Yarm Preparatory School
Issue 535
Friday 5th May 2017
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Head’s Message . . .
www.yarmschool.org
This week we have celebrating the study of geography across the school and
my thanks go to Mr Harandon and Mrs Barton for their coordination of
events and the staff who have embraced each strand of the week. Geography week has allowed us to explore a
wide variety of topics and has seen a number of special visitors from across the school and further afield who have
hosted a range of talks, assemblies and workshops for different year groups. We were delighted to welcome back to
the school our friends Rita and Geoff Fowler, founders of The Mustard Seed Project, to learn about their charitable
work in Mombasa, Kenya. Their story started nearly a decade ago when they visited a school in a slum area of
Mombasa, they were very moved by what they witnessed and felt they had to help - The Mustard Seed Project was
born! We have been supporting their efforts in the last few years, with charitable funds raised at school, to help
build a new school in a slum area of Mombasa. It was excellent to learn how this project is progressing and helping
to provide a quality education for local children. They have completed the ground floor and opened their school,
Miche Bora, which currently educates over 75 children. They are half way through this ambitious project and are
keen to reach their goal. Our ‘Colour Run’ later this term will be to raise further funds for The Mustard Seed Project
and we hope it will help to edge Rita and Geoff closer to completing Miche Bora School. To see more of their story
and their projects go to: www.mustardseedproject.co.uk
Heads’ Challenge: : It falls standing but runs on its belly. What is it?
Bill Sawyer
@HeadPrepYarm
HMC Singing Day
Wednesday 26th April was a hugely exciting day for the music
department, as we were hosting the first HMC Singing Day. When
we had first suggested it, we didn't think there would be much
interest - how wrong we were! With 5 other schools attending,
and well over 200 children taking part, it was an immensely
popular event! We were delighted to welcome Bow, Bronte
House, Ackworth, GSAL and Silcoates Schools to take part in the
day with us, and it was a great opportunity to meet other music
staff. The children worked very hard, learning a varied repertoire
of funny and serious songs, and singing in 2 parts for the majority
of the day. They listened carefully and sang beautifully. I was
extremely proud of the Yarm Prep Choristers, who behaved
impeccably, were superb hosts, and sang their hearts out. My
thanks to them for their unwavering enthusiasm, and to Mr
Williams, and Miss Redhead, who kept the whole thing running
smoothly.
Last week some children from the Prep School
participated in the Senior School fashion show!
Summer Dance Showcase
Friday 16th June 2017
6:30pm
The showcase will include pupils of a variety of ages,
from the Prep School to students in Upper Sixth, and a
vast range of dance styles will be showcased from Bollywood to Contemporary. It promises to be an evening full
of entertainment.
Tickets on sale now from the school office
and online!
£5 adult £2 child/concession
We dressed as bumble bees and all made our own costumes.
We did a dance to fireflies and other songs! At the end we
walked the catwalk and posed which was really fun. Our
favourite bit was the catwalk!
Gracie Rhodes-Hildreth and Eva Leadbitter 3N
We all really enjoyed doing the fashion show last week it was
so much fun. We performed really well on the night in front
of lots of people. Thanks to Mrs Dunkley for teaching us a
great dance! My favourite part was definitely the catwalk!
Ffion Roberts 4J
In the fashion show there were loads of people from year 3
all the way through to 6th form who participated throughout
the show. When I danced I felt the spotlight glittering on top
of me, making me more nervous than ever! Through the
performance I conquered my nerves. Everyone had worked
really hard for the night and everyone was fantastic!
Pearl Lightwood 5P
On Thursday 11th May, Arkwright are hosting a charity
day to support “The Guide Dogs for the Blind
Association”. There will be a mixture of activities
including a cake sale (morning break), a team sensory
race (morning and lunch break) and guess the name of
the puppy (morning and lunch breaks). Each activity will
cost 50p, therefore, a maximum of £2.00 is required.
There will also be an assembly with special visitors
during the morning.
Mrs L Routledge
Lost Property
Charlie T is missing his
named tracksuit bottoms,
Kiyan B is missing his blazer
and Hajra S is missing her
blazer, both are named.
Please can we all check
bags and lockers for any
missing items.
Thank you!
Year 6 Cricket Tour
Last weekend, Year 6 went on a cricket tour.
