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The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School 6th December 2013

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

Headmaster’s CornerThank you and well done to ALL the children from the Nursery and Lower School. Your performances this week in your

Christmas productions were absolutely fantastic and I know that every parent and grandparent thoroughly enjoyedthemselves. I add a thank you to all the staff for making every performance such a success.

I would like to remind all families that we will be holding our annual ‘Carols around the Christmas Tree’ on Sunday at

6.00pm. This has been brought forward an hour to enable more children to come and join us and we very much hope to

move it forward again to 4.30pm next year. Upper School will be holding their Carol Service next Tuesday evening and we

would like to invite all to the Noggin and Natter back here at school afterwards.

To say thank you to the Totally Tockington team we had held a barbeque on

Wednesday. Well done to all on yet another excellent term’s work!

Following on from my letter regarding entry into Senior School I extend an invitation

to all parents of Year 6 children to come and talk through the options with me.

Music News

Music Notices

Congratulations to Roshan Patel who recently got a merit in his Grade 3 drum

exam. Since March this year, Roshan has managed three exams and gained a merit

in all of them and will take Grade 4 early next year. Roshan has become TMS's

resident drummer with fantastic performances in the Summer Concert and

Eisteddfod this year and we look forward to hearing more of his wonderfully

rhythmic playing in our forthcoming Carol Service. Well done, Roshan!

Karate Recorder Well done to the Year 2 class who have been working really hard practising their

recorder. This week there were yellow belts for Alfred Haley and Kaya Priove and

orange belts for Lily Edwards, Eva Carter, Hannah Williams, Ellie James andAmy Tucker. Well done Year 2s!

Junior Choir - Carol Service We would like to remind parents that all member of the Junior Choir need to wear

white shirts and choir ties for the Carol Service on Tuesday unless they are also in

the Performance Choir in which case they will of course be wearing robes.

Clubs Next Week

Please note that there is no judo or

ballet next week.

Kitchen Appointments

Congratulations to Ruth, Irene and Nicola who have now

been appointed Catering and Events Supervisors. Between

them they have been busy sourcing local suppliers to

provide us all with balanced healthy meals and are alsoresponsible for the super changes to our menus. Irene,

Nicola and Ruth do a fantastic job managing all events

during the week, weekends and evenings and certainly

make everyone visiting the school very welcome. Together,

along with Mrs Symonds they provide a Management Team

that is constantly striving for a healthy future for our

children.

Nicola Duncan, Irene Hardy and Ruth Wilmer





DECEMBER

MENU MONDAY

9 TUESDAY

10 WEDNESDAY

11

BREAKFASTContinental Fried Egg on

ToastGrilled Bacon

LUNCH

Main Course: Hot

Cold

Puddings:

MacaroniCheese, Ham

Sweetcorn

CherryTomatoes

Cucumber

Cottage PieCarrots

Green Beans

HomemadeQuiche

Cheese &

Tomato PizzaCroquette

Potatoes

Peas

Salads Salads Salads

VanillaSponge &

Custard

Fresh FruitCheese &

Biscuits

Pears &Chocolate Sauce

Fresh Fruit

Cheese &Biscuits

Choice ofPuddings

Fresh Fruit

Cheese &Biscuits

MINI-TEACakes Biscuits Cakes

SUPPERChicken &Mushroom

Vol-au-Vents

Jacket WedgesCourgettes

Fresh Fruit

Ham, Cheese, Egg& Tuna Rolls

Crisps

CakesSquash

Jacket PotatoesVarious Fillings

Fresh Fruit

THURSDAY

12

Continental

Roast TurkeyRoast Beef

Roast Potatoes

Sprouts, CarrotsRoast Parsnips

Cranberry Sauce

Bread SauceStuffing

Bacon &

Sausage Rolls

Salads

ChristmasPudding

Jelly

Biscuits

Buffet Supper

FRIDAY

13

Fried Egg &Bacon

Term ends12 noon

SATURDAY

14

SUNDAY

15

Milkshake Monday Morning

The last Milkshake Monday Morning of the year was

enjoyed by Year 5 this week. They had their yummy

banana milkshakes and Penguin bars whilst listening to

poems which they selected through a lottery. They then had

time to have a little browse and books were borrowed.

Much fun was had and the children all said that they

couldn't wait to do it again.

Many thanks to Mrs Baglin and the kitchen ladies for

making it all possible.

Ms Case

Cricket Success

Congratulations to Jacob Wakeling in Year 4 who has been

selected for the U10 Glamorgan County Cricket squad.

Only 18 boys were chosen. Fabulous news!

Lower School Classrooms

We would like to remind parents that Lower School class-

rooms are not open until 8.20 am. Please do not bring your

child in any earlier as we cannot guarantee supervision.

Kenyan Mufti Day

Thank you to everyone for your support on our KenyanMufti Day. We raised £197.73 for Open Arms

International.

Swim Squad Dates

Junior Squad

16th January, 30th January. 13th February, 6th March, 20thMarch.

Senior Squad

9th January, 23rd January, 6th February, 27th February,

13th March, 27th March.

Matches

23rd January away at Wycliffe

11th February away at Clifton College

28th February - Thornbury Swimarathon.





Cross Country

Another cross country record! Alex Grocott has lowered the Junior Boys standard down to an impressive 7 minutes 18

seconds, beating his own mark by 5 seconds. Alex Jacobi ran a great race, becoming our third fastest runner in the last 30

years on the same course. He came home in 7 minutes 36 seconds.

Tom Edwards ran determinedly to gain entry onto the all time Senior Boys list with 13 minutes 59 seconds (you just made

it, Tom!). Max Curtis led from the front with the fastest time for seven years on the Senior Course, running a stunning 12

minutes 19 seconds. The last person to gain this time was William Christofi who is now studying Classics at Oxford.

Antonia Hopcraft-Guest ran an excellent 14 minutes 41 seconds. She is currently our No. 1 female athlete.

Years 3 and 4 ran very well with Harry Mather, Jake Wakeling and Archie Symonds all improving their list times.

Congratulations to Otis Walker for running the fastest time this term; a super quick 20 minutes 55 seconds.

Year 5 ran on Friday this week. Bennie Sanzo became the fastest Year 5 pupil under the elusive eight minute mark. He is

now the tenth fastest of all time. Dalis Jones ran an excellent race, finishing with 8 minutes 15 seconds. She is now our

second fastest runner on the Junior Girls course. Poppy Carter also improved her list time. Well done to all!

Pantomime TripYears 3, 4 and 5 went to the Everyman Theatre on Thursday to see a traditional Pantomime. This year, it was Aladdin.

Here's what some of the children thought:

'The best bits were the washing foam fight and Tweedy on the tightrope.’ Harry Huby

'Hilarious!' Otis Walker

'Funny and Entertaining.' Isabelle Preston

'The scenery was amazing!' Carmen Rey-Jones

When it went wrong, it was even funnier.' Iona Campbell

'I loved the trick with the plates.' Jacob Wakeling

'I tried the plate trick at home...with plastic plates!' Freddie Cooper

The children had a fantastic time and were all superbly behaved.

Tockington Titbits

Peter Banks and Sam Gardner both received their pen licences this week

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