INAMOS Yateley Manor’s Weekly Newsletter • www.yateleymanor.com

Your Child • Their Journey • Our Focus

Vol. 35 Issue No. 23 • 23rd March 2018

House Public Speaking CompetitionMONDAY9.00am10.00am

Staff Training DaySchool Shop Open (10.00am - 12.30pm)

TUESDAYTerm Starts

WEDNESDAY7.30pm FYMS Committee Meeting

THURSDAY5.00pm Year 8 Pupil/Parent Counsels

FRIDAY8.50am Year 4 Assembly (parents

invited)World Book Day Revisited and Charity Dressing Up Day (see page 5 of INAMOS)

Diary for the First Week of Summer Term

Clubs Next TermAll school clubs and coaches are running in the first week of next term except:

Friday: Open Chess (due to chess match)

Yateley Manor AwardsCongratulations to the following senior pupils who have achieved their Yateley Manor Awards:

Silver: Queralt Garrigos Peter Washer

Bronze Edward Houghton Saida Suleymanova

Happy Easter

The finals of the House General Knowledge Competitions took place in front of an audience of Years 3 to 8, on Friday afternoon with the semi final matches having taken place earlier in the week.

Both the senior and junior events were exciting and fiercely contested. The honours in both competitions, however, went to School House. Congratulations to all eight teams for a great competition, and in particular to: Ayla Sables, Joshua Chapman, Nathan Brown, William Apsey, Ella Tyrrell, Alex Main, Guy Miller and Max Ballentine.

General Knowledge Competitions

We wish all our children, parents and staff a very happy Easter and a restful holiday. We look forward to seeing everyone in the Summer term which starts for staff on Monday 16th April and for children on Tuesday 17th April.

Friday morning was an opportunity for our public speakers to compete in the annual House Public Speaking competition.House teams consisted of three members who each spoke on their chosen topic for two minutes before facing two questions: one from the panel of three judges and one from the floor. Speakers were judged on the content of their speech, the clarity of their presentation, engagement with the audience, ability to think on their feet and answer questions and their timing (they were penalised for going too much under or over the two minute mark). As well as teams competing for the House Shield, a prize was awarded for the best individual speaker.Judges had a very tough job but in the end the winning house was Kingsley (Sam Rowe, Poppy Treacher and Jamie Yates) and the top three individual speakers were

1. Jamie Yates 2. Poppy Treacher 3. Sadie Kitto Continued on page 8.

Junior General Knowledge

1st School

2nd Stanley

3rd Fyson/Kingsley

Senior General Knowledge

1st School

2nd Fyson

3rd Kingsley/Stanley

Congratulations to senior pupils Harvey Rice and Gavin Simpson who have been appointed to the Technical Crew.