Not only did we play matches, we also had a
good time going to places. After our match
against Pocklington, we went to a fish and chip
shop to have dinner and then went to the
arcade, where we played bowling and arcade
games. In my row were Mr Underwood, Mr
Sawyer, Ammar, Theo, Charlie T and Max J. In
the other row were Adhi, Nathan, Tom V, Tom
W, Matthew and Rishik. The next morning, we
went to a café where we got lunch, went into
the adventure park and had ice cream. We
walked down to the beach where we played
crazy golf. After that we went to Ampleforth to
play our second and last match on the cricket
tour and from there we went back to school. It
was great fun and the lads played really well.
Gaurav K, 6M
On Bank Holiday Monday the U11A team
travelled to Foremarke Hall Prep School in
Repton for the 1st round of the IAPS rounders
tournament. The girls were hungry for a good
start to the season and quickly got to grips with
the concentration and quick decision making
needed to succeed. They followed this with
some tenacious batting and pressure on the
opposition to win the game after the first bat of
the 2nd innings. A fantastic start. Well done!
Miss L Routledge
Year 3 Cricket v Clifton
On Friday 28th April 2017, Year 3 visited St
Peter’s, Clifton. The Year 3 boys played cricket and the Year 3 girls played rounders. The
boys started off with some catching, followed
by some long barrier catching. Then we
played some cricket. I liked batting. After
that we played kwik cricket. In our
team/group there was England v South Africa.
England beat South Africa by one run. The
score was 71-72 runs to England. This was
the end of the morning. We then went to
lunch, there were fish fingers, pasta and
quiche to choose from. I had second servings.
We then said goodbye to Clifton and came
back to school. I really enjoyed the cricket.
Shlok A, 3A
On Friday all the Year Three’s went to
Clifton to play rounders and cricket. I went
off to play rounders with all the girls. We
had a warm up of 5 different exercises
then we had a full game of rounders. Then
we went for lunch once we had had our
lunch we went for a play around. Then we
all got back on the coach and said thanks
to Clifton. I LOVE GAMES.
Gracie R-H, 3N
Yarm U10 v Pocklington
It was a glorious sunny day as we played a
tense match against Pocklington. The A
team sadly lost by 13 runs and the B team
lost by 12 runs.
Despite the result we had a fantastic time
and learnt a lot which we will take forward
to our next game.
Oliver G & Diego G, 5B
3A—Personification
3A have been looking at personification in their English lessons this week. Not sure
what this means? Aditya Paul explains “Personification is basically where objects
which are not even alive are given human qualities. Enjoy the following powerful
sentences from the children.
“The ship died as
the sea swallowed
it up”
Isaac Akowuah
“The sunflower swallowed
“The old chair moaned
“The sun glared
“The toothbrush tickles
the water”
as the boy jumped on
it.”
at the small
cottage”
my teeth”
Mustafa El-Sherif
Lydia Waddington
“The tree was dancing on
the grass while the wind
was pushing it left and
right”
Aditya Paul
“The flower is dancing as
the wind is blowing”
Yara Alsayed
Elizabeth
Neilson
“In the morning the
alarm clock screams in
my face and I smell the
porridge walking down
the stairs”
Zachary McCluskey
“My clothes are
patiently resting
on the floor
ready to be
worn”
Lily Cox
“Warm and happy, the
house stood in the bright
summer’s day”
Naila Krishnamoorthy
“The candle flame danced
in the dark”
“The trees talked to me
in the autumnal
breeze”
Shlok Arcot
Charlie Bernard
“The wind sang
a lonely song”
“The sunflower nodded in
“The waves laughed at
the wind”
Samuel Shawcross
the other waves”
Claudia Carter
Sofia Andrews
Sabeeh Qureshi
“The waves swam to the
shore”
Oliver Mowbray
Prep School attend Newcastle Falcons v Worcester Warriors
For the second time this year the Prep School made the trip to Kingston
Park to watch the Newcastle Falcons. The children were the guard of
honour as the players ran onto the pitch. The Newcastle Falcons were
playing Worcester Warriors. Both the Falcons and Warriors were well
matched with the Falcons scoring the winning try five minutes from time.
