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02 NEW STARTERS 17 5th FORM 03 PRE-SCHOOL 18 VI FORM 04 KINDERGARTEN 19 WHOLE SCHOOL EVENTS – 05 TRANSITION SENIOR 06 PREPARATORY 21 HOUSE REPORTS 07 JUNIOR 1, 2, 3 and 4 24 MUSIC AND THE ARTS 11 WHOLE SCHOOL EVENTS – 26 SPORTS REPORTS JUNIOR 32 PRIZEGIVING 13 1st FORM 33 SPEECH DAY 14 2nd FORM 34 CHAPLAINCY REPORT 15 3rd FORM 35 VI FORM LEAVERS 16 4th FORM DESTINATIONS AUSTIN 16 /17 LOVE • WELL- BEING • HUMILITY • STUDY & WISDOM • FREEDOM • COMMUNITY • COMMON GOOD • HUMBLE & GENEROUS SERVICE • FRIENDSHIP • PRAYER NEW STARTERS CLARE LINCOLN STAFFORD HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE Pre-School 1st Form Carlo Bandoni Arabella Barker Bland Clare Freddie Dodds Amelia Bloomer Clare Ben Finn Jonathan Davies Clare Isla Green Joshua Morris Clare Nieve Kilgour Joseph Edmondson Lincoln Nicholas Laidlaw Max Eve Lincoln Annie Love William Johnson Stafford George Newton-Kerr William Holliday Stafford Francesca Sewell Zachary Little Stafford Evie Williams Myesha Pearson Stafford Lily Williams Robbie Tiffen Stafford Behram Zia 2nd Form Kindergarten Harry Turton Clare David Ciobanu Oliver Mounsey Stafford Jack Dawson Megan Dawson 4th Form Layla Haq Amy Bray Lincoln Max Pattinson Ewan Smith Lincoln Preparatory Jessica Brown 5th Form Fayd Chaudry Holly Hu Clare Oliver Dalton Duke Niu Clare Oliver Swailes Tony Zhu Clare Amber Li Lincoln Junior 1 Roxanne Luo Lincoln Tom Vivers Irene Wu Lincoln Junior 2 L6th Jasmine Armour Daisy Barnes Clare Sam Dalton Samantha Huang Clare Jonty Hansford Edward Mullock Lincoln Logan Jamieson Ellie Smith Lincoln Vincent Wang Lincoln Junior 3 Phoebe Xue Lincoln Ranulph Turton Jack Vivers Daniel Dalton Recent Former Pupil Destinations Junior 4 Molly Wallbank Emily Armstrong-Hinson English Literature, Cumbria 02 Bringing up Baby PRE-SCHOOL Bringing up Baby During our topic of ‘myself’, the children in Pre-School discussed how they have changed since they were babies and we thought about some of the things they have learned to do as they have grown. A big thank you to Mrs Hore, Baby William, Miss Simpson and Baby George who all came into Pre-School to visit us to help us understand more about being a baby. The children really enjoyed it! Spring Flowers Colours Autumn Days When Spring arrived, we went on In our ‘colour’ topic, we explored ‘The Rainbow In Autumn, we went on a walk a seasonal walk to try and spot Fish’. We enjoyed the stories and adventures of around the School grounds and the changes that were happening. ‘The Rainbow Fish’, and we experimented with collected lots of leaves, twigs, paint, starting with the primary colours and then conkers and acorns that had We then drew pictures of spring mixing to see what happens! fallen to the ground. flowers using coloured chalks, looking really carefully at all of the different The children were very good at telling us all about We dried these out and made features and colours that their favourite colour, so we had lots of fun investigating Autumn pictures for a wall display. the flowers had. what colours we could make. As part of the topic, we also enjoyed the Elmer stories, and the children got to make some elephant shaped biscuits, taking it in turns to measure out and mix the different ingredients. Once baked, the children had great fun decorating their sweet treats! Colours 03 KINDERGARTEN Maryport Aquarium Walby Farm Park Kindergarten enjoyed a brilliant trip to Maryport Aquarium. Kindergarten enjoyed a fantastic trip to Walby Farm Park this year. The weather was fantastic and we enjoyed playing and eating ice creams in the park! We learned so much about lots of sea We met lots of animals including deer, goats and pigs! We also creatures and we saw so many different types of fish! A special got to feed lots of furry animals like rabbits and guinea pigs, thank you to our helpers who came on the trip with us! and got to watch two ferrets race! The highlight of our day was watching two baby lambs being born inside the animal barn. After lunch, we enjoyed burning off some energy in the soft play area. Castles at Tullie House Kindergarten enjoyed a lovely morning at Tullie House where we learned all about castles! We enjoyed a tour of the museum and listening to the castle story. Kindergarten had great fun in the workshop acting out stories and creating our own shields and crowns. 