New Appointments

Progress Prizes Year 3 Liam van Heerden

Year 4 Charlie Hall

Year 5 Daniel Whitmore

Year 6 Joseph Lockwood

Year 7 Oscar Edwards

Year 8 Harvey Rice

Citizen Prizes Year 3 Emily Goodby

Year 4 George Jacobs

Year 5 Arni Gupta

Year 6 Anya Hagen

Year 7 Zoe Munday

Year 8 Sadie Kitto

The Taylor Cup for most improved Sports Girl Maisie Rice

The Anderson Cup for most improved Sports Boy Rhys Davies

U13 Boy Basketball Player of the Year Gavin Simpson

U13 Girl Basketball Player of the Year Poppy Treacher

U11 Boy Basketball Player of the Year Matthew Daines

U11 Girl Basketball Player of the Year Megan Hancock

Sports Awards

Chess AwardsThe David Lee Senior Chess Cup William Apsey

The Junior Chess Cup Joshua Hine

Effort Prize Reading PrizeRJAV Charlie Starr

Ruby ThompsonTom McGinty

RSB Jacob BrownLeela Sachdev

Aryan Main

1EG Zoe DoxeyMaulik Khadka

James Norbury

1STJ Lily NorburyRafa Stiles

Finn Aumonier

2AH Emilia HarrisonAaron Shahi

Lola-Belle KeetchSirisha Main

2SLT Evie Newman Ananya Bhat

2VMN Miguel Simoes da SilvaHannah Wiedemann-Bates

Reuben Baxter

Pre-Prep Prizes

Colours

House Points and BonusesThis Week Overall for

The TermBonuses House Points Overall

Fyson 1st 1st 1st 1st

Kingsley 4th 2nd = 4th 3rd

School 2nd 2nd = 2nd 2nd

Stanley 3rd 4th 3rd 4th

Bonus Point Winner: FysonHouse Point Winner: FysonOverall Winner: Fyson

Senior Basketball: Sam Ballentine, Matt Knowles, Jonathan McFall, Connor Plummer-Colom, Gavin Simpson, Yaseen Subhan, Peter Washer

Junior Basketball: Sofia Aumonier, Millie Day, Tanishka Desai, Charlie Ellis, Thomas Houston, Joseph Lockwood, Cameron Ward

Senior Cross Country: Sadie Kitto, Skye-Abigail Louw, Connor Plummer-Colom, Sam Rowe

Junior Cross Country: Sofia Aumonier, Nathan Brown, Millie Day, Sophie Etherington, David Garlinge, Lauren Gostelow, Sian Louw, Maisie Rice

Senior Drama: Sam Ballentine, Jasper Burton, Maddy Gough, Ella Cox, Skye-Abigail Louw, Saida Suleymanova, Peter Washer, Sadie Kitto, Sam Rowe Yaseen Subhan, Sarah Findell, Matt Knowles

Junior Drama: Sofia Aumonier, Bakianyor Bakia, Maxine Edwards, Charlie Ellis, Flora Fergie-Woods, Jemima Harrison, Chloe Holden, Eesha Kaur, Joseph Lockwood, Sian Louw, Ella MacDougall, Max Maylin, Maisie Rice, Katie Saunders, Lillian Scarr, Freya Whitley, Bethan Williams, Jamie Yates

Senior Netball: Ella Cox, Sarah Findell, Queralt Garrigos, Sadie Kitto, Skye-Abigail Louw, Caitlin Watthey

Junior Netball: Sofia Aumonier, Millie Day, Tanishka Desai, Sophie Etherington, Flora Fergie-Woods, Lauren Gostelow, Maisie Rice, Katie Saunders, Bethan Williams,

Senior Rugby: Sam Ballentine, Connor Dyason, Matt Knowles, Jonathan McFall, Harvey Rice, Sam Rowe, Gavin Simpson, Peter Washer

Junior Rugby: Henry Benton, Nathan Brown, Alex Corbett, Thomas Houston, Andrew Kirby, William Moore, Matthew O’Donoghue, Dominic Rolt, Cameron Ward, William White, Nikita Zubkov

Junior Swimmng: Sofia Aumonier, Henry Benton, Lauren Gostelow, Fergus Thomson, William White

House Competition ResultsHeadmaster’s CommendationsGeography – Polar Explorer Project: Jack Holland, Levi Bell, Max Gostelow, Agborechi Bakia, Archie Sables, Isaac Neville, Leon Towell, Rihaan Nair, Isla Bryant, Alex SamutPresentation of Polar Explorer Project to Class: Lily MooreDT - Mother’s Day Photo Frame: Magnus Tyrrell, Thomas Whitmore, Henry Parker, Anika Nair, Caspar Waine, Liam van Heerden, Daniel Corbett, Alisha Ikram, Sofia Davies, Harry Hall, Jessica Fussey, Tom Flitcroft, Laksh PatelBecoming a More Independent Learner: Oliver ThorntonOutstanding Effort and Improvement in Sport: Sarah Findell, Bethan Williams, Chloe Holden, Elizabeth Kuhnke, Immi Miller, Edith Scarr, Isla Bryant, Joseph Lockwood, Rory Minson, William Moore, Joseph Harrison, Alex Main, Patrick Maxlow-Tomlinson, Harry Phillips, Daniel Brown, Matteo DragoScience - Scientist Project: Eden Berdat, Nathan Brown, Flora Fergie-Woods, Dominic RoltFrench - Consistent Hard Work and a Great Attitude to Learning: Oliver RowanCross Curricular Project: Sam Fussey, Poppy Treacher, Sunay PatelCollaborative Work to Create Excellent Judaism Leaflets: Emilia Harrison, Sam Poole, Alex Nash, Lucas Neville, Miguel Simoes da Silva, Ryan Cooper, Victoria Hoskins, Charlie Everest, Matilda Upfold, Jasper Wisbey, Eyob Garrigos, Sonny AlexanderRS - Fall of Jericho Work: Zoe Tickle, Elizabeth Curran, Scarlett Salvage, Henry Gillam, James Harvey, Emily DoyleDT - Shelter: Sophie Etherington, Chloe Holden, Tanishka Desai, Millie DayEnglish - Letter to Barak Obama: Rory MinsonScience - Excellent Circuit Building: Morgan MitchellPerservering and Improving her Writing: Evelyn RandallDT - Design and Build Vehicle: James Pearce, Jemima Lawrence