All of the children enjoyed the game, they were singing and cheering and
made sure their voices were heard when the full time whistle went. Some
of the children got to meet the Falcons player Will Witty and some made
an appearance in the crowd during the ITV4 Rugby Highlights.
Mr C Simpson
My favourite part of
the Falcons trip was
going on the pitch to
represent Yarm
School when the
players ran on to the
pitch.
Tenuk M, 4S
Newcastle Falcons hosted Worcester Warriors at
Kingston Park. The match was intense but the
Falcons kicked 3 successful penalties and by half
time had a 9-0 lead. In the second half Worcester
were awarded a penalty try and closed the gap
with a successful conversion. Meanwhile the Falcons had a player sin binned. Worcester doubled
their lead just minutes later making it 9-14 to
Worcester. With 6 minutes to full time Falcons
crashed over to secure 4 points. This was a fun
trip.
I enjoyed the Falcons trip because
it was really intense and I thought
it was quite dramatic. My favourite part was the start when we
got to walk onto the pitch and
wave our flags.
Amelia S, 4P
When we went to the Newcastle Falcons match
we did the guard of honour. It was amazing. We
had to get in two lines and wave our flags in the
air. There were about 8000 people at the game, it
was scary being in front of so may people when
we ran around the pitch. The match ended late, I
slept the whole way back on the coach.
On 28th April a group of children from the Prep
School went to the Newcastle Falcons v Worcester
Warriors rugby game. It was the last game of the season and we were fortunate enough to act as the
guard of honour for the players coming onto the
pitch. The final score was 16-14 to the Falcons with
Sonatane Takulua scoring all of Falcons’ points. It
was a close game and very exciting to watch! Everyone had a really good time.
Charlotte M, 3H
Rosie F, 6G
Dhruv W, 4S
Coming up:
Sat
Mon
6 UK Chess Challenge—Teesside MegaFinal (PAA; 10am-5pm)
8 Telford House Duty
Prep Woodland Week begins
U9B Rounders v Bow (away; 2.45pm depart, 4pm start, 6pm return)
Tue
9 Quiz Club—Regional Semi-Final (GSAL, Leeds; 1.30pm start, 4.30pm return)
U9/10/11 Athletics v St Olaves (away; 12.45pm depart, 2pm start, 5pm return)
Wed
10 LAMDA examinations
Year 2 trip to Harlow Carr
Arkwright Charity Day for Guide Dogs for the Blind (Please note change of date from Friday 12th May)
Thu
Fri
11 U9A Cricket v Choristers (Green Lane; 2.30pm start, 4pm finish)
12 3A class assembly
Arkwright Charity Day
U11A Cricket v Choristers School—POSTPONED
U10/11 A-C Rounders v RGS Newcastle (Green Lane; 1.30pm start)
Mon
15 Arkwright House Duty
Whole School Photo (10am)
Open Week
U11 IAPS Rounders National Cup 2nd Round v Terrington Hall (away; 1.30pm depart, 3pm start, 6pm return)
Tue
16 Show Racism the Red Card—Y6 workshops
U9 A-C Rounders v Hymers and St Olaves (at St Olaves; 1pm depart, 2.15pm start, 5pm return)
Wed
17 Pre-Prep Concert (Prep Hall; 9am)
18 U9 A-B Cricket v Cundall Manor (away; 2.15pm depart, 3pm start, 5.30pm return)
Thu
School Council (Lab; 12.45pm)
Fri
19 3N class assembly
Anne and Peter Science Day
Awards Assembly:
Head’s Awards:
Values
Endeavour
All of Year 3 were out on a sporting fixture!
Congratulations to the following
recipients of the Head Teachers
Awards.
3A
-
-
Year 4:
3H
-
-
Olivia M.
3N
-
-
4J
Jamie E.
Cameron C.
4P
Evie S.
Hannah W.
4S
Finlay C.
Faye L.
Grace M.
5B
Alice P.
Oliver G.
Abbi M.
5J
William L.
Eleanor L.
5P
Ameen K.
Carys M.
6G
Lily H.
Roman A.
6L
Rishik K.
Tom vN.
6M
Sonny S.
Olivia C.
Ella M.
Poppy B.
Year 6:
Piya N.
Please note that any calendar
amendments or additions will be
highlighted above, either in bold
or—in the event of an event being
cancelled—by being struck
through.