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The Newsletter of The Portsmouth Grammar Junior School Issue No.84
To The Parents
Stella the Starfish
There has been a lot going on at the
Junior School this week and I am also
looking forward to a busy few days
ahead. The summer term always brings
an enjoyable mix of events as we draw
towards the end of this academic year
and start to prepare for the next.
The Year two children transported a
captivated audience to a magical
underwater world this week, as they
performed their musical, Stella the
Starfish. They told the story beautifully,
using words, dance and song of Stella’s
search for her family.
On Wednesday we welcomed a large
number of new faces to the Junior
School, as our new pupils for September
joined our own children to meet their
Form Teachers for September. We then
welcomed their parents to a special
information evening.
We had the very special Year Two
musical, the Year 6s presented their
Independent Learning Projects to their
parents and we welcomed our pen-pals
from France. Year Ones have had a day at
the beach and Nicol House burned off
some calories with their workout for
their charity, Lepra.
There were lots of outstanding solos,
some impressive acting and lively
dancing, as characters like Terry the
Turtle and Sid the Shark were brought
This Sunday is of course the Summer
to life. Well done Year Two.
Fete and I hope that you are able to join
us for this lovely family event and please,
no extra practice for the sponge the
teacher stall!
On Monday our lower and upper junior
school choirs will be singing Ahoy! Sing
for the Mary Rose at the Guildhall, as
part of the Portsmouth Festivities. We
have already sold close to 1000 tickets
but there are still plenty left if you would
like to see something very special.
Pupil Council
Our Pupils Councillors for 2012/13 met
for the last time last week and I would
like to thank them all for being such an
enthusiastic and intelligent group. They
have come up with some really good
ideas on how to improve the School and
have represented their classmates
superbly. Well done.
21st June 2013
Rory’s Story of the Week
Rory has many friends in the animal
kingdom with good memories; Eddy
the elephant, Charlie the chimp, but
none are as impressive as Thomas who
was the first Junior School pupil to
make it to the national Junior Memory
Championship finals, appropriately at
London Zoo.
Memory Man
During the spring term, Mr Hopkinson
held a memory club (for year six pupils
only) and we prepared for the Junior
Memory Championship qualification
test that took place at the end of the
term. The test was based on four
categories; digits, words, names/faces
and text. Out of many thousands of
pupils that took the test, 19 children
(including me) qualified for the final.
On Sunday 9th June I travelled to London
Zoo to participate in the Junior Memory
Challenge National Final. After we took
the test we went on a free tour of the
zoo. When we returned from the tour,
the top 3 scores for each category and
the overall top 3 were announced. I
didn’t manage to reach the top 3 but I
did come 2nd in the words category. I
remembered 36 words out of 50 words
in a time limit of 5 minutes. Overall it
was a great experience and I hope more
pupils from our school will participate in
the club and qualify for the Junior
Memory Challenge National Final.
By Thomas Placintescu
Meet the Staff
Earlier this week you were sent a ‘Meet
the Staff’ booklet. There were a couple of
minor errors contained within and I
apologise for any confusion this may
have caused. An updated version is now
available on MyPGS.
PS Hopkinson
Headmaster
Thomas pictured with all the finalists at
London Zoo
Nursery News
Lucus the tortoise came for a visit to
Nursery at the end of last week. She
belongs to Ms Todman, who kindly
agreed to bring her in so the children
could have a hands on approach to
learning. The children found out all kinds
of interesting facts about tortoises.
Lucus likes to eat cabbage, cucumber
and Ms Todman’s plants in her garden!
The
children
drew
wonderful
observational drawings of Lucus and
used lots of lovely words to describe her
shell and what she felt like.
Making Waves
In Year One we have been stimulated
by the colours of the sea to mix
different shades of blue. We have had a
wonderful time using fine brushes to
carefully create our paintings. Just like a
real artist, we took our time and
revisited our work to add more detail
and make any changes. We were
delighted with our finished pieces and
would like to share them with you.
Oceans Alive
Last Thursday Year Two went to the Senior
School Science Department. They watched
with excitement as Mr Goad froze
marshmallows using dry ice. The children
then experienced a variety of scientific
experiments involving water to link with
this term's project, Ocean's Alive.
Year Six pupils teach
Year Two about the
5Ks of Sikhism
Life’s a beach!
We came back to school on Monday to
find our home corner had turned into a
Beach Café. We have been making
yummy ice cream sundaes and sitting
under the colourful parasol. It has
been very relaxing and lots of fun.
Summer Fete
The
Summer
Fete will be
taking place on
Sunday 23rd June
from
11.00am
until 2.30pm at
Governors Green. There will be a range
of events including cream teas, a
variety throwing! To advertise or book
a commercial stall please contact Mrs
Laura
Appleby-Mell
at
[email protected].