Summer Uniform

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Basketball Fyson KingsleySchool Stanley

Cross Country School Fyson Kingsley Stanley

Netball Stanley School Fyson Kingsley

Rugby Stanley School Kingsley Fyson

Public Speaking Kingsley School Stanley Fyson

A few reminders about summer uniform:

Summer uniform for girls is the regulation summer dress with white socks.

Boys may wear grey shorts and grey short socks. If they would like to be in short sleeves then they will need to wear proper short sleeved shirts. Long sleeves rolled up are not acceptable, so children wearing long sleeves will have to keep them rolled down. Boys are also expected to wear their ties in school unless given specific permission by the class teacher to take them off; they are allowed to take them off when outside at break times.

Blazers should be worn as usual unless children have permission to take them off.

Pupils should not wear sports socks when in uniform .

Summer uniform is not compulsory until the second half of the summer term but may be worn earlier.

What Will You Choose for Lunch?

Available Daily

Breakfast: (8.00-8.20am) A choice of: fruit juice, cereal, scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, beans, toast & marmalade, tea, coffee or milk. Breakfast Vouchers may be purchase from Reception in advance in books of 10 at the price of £2.50 each for full English breakfast and £1.30 each for Continental. Breakfast may also be paid for in cash on the day for £3.00 and £1.50 respectively. As well as our daily menu, we have an extensive salad bar with various protein items, composite salads and hot jacket potatoes. Fresh bread, fresh fruit and yoghurts are always available.

Tuesday

Chicken GoujonsFalafel with Couscous (v) Mashed potato and beans

Bananas and custard

Wednesday

Beef Lasagne Quorn Lasagne (v)

Carrots and garlic bread

Jam roly poly and custard

Thursday

Roast Turkey Vegetable Nuggets (v)

Roast potatoes, green beans and medley of vegetablesCranberry sauce and gravy

Cheesecake

Friday

Battered Fish or Salmon en Croute Leek and Potato Pie (v)

Potato wedges, pea and beans

Chocolate shortbread

Headmaster’s Commendations ContinuedDT - Jewellery Box: Eva McLoughlin, Ginny Burton, Natalie Dyason, Tess Attale, Elizabeth Curran Persuasive Letter to Florence Nightingale: Phoebe Ayton-Judd, Kaio Santino,

Congratulations to ...

Happy Birthday to ...All the children whose birthdays fall during the Easter holidays or in the first week of next term: Adithya Anand 11 Bethany Bell 10Samuel Bevis 9Zoe Doxey 6Sam Fussey 12Harry Goodby 9Zach Gorvin 4 Edward Harding 7 Jack Holland 8 Victoria Hoskins 7 Edward Houghton 12 Alisha Ikram 8Lola Keep 11 Salweynni Makunura 4Max Maylin 11Lucas Neville 7Victoria Paddison 12 Oliver Parker 10 Shourya Patre 8Alex Purslow 10, Harvey Rice 13 Harry Sables 7, Charlie Starr 5Ronnie Thompson 7, Daniel Whitmore 10

Megan Harding (Nursery) who, at the age of four, has passed her Stage 2 ASA swimming badge.

Flores Johnson-Rodriguez (2VNM) who has achieved her British Gymnastics Proficiency Award Advanced Level Bronze in Floor.

