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Notre Dame School

Burwood House

Convent Lane

Cobham KT11 1HA

Tel: 01932 869990 email: office@notredame.co.uk web: www.notredame.co.uk twitter: @NotreDameCobham

Science ND6 bi-ology presentation by Prof Madden, Prep Science

round-up Pg 2&3

Sports at NDS

Fortnight’s Round-

up

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Music Board Feast Day music congrats, ABRSM info & music train-

ing article Page 4

ND6 Exam certifi-cates, Young En-terprise Success, Peer mentors & Biology lectures

Drama Calamity Jane & Infant Nativity pho-

tos Page 4&5

Early Years

News, FoND &

Diary Dates

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The Week @NotreDameCobham

Feast Day Mass

Last week the community of Notre Dame, together with our communities around the world, gathered to celebrate the Feast Day of the Presentation of Our Lady in the Temple. Bishop Moth lead the service which also marked the beginning of our 80th year in Cobham! This was followed by a special birthday tea which was thoroughly enjoyed by all!

A commemorative Oak tree was planted to mark the 80th year and

we have also designed a special 80th birthday advert which you will be

seeing in various publications throughout the year! Well done to our talented Year 6 for creating these beautiful balloons!

We hope you all enjoyed the special commemorative newsletter which was sent out last week!

Safe Driving in the Car Parks Please!

Drivers please be vigilant and adhere to speed limits in the School Car Parks. There are young children who are not always visible to cars and who are still learning about road safety.

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IN TODAY’S ISSUE

Coaches at the End of Term The coaches will be running on

Friday 15th December in the afternoon and will leave school at 12:20. There won’t be a late coach on the last day of the term.

Next Week is Week A

Chaplain’s Corner—

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Krispy Kreme Charity Sale!

The Senior School will have a Krispy Kreme sale on Tues 5th Dec at morning break to raise money for our school charities this year.

Christmas Mufti Day

There will be a charity Christmas themed mufti day for the whole school on 8th December

Christmas Jumper Day

On the last day of term, Dec 15th, the whole school will wear their Christmas jumpers in line with Na-tional Christmas Jumper Day! on the 15th Dec (last day of term).

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GCSE and AS level certificates Congratulations to the following girls who received their certificates this week:

Prof Madden Presentation

Year 12 and 13 biologists were treated to a special presentation by Professor Madden, a Cardiologist

who lectures at Cambridge University and practises at three different hospitals.

Professor Madden explained the anatomical structure of the cardiovascular system via a demonstration of a dissection of a sheep lungs and heart. He built on our biology foundation knowledge by providing additional detail on our syllabus, relating it to medicine. This experience not only was of interest to the girls present but also provided real insight to those thinking of pursuing a career as a doctor in the future. This was an enriching and thoughtful talk that was well received and incredibly enjoyable! Thank you so much Professor Madden.

Deep S Yr 13 Biology

Young Enterprise Company Programme Competition

Congratulations to the Notre Dame Young Enterprise team who won best Business Plan for the North Surrey area. Good luck for your trade fairs and the rest of the competition

New Peer Mentors Congratulations to our new Peer Mentors

Geography—Follow us on twitter:

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Alumnae Lucy Returns to Inspire Current Geography Students

We are always delighted to welcome back former Notre Dame Geography students and last Thursday morning it was our pleasure to have Lucy Buck back in the Geography Department. Since completing her GCSEs and A levels at Notre Dame, she has graduated from Southampton University and having completed two Masters, recently started a PhD

in Disaster, Risk and Resilience at UCL.

Lucy gave two A level groups and a Year 9 class a fascinating talk on tectonic hazards and we discovered how managing risk can be sensitive as in the case of Mt Paektu on the North Korean – Chinese border. In addition to supplementing their class work the girls were able to consider a range of degree and job opportunities available to them.

Mrs Griffiths

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Computing—Follow us on twitter: @NDS_COMPUTING Notre Dame Computer Scientists reach the Top 10!

All pupils (with the exception of Y11) recently took part in the Bebras Computational thinking challenge and we are delighted to report the following achieved scores within the Top 10% NATIONALLY!