Pupils in Year Six have worked
collaboratively over a three week
period to create booklets for the Year
Two children. The booklets have been
designed to teach the younger pupils
about five special Sikh symbols. The
older children thought carefully about
their designs, considering their choice
of suitable vocabulary, use of puzzles
and quizzes and original illustrations to
interest their younger audience.
Table Tennis
Club
At the end of the project the children
met together to share the booklets and
the Year Two pupils wrote letters to
express their gratitude for the efforts of
the Year Six Children.
There will be no
table tennis club on
Wed June 26th.
Choir Club
There will be no Year 5/6 or Year 3/4 choir
club on Monday 24th June. We will see
you at the Guildhall for 5.30pm for the
‘Ahoy’ concert.
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HEADMASTER’S AWARDS
The following Headmaster’s Awards
were awarded:
Samuel Hargreaves
for his constant
enthusiasm throughout the Global Garden
topic and for producing a beautiful topic
book, Henry Cannon for working really hard
at his sewing skills and putting lots of
thought into the finishing touches of his
flower picture, Benjamin Jones for really
thoughtful contributions to English lessons
in the spring and summer terms showing
much better confidence, Jacob Bund for
creating real book and DVD covers in
English homework since spring, Jack Moyse
for excellent work on ration and proportion
and for his surprise in his Form’s assembly,
Buddy Wells for outstanding use of OS
symbols, Erica Currie for writing an
excellent poem which includes rhyme,
rhythm and interesting vocabulary, Lakshmi
Patel, Owen Richards-Kellett and Alex
Brine-Howe for wonderful drawings of life
in the past, Olan Hosford for wonderful
drawings of life in the past and for writing
big numbers, Shyun Patel for a detailed
lego house for Mr and Mrs Mopple,
Alexander Barker, Matthew Walton, Ewan
Fleming, Ethne Leaver, Sophie Hamer,
Timothy Downing, Alex Ellison, Amy Scott,
Shackleton Keiditsch, Manas Harish, Emma
Holmes, Tilly Bell, Cameron Clarke, Emily
Curwood, George Gregory, Henry Wood,
Rory Gillies, Edward Lovatt, Grace Taylor,
Amir Choudhury, Kian Souhani, Emily
Clark, Poppy Herbert, Tara Bell, Henry
Simmons, Rufus Hornsey, Benjamin
Steggall, Stewart Jack, George DavisMarks, Benjamin Nash, Daisy Summerskill,
Hannah Millerchip, Ethan Hards, William
Hartridge, Adam Heyes, Omar Chowdhury,
James Christensen, Alex Ly, Hannah
Rayner, Emily Nelson, Thomas Gibb,
Joseph Russell, Harry Tolcher, Danny
Atherton, Ben Priory, Charlie Pereira,
Louise Shannon, Lauren-Lilly Prentice,
Adam Stokely, Lucy Albuery, Eleanor
Matthews, Henry Buckle, William Davis,
Elliot Robinson-Randell, Harvey Hill,
Robert Quinn, Isabella Devereux, Christian
Clark, Seth Maxwell, Maddy Oliver, Max
Povey, Miles Webb, Claudia Bishop, Theo
Roseblade, Daisy Crane, George Tolcher,
Edward Moger, Elliot Chubb, Verity
Glading, Amber Bradley, Milla Macanovic,
Ashwin
Elanchcheliyan,
Chi-Yiing
Lim, Giordano Avondo, Samuel Head,
Beatrice Oliver, Hazel Porter, Jevon
Hannah, Edward James, Georgina Lewis,
Christopher
Yang,
Sakina
Khaja,
Bhooshitha Balaji, Thomas Drabble, Verity
McStay,
Grace
Saunders,
Mei-Ling
Reader, Oscar Hung, John Taylor,
pride
Erica Currie, Ella Saunders, Avinandan
Sengupta, Sam Gale, Alistair Wilson, Jason
Shiu, Thomas Placintescu, Ahthini Aranan,
Ryan Zhou, Sam Bryan, Christy Hosford,
George Downing, Emily Gibb, Sara Hill, Isaac
Hillier, Sophie Gale, Caleb Hillier, Bella Digby,
Sacha Hemingway, William Reynolds, Clara
Matthews, James Reynolds, Phoebe Hiller,
Samuel Hemingway, Charlie Walker, Edward