Sarah-Jane Butler (5BCS) who successfully auditioned with the British Theatre Academy and will be performing in their production of Mary Poppins Jr at Hampton Hill Theatre twice during April. We wish her luck.

M:Tech Track of the Term: William Apsey Jamie Sheffield

Grade 1 Alex Samut, Gavin Sivakumaran

Grade 2 Zen Aizawa, Edward Coles, James Harvey, George Jacobs, Sankarshan Komanduri, Guy Miller, Isaac Neville, Alex Purslow, Jamie Sheffield

Grade 4 Sam Reader

Grade 5 Harry Ayton-Judd, Luca Cella Walker, Henry Gillam, Morgan Mitchell, Oliver Parker, Miles Raven, Daniel Shek

Grade 7 Oliver Waddington

Grade 8 Alex Corbett, Benjie Marshall, William Mitchell, Nathan Ollington, Jamie Yates

Pro Silver Daniel Corfield

Pro Gold William Apsey, Edward Long

M Tech Track of the Term Grade Certificates

After competing alongside 68 000 children across the globe and successfully answering a variety of multiple choice problems, Gaku Mori, Nathan Brown, Matthew O’Donoghue, Leo Ramkissoon, Dominic Rolt, Ryan Tan and Nikita Zubkov joined the top 5% highest scores in the Primary Maths Challenge and were invited to take part in the PMC Bonus Round.

Unfortunately, there was a clash with a senior school interview day and Leo, Ryan and Nikita did not take part in the event. The other boys, however, gave their best and made us proud. We have had the best results ever since records began with Nathan, Matthew and Gaku managing a triple win and achieving the highly coveted Primary Mathematics Challenge medal!!

Here is an example of a question the children had to answer during the Bonus Round:

A bag contains 100 raffle tickets in red, white and blue. The ratio of red to white tickets is 5 : 4 and the ratio of white to blue tickets is 8 : 7. What is the smallest number of tickets that would have to be picked to guarantee having selected at least half of one colour?

No calculators allowed!

Well done to all boys involved and, if you think you know the answer, please let us know.

Maths Success in the Primary Maths Challenge

20 Stars: Lily Norbury, Kayan Sachdev, George Smee, Alice Waddington, Maia Cella Walker, Aleena Bajwa, Maulik Khadka, James Norbury, Zoe Doxey, Annabelle Starr, Alex Nash, Lucas Neville

15 Stars: Danny Alexander, Anish Shinto, Louisa Bexell, Sirisha Main, Sam Poole, Matty Marshall, Aaron Shahi

Reception Stars of the Week For really working hard and concentrating well in class: Riley KnuszkaFor completing the Easter egg maths challenge: Maisie Lee

Pre-Prep Awards

Motorbikes and Bagpipes (Making a Difference)Robert Upton’s latest blog can be found on the School website. The following is a taster:

I think I have hit that age where it is either a motorbike or a set of bagpipes busking on the streets of Edinburgh. My father always told me I would not be a man until I was thirty. Even in the newspaper he wrote, “Happy 18th Birthday, 12 years to go” which obviously cast much debate amongst my friends. Since the publication of this statement I have often reflected on what I have achieved in my life and what impact I have had on the lives of others.

To read the rest of this article and the Headmaster’s other blog posts visit the website.

School Shop NewsPlease note that the School Shop will be open on the day before the start of the Summer term, Monday 16th April between 10.00am and 12.30pm. After that it will revert to its normal openings on Mondays and Thursdays from 3.00pm - 5.30pm.

Chess Masterclass will start next term on Tuesday 17th April for Group B.

If you have not already returned your letter to Simon Head confirming your participation please do so by the first day of next term.

The rota for the rest of the term will be sent home in the first week of next term.

Chess Masterclass

Minimus 2018 Mythology Competition

Hopefully, after the bitter cold of the last few weeks, next term will bring us some warmer weather. During sunny weather we strongly recommend that all pupils take measures to protect themselves against exposure to the strong rays of the sun.

Hats should be worn for sport or play and a good spread of colourless sun cream should be applied before the children come to school. Children may bring their own sunscreen to school in a named bottle inside a clear plastic bag. For children in Nursery to Year 4 these should be handed to their form tutor. Children in Years 5 to 8 should give them to Matron.