Serious kudos and a special mention go to Manasa and Anabel in Year 8 for outperforming most pupils in the year above too. Year 7: Holly F, Stella G, Daisy P, Armita T, Emily S Year 8: Manasa A, Anabel W Year 9: Anja L, Emily J, Rosie W, Zoë M, Scarlett T, Natasha B, Ava W Lucky for them they will be invited to take part in an even tougher challenge in March “The TCS Oxford Computing Challenge”, which aims to help talented computational thinkers develop by challenging them to solve tasks with programmed solutions.

Mr Lawley

Food & Nutrition—Follow us on twitter: @NotreDame_FOOD Y10 GCSE Food Prep and Nutrition

Last week we produced independent dishes based on reducing a recipe’s total fat.

Lia (Y12) made Panna Cotta, Caramel Sugar Work

Mrs Anderson

Science—Follow us on twitter:

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Y4 Sound - Science Year 4 were experimenting with musical instruments this week, and measuring how loud/quiet they are. We used an app to measure the sound in decibels, and recorded the results in our own tables. Once we had finished experimenting, we wrote a conclusion to sum up what we had found out, and looked back to see if our predictions were correct. Some of the things we wrote in our conclusions were; ‘The loudest shaker was the pink one as it was metal banging against metal.’ ‘The type of material the instrument is made from makes it louder/quieter’

Year 5 Science

Year 5 have just started their new Science topic on ‘Plant and animal reproduction’. As part of their first lesson, they had great fun dissecting lilies and looking at the reproductive parts of the plant. They used magnifying glasses to look more closely at each of the parts they found. This really helped them to understand the processes of pollination and fertilisation.

Year 6 Use Microscopes

Last week year 6 had their science lesson in the Senior School Biology Lab to try out the microscopes and see microorganisms and cells.

"It was really cool to see into the microscopes and all the bacteria." Sophia T

"It was amazing, I never realised onion skin was so interesting!" Sophie K

"I really enjoyed it, it was really interesting seeing the onion skin in that much detail." Mia D

"I really enjoyed looking through the microscope, it was so interesting and amazing!" Beatrix D.

All the year 6 girls looked just like real scientists, they worked very sensibly! I was very impressed.

Miss Shaaban

Prep Infant Nativity—’Hey Ewe’

Congratulations to our wonderful Infants on kicking off the festive season with their special nativity this morning!

Click on the collage to see the full gallery

Miss Fletcher

Prep News Music training can change children’s brain structure and boost decision-making network

A new study by the Brain and Creativity Institute at USC is the latest in a series examining how music learning may enhance children’s emotional and intellectual development Click on the image to read more

Faith and Music Assembly

Congratulations to 6S on their wonderful playing, singing and reading last week.

Carol Service

Girls who are playing their instruments in the carol service will need to bring their instruments into school on Wednesday 6th Dec and Wednesday 13th Dec.

Mrs Shaw

Whole School News

Joint Choir of more than 100!

The prep and senior choirs joined forces last week to mark the celebration of the schools 80th birthday. The Feast Day Mass was conducted by the Bishop with clergy, governors, staff, parents and pupils in attendance. The singing was of a very high standard and we would like to thank all of the girls and staff who took part and sang so well.

Mrs Shaw and Mr Black

ABRSM Examinations

Monday 4th December

Girls need to come along to the Prep music room 15 mins before their examination. Good luck everyone!

DRAMA Follow us on twitter: @NDS_THEATRE

DANCE Grade 1 RAD Exam Candidates Mia-Lily, Serena, Megan, Theia,

Anaiya, Flo and Rachel all took their RAD Grade 1 Examination last week. Congratulations on all your hard work girls!

Isabel C (Y5) also passed her grade 3 ballet exam and came 3rd in her class. Well done!

Mrs Thomas

MUSIC BOARD Follow us on twitter: @NotreDame_MUSIC

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Senior

Calamity Jane pics Bravo to the cast and crew of this wonderful production! Truly worthy of the West End! (click on the collage to see the full gallery)

Miss Graham

READING MATTERS @NDS_LIBRARY

Prep Library News

Books that stimulate interest in Science and Engineering

Every year the Royal Society celebrates the best science books written for children under 14, through its Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2017. The Prize promotes excellent, easily-accessible science and engineering books and 3,000 children from 300 schools read, and voted on, a shortlist of six books.

