The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School

28th March 2014

Headmasters Corner
As we near the end of another busy term I would like to thank everyone for what has been such a happy and positive twelve weeks. The children have excelled themselves in everything they have done and this was clearly evident in this weeks amazing performances of The Wizard of Oz. This production was the result of yet another superb team performance from staff and children alike. Well done to Olivia Campbell, Seren Clayton and the cast and thank you to Mrs Glanville and the staff for making the whole thing possible. I know that both she and Mrs Warn have already started planning next years play already! I would like to bring your attention to some other outstanding achievements this term: Three scholarships were awarded to our pupils Our General Knowledge Team reached the National Finals having been the South West regional winners The children won just about every category in the Thornbury Eisteddfod Competition two weeks ago Charlie, Bennie and Jessie Sanzo were selected for the county tennis squad Archie Symonds was selected for the South Gloucestershire Football development squad The cross country teams beat 15 other schools in the TMS Relays The U9 Boys, U11 Boys and U9 Girls all broke their records in the TMS Relays Alex Grocott broke his own Junior CC record three times Eleanor Parker equalled the 10 year old Junior CC Record Every child from Reception upwards can now swim Rachel Shutt came third in two events in the county swim meeting this month Our Under 11 Girls relay swim team are currently ranked ninth in the country Every child in the school collectively made the mosaic tree Alex Grocott won both the Gwent and Gloucestershire Cross Country Leagues Year 8 were awarded the John Muir Discovery Award Under 11 Girls Relay Swim Team Olivia Campbell gained a Distinction in her Grade 3 Clarinet examination. This follows her Grade 4 Singing Distinction last term. Tom Edwards gained a Distinction in his Grade 4 Singing examination, having already attained a Distinction in his Grade 5 Musical Theatre examination Aditi Mehendale gained Distinction in both her Grade 4 Singing and Piano examinations A whole host of children gained levels 1 to 3 in their chosen instruments We pride ourselves on being the fittest school in the country and this was most certainly proved last Friday when the school ran a staggering total of 479 miles for Sport Relief. This, combined with Mr Jones colossal charity row of 220 miles, will make this a hard one to beat next time. You will have received letters this week from the Chairman of Governors and from me outlining next years fees and an exciting announcement regarding the construction of the new multi-purpose astro-turf. The project got underway this week with the first full survey of the site and, as promised, I will keep you updated during the course of the next few terms on how the project is developing. If you have not seen these letters yet please search your childs bag. Work will be underway during the holidays with the ICT upgrade and installations of the new interactive plasma screen, PCs and LearnPad tablets ready for use when the children return in late April.

Please check your childs book bag for next terms uniform list.

2012 Tockington Manor School, Washingpool Hill Road, Tockington, Bristol, BS32 4NY.

The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School

28th March 2014

Headmasters Corner continued..

Thank you to all children, parents and staff for making last Saturdays Open Morning such a success. The school looked great and the comments made by our many visitors left both Amanda and I feeling particularly proud. Here are just a few quotes: Really amazed by the school, grounds and children. This is all we want for our daughter and more! Wonderful school and nursery, thank you for the in depth information. A really informative visit and a beautiful learning environment, thank you! What super tour guides, a real credit to the school! Very informative tour by Year 6, we were very impressed! Mrs Gooch was great and we loved Henry! They were both very informed and we loved the beautiful grounds. Everything looked tidy, clean and inviting. There was a lovely variety of teachers to meet and activities going on. You really felt you were seeing a day at school. VERY impressed! That leaves me with nothing more to add than enjoy a well earned Easter holiday and we look forward to welcoming you back to what will, no doubt, be a very busy Summer Term.

Easter Egg Hunt

Year 1 and Year 2 had great fun taking part in their egg hunt in the Rose Garden. No-one spotted the Easter Bunny, but Rafael Rey-Jones found the chocolate Easter chick!

2012 Tockington Manor School, Washingpool Hill Road, Tockington, Bristol, BS32 4NY.

The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School

28th March 2014

Cross Country
Sport Relief Run In total we ran 1002 laps of our mini-course, totalling 766,520 metres. The staff, Nursery, Lower School and Upper School all got involved and we raised 210.11 for Sport Relief. The determination and fitness shown was very impressive; everyones effort typified the TMS spirit. Some Highlights Laps were completed in a variety of ways: Ella, Lou and Iona all ran it backwards Three-legged and four-legged runners Blindfolded (Tabitha and Olivia) Luke running 15 laps! Andres, Alex, Harry, Freddie and Otis ran more than 20 laps - despite advice not to overdo it! Laps were completed with a crawl Mr Glanville walked a lap in 5 minutes 37 seconds Mr Cann, despite an injury, walked 10 laps Mr Perez completed 809 laps himself! The total distance covered equates to London to Paris and back with a detour to Versailles Easter Egg Run Years 3 & 4 - 1st Otis Walker, 2nd equal Jake Wakeling & Logan Fitzpatrick, 4th equal Iona Campbell, Alys Wakeling & Archie West. Years 5-8 - 1st Alex Jacobi, 2nd Oliver Shutt, 3rd Alex Grocott, 4th Alejandro Araujo Hatherop Castle Cross Country Relays We retained the shield by a convincing margin, winning five of the six races with some stunning performances in the heart of the Cotswolds. Hatherop Castle School were second with Rendcomb College third.