The school shop stocks a variety of hats. Please note that pupils will not be allowed in to school wearing the brightly coloured zinc sun cream favoured by cricketers!

Sun Safety

We would like to invite pupils in Year 4 to Year 7 to enter the Minimus 2018 Mythology competition.

The theme for Year 4 and Year 5 pupils is the Greek myth of Pyramus and Thisbe.

The theme for Year 6 and Year 7 pupils is ‘The Marriage of Peleus and Thetis’.

Children can choose to illustrate it using either:

1) Art eg. drawing, collage, painting, mosaic, craftwork etc. or

2) Creative writing (in English) eg. poem, play script, prose, retelling of the story in the first person, diary or journal….

Entries have to be the work of one pupil only. If your child would like to take part, get busy over the next few weeks or over the Easter holidays as entries need to be brought in to Mrs Butler no later than Tuesday 17th April. For an idea of what to do, feel free to browse through past winners’ work by visiting the Minimus website.

We are very sorry that our plans for the Year 4 assembly and our Charity Dressing Up Day were thwarted by last week’s snow.

The first Friday of the Summer term, Friday 20th April, will be called ‘World Book Day Revisited!’. On this day we will be holding the postponed Year 4 assembly. Year 4 parents are again invited to join us for this and for refreshments in The Hub afterwards.

We will also be holding our charity dressing up day on the same day. It is open to all children from Nursery upwards but is entirely optional. Children are invited to come to school on that day dressed as any character from a book. In exchange we ask for a donation of £2 which will go to the Yateley Manor charity of the year, Canine Assisted Learning. We ask that children should be dressed appropriately for school: Girls’ tops should be full length and all skirts, shorts and trousers must be of a sensible length. Footwear should also be sensible. Please no team tops, no jewellery (for health and safety reasons) and no hair colouring, make up or face paint.

We are aware that many parents went to a lot of trouble to make or source outfits for our original date in March and that children were disappointed that we had to postpone the event. We look forward to seeing lots of fabulous costumes on our ‘World Book Day Revisited’ next term.

Year 4 Assembly and Charity Dressing Up Day

BBC 500 Word Story CompetitionBBC 500 Words is now an annual fixture in the Yateley Manor calendar. Last year there were 123 000 entries nationally. The English department have been busy editing and submitting entries for this year’s competition and we look forward to seeing how well they have done in the coming weeks.

For the second year, we have run our own in-house competition. The best 12 stories submitted by Year 6, 7 and 8 pupils (10 - 13 age category) were chosen. Mrs Norton-Edwards, Mrs Robinson and Mr Upton met to judge the finalists. Entries were “blind” in that they were word-processed and had no name on them., so no bias could occur! Stories were marked using the guidelines for 500 Words: 10 marks each for originality, plot and language, characterisation and enjoyment. It was a really hard job! After some discussion, and using the tally of the scores, our top four stories were chosen with the bronze winners achieving identical scores. Two of the stories were funny stories about escaping fruits and vegetables and the other two were very descriptive and thought-provoking. Hopefully some other writers have been inspired. by this year’s crop of fantastic tales.Gold Kalescape Eden BerdatSilver Illusions aren’t Illusions Saida SuleymanovaBronze We never Forget Jonathan McFall Smoothie Victims Flora Fergie-Woods

Archie Horne (7SJC) has lost his named boot bag containing his trainers, football boots, shin pads and mouth guard. If you have seen Archie’s boot bag or any of the other items please let School Reception know. Thank you. Stop press: Found!

Lost Property

FYMS May Fair

Royal Wedding Events

There are two Royal Wedding competitions which are open to all children and adults. You are invited to create your own version of the Royal Wedding cake. Only one tier is required and it can be any type of cake you choose. There will be rosettes for the winner of each category.

They will also be a Royal Wedding Bouquet competiton in which you can enter flowers or alternative crafts!

May Fair Programme Design Competition

Children are invited to design the front cover of this year’s May Fair programme. Designs should depict something that you enjoy about the Fair. Drawings should be bold so that they can be photocopied and can be coloured in. Please do not use paints.