This year’s winner is announced - scientist, TV presenter and author Robert Winston. His book - Home Lab – Exciting Experiments for Budding Scientists - is a selection of 28 scientific experiments, that can be done at home using everyday items, from making slime to powering a speedboat using soap! Fact filled panels explain the science behind the experiments. This is an interactive book that children will really enjoy. It is now on its way to the Library!

Mrs Hughes

Senior Library News Current research (Scholastic) suggests that teens who read for pleasure at least one hour a day had higher vocabulary scores than their peers who

did not read as often. Other sources have suggested that a student needs to hear a new word 4 to 12 times before it is added to their vocabulary.

The September update of the Oxford English Dictionary includes over a thousand new headwords, senses and subentries. Many of the entries are ancient and obsolete ‘but they contribute to the OED’s mission of recording the millennium-long history of English’. For example the verb afound means ‘to become numb or stiff with cold’, and was an Anglo-Norman word used by Chaucer. More modern entries include the term fatberg, (dates from 2008) which denotes ‘a large lump of cooking fat and other waste which has congealed and hardened after being poured down a drain, or a very large mass of waste found blocking a sewage system.’ Among the scientific terms are exoplanet - a planet which orbits a star other than the sun, also known as an extrasolar planet; chronozone - a group of strata formed during the same chron of geologic time.

There are also a number of interesting regional inclusions – some suggested by listeners of BBC Local Radio and others influenced by social media sites. They include:

croggy - a ride given to a passenger on a bicycle, in which the recipient sits on the crossbar, handlebars, or behind the person pedalling.

winterval – a blend of winter and festival.

yampy – mad or crazy

snived – overrun, infested.

corporation pop – northern slang for water, especially tap water.

The full list of words can be found at http://public.oed.com During reading sessions, we have been encouraging students to look up new words and record them on the white-board for discussion. These words are also displayed on a notice-board in the Senior Library and will be included in a compendium which is shortly to be downloaded onto Firefly.

Mrs Finch

SPORTS BOARD PREP @NotreDame_SPORT

Two Week Round up

U10 A and B v MHS Netball Well done to the U10 A and B teams who played against MHS and secured their first win of the season. The girls have worked hard over the past weeks to de-velop and improve their game, which showed in this match. Well done to Cameron and Grace G for being voted players of the match.

Weekend of Sport

Well done to all the ND girls who took part in the sporting events two weekends ago, which included; U11B Hockey Tournament and U9/ U11 Cross Country.

The U11 B team finished 4th in the hockey tournament, winning against St Teresa’s and drawing with Danes Hill. The girls showed great skill and determination throughout the morning! On Sunday the girls then took part in the Annual MHS cross country event with enthusiasm, which lead to some fantastic results. The U9 girls

finished 2nd as a team, with all girls finishing in the top 20. Well done to Sabrina who won the U9 race. The U11 girls won their team race, all girls putting the 100% effort!

It was a great weekend for ND!

U11 ND Hockey tournament Tuesday 21st November saw the very first ND U11

hockey tournament being hosted on our new hockey pitch! There were A and B competitions running alongside each other, with five visiting schools taking part, including; Danes Hill, Surbiton, Halstead, Downsend and Tormead.

The ND B and C team finished joint 4th in the B team tournament and the ND A Team finished 4th in the A tournament, only being one win away from 3rd place! Well played to all the ND girls!

It is also so wonderful to see lots of girls enjoying and taking part in sport and was a pleasure to host.

U9 Sport this week

The U9 girls had a very busy day on Monday, with half of the girls playing in a hockey tournament at Downsend School and the other half playing in a netball match against Rydes Hill School.

The Hockey tournament went very well with both teams securing 3rd place! The netball teams showed huge improvement from previous matches and the girls should keep up the hard work!

U10 Hockey Matches v CLFS Well played to the U10 girls had to wait a long time till their first hockey match this term! They played some very nice hockey and had close matches with City of London Freemen’s School. The B team lost narrowly 3-4 and the A team lost 2-5. The girls

showed plenty improvement over the match and have shown a promise start to their hockey season. Well done to Chloe and Imogen who got players of the match.

