29th September 2017

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Firstly, thank you so much to all those who came
to run in last weekends Fun Run in aid of Mrs
Russells chosen charity, Cancer Research
UK. It was so lovely to see the whole school
community coming together and great to see
parents with babies through to OTs currently in
Year 10 running together. In total we raised in the
region of 1800 and I very much hope that Mrs
Russell would have been proud of her school.
Special thanks go to Mr Jones and Mr Perez for
organising the route (just how many cones do
we have in the school?!). Thanks to Mr & Mrs
OLeary and Erin for organising the food and
refreshments along with Mrs Edwards, Mrs Allen,
Mrs Jenkins and Mr and Mrs Lewis for helping.
Mrs Russell was a truly wonderful lady; someone
who lived life to the full, she loved school but
most of all she loved the children she taught.
She was interested in every aspect of their work,
be it in class, on the sports field or on the stage.
As a consequence, FOTM would very much like
to rename the proposed Friends of Tockington
Manor Music and Performing Suite. We very
much hope that the Beth Russell Music and
Performing Arts Suite will be a fitting tribute.
I was delighted to hand out seventeen ARBSM
certificates on Monday; congratulations to all the
recipients. Keep up the practice!
Thank you to Year 8 for an enjoyable Monitors
meal and meeting on Tuesday evening. As
always their company was great but I do strongly
recommend that Lewis and Rohan keep clear
of the decorative chillies in future!! Next week
Year 8 head over to Stackpole for their Common
Entrance fieldwork trip. I know they will have a
very busy time and I look forward to seeing their
projects in due course.

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CHARITY FUN RUN IN MEMORY OF MRS BETH RUSSELL
Well done and thank you to everyone who made the run a successful and enjoyable one, it was
a lovely morning. A special thank you to Mr Perez and all the parents who assisted Mr and Mrs
O'Leary in the Bistro. Together they raised just over 500 and when combined with all the other
generous donations on the day, we raised almost 1,800. A splendid effort with all proceeds going
to Cancer Research. A massive thank you to all.
Mr Jones

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Mrs Hinchliffe finally finished

her mammoth swim in the pool,
raising yet more funds for Cancer
Research UK.
She tells us she only needed the
arm bands and rubber ring for the
last length!
Her challenge was 10,000m in
3 days. She actually managed
3,300m on Friday, 4,800m on
Saturday and 3,300m on Sunday.
A grand total of 11,400m!
Thanks to the Portishead Lido
staff who supported her and
to everyone for their generous
donations.
Well done, Mrs Hinchliffe. Mrs
Russell would be proud of you.

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NATIONAL POETRY DAY

We celebrated National Poetry Day in style at Tockington Manor School on Thursday. Our assembly
considered the theme of Freedom and we looked at some poems which had been written specifically
for this national event. We listened to poems read in French and Spanish and also an oral-story
poem about the Battle of Hastings.
Year 6 then shared a poem that they had chosen for Year 1 children. They had copied the poem out
and decorated it to give to their friend. The children then worked collaboratively to write an acrostic
poem on the theme of Harvest. Lots of super ideas were shared and it was fantastic to see such
excellent work from both year groups. We had a recital of the poems to finish our work together.
Mrs Beach

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NEW COMPUTERS
Its great to have 20 brand new computers
set up with the latest windows software in the
ICT Suite. The pupils are now able to work
quickly and efficiently in their lessons, and
use Google to its full capacity. It also means
they can now access work from home.

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CROSS COUNTRY Barney Bishop
Year 3 - 4 There were also PBs from Auguste Moreau,
Jaime de Cos, Beau Goodenough, Maria Garcia,
14 PBs on a wet, muddy course and an excellent
Hannah Williams, Jacob Browning, Ethan Heer,
effort from the group.
Corey Pook and Gabe Carrel.
A new all-time list time from Jenson Edge (3m
19s) and improvements on their existing list times
from Thomas Williams (3m 11s) and Joshua HOCKEY
Newman (3m 13s). U13 A vs Clifton College, 8 0
Performance of the Week A very convincing win with the girls creating lots
Alex Bienemann of opportunities and playing together well.

