Junior School
Bulletin
Autumn Term: w/e 19 December 2014
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Junior Christmas Lunch
Thank you to everyone who helped cook the delicious lunch, set the tables and serve it
to the girls on Tuesday. They really enjoyed it!!
Coffee Morning
Tuesday 6 January
8.30-9.30am
Please join us for coffee in the Dining Room
on the first morning back after the holidays.
Head’s Corner
Never a school to wind
down as we approach the
holidays…this week we
have enjoyed a party day,
two theatre trips, Christmas
lunch and carols at the church! I think everyone
will be looking forward to a well-deserved lie in
on Friday morning and a relaxing, if busy couple
of weeks at home. Happy Christmas everyone
and we look forward to seeing you all on
Tuesday 6 January!
Bridget Howard
Christingle Service
The girls in Nursery, Pre-School,
Reception, Year 1 and 2 joined together
in their annual Christingle celebration on
Monday for a calm and thoughtful moment, as
we reminded ourselves of the true meaning of
Christmas.
The service was led by the girls in Year 1 and
Year 2, who explained the origins of the
Christingle from the Moravian Church. Miss
Howard lit the first Christingle and from that, all
the other candles were lit. Everyone then
joined in singing a beautiful version of Away in
A Manger by candlelight. It was lovely to
welcome some of our parents to this truly
special event. Mrs Thomaides
Junior Christmas
Party Day
When Mrs Westwood and
Mrs Thompson volunteered
to take on the organisation of
this day, the staff thought all
their Christmases had come at once! We also all
thought they were slightly mad! However, what a
job they did!
The girls enjoyed popcorn whilst they watched
‘Frozen’ in the morning and then a Christmas
Fair in the afternoon where everything was
free! Mrs Westwood and Mrs Thompson had
baked cakes for all the girls and even arranged
a hotline to Father Christmas who turned up
bearing gifts in the form of books, individually
chosen for the girls! James Donnan provided
karaoke which was loved by everyone, including
the staff!
A massive thank you to them both. They claim
to have enjoyed the experience too so it is all
looking good for Christmas 2015!
Bridget Howard
Christmas Carol
Concert
On Tuesday evening
we enjoyed joining with
the Senior School for the
Christmas Carol Service.
Despite feeling rather tired the Junior girls sang
beautifully and as usual, made us very proud.
A special thank you must go to Lucy ShervillePayne who sang a beautiful solo accompanied
by Georgia Campbell on flute and to Anna
Grayson for accompanying the choir on her
recorder.
What wonderful talents you all have! As usual,
this was a beautiful start to the celebration of
Christmas.
Many congratulations
to all who were
involved.
Bridget Howard
Swimming
The Week Ahead
Listed below are the dates when
your daughter will be swimming in
the Spring Term. Please ensure
that she has her swimming kit in school on
these days.
Monday 5 January
Staff Inset
Date
7 January
14 January
21 January
28 January
4 February
11 February *
Class Swimming
Years 4 & 5
Years 4 & 5
Years 4 & 5
Years 4 & 5
Years 4 & 5
Years 3 & 6
25 February
4 March
11 March
18 March
25 March
Years 3 & 6
Years 3 & 6
Years 3 & 6
Years 3 & 6
Years 3 & 6
Junior Book Club
Our book for the January meeting
of Book Club will be Awful Auntie
by David Walliams. We thought
this could be a book that Father
Christmas might be delivering to
lots of houses next week and it
would make a good holiday read. We look
forward to discussing it on Thursday 30
January.
Mrs Sherville-Payne and Mrs Edginton
Head Girls’ Corner
What a brilliant end to the term!
It has been an action-packed
week. On Tuesday it was Christmas party
day, a big thank you to Mrs Westwood and
Mrs Thompson. On Wednesday we had the
Santa Stomp up at the Edge and another huge
thank you to Miss Brotherhood for this. We
also had the Theatre Trip which was amazing.
Finally we had our church service which was a
great end to the term. We will see
you all in the New Year and wish
you a very Merry Christmas!
Arabella Allen-Kyng & Skye MacLeod
Tuesday 6 January
8.30-9.30 Coffee Morning for Parents
– Dining Room
8.45 Assembly, Miss Howard – PA Hall
12.05-12.40 Junior Strings – MU3
12.05-12.40 Junior Windband – MU2
12.45-1.00 School Council (week 1 only)
– 4EW Classroom
3.30-4.30 Yrs 3-4 Netball – Gym
3.30-5.00 Yrs 2-6 Let’s Get Cooking
– Food Technology Room
Wednesday 7 January
8.45 Eucharist / Mass for Epiphany – PA Hall
8.45 House Meetings
9.05-12.00 Yrs 4 & 5 Swimming - Leisure Centre
12.05-12.35 Yrs 3-6 Cross Country – Gym
3.30-4.30 Yrs 2-6 Let’s Get Arty – Science Lab
3.45-5.00 Yrs 5-6 Netball – Gym
7.30 PFA Meeting – Sixth Form Coffee Lounge
Thursday 8 January
10.50-11.10 Friendship Council (Week 1 Only)
– 4EW Classroom
12.05-12.35 Yr 3 Netball – Gym
12.40-1.00 Library Time/Book Club – Junior Library
3.45-5.00 Yrs 5-6 Hockey – Gym
3.45-4.45 Yr 6 ICT Code Club – ICT 1
3.45-4.45 Yrs 3-4 Quicksticks Hockey Club
– Millennium Hall
Friday 9 January
Entrance Examination Day
8.45 Celebration Assembly – Millennium Hall
10.50-11.10 Orange Juice Club – 4EW Classroom
12.05-12.35 Yr 4 Netball – Gym
3.45-5.00 WFA Football Coaching
– Millennium Hall
Congratulations
Year 6 Santa Stomp
Sophie Shephard, Jemima
Allen-Kyng and Emma
Cartwright for their
Silver Merit certificates.
The inaugural Santa Stomp departed
from the Wizard car park this morning with the
Year 6 girls, their class teachers, Mrs Ferns and
parents all dressed appropriately for a festive
walk in the woods.
Layla Al-Salam, Amity Collins, Mia Clark,
Isabella Burns and Wiki Czartoryjska for
their Bronze Merit certificates.
Amy Kouvarellis for her
Platinum Reading Award
Scheme certificate.
Alice Booth and Tiane Mull
for their Bronze Reading Award
Scheme certificates.
It was a photography competition with the
classes competing for the best rendition of each
of the 12 days of Christmas. The '8 Maids a
Milking' was a sight to behold for the dog walkers
of Alderley Edge but the girls put smiles on the
faces of many a rambler!
The photographs will be
closely examined and
the winning class will be
announced on the last day
of term.
Miss Brotherhood
Maya Bacon, Millie Martin, Kitty Rowlinson,
Coco Bardsley and
Immy Merry for
their Planet Times
Table certificates.
Well done!
Many congratulations to the St Hilary House
Captains, Mila Speakman and Evie Richardson,
for raising £30.00 for Cancer
Research with their ‘guess the
number of sweets in the jar’
competition.
The lucky winner was Immy
Merry for correctly guessing
there were 316!
Thank you
Funtime Club
Thank you for donations made at our Christmas
productions.
This is an After School Facility,
which is open from 3.15-5.45pm.
If you wish to book any days please request a
booking form from any club member or the Junior
School Reception.
As a result we are
sending cheques,
each to the value of
£105.00, to Macmillan
Cancer Support and
Ovarian Cancer
Action.
Club Contact Information:
Julie Miller - 07919 091303
Email: [email protected]