US Week 5.indd - Broomwood Hall

WEEK 5· FRIDAY 1 OCTOBER 2010HARVEST FESTIVAL SERVICEKamilla Goodall, Kitty Waterworth and Camilla Till – readers at the Harvest Festival ServicePA NEWSHarvest Festival: Many thanks to the mothers whodecorated St Luke’s and St Leonard’s churches sobeautifully. Also a huge thank you to all the parents fortheir generous donations; the Ace of Clubs were extremelygrateful.Gift Fair Price Correction: Apologies – gift fair ticketsare still £5, same as last year. We hope to see lots ofyou there!Valerie Evans & Catherine Coulson – Parents’ AssociationBABYSITTINGOur assistants are all keen to earn a few pennies duringtheir time at Broomwood Hall by doing a bit of babysitting.We have created a list of their names and mobilenumbers which you will fi nd in the Quick Links section onthe website. To open the document you will need a passwordwhich is “babysitters”; should you forget this, call theSchool Offi ce and they will give it to you. We would howeverbe very grateful if you would please refrain from passingthis on to others outside the school.NOTES FROM THE HEADWellington College has recently sent details of theirregistration process for pupils interested in entry in 2013(our current Class 6). All registrations must be confi rmedby 30 June 2011 with pre-testing taking place the followingSeptember. So if you have any interest in WellingtonCollege as a prospective school, do please makearrangement to see it as soon as possible. Detailsof forthcoming Open Days are on the notice board.HEADMISTRESS AWARDThis week I am delighted to announce thatmy Headmistress award goes to TabithaVaughan for her fantastic work in French.Mrs Carole Jenkinson – Head of Upper SchoolCHURCH CORNERThursday, 7 October: Class 6N will perform Joseph andhis Brothers at St Luke’s, starting at 8.45. All are welcometo attend.PLEASE NOTE: FULL DETAILS OF ANY ITEM IN RED CAN BE SEEN ON OUR WEBSITE www.broomwood.co.uk

SPORTS NEWSMatch Report: There has been a huge number of matchesthis week, with particularly good results against TheHarrodian School where we won all our matches bar one.The following were named Girls of the Match: ArabellaFane, Ellie Brockbank, Holly Apted, Rosanna Brockbank,Isobel Glynne-Percy, Georgina Huckle, Emily Smart,Tabitha Vaughan, India Boulton, Isabella Frost, LaraghVaughan, Elena Berry, Maddie Keay, Imogen Reed. Welldone girls!Saturday Netball Clubs: I will be running Saturday netballclubs for the next two Saturdays. There are limited spacesand will be allocated on a fi rst-come-fi rst-served basis, soplease return your letter as soon as possible. The clubswill run from 9.00-11.00 on the court at the Upper School.Playerlayer Tops: A reminder that Loofy does not stockthe Playerlayer Tops. These are to be ordered and paid foronline through the school website. They are then postedto school and I will issue them to your daughters. The fi rstorder will be here before half term. Please get in contactwith me if you have any questions.Miss Rebecca Joll – Head of SportVISIT FROM SARAH OUTENThe Upper School were thrilled this week to have SarahOuten in to give anabsolutely inspiringtalk. In 2009 Sarahrowed across theIndian Ocean becomingthe fi rst womanand youngest personto do so. It took her124 days, she broketwo oars, ate 500 barsof chocolate and lost20 kilos of bodyweight.Her book, ‘A Dip inthe Ocean’, detailingher adventures will bepublished in February 2011.Mrs Philippa Powell – Deputy HeadCHILDREN’S BOOK WEEKNext week is bookweek and all thegirls will be learninga poem by heartto recite, as part ofthe House PoetryCompetition.On Thursday, theauthor CarolineLawrence will bevisiting and will talkto all the girls in the morning. We are all very much lookingforward to her visit!Miss Alice Turtle – Head of EnglishLOST PROPERTY OFFICEA navy Jigsaw cardigan was found in St Luke’safter the Memorial Service last Friday. It is beingheld in the front offi ce at the Upper School.WHAT’S ON NEXT WEEKMonday 4 OctoberCycle Training: Class 54.00 * Netball: Class 4 ABCD -v- Hornsby House (BatterseaIronsides)Tuesday 5 OctoberOrchestra Day – Downe House4.15 * Garden House Swim Gala: Class 4-6(Queen Mary Sports Centre)Wednesday 6 OctoberExcursion Dayall day Class 8 production rehearsalsThursday 7 October9.30 Caroline Lawrence (author) to visit8.45 * Church Service: Class 6N – St Luke’s4.15 * Music Assembly – Hall, 74NLFriday 8 OctoberLOOKING AHEADMonday 11 October4.15 * Joint Evensong with Northcote Lodge – St Luke’sTuesday 12 and Thursday 14 October6.30 * Parent-Tutor interviews – 74NLThursday 14 OctoberPA Cake Sales – all buildingsTuesday 19 October1.35 Class 6-8 NSPCC talk on Cyber Bullying &Safety Online – 74NLWednesday 20 October7.00 * PA Christmas Gift Fair – Northcote Lodge7.00 Class 8 play “The Admirable Crichton” - Hall 74NLThursday 21 October7.00 Class 8 play “The Admirable Crichton” - Hall 74NLFriday 22 October12.00 Break up for half-termMUSIC NEWSDowne House Orchestra Fun Day: Our orchestra girlswill be joining with other prep schools for a day of musicmaking culminating in a gala concert.Music Assembly: There is a small informal concert inthe Hall on Thursday 7 October from 4.15-4.45. This is achance for girls to perform pieces that they are preparingfor exams later this term. All are welcome.Ms Andrea Watson – Head of MusicA VISITING GAPSally Forbes, one of lovely Australian former gap students(vintage 2005), is looking for a home for a month nextJanuary. She will also be visiting Edinburgh so won’t be inLondon the whole time. She is happy to pay her board andlodging, and keen to avoid spending an entire month in ayouth hostel.If you might be able to help out do please contact theFront Office for more information, or contact Sally direct onforbes.sally@gmail.com.