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17th March 2017

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HEADMASTERS CORNER
Congratulations to Isabel Browning and took part in Eisteddfod.
Rachel Shutt on being awarded Scholarships Further congratulations go to Dalis Jones who
to Haberdashers Monmouth School for became the National Under 13 Cross Country
Girls (HMSG) as a result of their impressive Championships last Sunday having won by an
performance in the recent scholarship impressive margin of 80 metres.
assessments.
The good news continued with the Under 11
Boys retaining the National Team trophy for the
second year running. Both the Under 13 Girls and
Boys came second in their respective races. The
Under 11 Girls came 20th out of 90 schools. This
truly was a remarkable afternoon and needless
to say we are extremely proud of all our athletes.
Thank you to all the Games staff and to Mr Jones
for his energy, enthusiasm and drive.
End of Term Information
I have been very aware that Exeats and end of
term pick ups have caused parking problems
due to the number of parking bays available.
Consequently, all Upper School may be collected
from their form rooms between 3.00pm and
4.00pm, and then at 4.00pm from the Courtyard
Classrooms as normal to help alleviate any
Congratulations also to the Dance Spirit club
who shared a wonderful performance with us in congestion.
assembly this week, and to all the children who

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YEAR 2 HISTORY TRIP
This week, Year 2 enjoyed a trip to Raglan Castle in Monmouthshire.

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BOARDERS ACTIVITES
Our boarders let off some steam at the weekend with a trip to Wild Place and a day sledging!

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THORNBURY EISTEDDFOD
Congratulations to all of our Eisteddfod entrants this week, it was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Ellie
James and Lily Edwards from Year 5 played a beautiful piano duet. More updates and photos to
follow for Eisteddod in next weeks Tracker!

TOCKINGTON MANOR RECORDER CONSORT


Mrs Warn has been very impressed with Tockington Manors new Recorder Consort this term. They
have made an excellent start working together and listening to blend the sounds of 4 different sized
recorders. With Elodie Preston, Poppy Soanes and Maya Sapkota playing descant, Gemma Allen
playing treble, Isabelle Preston on tenor and Toby Gaulton on bass recorder, the group hopes to
perform live some time in the summer term!

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NETBALL
U10 vs Cathedral School, TMS 5 - CTH 7 U12 vs Haberdashers, TMS 26 - HMSG 8
Players of the Match: Bethany Gill, Poppy The U12 girls played their final match of the
Newman, Anna Baber. season on Wednesday, against HMSG. A really
great match for us with outstanding performances
U11 vs Cathedral School, TMS 20 - CTH 9
from Isabelle Preston, Carmen Rey-Jones and
Player of the Match: Angel Burrows. Lara Walker.
U12 vs Cathedral School, TMS 28 - CTH 20 The whole team were fantastic and thoroughly
Players of the Match: Carmen Rey-Jones, deserved to end this term on a victory; everyones
Isabelle Preston. performance has improved significantly and the
skills that have been practised in games lessons
U13 vs Cathedral School, TMS 21 - CTH 1 were really evident on the court. Well done, girls!
Player of the Match: Talia Curtis. U9 vs Wycliffe, TMS 7 - WYC 8
U11 Girls vs Haberdashers, TMS 3 - HMSG A great match against Wycliffe to end the season.
16 All girls played exceptionally well. A great final
Player of the Match (as voted for by match to end the season. Well done to all the
Haberdashers): Angel Burrows. girls!
Player of the Match: Sophie Cresswell.
Player of Note: Georgia Cooper.

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Cross Country (sub-11m), Jenna Saluja, Isabel Ibanez (sub-
19m), Erin OLeary, Maddie Summers (a strong
Year 3 - 4
47s improvement, lowering her time to 18m 15s),
We ran on Monday this week, a fine spring day! Lily Edwards (10m 12s - wow!), Morgan Owen
This was due to our postponed TMS Relays (14m 17s, just 18s off a List Time!) and last, but
being on Friday. my no means least, a 42 second improvement
Performances of the Week and PB from Poppy Soanes (12m 46s).

