02 New Starters 03 Pre-School 04 Kindergarten 05 Transition 06 Preparatory 07 Junior 1 08 Hawse

AUSTIN 14 /15 02 NEW STARTERS 12 1st FORM 18 WHOLE SCHOOL EVENTS - SENIOR 03 PRE-SCHOOL 13 2nd FORM 20 HOUSE REPORTS 04 KINDERGARTEN 14 3rd FORM 24 MUSIC AND THE ARTS 05 TRANSITION 15 4th FORM 26 SPORTS REPORTS 06 PREPARATORY 16 5th FORM 32 PRIZEGIVING 07 JUNIOR 1 17 VI FORM 33 SPEECH DAY 08 HAWSE END (JUNIOR 2, 3 & 4) 34 CHAPLAINCY REPORT 10 WHOLE SCHOOL EVENTS - JUNIOR 35 VI FORM LEAVERS DESTINATIONS LOVE • WELL-BEING • HUMILITY • STUDY & WISDOM • FREEDOM • COMMUNITY • COMMON GOOD • HUMBLE & GENEROUS SERVICE • FRIENDSHIP • PRAYER NEW STARTERS CLARE LINCOLN STAFFORD HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE Ben Dodds Pre-School Hamza Ahmad 1st Form Lincoln Tomas Nicolussi Pre-School George Chambers 1st Form Stafford Luisa Bandoni Pre-School Jacob Fern-Kendrick 1st Form Clare Amelia-May Law Pre-School Freya Green 1st Form Clare Max Mayer-McKenzie Pre-School Ellie Henderson 1st Form Stafford Charlotte Flynn Pre-School Mackenzie Little 1st Form Stafford Kitty Coulthard Pre-School Adam Scott 1st Form Clare Keira McCartney Pre-School Rory Ward 1st Form Stafford Holly Gant Pre-School Ellie Reay 1st Form Lincoln Emily Andrews Pre-School James Jenkins Pre-School Henry Chambers 3rd Form Stafford Charlotte Tweddle Pre-School Samuel King 3rd Form Stafford Helen Allison Pre-School Phoebe Wright 3rd Form Clare Georgia Mayer Pre-School Olivia Memmory 3rd Form Clare Conner Bulman 3rd Form Lincoln James Farrer Kindergarten Joseph Connelly 3rd Form Lincoln Scott Feddon Kindergarten Annie Smith 3rd Form Lincoln Charlotte Hall Kindergarten Harry Mullinder Kindergarten David King 4th Form Stafford Sam Roshandel Kindergarten Onur Mutlu 4th Form Lincoln Blake Brown Kindergarten Lucy Shardlow 4th Form Stafford Joseph Wylie Kindergarten Heather Rhodes 4th Form Clare Oliver Bruce-Radcliffe 4th Form Lincoln Aishah Husnat Transition Timothy Pender 4th Form Stafford Aidan Gavican Transition Abigail Fraser 4th Form Lincoln Hannah Dodd 4th Form Lincoln Edward Chambers Preparatory Zac Hurren Preparatory Charlotte Doble L6th Lincoln Aishwarya Sankar Preparatory Molly Rennie L6th Stafford Crystal Webster L6th Stafford Hamna Husnat Junior 1 Charlotte Wilson L6th Stafford Joshua Blain Junior 3 Recent Former Pupil Destinations Harry Hurren Junior 3 Arjun Sankar Junior 3 Alexandra Barbour Fergus Webster Junior 3 Northumbria University Sean Greenfield Junior 3 , Business with Marketing Management Bradley Cooper John Hope Junior 3 Manchester Metropolitan University, Sport and Exercise Science Oona Roberts Junior 4 (Foundation) Hannah Nichols Sophie Bell Junior 4 University of Liverpool Jack Hetherington Junior 4 , Law Catherine Tomkins University of Liverpool, Biochemistry Isobelle Rosindell University of Glasgow, Medicine 02 PRE-SCHOOL Teddy Bears’ Picnic Pre-School joined Kindergarten for the Teddy Bears’ Once we had shown off our singing skills, we settled Picnic. We went down into the deep dark wood, down for our picnic where we ate teddy bear crisps and where we acted out the story ‘We’re Going on a sweets before playing ‘teddy corners’. Mrs Wilson was Bear Hunt!’. very good at guessing which corner we were in. We stayed close together as we waded through the grass, Finally we finished off our picnic by playing ‘hide and seek and a river, before finally making it to a cave. In the cave teddy bear’. We hid each other’s bears whilst Miss Bell there was a big scary bear… “Quick! Run!”, we shouted counted all the way up to 20. Finding the bears was quite all the way back to our house, where we hid under the tricky for some of us, as the bears were very good at hiding. bed until the bear had gone. After all of the excitement, it was time to do some singing with Mrs Mott. We sang songs about bears and going on a picnic. Our teachers were very impressed. Finding the bears was quite tricky for some “of us, as the bears were very good at hiding. ” 03 KINDERGARTEN Walby Farm Park Whinlatter Kindergarten enjoyed a fantastic trip to Walby Farm Kindergarten and Transition enjoyed a wonderful trip to Park to support their learning about growing. The Whinlatter Forest. It was a beautiful sunny day and there children were lucky enough to see two lambs which was plenty of snow on the ground - it was just like a were only three hours old as well as baby rabbits. winter wonderland. A kid called Tilli was very pleased to meet Till from The children enjoyed exploring the woodlands and finding out Kindergarten! Highlights of the trip included collecting eggs, about the habitat and the different trees in the forest. They grooming Miramar the Shetland pony and feeding rabbits and learned about deciduous and coniferous trees and looked guinea pigs. We also managed to fit in a ride on tractors in the at ways that the trees provide food and shelter for different tractor barn and icing a funny face biscuit. woodland animals. The children gained a lot from the day, finding out about what We followed the Gruffalo trail around Whinlatter, and there baby animals need to help them grow and learning the names was much excitement as we discovered all of the different of lots of different baby animals. characters of the story, especially the large Gruffalo statue at the end. We searched for animal tracks in the snow, we built dens for animals and we hunted pinecones. What a wonderful woodland adventure day! They learned about deciduous and “coniferous trees and looked at ways that the trees provide food and shelter for different animals.” 