Claires Court Bulletin
NURSERY AND GIRLS
Bulletin No.6 - Lent Term 2016
Email: hep@clairescourt.com
Website: www.clairescourt.com
Location: SL6 6AW, United Kingdom
Phone: 01628 411480
Facebook: www.facebook.com/clairescourt
Twitter: @clairescourt
NEWS FROM THE HEADS
My day on Friday started by moving chairs, staging and music stands - an odd activity for a Headteacher you may think but when you have nearly a hundred young musicians attending our Orchestra Day, the morning after our whole school Talent Show then it is all hands to the pump.
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“Take every chance, drop every fear and always reach for the stars!”
We are now officially half way through the year and what a fantastic first half it has been! The girls are definitely ready for their half term break after what has been a very busy week. Last night we were entertained by the variety of acts for Claire’s Court’s Got Talent; from singing to gymnastic routines, to magic tricks to beautifully edited films!
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The nursery rooms have talked about plant eating dinosaurs and have made swamps and created dinosaur footprints using the toy ones as well as some sponge print pictures. Transition children were learning about fossils this week and have made imprints of dinosaur skeletons (of the toy variety!) in clay and been discovering in a variety of messy media.
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FORTHCOMING DATES
Saturday 13 February - Y9 to Y11 SG Confusions Windsor Royal Theatre Trip meet 4.30pm
Tuesday 23 February - Y10 Senior Girls Parents' Evening 6.00pm
Monday 29 February - Girls & Nursery PTA AGM 6.30pm
Tuesday 1 March - JG Music Concert 2.00pm/Y9 Senior Girls Parents' Evening 6.00pm
Wednesday 2 March - JG Resilience Talk Evening 6.45pm/7.00pm start
Thursday 3 March - SG Music Concert 7.00pm
Friday 4 March - Reception Girls 'Mother's Day Breakfast' 9.00am
IMPORTANT NOTICES
Reception Girls - Mothers Day Breakfast
You will have received an invitation from your daughter for the Mother's Day Breakfast on Friday 4 March. The girls are looking forward to you coming.
Junior Girls - Tempest Photos
All order forms, together with the payment, need to be returned to school no later than Friday 26 February.
German Controlled Assessments Y10 - make the most of the half term holidays to revise a little each day!
Friday 26 February - Writing
Tuesday 1 March - Speaking
PTA NEWS
Saturday 19 March - Easter Egg Hunt
Join us for our Annual Easter Event with activities including Easter Egg Hunt, competitions, face painting and much more… Tickets Order Form
Nearly New Uniform Sale - Tuesday 15 March 3pm-5pm CCSG Dining Room
Monday 29 February - PTA AGM - 6.30pm CCSG The Chapel
SAVE THE DATE
The Great Gatsby Ball - 14 May 2016
The marquee’s booked, the themes agreed, so put the date in your diary for the PTA adult social event of the year.... tickets will be on sale from 1 March.
HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES
LIBRARY NEWS
Junior Judges Required!
Are you an avid reader aged 10 to 14? The organisers of the Independent Bookshop Week Book Awards' 10th birthday are looking for five young bookworms to join the Best of the Best Children’s Book Award judging panel. The five junior judges will review and score the past ten winners of the children's category award.
All five judges will receive £50 of National Book Tokens, plus the ten children's books to judge. The winner of the Best of the Best Children’s Book Award will be based on the judges’ feedback. Ten runners up will receive a £10 National Book Token.
To enter, young bookworms will need to write a 100 to 200-word review of the best book they read in 2015. An adult will need to submit the review to sharon.benton@booksellers.org.uk by 20th March 2016 using the subject 'Best of the Best'. For full details see http://caboodle.nationalbooktokens.com/Junior-Judges-Needed#.VrMmcNKLTMp
DRAMA NEWS
Tuesday 23 February – Junior Girls ISA Rehearsal 1.30pm to 5.00pm
Please can all the girls rehearse their lines. No scripts at rehearsals after half term.
Letters coming home after February half term giving more details about the ISA.
Y4 Girls on the Ufton trip will be asked to go the Chapel once they return to school.
Wednesday 24 February – Senior Girls Summer Production
There will be a read through of the production at 4.00pm in the Chapel.
LAMDA
A reminder that all girls taking LAMDA need to be word perfect after February half term.
TRIPS
Letters Going Home:
MFL trips: Initial letter - 23-27 October to Bordeaux, Cologne and Salamanca. Booking form and deposit required by Friday 26 February.Chasing:
Ufton Court Tuesday 23 February Year 4 - consent form asap.
National Archives Thursday 25 February Year 2 - consent form asap.
SPORT
FIXTURES
Monday 22 February U8 Hockey @ Braywick 4.15pm start
Tuesday 23 February U15 Hockey @ Braywick 4.30pm start/U12 Hockey @ Charters 4.30pm start
Wednesday 24 February U11 County Hockey @ Bradfield College 10.00am start
Thursday 25 February U13 County Hockey @ St Marys 11.00am start/U10 Netball @ Godstowe School 4.30pm start
JUNIOR AND SENIOR SPORTS RESULTS
U11 ISA Netball Tournament
CC Girls came 1st in their group
CC Girls came 4th overall
U9A Netball Vs St Bernards
Lost 7-4
U9B Netball Vs St Bernards
Drew 0-0
U9A Netball Vs Highfield
Won 3-2
U9B Netball Vs Highfield
Lost 13 - 4
U15A Netball vs Cox Green
Won 16 - 2
U14A Hockey VS Beaconsfield High School
Won 1-0
U18A vs Reading Blue Coats
Won 27-16
U13A Netball vs Holyport
Lost 9-3
U13 Hockey
U13a v Charters 7-0 win
U13b v Charters 5-0 win