Thomas Byrne Player of the Match: Iona Campbell

Isaac King
Hannah Jung U13 B vs Clifton College, 1 4

PBs from Katie Woodhouse, Joshua Davis, Rudy This was a very evenly balanced match and at
Crompton, James Collin, Amelia Ricciardi, Elsie half time, TMS were leading 1:0 after a super
Lewis and Harry Hurford. Well done to all. goal by Alejandra Bravo. Maria Garcia made
some excellent saves in goal and were delighted
with our progress. Unfortunately, after half time,
Year 5 8 we lost our focus and Clifton scored four goals.
Our target for our next game is to improve our
19 PBs on a fine, sunny day. Despite the colds,
scoring we had many shots at goal, but couldnt
coughs and sickness at school there were some
make them count.
excellent performances.
Most Improved Player: Alejandra Bravo, with her
New list times were achieved by Cole OLeary
first goal scored for TMS.
(8m 57s Junior Boys), Jimena Fernandez (9m
41s Junior Girls), Angel Burrows (15m 05s
Senior Girls) and Diego Romero (13m 18s U12 vs Monmouth School for Girls, 7 1
Senior Boys).
This was a really strong performance and an
Jake Wakeling (12m 22s), Logan Fitzpatrick excellent team effort.
(13m 17s), Iona Campbell (13m 52s), Alejandra
Bravo (14m 02s) and Katie Shutt (14m 52s) all Goals scored by Alys Wakeling (5), Katie Shutt
improved their existing all-time list marks. (1) and Elodie Preston (1). All first class goals.

Performances of the Week Players of the Match: Alys Wakeling and Katie
Shutt.
Eva Lewis
Stephanie Taylor
Fernando Ramirez

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U11 vs Clifton College, 3 0 RUGBY
A good game in which our attackers were slightly 1st XIII vs Wycliffe, 5 15
stronger and more skilful at getting the ball into
Player of the Match: Archie Symonds
the D. Our defence was much better today and
Beth Gill was superb in goal. 1st XIII vs The Elms, 0 15
Player of Note: Jimena Fernandez (Most Player of the Match: Peter Banks
improved) A slow start, not focused or up for the challenge
Player of the Match, as voted for by Clifton in the first match. The second match was
College: Poppy Newman against The Elms, who had scored 120 points
against their opposition in their first 3 games of
Goals scored by: Melissa Mapondera, Poppy
the season and who had beaten Wycliffe by 7
Newman and Anna Baber
tries. This was a much better match in which we
played excellently and fought hard. It was a very
U10 vs Clifton College, 3 0 encouraging display from the whole team.

This was a brave performance by our under

10 girls who were so excited to come away
victorious!
Players of the Match: Gemma Allen and Georgia
Cooper

U9 A vs Clifton College, 0 4
A great learning experience for the girls which
highlighted areas to work on, including spreading STAR BADGES
out and looking at who we can pass the ball to.
Congratulations this
Player of the Match: Maya Sapkota week to Year 1s Hugo
Lewis and Finley
Crocker for the lovely
U9 B vs Clifton College, 1 2
tennis ball skills in their
This was the first match for the Year 3 players Games lesson. Super
and they handled themselves very well. There concentration,well
was lots of energy, tackling and learning. They done!
spread out well which led to a great goal.
Mrs Pullin
Great defending from Year 4s Emily Rowe and
Daphne Glauzy. Our goal was scored by Katie
Woodhouse, ably backed up all the way by
Hannah Jung, Elsie Lewis and Amelia Ricciardi.
Player of the Match: Katie Woodhouse

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U9 RUGBY
Thank you to Mr Cresswell for these great U9 team photos!

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