class 7 au château de la baudonnière

WEEK 3 · FRIDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2012
CLASS 7 AU CHÂTEAU DE LA BAUDONNIÈRE
Une fois encore les filles et garçons de Class7/Remove ont eu la chance de partir une semaine au Château de la
Baudonnière en Normandie. Cette année le temps a été de la partie et nous n’avons pas eu la moindre goutte d’eau.
Parmi les activités que les enfants ont pues découvrir il y avait le canoë, l’escalade, l’escrime, le tir à l’arc et bien d’autres
encore. Les enfants ont également appris la très célèbre recette du pain à la française. Les réalisations de ces jeunes
pousses de boulanger étaient délicieuses. Il y avait aussi au programme une excursion au Mont St Michel qui malgré les
travaux de désensablement n’a rien perdu de sa superbe façade. Le matin était consacré à l’achat de spécialités ou
devrais-je dire de camelote aux marchés de Villeneuve les Poêles ou de Dinan suivant les groupes. Il y a aussi eu une
soirée française où chaque costume rivalisait d’inventivité et de beauté. Il y avait des vainqueurs du tour de France,
des mimes, Astérix en plusieurs exemplaires, et même une grenouille. Pour le dîner ce soir là nous avons pu déguster
des escargots qui ont été fort appréciés. Bien évidement au milieu de tout cet amusement nous n’avons pas oublié de
pratiquer notre français. Je dois dire que j’ai été impressionné par la qualité de la participation de nos élèves. Elles nous
ont prouvé qu’elles étaient maintenant prêtes à développer leur connaissance de la langue avec enthousiasme.
Regis Nenez – Head of French
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
Head Girl: Emily Smart
Deputy Head Girls: Grace Anderson & Emily Vernon
Class 4 Prefects:
Class 5 Prefects:
Class 6 Prefects:
Alice Ashurst, Alice Jones, Isobel Warde-Norbury
Chiara Fontaine, Olivia Toogood, Kamilla Goodall
Emily de Mariveles, Maddie McLeod-Clarke,
Odette Beagrie
Librarians:
Honor Crean, Olivia Jardine-Brown, Lucy Heptinstall
Church Prefects:
Poppy Warburton, Kitty Northcote
School Community Prefects: Bel Bowman, Jane Godson, Emily Sheldon
Chamber Choir Captain:
Orchestra Captain:
ICT Captain:
Art Captain:
Drama Captain:
Tabitha Vaughan
Georgina Huckle
Araminta Azis
Lulu Hinshelwood
Kitty Waterworth
House Responsibilities
Bolingbroke:
Emilia Bolton (Captain), Isabel Daubeney (Music), Holly Ewen & Molly Fisher (Sports)
Nightingale:
Annabel Fisk (Captan), Flora Chalmers (Music), Georgina Pinchard & Tatiana Summers (Sports)
Shaftesbury:
Katie Rucker (Captain), Dilly Warburton (Music), Jenna Parkinson & Isabelle Rucker (Sports)
Wilberforce:
Alice Lloyd (Captain), Antonia Marsden (Music), Amy Hinshelwood & Emily Thompson (Sports)
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IPADS
We will start rolling out iPads at the Upper School on
Monday 24 September starting with Class 5. Please could
only Class 5 bring in their iPads on that day. If all goes
well, Class 6 will be enrolled on Wednesday and Class
7 on Friday, then any from Classes 4 and 8 the following
week. These dates will be confirmed in next week’s Upper
School newsletter. There should be no iPads in school
before Monday 24 September.
WHAT’S ON NEXT WEEK
Clubs start this week
Monday 17 September
7.00 (pm) * Curriculum meeting: Class 5 – 74NL
Tuesday 18 September
6.30 (pm) * French Exchange Meeting: Class 6 – 74NL
7.00
* Curriculum Meeting: Class 6 – 74NL
Wednesday 19 September
Mr Ian Gibb – Director of ICT
all day
MICHAELMAS CLUBS
3.00
All clubs will start on Monday 17 September. Lists, with
collection times, will be posted on the Clubs noticeboard.
Please be on time to collect children after clubs.
M. Regis Nenez – Clubs Co-ordinator
MIND A GAP...
We have now started the process of finding homes for
our new GAP students for the calendar year from January
2013 – thank you to all those who have already come
forward or expressed interest. If you are interested in
hosting a boy or girl from Australia, who will be with us
for a year, please contact me, Ruth Bowley, on 020 8682
8850 or email me at [email protected] for
further information or an informal chat.
MUSICAL NOTES
Music lessons
We currently have a shortage of girls learning the trumpet,
cello, oboe or guitar. If your daughter would like to try one
of these instruments we are offering free trial lessons.
Please get in touch if this interests you.
Adult Choir
Calling all singers! I am starting a Northwood Choral
Society which is for all parents, staff and friends of
Broomwood Hall and Northcote Lodge. We will rehearse
on Tuesday evenings in the US Hall 7.00-9.00 (starting
Tuesday 25 September) The choir will sing at the
Carol Service and occasional Evensongs and, once
established, I hope we will perform choral works such
as Fauré’s ‘Requiem’ etc. Please get in touch if you
might be interested in this. My email is a.watson@
northwoodschools.com.
Ms Andrea Watson – Director of Music
WRISTBAND WINNER
Georgina Knapman (Class 5N) is a worthy winner of the
Ethiopia wristband competition. Miss Mardon feels that
Georgina’s slogan ‘Two Schools – One Mission’ really
sums up everything we are trying to do. Miss Mardon and
Mrs Rawlence will be looking out for a sprecial prize for
Georgina on their trip to Ethiopia in October.
CHURCH CORNER
Thursday 20 September: Class 6E. Do please join us at St
Luke’s for coffee from 8.30
CLASS 8 CLIMB UP BOX HILL
On Monday we went to Box Hill for our geography
Common Entrance project. We met at Clapham Junction
station at 8.00 to catch a train to Box Hill & Westhumble.
Nigel Gray in to take individual photos
HPV 1
* Netball: Class 6 ABC1D1 -v- Newton Prep
(Newton Prep)
Thursday 20 September
8.45
9.00
* Class 6E
Information morning for parents of Prep 2014
children (Hall)
Friday 21 September
9.00
Information morning for parents of Prep 2014
children (Hall)
Tutor Outing Day (no Training choir or Orchestra
today)
Saturday 22 September
9.00
10.30
* Netball Tournament: Class 4 ABC1C2 -vThomas’ Clapham (Thomas’ Clapham)
* Netball Tournament: Class 5 ABC1C2 -vThomas’ Clapham (Thomas’ Clapham)
LOOKING AHEAD
* Parent-tutor forms available for signing
* Harvest produce boxes at reception
Monday 24 September
1.45
* Netball: Class 5 ABD1D2 -v- Hornsby House
(Battersea Ironsides)
Tuesday 25 September
4.15
* Netball: Class 4 ABC1D1 -v- Hornsby House
(Battersea Ironsides)
Thursday 27 September
8.45
* Harvest Festival Service – St Luke’s
Saturday 29 September
9.00
* Netball: Class 7A -v- Woldingham
Wednesday 3 October
Class 6A & 7A netball tour to Malta departs
When we got there we
walked to Juniper Hall
Field Studies Centre
and met our tutors
for the day. We then
went to classrooms
to learn a bit more
about Box Hill before
going to Burford
Spur to conduct our
experiments and
surveys. Despite the constant on-andoff rain and not being able to see the
Olympic rings up anymore, we all had
so much fun and would love to go
again. We are now busy writing up our
projects back at school.
Molly Fisher, Emily Thompson – Cl 8S
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