Walker, Anthony Cheung, Kristian Fraser,
Stephanie Wade, Oliver Durrant, Raulf Berry,
Jacob Paterson, Jed Hazzard, Alice Hudson,
Harriet Millar, Louisa McKay and Buddy Wells
for
their
outstanding
instrumental
performances in Music Festival Week, Joseph
Hopkinson and Izobel Rudge for an excellent
account of a life-changing experience in
Religious Studies, Iona Perkins, Estelle
Schouller and Eiliyah Sheikh-Board for working
together as a team to create a beautiful picture
of The Rainbow Fish and using adjectives to
describe it
KS1 HONOURS
The following pupils signed the Honours
Book this week:
Florence Yearsley (x2), Molly Moriarty-Turnbull
(x2), Estelle Schouller, Jayden Sasikaran, Lexi
Gould, Mihail Blagoev, Oliver Bridle, Zoe
McCauley, Luke Wiseman, Nikhil Patel, Abi-Mae
Budgen, Zac Oliver, Piers Webb, Grace
Alexander, Daniel Perkins, Reuben Thomas,
Elliot Hartridge, Aimee Jennings, Lilly-Ella
Beardsley, Gabriella Giordano, Archie Simmons,
Honor Gillies, Samuel Hargreaves, George
Buckle, Finlay Hoddle, Martha Bell, Sophia
Caldwell, Alex Robinson, Jacob Foster, Amelie
Parnell, Evie Baskcomb, James Chivers, James
Cuthbert, Jesal Patel, Mariia-Olena Hodell,
Craig McGeever, Vidhyabhushan Balaji, Arya
Patel, Gabriella Boydell, Heloise-Thiané Cisse,
Archie Lockyer, Nicholas Ball, Matthew Guyver,
Ashnah Elanchcheliyan, Henry Cannon, Samuel
Zhou, Themis Orfanidis, Milly Wilson, Roman
Robertson-Cross, Lu-Li Reader, Jack Sillett,
Poppy Titheridge, James Carlin, Henry Collins,
Jessica Richards-Kellett, Nikhil Sen
Maths: Sebastian Filho (x2), Natalia Bradley
(x2), Murray McLeod, Dan Sherburn, Thomas
Gibb, Danny Atherton, Charlie Watts, Sara Hill,
William Reynolds, Manas Harish
Maths Homework: Grace Beardsley, Henry
Simmons, Natalia Bradley
Mental Maths: George Gregory, Ahthini Aranan
Science: Sebastian Filho (x3), William Reynolds
(x2), William Hartridge, Adam Heyes, Alex Ly,
Charlie Watts, Harvey Hill, Maddy Oliver,
George Hodell, Giordano Avondo, Samuel
Head, Avinandan Sengupta, Sophie Gale,
Samuel Hemingway, Kristian Fraser, Alice
Collins, Imogen Diffey, Grace Powell, Alexander
Barker, Maddy Oliver, Alex Ellison, Amy Scott,
Kristian Fraser
Geography: William Reynolds (x2), Izobel
Rudge
RS: Joseph Hopkinson (x2), Sebastian Filho (x2),
Thomas Gibb, Rory Buckeridge, Sara Hill,
William Reynolds, Charlie Walker, Izobel Rudge
History: Grace Beardsley (x2)
French: Grace Powell, Alexander Barker,
Benjamin Jones, Amy Scott, Sebastian Filho,
Natalia Bradley
ICT: Toby Foord
Reading: Lucas Bradley
Spelling: Joseph Russell, Toby Foord, Grace
Saunders
Dance: Emily Curwood, Emily Nelson, Sara Hill,
Izobel Rudge
Poetry Writing: Emma Hale, Christian Sim, Evan
Cole, Solomon Haba, Lucinda Hawdon, Erica
Currie, Alice Hudson
Effort: Toby Foord
Star Worker: Emma Hale, Seth Maxwell, Jason
Shiu, Alice Hudson, Lucas Bradley
Working Well: Isabella Devereux
PUPILS’ ACHIEVEMENTS
Congratulations to:
Molly Moriarty-Turnbull (2O) for swimming
220 metres to gain her Level 5 ASA National
Swim Award.
Badges
GOLD BADGE – Congratulations to Alistair
Wilson for gaining his Gold Badge.
ROLL OF HONOUR KS2
Mrs
Budgen’s
Brain
Boggler:
The following pupils signed the Honours
Book this week:
English: Sebastian Filho (x3), Joseph Russell
(x2), Danny Atherton (x2), Samuel Stocks (x2),
Kian Souhani, Grace Beardsley, Emily Nelson,
Lauren-Lilly Prentice, Miles Toh, Isabella
Devereux, Michael Stylianou, Sophie Gale, Bella
Digby, Charlie Walker, Alex Ellison, Amy Scott,
Imran Vloemans, Shackleton Keiditsch
English Homework: Amir Choudhury, Henry
Simmons, Danny Atherton, Alex Ellison
This Week:
What has 4 eyes but can’t see?
Answers from last week:
A Stamp.
