NewsBeacon
The regular newsletter of The New Beacon
Issue No. 109 - Friday, 20th January 2017
Year 8 French Drama Competition
2e
LES CHAMPIONS: 8A ~ UN ACCIDENT DE LA ROUTE
POSITION: 8A1 (Theo, Isaac, Chris, Neil, Max) ~ AU CAMPING
Year 8 French Drama Competition films available on the website
Monsieur Bertillon
admire le beau temps
La famille Bertillon au
petit déjeuner
‘A table!
Le café est prêt.’
Le petit Alain prend le vin
de son père
(au petit déjeuner !)
Les élèves dissipés dans
le cours de maths
‘Allez téléphoner à la
police s’il vous plaît’
‘Ne grimpe pas sur les
falaises Alain’
‘Tiens, il n’y a personne
dans ce canot.
Je vais faire de la voile !’
On a sauvé Alain
‘Regardez ! C’est
l’hélicoptère de sauvetage!’
‘Jean, ne roule
pas trop vite !’
Les élèves
applaudissent leur
Professeur courageux
L’ambulance arrive
Le médecin va aider
Mme Bertillon, qui s’est
cassé la jambe
‘Le vent souffle très fort.
Je n’en peux plus.
Au secours !’
ASSOCIATED BOARD
MUSIC EXAM RESULTS
AUTUMN TERM 2016
Tue 24
PREP TEST
Ben Cole
Theodore Jones
Rio Katsura
George Sorrell
Violin
Piano
Piano
Violin
GRADE 1
Benjamin Bryden
Luca Esposito Lee-Kemp
Charlie Gillespie
Joshua Harrison
Tom Metcalfe
Aidan O’Halloran
Luke Tippin
Cello
Singing
Piano
Violin
Singing
Violin
Piano
Distinction
Merit
Pass
Pass
Merit
Merit
Pass
GRADE 2
Sandy Carrick
John Chambers
Frederick Smith
Sammy Tansley
Elijah Youngson
Piano
Singing
Clarinet
Piano
Violin
Pass
Pass
Merit
Pass
Pass
GRADE 3
Ben Adams
Freddie Burgess
Oliver Dimond
Matthew McLain
Violin
Clarinet
Violin
Violin
Merit
Pass
Pass
Pass
GRADE 5
Sebastian Berry
Oscar Fussell
Thomas Gardner
James Williamson
Piano
Piano
Piano
Piano
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
GRADE 6
Angus Todd
Piano
Merit
GRADE 7
Max Mussavian
Violin
Merit
GRADE 8
Malek Marar
Piano
Distinction
Guitar
Guitar
Parents and Staff Prayer Group
5B Parents’ Evening
3.00pm
3.30pm
5.30pm
Wed 25 Y4 Visit to RHS Wisley ‘Butterflies in the Glasshouse’
TRINITY GUILDHALL
MUSIC EXAM RESULTS
AUTUMN TERM 2016
GRADE 1
Barney Ivey
Freddie Warren
JANUARY
Mon 23 Y3 Ancient Greeks Workshop - Living History
Merit
Merit
RECEPTION PLEA
Reception are planning to make an igloo
out of milk cartons for our upcoming topic
on the Arctic and Antarctic.
We would be grateful if you would bring
in your used and washed out 2, 4 and 6 pint
plastic cartons.
GB
Thu 26 Music Scholarship Candidates’ Concert (Music Rm 1)
Y5 to Aladdin
1.20pm
Fri 27
5.00pm
Senior School Chapel Service ~ Rev Kevis, Vicar of Leigh
Mon 30 Explorers Club
Tue 31 5C Parents’ Evening
1.20pm
5.30pm
FEBRUARY
Wed 1 Reception to Polka Theatre ~ Babe, The Sheep Pig
9.00am
Thu 2
Fri 3
5C Parents’ Evening
5.30pm
Senior School Chapel Service ~ Rev Hatwell, Rector of Igtham 5.00pm
SCHOLARSHIP & ENTRY EXAMS :
Sat 21 Jan
Lingfield Notre Dame ~ Y9 Entry Exam
Mon 23/Tue 24 Jan Charterhouse non-academic Scholarship ~ Music
Wed 25 Jan
Sutton Valence 13+ Pre-Assessment
Mon 30 Jan
Tonbridge School non-academic Scholarships ~
Drama, Music and Sport (Cowdrey)
Wed 1 Feb
Tonbridge School non-academic Scholarships ~
Design Technology and Art
Fri 3 Feb
Sat 4 Feb
Sat 4 Feb
Sutton Valence non-academic Scholarship ~ Sports
Sutton Valence non-academic Scholarship ~ Art and DT
Ardingly ~ Y9 Entry Exam
What a
Wonderful
Achievement!