04 Tullie House TRANSITION Forest Schools Day Transition thoroughly enjoyed their Forest After lunch, they each learned how to Schools Day with Eden Forest Schools at use a flint to make a spark and then used High Stand Wood, Armathwaite. this new skill to build and light their own campfires in small groups. Other groups The children began the day using their were using wood craft skills to half pieces senses in the forest environment to think of wood and hammer in nails and tacks to carefully about the sights, sounds, feelings create their own little wooden hedgehog. and smells around them. They worked At the end of the session all the children in teams to build a group shelter for the were able to toast marshmallows around day and enjoyed bug hunts and forest the campfire before an enjoyable walk back scavenger hunts before stopping for to the bus. packed lunch around the campfire. Aglionby Wetlands Ambleside and Hawkshead The children from Transition enjoyed Transition enjoyed a sunny trip out to a wonderful morning at Aglionby Ambleside which started with a boat Wetlands Centre. trip on Lake Windermere to Brockhole, via Wray Castle. There were three different activities for the children to take part in; they went on a It was very exciting looking out for pirates nature exploration trail around the wetlands on Lake Windermere as we cruised along to spot the different kinds of plants and in the fresh air and sunshine. Upon arrival animals that live in the wetlands; they had at Brockholes, we enjoyed a picnic on the a crafting opportunity where they got to picnic tables under the trees. A short trip make a dragonfly, like the ones we saw back on the boat took us to Ambleside by the water; and finally they were able to where we enjoyed an ice cream in the sun have a go at ‘pond dipping’ to see all the and a chance to feed the ducks. Next stop different kinds of creatures that live in the was the Cocoa Bean Factory in Hawkshead. pond such as tadpoles, dragonfly nymphs, Upon arrival, the children were taken into the The children found out about the chocolate diving beetles and water snails. It was a ‘children only’ workshop and the adults had they were using and they were able to great morning for Transition to be hands-on to watch them have all the fun from outside make three different chocolatey treats with nature. through the large glass window! to take home. 03 Aglionby Wetlands 05 PREPARATORY Evacuee Sleepover Preparatory went on an ‘evacuee’ themed sleepover to Alston YHA this year. After finding our bedrooms and unpacking, we hosted a beetle drive akin to those held during wartime. In keeping with the ‘make do and mend’ campaign we also had a tin foil fashion show, strutting our stuff down the makeshift catwalk! Mr Slingsby arrived later on with a pizza delivery, which went down a storm with the children. After tea, the air raid siren sounded. We proceeded to the mock Anderson Shelter for a sing-a-long, drowning out the noise with cheerful tunes. After managing at least some sleep, we enjoyed a cooked breakfast and a visit from some local red squirrels. We all had an absolutely fabulous time! Whinlatter Dove Cottage Preparatory visited Whinlatter Forest Park to Preparatory visited Dove Cottage to learn all about map skills and orienteering. learn all about William, Mary and Dorothy Wordsworth – not forgetting their dog We explored how to orientate ourselves and Pepper! match locations to points on a trail map. We had great fun spotting the woodland life and hidden We thoroughly enjoyed handling the real artefacts sculptures. In the afternoon we completed another and trying to guess what they might have been trail… blindfolded! We showed excellent teamwork used for in Wordsworth’s time. We took a tour and communication skills to guide the group back in time through Dove Cottage, sneaking successfully through the forest, discovering around the tiny rooms and peaking at all a bear (of the cuddly variety) at the end. Wordsworth’s possessions, especially his world famous couch “where oft he laid”. After lunch we began writing some excellent descriptive poems, inspired by the great man himself! 06 Whinlatter JUNIOR 1 Croft Farm J1 visited Croft Farm as part of their Geography topic ‘Food and Farming’. We had been looking at where our food comes from in lessons, and learning about different types of farming. Croft Farm is a livestock farm; it does grow crops but just for the animals they have. They sell beef, lamb and eggs. Croft Farm is an organic farm and Ruth explained what measures they have to take to be certified organic, and we learned about the benefits of organic farming. We each got to hold a lamb, feed the chickens and visit the new born calf. Despite it being a very wet day we all had lots of fun! Life Centre Roman Ruins J1 visited the Life Centre in Newcastle to take part in a light J1 had a great day out at the Roman Army Museum and and shadows workshop. Vindolanda. At the museum, a Roman soldier told us all about the army and how we could join.