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Results
sport
Local Schools
Football Tournament
Girls’ Rounders
Team
Opposition
Score
U9A
U8A
U8B
U11A/B
U10A
U10B
U9B
St Ives
St Ives
St Ives
Highfield
Highfield
Highfield
Highfield
Lost 6-11
Won 10-8
Lost 8-8.5
Lost 7.5-9
Lost 8.5-12.5
Lost 10-13
Lost 3.5-4
Boys’ Cricket
U11A
U10A
U9A
U8A
U8
U11A
Twyford
Lost by 2 runs
Twyford
Lost by 20 runs
Twyford
Lost by 40 runs
Twyford
Lost by 70 runs
Boundary Oak
Lost by 12 runs
Hampshire Cup
v Churchers –
Semi-Final
lost by 27 runs
rd th
In 3 /4 place play off v Sherborne – won by
rd
50 runs. 3 place overall in Hampshire Cup
Fixtures
Wed 26 Jun
1430: U10A & C, U11A Rounders v Durlston
Court (h)
1430: U10A & B Cricket v Westbourne House (a)
1430: U11A & C Cricket v Westbourne House (h)
1430: U10C Cricket v Oakwood (h)
HILSEA GAMES
There will be games sessions for
KEYSTAGE 2 PUPILS at Hilsea this
Saturday from 0900 to 1000.
Saturday morning games are
voluntary. There will be cricket for
the boys and rounders for the girls.
Parents v Staff 20/20
Cricket Match
Calling all cricketing
parents! The annual
20/20 cricket match
against PGS staff is
taking place on 9th
July
at
Hilsea
commencing
at
5:30pm. The teachers have been
unbeaten for the past 5 years so we are
in need of some new talent. If you are
interested in playing, umpiring or scoring
please
email
[email protected]
An impressive 25 teams were entered
into this year’s Local Schools Football
Tournament. We were lucky with the
excellent playing conditions. A fair play
handshake before each match was
warmly received by players, staff and
parents. The respect tone was set for a
very
enjoyable
but competitive
tournament. There were five groups of
five teams with the winners going
through to the knockout stages and the
three best second placed teams also
going through.
The group stages were a battle with
every team scrapping for points. 8
teams eventually played themselves
into the Quarter Finals. Langstone
Juniors managed to get both their A and
B teams through with some impressive
performances. PGS A, Gatcombe Park,
St Johns, Solent and Arundel also went
through. The quarters were extremely
tight with lots of 1 – 0 wins. Gatcombe
Park turned over St Johns 3 – 0 and
were looking like favourites. PGS A,
Solent, Gatcombe Park and Arundel all
went into the semis. A brave
performance by all the teams so far. The
final was competed between PGS A and
Gatcombe Park. PGS settled well into
the final, carving out a couple of early
chances. However, it was Gatcombe
Park who struck an early but decisive
blow scoring a well worked goal. This
proved to be the match winner. A
thoroughly
deserved
tournament,
winners proudly received their medals
from Mr Hopkinson.
U11 Hampshire 8 a side
Cricket Competition
The Portsmouth Grammar School
hosted this year’s U11 Hampshire Cup
Finals Day on Monday 17th June. The
four teams that qualified for the finals
were PGS, Churchers College, Twyford,
and Sherbourne. The format was 8 a
side pairs cricket. The batting team
would start on 200 and each pair was
allowed 3 overs each to score as many
runs as possible. If a batsman was out
they lost 5 runs to the overall total. The
fielding side were allowed 2 overs per
bowler.
Semi Finals
PGS v Churchers College
Twyford v Sherbourne
PGS fielded first and restricted the
opposition to 223 which was less than 2
runs per over. The batting pairs were set
and the boys seemed confident. A bit too
confident as it turned out with a
catastrophic batting display with PGS losing
12 wickets. We ended up with a total of
196! The boys were in shock and
unfortunately had to battle it out in the
3rd/4th placed match in the afternoon
against Sherbourne. The final was a one
sided affair with Twyford smashing an
impressive 101 runs off 12 overs.
Churcher’s College were brave and
deserved to finish second. Twyford
thoroughly deserved to win the
competition and now qualify for the
southern regional finals.
PGJS Summer
Sports Camps
Mr Chappell will be running lots of
Summer Sports Camps this summer for 4
– 11 year olds. The camp dates are below
and more information will be released
next week.
Specific Sports Camps – Year 2 to Year 6
Hockey Development Camp – 14th, 15th,
16th August at Hilsea
Rugby Development Camp – 14th, 15th,
16th August at Hilsea
Netball Development Camp – 28th, 29th,
30th August at Hilsea
Football Development Camp – 28th, 29th,
30th August at Hilsea
Mini
Sports
Camps
School/Reception/Year 1
–
Pre-
Camp 1 – 14th, 15th, 16th August at PGS
Sports Hall
Camp 2 – 28th, 29th, 30th August at PGS
Sports Hall
For more information about the sports
camps please email Mr Chappell –
[email protected]