Good Intention & Politeness Award

Congratulations to the following children who have been nominated for the Good Intention & Politeness Award: Elizabeth Allan-Jones, Carmen Rey-Jones, Henry Allan-Jones, Seren Clayton, Alex Ganfield, Hannah Williams, George Symonds, Ceredig Jones, Isabel Browning, Alex Gooch and Charlie Sanzo. The award for the third quarter goes to George Symonds for being always well-intentioned, helpful and showing initiative.

Swimming News
Thornbury Swimarathon Mr A Dennis of the Thornbury Rotary club would like to thank all the Tockington swimmers who raised 385 towards local charities at the Swimarathon. Thanks to all the Sharks and Dolphins and to all the parents who helped to raise such an amazing amount of money.

2012 Tockington Manor School, Washingpool Hill Road, Tockington, Bristol, BS32 4NY.

The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School

28th March 2014

Music Department
ABRSM Music Exam Results Congratulations to all the children who recently sat music exams. The results were as follows: Henry Allan-Jones Piano Grade 1 Pass Jonathan Baguley Piano Grade 1 Merit Olivia Campbell Clarinet Grade 3 Distinction Poppy Carter Piano Grade 2 Pass Tom Edwards Singing Grade 4 Distinction Ella Howard-Robinson Violin Grade 2 Pass Aditi Mehendale Singing Grade 4 Distinction Aditi Mehendale Piano Grade 4 Distinction Oliver Shutt Piano Grade 1 Merit Karate Recorder Update Well done to all the children in Years 2 and 3 who have gained Karate belts for the recorder in this busy term. Most recently, in Year 3, Ryan Hann achieved his blue belt and Erin O'Leary brown belt. All Year 2s now have their orange belts, most recently Oliver Edge and Rafael Rey-Jones, and lots of Year 2' now have their green belts including Frankie de Bradeny, Lily Edwards, Suzanne Saelens, Hannah Williams, Kaya Priove, Amy Tucker, Billy Rowe, Eva Carter and Ellie James. Please keep practising over the Easter holidays and I look forward to awarding more belts next term, possibly even some black belts for Year 3s who are very close now! Mrs Warn

Wizard of Oz Production

Big Spring Clean

Year 7 went out into the community two weeks ago as part of the South Gloucestershire Big Spring Clean initiative to clean up public areas between the school and the Olveston Village Hall. After a reconnoitre at the weekend to find the litter hotspots, I was not very hopeful of finding much litter to pick and scaled down the mission. However, it was surprising how much litter we were able to find in the hedgerows and ditches mainly. The Year 7s loved doing this work in the community and came back to school to write newspaper reports on the enterprise, which we hope to send to the Gazette. We were guided in our endeavour by Mr Rod Williams, who lives in Olveston and who very generously came in to school and gave up time at the weekend to share his experiences as leader of the Litterbusters team. Many thanks to him, to Mr Jones and to Ms Fox as well as Mrs Hopkins at South Gloucestershire Council. Ms Case

2012 Tockington Manor School, Washingpool Hill Road, Tockington, Bristol, BS32 4NY.

The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School

28th March 2014

Totally Tockington
Totally Tockington is now awarding a trophy full of goodies every fortnight to reward particularly good journalism. The first time the cups were awarded they were won by: Alex Gooch in Team A for his crest design, the cartoons, his Invention of the Week article and his never-ending funny School Squirrel cartoons. Amy Horler in Team B for her delicious musical notes gingerbread recipe. This week the cups have been given to: Aditi Mehendale in Team A for her investigative reports. Beth Pritchard in Team B for her double-sized cartoon of the Librarian. Well done to all recipients who keep the cup until the next meeting.

Handwriting & Presentation Prizes

The Handwriting and Presentation prizes this term went to: Y8 Seren Clayton, RU Alvaro Daguerre Y7 Abigail Blackwell, RU Lucy Allan-Jones Y6 Beth Pritchard, RU Adrian Ng Y5 Isabel Browning, RU Ceredig Jones Y4 Lou Saelens, RU Carmen Rey-Jones Y3 Jeanne Veron, RU Harry Mather This time the children were asked to copy a blurb from a range of books. The results can be seen on display in the Back Lobby on the notice board. Well done to all for their efforts!

FOTM
Clothes for a Cause Please collect unwanted good quality clothes, shoes, belts and handbags for our Clothes for a Cause collection day which will be a week after we return on Thursday 1st May. Books and toys may also be collected but must be bagged up separately. Clothes for a Cause Bags have been sent home in book bags, however, any type of bag can be used. Thank you. AGM & Committee Meeting Wednesday 30th April at 7.30pm. All parents welcome.

Boarders Outing
On Sunday 23rd March, the boarders and friends had a fantastic day out at Warner Brothers Studios - The Making of Harry Potter. They all enjoyed seeing the Great Hall, walking down Diagon Alley and tasting Butter Beer. They were not the only ones as Mrs Gooch, Miss Fowler and Miss Fox also had a wonderful magical time!

2012 Tockington Manor School, Washingpool Hill Road, Tockington, Bristol, BS32 4NY.