1. Alex Nguyen Dalis Jones broke her own Senior Girls Record
by over 8 seconds. The mark now stands at
2. Gabe Carrel 11m 14.60s. This is under the 11m 30.28s Boys
3. Lola-Bow Stanway record held by the legendary Alex Grocott!
Congratulations, Dalis!!
4. Eva Lewis
Tremendous performances from Alex and Gabe.
A special well done to Gemma Allen who was DALIS JONES
awarded 5 stars for gaining entry on to our All
Time Mini List for her outstanding run of 3m 18s. A new Senior Girls record on 16th March 2017.
There were 2 other outstanding performances
from Toby Littlejohn and Harry Bloomfield, both
improving their existing list times to 3m 01s and
3m 13s respectively.
Toby Littlejohn currently leads the Easter Egg
Competition with 30 pts.
Year 5 - 8
A fabulous effort from all in ideal conditions, a
South-westerly wind and firm conditions under
foot.
There have now been 158 improvements on list
times and 39 new list times. Micaela Cascajosa,
Javier Lepe, Toby Gaulton and Harry Mather all
achieving the necessary list times; a fantastic
effort from our elite athletes.
Mention should be made of Logan Fitzpatricks The fastest time ever run (boy or girl) on our
outstanding 7m 3s placing him 3rd on the All Senior Cross Country Course. When asked,
Time Junior Boys list, and Alys Wakelings Which means more, the school record or
superb 8m 00s, just 4 seconds off the Junior the National title?, she replied The school
Girls record - she WILL do it next week!! record!.

There were 9 personal bests from James Allen


(sub-18m), Rafie Rey-Jones, Jeanne Veron

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SWIMMING
ASA Speed Times UNDER 9
All PBs have been calculated and some superb All the listed swimmers below beat the old school
performances have secured Under 16 ASA record!
speed times. The full list will be up in the lobby 1st Gemma Allen (New School Record)
and each award winner will receive a copy of the 640m
list for their Record of Achievement.
2nd Sophie Cresswell 620m
Special mentions must go to our Gold time
swimmers: 3rd Cole OLeary 610m

Logan Fitzpatrick, Toby Gaulton, Peter Banks, 4th Gabe Carrel 600m
Iona Campbell, Jake Wakeling, Lara Walker,
Jonathan Baguley, Angus Duncan, Rachel Shutt,
A reminder of 2016/17 records.
Rohan Howard-Robinson, Luna Mirta-Loinaz,
Carmen Rey-Jones, Lara Walker, Talia Curtis, 25m Front Crawl - Jake Wakeling and Rachel
Ceredig Jones and Dalis Jones. Shutt 14.27s
A mention must also go to James Allen who has 25m Back - Rachel Shutt 16.58s
shown great consistency with 4 silver times. 25m Fly - Rachel Shutt 16.57s
50m Free - Rachel Shutt 29.90s
U13 Swim Stamina U9 Stamina Swim Champion - Gemma Allen
The U13 Swim Stamina results will be released 640m
in April. Swimarathon: Sharks 180 lengths, Dolphins 155
Year 7 will receive their certificates but will have lengths
to wait a little longer for final positions.
The results of the U9 results will be displayed in SWIM TIMES AND TOP 10 LEADER BOARD,
full in the lobby. EASTER 2017
The top performers are: Although there is a delay on the U13 stamina
UNDER 11 - A clean sweep for the boys! competition, all PBs have now been entered
on to our system. Mrs Hinchliffe has had fun
1st Logan Fitzpatrick 1025m
collating and working out the final scores for this
2nd Toby Gaulton 1010m term. Each swimmer from Year 3-8 will have a
3rd Oliver Edge 885m PB sheet to take away; they will be displayed in
classrooms and in the lobby.
4th William Bate, Henry Packham 880m
The swimmers have one more opportunity to get
onto the Top 10 Leader Board and gain a place
in the swim finals!
The points achieved are added together and the
totals calculated for Houses and individuals.

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As the scores stand with one more round to Outstanding progress from Oliver Edge, Archie
go, the leading U9s, in no particular order, Symonds, Harry Mather and William Bate.
are: U13 Competition:
GIRLS GIRLS
Sophie Cresswell, Eva Lewis, Gemma Allen, Rachel Shutt, Luna Mirta-Loinaz, Iona Campbell,
Emily Tyler and Georgia Cooper. Lara Walker, Carmen Rey-Jones and Dalis
BOYS Jones.
Barney Bishop, Gabe Carrel, Toby Littlejohn, BOYS
James Packham, Cole OLeary and Stirling Rolls. Jake Wakeling, Jonathan Baguley, Peter Banks,
Outstanding progress from James Packham, Angus Duncan, Ceredig Jones, Rohan Howard-
Georgia Cooper and Toby West. Robinson and James Allen.
U11s are by far the most closely contested Outstanding progress from Talia Curtis, Dalis
this year: Jones, Ceredig Jones and Lara Walker.
GIRLS
Alys Wakeling, Poppy Newman, Lily Edwards, At this point the final PBs can change all previous
Tilly Jordan and Erin OLeary. scores, so plenty of swimming in the holidays is
BOYS advisable!

Logan Fitzpatrick, Toby Gaulton, Jai Patel, Archie Well done to all from Mrs Hinchcliffe!
West, William Bate, Jai Patel, Harry Mather and
Ben Jacobi.

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