04 Walby Farm Park Cocoabean Factory Transition enjoyed a wonderful visit to the Cocoabean TRANSITION Company Chocolate Factory at Twynholm. Upon arrival they all received a purple apron and blue hair net. Caribbean Classroom They were taken into the children only workshop and the adults had to watch them have all the fun from outside, There was a little taste of the Caribbean in Transition through the large glass window! The children found out about during the Summer term as part of our topic on Pirates the chocolate they were using and they were able to make and the Caribbean. three different chocolatey treats to take home. They made a chocolate animal first, then they decorated a chocolate slab The children looked at the geography of the Caribbean, the and finally they used marshmallows and chocolate to make history of pirates and did some Caribbean Food Technology. another delicious treat. They made pirate hard tack biscuits so they could experience the biscuits pirates used to eat (only without the maggots!) They came out of the work shop with their arms full of and made banana bread, as it is a traditional cake from the chocolate goodies to take home! After lunch we had a little Caribbean. play in the two large play areas at the Cocoabean Company. One includes a large wooden pirate ship which invited a great They also looked at different fruits that are grown in the deal of role play. The children also enjoyed exploring the Caribbean and imported to our country, and used this as a indoor soft play before our bus journey back to school. base for designing Caribbean fruit kebabs and Caribbean fruit juice cocktails! What a fun summer term! Tullie House – Egyptians Transition enjoyed a wonderful day at Tullie House The children enjoyed a hands-on craft session where they were exploring life and death in Ancient Egypt. Our morning able to decorate their own scarab beetle and a little shabti figure. started by meeting an Egyptian farmer’s wife. They also enjoyed acting out the process of mummification on She told us all about her life on the farm, her food and drink, the the mummy of Tutentullie! After lunch the children took part in an work she has to do and about her thieving neighbour. She told us object handling session where they were able to hold and inspect about the different festivals and celebrations that she enjoys taking some objects that came from Ancient Egypt. An inspiring day part in and told us the story of Osiris, his wife Isis, his brother Seth enjoyed by all. and how Osiris became the god of the underworld. 03 Tullie House - Egyptians 05 PREPARATORY Caerlaverock Preparatory visited Caerlaverock Wetlands Centre in Dumfries and Galloway. The children learned all about wetland animals living by the coastline, identifying tracks and prints. We thoroughly enjoyed pond dipping, using keys to identify all manner of species living beneath the water and we played an exciting osprey game, using litter pickers as claws to catch wooden fish! 06 Viking Visit J1 were visited by a Viking called Bjarni! He told us the JUNIOR 1 Vikings came from three countries of Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway and Sweden and that the name ‘Viking’ comes from a language called ‘Old Norse’ and means ‘a pirate raid’. Hawse End and Catbells J1 went to Hawse End for some outdoor adventure! It was a beautiful day and, using maps, we navigated our way up Catbells. We learned about how Vikings lived and their daily life and Bjarni told us all about Viking battles and armour. Bjarni had brought lots of his We stopped for a picnic halfway, weapons and we got to wear his chain mail and handle some of the overlooking Derwentwater. It weapons with him. We then went outside and played shield games was quite a tricky climb but where we had to work as a team to keep our shields tight and we worked together to help deflect the opponent’s swords. In the afternoon, we played some each other and felt very proud Viking games called Kubb and Hnefatafl which were lots of fun. of ourselves for climbing over 400m! Finally, we churned butter by putting cream into jam jars and shaking it until it separated.

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