WINTER WALK
The Reception Classes had a super chilly
time taking a Winter Walk around the
school grounds this afternoon. We saw
and identified many deciduous and
evergreen trees. We also found frosted
leaves, frozen berries, and ice covered
puddles. The boys enjoyed looking at
their shadows and crunching the frost
covered grass beneath their boots. There
was so much knowledge gained and
vocabulary learnt from a simple walk
outside. They then came back to the
classroom to produce their own amazing
images of Winter Trees.
MT
The talented Year 8 musician, Malek,
pictured above, has passed his Grade
8 piano exam with Distinction. This
is a remarkable achievement at such a
young age. Congratulations Malek!
EC
With the New Beacon Centre nearly completed and Spring just around the corner the
Eco-group and science department have been busy planning for the future.
There is EcoDay to look forward to on Monday 20th March and of course our now well-established annual
‘Wildlife Photography Competition’. This year’s theme is Wild Sevenoaks. The important deadline dates are
published in the school calendar, but I have had to revise these slightly to fit in with the hectic end of term
schedule. These dates are now:
Competition opens: Monday 20th February
Deadline for entries: Monday 13th March
Display and public voting: 14-17th March
Winners announced: Final assembly
Hard copy entries only please. Entries in an envelope to myself, either via front office/form teacher or direct to my
form room (RM1). Please write name and form on the back of the photo or on the envelope.
Activities for EcoDay will be published in future editions of NewsBeacon as soon as Marcus Brown and the Ecogroup have finalised details.
Medium Term
The school is looking to erect a greenhouse alongside the science block. It is intended that this, along with the
adjacent garden plot will be developed and maintained by pupils and will grow plants for use within the science
department and also as part of an extra-curricular activity. If anybody has a greenhouse in serviceable condition that
they are able to donate to the school could they please email me. We have a maximum area of 5m by 3m.
Long Term
Many of you may not be aware, but we do have an area designated as an outdoor classroom. This is behind the
swimming pool car park, which during the building work has become a little inaccessible. We are therefore
investigating the possibility of developing an area adjacent to the Paddock Pitch as a new site for the outdoor
classroom. Suggestions have included a covered decking area, a wildlife walkway (over amphibian pools) and
wildlife area. We are currently consulting with Blue Forest, who are based in Eridge, but if anyone has any expertise
in this area then please get involved. If the initiative does go ahead then it will be self-funding. Blue Forest worked
with Benenden School on their brilliant Victoria Water Garden, which was funded by sponsored boards on the
wildlife wooden walkway.
Recycling
We are still collecting textiles in the TRAID bin behind the swimming pool and have now applied for a collection
box for used stamps. Money raised from this latter initiative will go to the RSPBs Save the Albatross Fund. A
collection box will soon appear in the main school reception area. We continue to recycle old ink cartridges and
mobile phones via the collection box in Pre-prep reception.
Eco-schools Green Flag
In March of this year we are due to reapply for our fourth Eco-schools Green Flag. This is a now a wholly pupil led
initiative and the Eco Group has been active in introducing monitored litter picks and an annual travel census as
well as increasing our biodiversity by developing the bird feeding areas and purchasing a hedgehog house. They are
a constant source of ideas. However they do need a certain amount of adult guidance and to that end I propose
holding an old style Eco-committee meeting once a term, the first of which will be on Monday 27th February at
4.30pm. If you would like input into the Eco group or have ideas for future initiatives and fundraising possibilities
then please come along to this meeting, even if it is only for five minutes. The focus of the meeting will be ‘The
way ahead..’ but we also need to look at the criteria set out to achieve our fourth Green Flag status.
IP
BOARDERS IN THE SNOW
Christingle
Last Thursday, as the boarders sat diligently doing their
prep in the library, outside The New Beacon was being
silently transformed into a winter wonderland! By supper
time it was clear that it had settled very fast, and
snowballs and tobogganing would be possible once work
was completed. Everyone had a great time and the
following morning, with the school shut, the boarders
could get out into the snow again until their parents were
able to battle through the wintry conditions to collect
them. Now the question is – will there be more this
winter?!!!
AS
On Friday 6th January, we wrapped up warmly to go to our Chapel
to enjoy another service of Christingle. A boy from each class in
years 1, 2, 3 and 4 made a Christingle using an orange, red ribbon,
a candle and some sweets. These were lit and carefully taken to the
alter. Mr Snowdon talked about the time of Epiphany and about the
symbolism of the Christingles, cheekily trying some of the sweets
to ensure that they did taste good! The boys sang beautifully and
the Year 4 boys read prayers.
EW
The New Beacon
invites you to attend the
Music Scholarship
Candidates’ Concert 2017
Thursday, 26 January
1.20pm
in Music Room 1
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