Fixtures next week:

Monday 4th December- U9A and B Hockey v Danes Hill

Tuesday 5th December - Swimming Gala v St Hilary’s

Wednesday 6th December -U11A- C Hockey v Feltonfleet

Friday 8th December -Year 3-6 Splash and Dash

Club Notices/ cancellations

Thursday 7th/ 14th December Shooting Club CANCELLED

Monday 4th December will be the last Year 3 and 4 netball club until the end of term

Tuesday 5th December- No Year 5 and 6 Netball club due to Swimming Gala.

Mrs Purgavie won’t be running any clubs in the last week of term, including all morning, activity break and after school clubs. We will resume clubs as normal on Monday 15th January 2018.

Prep Fixtures Calendar

Mrs Purgavie

Kakou Ranked No. 1 in Surrey!

Congratulations to Kakou who progressed to the Quarter Finals in last weekend’s U10 Grade 2 National Tennis Match at Sunderland. She is now ranked 8th position in the UK and No.1 in Surrey! #thisgirlcan

Swimming

Important information regarding Swimming Training sessions: We have a gala on Tuesday 5th December at home against St Hilary’s. Due to the Gala there will be no Infant Swim Squad. Also if your daughter is not involved in the gala and would normally attend the swim squad on a Tuesday then they will need to be collected at the end of the school day.

Thursday 7th December – Normal swim squad for year 5 & 6.

There will be no swimming squads on Tue 12th or Thurs 14th Dec as we are not running after school clubs in the last week of term.

The Infant and Year 3 & 4 Swimming squad will re-start on Tuesday 16th January 2018

The Year 5 & 6 swim squad will restart on Thursday 11th January 2018.

Our first Gala of the New Year is on Thursday 18th January against Halstead at Home

We then have an Away gala at Downsend on Wednesday 24th January at Downsend.

Please try to keep up your swimming fitness over the Christmas break girls we have a lot of swimming events early in the new year.

Swimmer of the week

1D – Dolphins – Mia B; 1D –Starfish – Angelica K

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Year 7 & 8 Sponsored Swim Well done to all the girls in Years 7 and 8

who participated in the annual sponsored swim on Monday 13th November – Friday 17th November 2017. Funds raised will support two charities:

The Company of Mary Our Lady Niña Maria Learning Center which is a pre-school and day care centre in the Philippines,

GRACE - a local charity helping women face cancer.

Last year we raised over £3,000 - may we thank you in advance for your continuing support in our efforts to raise money for charity.

British Schools Modern Biathlon National Championships in Solihull

Emily S and Daisy P in Year 7 participated in the British Schools’ Modern Biathlon National Championships in Solihull on November 25th 2017. Both girls ran and swam very well. Overall Emily finished 17th and Daisy 21st in the U12 category.

Well done girls!!

Swimming Gala against St Catherine’s, Bramley

The U12 A, B, C & D, U13 A, B, C & D and U14 A&B swim squads swam on Monday against St Catherine’s. It was fantastic to have so many girls representing Notre Dame. All the girls swam really well with some races being extremely close! A massive thank you to those girls who swam additional races for either their own age group or for age groups up to 2 years above! The overall results were Notre Dame 195 and St Catherine’s 254.

Swimmers of the night: U12 Belle R; U13 Lulu W; U14 Olivia F

Well done girls! Miss Mulcahy

Cross Country Last Sunday ND seniors also competed in the Manor House cross country event. It proved to be a lovely morning, with some excellent performances. In the U13 race ND dominated, taking the first seven places, with Lulu W, Daisy P and Poppy P coming 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively and, together with Katie C in 4th place, they won the team event. In the U16 race Verity P came second + Camilla M (4th), Ava W (5th) + Neve O (6th) combined well to again win the team event.

Congratulations to all the runners and thank you for all the parental support.

U13: Daisy P, Emily S, Tate G, Yasmin C, Leonie C, Juliette F, Lulu W, Poppy P, Katie C, Freya J, Olivia C

U16: Verity P, Camilla M, Amy M, Neve O, Anja L, Ava W

SENIOR @NotreDame_SPORT Hockey U13 v St Teresas

Last week the U13 A + B hockey teams had matches against St Teresa’s. The A team came up against a strong side but played very well, creating goal scoring opportunities and also defending well; the final score was a good 3-3 draw. The B team were also involved in a close + exciting game, they found themselves down at half time but came back very strongly in the second half to win the game by 4 goals to 3. Well played to both teams.

