on Sunday at 6.00pm. This has been brought forward an hour to enable more children to come and join us and we very much hope to move it forward again to 4.30pm next year. Upper School will be holding their Carol Service next Tuesday evening and we would like to invite all to the Noggin and Natter back here at school afterwards. To say thank you to the Totally Tockington team we had held a barbeque on Wednesday. Well done to all on yet another excellent terms work! Following on from my letter regarding entry into Senior School I extend an invitation to all parents of Year 6 children to come and talk through the options with me.

Music News
Music Notices Congratulations to Roshan Patel who recently got a merit in his Grade 3 drum exam. Since March this year, Roshan has managed three exams and gained a merit in all of them and will take Grade 4 early next year. Roshan has become TMS's resident drummer with fantastic performances in the Summer Concert and Eisteddfod this year and we look forward to hearing more of his wonderfully rhythmic playing in our forthcoming Carol Service. Well done, Roshan! Karate Recorder Well done to the Year 2 class who have been working really hard practising their recorder. This week there were yellow belts for Alfred Haley and Kaya Priove and orange belts for Lily Edwards, Eva Carter, Hannah Williams, Ellie James and Amy Tucker. Well done Year 2s! Junior Choir - Carol Service We would like to remind parents that all member of the Junior Choir need to wear white shirts and choir ties for the Carol Service on Tuesday unless they are also in the Performance Choir in which case they will of course be wearing robes.

Clubs Next Week

Please note that there is no judo or ballet next week.

Kitchen Appointments
Congratulations to Ruth, Irene and Nicola who have now been appointed Catering and Events Supervisors. Between them they have been busy sourcing local suppliers to provide us all with balanced healthy meals and are also responsible for the super changes to our menus. Irene, Nicola and Ruth do a fantastic job managing all events during the week, weekends and evenings and certainly make everyone visiting the school very welcome. Together, along with Mrs Symonds they provide a Management Team that is constantly striving for a healthy future for our children.

Nicola Duncan, Irene Hardy and Ruth Wilmer

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DECEMBER MENU BREAKFAST Macaroni Cheese, Ham Sweetcorn Cherry Tomatoes Cucumber MONDAY 9 Continental TUESDAY 10 Fried Egg on Toast Cottage Pie Carrots Green Beans WEDNESDAY 11 Grilled Bacon THURSDAY 12 Continental

6th December 2013

FRIDAY 13 Fried Egg & Bacon Term ends 12 noon SATURDAY 14 SUNDAY 15

LUNCH Main Course: Hot

Cold

Homemade Quiche Cheese & Tomato Pizza Croquette Potatoes Peas

Puddings: Salads Vanilla Sponge & Custard Fresh Fruit Cheese & Biscuits Cakes MINI-TEA Chicken & Mushroom Vol-au-Vents Jacket Wedges Courgettes Fresh Fruit Ham, Cheese, Egg & Tuna Rolls Crisps Cakes Squash Jacket Potatoes Various Fillings Fresh Fruit Salads Pears & Chocolate Sauce Fresh Fruit Cheese & Biscuits Biscuits Salads Choice of Puddings Fresh Fruit Cheese & Biscuits Cakes

Roast Turkey Roast Beef Roast Potatoes Sprouts, Carrots Roast Parsnips Cranberry Sauce Bread Sauce Stuffing Bacon & Sausage Rolls Salads Christmas Pudding Jelly

Biscuits

Buffet Supper

SUPPER

Milkshake Monday Morning

The last Milkshake Monday Morning of the year was enjoyed by Year 5 this week. They had their yummy banana milkshakes and Penguin bars whilst listening to poems which they selected through a lottery. They then had time to have a little browse and books were borrowed. Much fun was had and the children all said that they couldn't wait to do it again. Many thanks to Mrs Baglin and the kitchen ladies for making it all possible. Ms Case

Cricket Success
Congratulations to Jacob Wakeling in Year 4 who has been selected for the U10 Glamorgan County Cricket squad. Only 18 boys were chosen. Fabulous news!

Lower School Classrooms

We would like to remind parents that Lower School classrooms are not open until 8.20 am. Please do not bring your child in any earlier as we cannot guarantee supervision.

Junior Squad Thank you to everyone for your support on our Kenyan 16th January, 30th January. 13th February, 6th March, 20th Mufti Day. We raised 197.73 for Open Arms March. International. Senior Squad 9th January, 23rd January, 6th February, 27th February, 13th March, 27th March. Matches 23rd January away at Wycliffe 11th February away at Clifton College 28th February - Thornbury Swimarathon.

Kenyan Mufti Day

Swim Squad Dates

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6th December 2013

Cross Country
Another cross country record! Alex Grocott has lowered the Junior Boys standard down to an impressive 7 minutes 18 seconds, beating his own mark by 5 seconds. Alex Jacobi ran a great race, becoming our third fastest runner in the last 30 years on the same course. He came home in 7 minutes 36 seconds. Tom Edwards ran determinedly to gain entry onto the all time Senior Boys list with 13 minutes 59 seconds (you just made it, Tom!). Max Curtis led from the front with the fastest time for seven years on the Senior Course, running a stunning 12 minutes 19 seconds. The last person to gain this time was William Christofi who is now studying Classics at Oxford. Antonia Hopcraft-Guest ran an excellent 14 minutes 41 seconds. She is currently our No. 1 female athlete. Years 3 and 4 ran very well with Harry Mather, Jake Wakeling and Archie Symonds all improving their list times. Congratulations to Otis Walker for running the fastest time this term; a super quick 20 minutes 55 seconds. Year 5 ran on Friday this week. Bennie Sanzo became the fastest Year 5 pupil under the elusive eight minute mark. He is now the tenth fastest of all time. Dalis Jones ran an excellent race, finishing with 8 minutes 15 seconds. She is now our second fastest runner on the Junior Girls course. Poppy Carter also improved her list time. Well done to all!

Pantomime Trip
Years 3, 4 and 5 went to the Everyman Theatre on Thursday to see a traditional Pantomime. This year, it was Aladdin. Here's what some of the children thought: 'The best bits were the washing foam fight and Tweedy on the tightrope. Harry Huby 'Hilarious!' Otis Walker 'Funny and Entertaining.' Isabelle Preston 'The scenery was amazing!' Carmen Rey-Jones When it went wrong, it was even funnier.' Iona Campbell 'I loved the trick with the plates.' Jacob Wakeling 'I tried the plate trick at home...with plastic plates!' Freddie Cooper The children had a fantastic time and were all superbly behaved.

Tockington Titbits
Peter Banks and Sam Gardner both received their pen licences this week

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