Please remember to put your name and class on the entry form and hand it to School Reception by Wednesday 18th April

Plans are well underway for the FYMS Annual May Fair on Saturday 12th May. This event is FYMS’ biggest fundraiser and is enjoyed by parents, staff, family and friends. There is always plenty to entertain all members of the community with stalls, bouncy castles, BBQ, face painting, tombola, a plant stall and much more.

This year the Fair will have a Royal Wedding theme and there will be several activities to mark this special occasion.

FYMS are also introducing an arena and will be inviting children from across the whole school to take part in performances during the afternoon.

The May Fair cannot run without the help and support of staff and parents and there are lots of ways you can help:

• Volunteer to help on a stall. Offers of help for an hour or more would be very gratefully received

• Bake some cakes for the Tea Tent. Please note that all donations must be nut free.

• Donate bedding plants, plant pots or hanging baskets for the plant stall.

• Offer donations of Union Jack bunting

Crown and Tiara Parade

To continue the Royal Wedding theme children from Nursery and Pre-Prep are invited to make their own amazing crown or tiara at home and bring to the Fair. There will be a parade for the children so they can show off their spectacular crowns and tiaras.

FYMS have created an information sheet giving information and dates which will be emailed to all parents. It can also be downloaded here. We are sure it will be a fabulous event.

Mufit Day for the May Fair

Children will be invited to come to school on Thursday 3rd May in their own clothes in support of the May Fair. In exchange they will be asked to donate a prize for the May Fair:

• Nursery and Pre-Prep will be asked to donate garden toys such as hoops, water guns, frisbees etc

• Year 4 will be asked to donate jam jars filled with sweets

• Years 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 will be asked to bring adult bottles.

Cello RecitalThe Beginners Cello group gave a super recital to their parents, teachers and friends. It was amazing to hear how much they have learnt in such a short time.

On Tuesday, we held our Spring Concert in the Fyson Blum Hall for all childen in Years 7 and 8 and ensembles. The groups that took part included Junior Manor Singers, Senior Manor Singers, Intermediate Strings, Senior Strings, Wind Band, Chamber Choir, Miss Callan’s Dance Group and Manor Rocks. They all performed with energy and enthusiasm providing a great evening of entertainment.

Year 7 and 8 presented their music technology projects in small groups to the audience demonstrating their knowledge and confidence. Year 7 mastered multi-track recording of a hip-hop loop using GarageBand on iPads and Year 8 analysed musical apps on the iPad to find the most enjoyable and educational.

For fun we trialled a new digital voting system for both the Year 7 and Year 8 work. The winner of the Year 7 rap was Monster Wow! and the favourite musical app was Musical Me just four votes ahead of GarageBand

The evening culminated in a “surprise” performance by all the children of a Gospel medley consisting of Swing Low, When the Saints Go Marching In and I Want to Sing!

A fantastic impromptu performance that finished off a superb evening celebrating music.

Well done to Years 7 and 8 and to all the musicians and singers who took part in the concert.

Spring Concert

Very good effort and some extremely good football was played as the U11A Squad travelled to the regional finals held at the John Lyon School in London. The event was played in a round-robin format with the winner gaining a place at the National Finals. Despite a valiant effort the boys finished 3rd overall. Really good play boys, well done.

v Highgate lost 2 - 1 v The Beacon won 4 - 2 v City of London won 4 - 1 v Berkhamstead lost 4 - 2 v Widford Lodge won 2 - 1

Team: Joseph Lockwood, Matthew Daines, Guerau Garrigos, David Garlinge, Quinn Ryan, Ryan Tan, Nathan Brown, Nikita Zubkov, Matthew O’Donoghue