U13 v Prior’s Field

The U13 A + B teams travelled to Prior’s Field for matches. The B team were involved in a closely contested game and despite conceding an early goal managed to fight back to win 2-1, player of the match was defender Katie C. The A team came up against strong opposition but persevered in their efforts and created some good opportunities in the second half but it was Prior’s Field who had more of the possession and went on to gain a comfortable victory, player of the match was midfielder Josie S.

U12 v Manor House

The U12 A + B hockey teams enjoyed good matches with Manor House. The A team had a closely contested game and at half time it was goalless but in the second half 3 well taken goals from Emily S (2) + Bea C-S gave ND the win; player of the match was defender Olive J. The B team also enjoyed a close game, goals from Izabel W and Freia N gave ND a 2-1 victory; player of the match was Izabel W. Congratulations to both teams for good performances.

Netball

U14 v Claremont Last week the U14 A + B netball teams played against Claremont School. The A team had a very encouraging + high scoring win by 41 goals to 24; the B team played well but it was Claremont who won 22-14.

U12 v Claremont On Tuesday it was the turn of the U12 netball teams to take on Claremont. Both the A + B teams were missing some of their players but nevertheless both teams had close matches, with the A team narrowly losing 6-5 and the B team also losing by just one goal, 8-7.

U16 v St Teresas U16 Netballers enjoyed challenging conditions in the wind when playing St Teresa’s U18 team on Tuesday 21st Nov. After a low scoring start ND pulled ahead and won the game 13-2. Well done to the squad of 8 players: Anna, Emanuela, Bella, Emma A-B, Jamie, Issy C, Maddie and Amelia.

U14 v SWP The U14 A team had a good win against Sir William Perkin’s School, 32-12. Congratulations to the team on an excellent performance.

Senior Fixtures Calendar Mrs Marsh

DATES FOR THE DIARY

EARLY YEARS (NDEY) Follow us on twitter: @NotreDame_EY

The Clever Caterpillar Class exploring and having fun in the Adventure Playground

2 Dec FoND Winter Ball

4-15 Dec Y11 Mock Examinations Snr 4 Dec Y13 History Lectures ND6 ABRSM Exams School 5 Dec Y12/13 Parents’ Evening 4.30—7pm ND6

7 Dec ND6 Chemistry Lectures ND6

8 Dec Christmas Themed Charity Mufti Day School Early Years Nativity, Singalong & Meet Father Christmas NDEY Y8 Coffee & Mince Pies Morning 8.45—9.45am Snr

9 Dec FoND Prep School Movie Night Prep

13 Dec Christmas Lunch Snr

14 Dec Christmas Lunch Prep Carol Service 7pm Whole School

15 Dec Christmas Jumper Day School Talent Show—am Snr End of Term at 12 Noon Whole School

8 Jan 11+Entrance Examinations Staff INSET

9 Jan Staff INSET Y10—13 Peer Mentor Training Snr

10 Jan Term Begins School

15 Jan FoND Committee Meeting at 9am School

18 Jan Year 9 Parents’ Evening 4.30—7pm Snr

19 Jan Y10 Reflection Day Snr

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL CALENDAR OF EVENTS!

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Now Enrolling Boys & Girls for Reception 2018!

Movie Night - 9 Dec 2017

Don't forget to pur-chase your tickets to see Beauty and the Beast (Years 1-6).

Quiz Night - 2 Feb 2018

Get your teams ready for the next Quiz Night (includes dinner & quiz).

Hot Chocolate with all the trimmings on sale every Friday

from 3.15pm in the Prep School playground.

Nearly New Uniform Shop

The nearly new uniform shop (located in the FoND hut in Car Park 1) will next be open on Thursday 7 Dec from 3.15-4pm and every 2 weeks thereafter (on a Friday).

Please continue to bring in any items of uniform that you wish to sell/donate and leave in the school office for us to collect.

Any questions please contact Gayle Douglas on 07703 546172.

Easyfundraising

Register at 'easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/fondsurrey' to raise money for the school when shopping on-line over the festive period.

Money Raised to Date: £1,377.85

Supporters: 70

Winter Ball

We are really looking forward to seeing lots of you at the Winter Ball tomorrow night at St George’s Lawn Tennis Club!