ISFA U11 Regional Football Finals

IAPS Ski ChampionshipsTwelve pupils from the Ski Team were selected to represent the school at last week’s IAPS Ski Championships in Italy. The team flew to Italy on the Sunday and then, after two days of training and qualifying races, the Championship race took place on a beautiful, sunny Wednesday. All children successfully completed the giant slalom course and at the awards’ evening on Thursday, the team learned that the U13 skiers (Ella Cox, Queralt Garrigos-Camos, Edward Houghton and Victoria Paddison) had collectively finished first in their category! In addition, William Mitchell (5ESB) finished 2nd in his age category and 4th overall in the whole of the plate competition. All children are to be congratulated on their success in the competition and on a season of training and teamwork. These twelve skiers were encouraged and supported by all Ski Team participants and everyone is already looking forward to next year!Team: Ella Cox, Queralt Garrigos-Camos, Edward Houghton, Victoria Paddison, Ella MacDougall, Lillian Scarr, Jamie Sheffield, William Mitchell, Oliver Waddington, Albert Pearce, Harry Ayton-Judd, Luca Norris

Fixture list for the first week of the Summer TermFriday 5.00pm Chess v Reddam House Years 3 & 4 Away (coach leaves 4.20pm & returns 6.00pm)

BOYS Gold Silver Bronze

Year 3 Leon Towell Tom Flitcroft Thomas Whitmore

Year 4 Harry Phillips Nicholas Malandrinos Oliver Keetch

Year 5 Alex Purslow Guy Miller Daniel Pearce/Rory Minson

Year 6 William Moore Nathan Brown Henry Benton

Years 7 & 8 Arthur Bole Tom Shephard Harvey Rice

Cross Country ResultsGIRLS Gold Silver Bronze

Year 3 Evelyn Rolt Anya Sachdev Anika Nair

Year 4 Megan Burroughs Ashley Mitchell Hazel Tennant

Year 5 Eleni Malandrinos Poppy Everest Daisy Roberts

Year 6 Lauren Gostelow Millie Day Sophie Etherington

Years 7 & 8 Skye-Abigail Louw Poppy Treacher Katie Hancock

It was an exciting morning full of interesting and thought-provoking speeches on a range of fascinating subjects. The children spoke with poise and confidence in front of a large audience; one that was an especially daunting audience as it was made up of their peers! All the speakers deserve many congratulations!

Below is a list of all twelve speakers and their chosen titles.

Jamie Yates Video games: Friend or foe?

Sam Rowe Top Trumps

Matt Knowles The effect of a busy lifestyle and screen time on children’s health

Gavin Simpson The crisis of funding in English sports

Queralt Garrigos Why school is more than just classroom learning?

Flora Fergie-Woods Why the ivory trade should be made illegal

Maisie Rice Should factory farms be abolished?

Poppy Treacher The impact of plastics on our planet

Sadie Kitto More medicines – less cures

Sam Ballentine The Nazanin problem

Maxine Edwards Water pollution

Jonathan McFall Should England boycott the World Cup?

Cricket Equipment

House Public Speaking Continued

Please note that boys do not need to have their own cricket equipment for the cricket season. The school will provide all that is necessary. Many boys, however, do like their own equipment and this is up to parents.

The school white polo shirt is required for lessons and can be used for cricket, athletics and tennis. Trainers can be used for cricket matches, but must be mainly white. Proper cricket shoes are ideal but not compulsory.

Boys who are in an A or B team for cricket must wear the school cricket shirt for matches which is available from the school shop. White cricket trousers are also needed for A and B matches.

No club kit is allowed in school matches. School cricket jumpers and cricket hats are also available from the school shop.

Our assumption is that children stay at Yateley Manor until the end of Year 8. The usual term’s notice (ie before Tuesday 17th April) is required if this is not the case.

Important Notice

Parents are reminded that as published on the back of the last few school calendars, that there will be a staff training day on Friday 4th May.

There will be no school for children in Prep, Pre-Prep or Nursery on that day.

Children will return to school on Tuesday 8th May after the Bank Holiday on Monday 7th.

Staff Training - School closed on Friday 4th May

A letter from the Headmaster, regarding fees for the academic year 2018 - 2019 was sent home by email this week. If you have not received a letter please ask Reception for a hard copy.

Headmaster’s Letter

The first horse riding session will take place on Wednesday 18th April. Please do not forget to bring your kit on the second day back. If you would like your child to take part in the riding option next term please contact Rachel Arris.

Horse Riding

The pupil fee invoices were sent by email this week. If, for any reason, you have not received your account, please send an email to finance@yateleymanor.com.

Pupil Fee Invoices