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Jonathan Pinches 5AER Grade 1 Piano PassCatherine Smith 5AGE Grade 1 Guitar PassLouise Bates 5NS Grade 1 Piano MeritTony Maximous 5NS Grade 1 Piano PassThomas Cann 6JEB Grade 1 Alto Saxophone MeritOscar Kenny 6PA Grade 1 Flute PassRowena Moores 4SEO Grade 2 Piano MeritJamie Edgerton 5AER Grade 2 Music Theory PassVictoria Provis 5AER Grade 2 Piano PassJoseph Hale 5AGE Grade 2 Flute MeritRebecca Humphreys 5AGE Grade 2 Flute PassJenna Self 5NS Grade 2 Piano PassEllen Barratt 6PA Grade 4 Flute PassCongratulations to all the above and their teachers.Following the earlier victory of the swimming team in the local primary schools gala, it was the turn of the cross countryrunners to achieve outstanding success at their championships held at the Macclesfield Athletics Track on March 21st. King’srunners came home first in three out of the four races: Rowena Moores (Y3/4 Girls), Bethany Burrows (Y5/6 Girls) andThomas Mort (Y5/6 Boys). There were also individual medals for Imogen Hanson (3rd in Y3/4 Girls), Matthew Baker (3rd inY3/4 Boys), Alix Davies (2nd in Y5/6 Girls) and Sam Stockman (3rd in Y5/6 Boys). Unsurprisingly, the Year 3/4 Girls, Year5/6 Girls and Y5/6 Boys teams picked up the team trophies with the Y3/4 Boys coming third, along with the Y5/6 Boys Bteam who gained bronze medals as a result of six King’s boys featuring in the top 10 finishers! Other competitors at this eventwere:Y3/4 Girls: Imogen McCance (7), Mimi Stevens (26), Abigail Johnston (27), Ella Solomon (35).Y3/4 Boys: Alex Krajewski (13), Gregg Booker (19), Harry Meadows (23), Oliver Andrews (29), Alex Soltau (39).Y5/6 Girls: Kate Garnett (6), Hattie McCance (11), Alice MacKinnon (16), Hannah Naden (21).Y5/6 Boys: Oliver Krajewski (7), Robert Coggon (8), Toby Bianchi (9), Charles Cockburn (10).In the house cross country competition, the respective winners were:Year Boys Girls Year Boys Girls3 Sam Brindle Erica Jones/5 Toby Bianchi Bethany BurrowsAlicia Roberts4 Matthew Baker Rowena Moores 6 Thomas Mort Alix DaviesThe final house results were:1. Capesthorne 2=. Adlington / Gawsworth 4. TattonWith many thanks to Mr Artkinson and Mrs Baker for their inspirational coaching throughout the winter period.Other sports results from last term are as follows:Football: 01.03.07 v Black Firs PS: U10A VII drew 1-1, U10B VII won 2-103.03.07 v Birkenhead Prep. U10A XI lost 1-2; U10B XI drew 2-208.03.07 v Upton Priory JS U11A VII lost 0-4, U11B VII drew 0-009.03.07 v King’s, Chester U11A XI lost 0-2, U11B XI lost 0-614.03.07 v Marlborough JS U11A VII drew 2-2, U11B VII won 5-117.03.07 v Bolton School U11A XI lost 0-4, U11B XI lost 0-6In addition to these fixtures, the Under 9 teams have taken part in two competitions. Last term the AJIS tournament was heldat Stockport GS where two 5-s-side teams gained mixed success. More recently, on April 21st three U9 teams, includingseveral promising Year 3 players, represented the school as we hosted the Macclesfield Primary Schools’ Festival at FenceAvenue.House competition: Semi-finals Capesthorne 1 Gawsworth 3 ; Adlington 4 Tatton 23/4 place play-off: Capesthorne 0 Tatton 0Final: Adlington 6 Gawsworth 1Congratulations to Adlington on a deserved win. These matches displayed a high level of skill and commitment by over 40players which is a testimony to the efforts put in by Mr Walton during the year with significant support from Mrs Cole.HockeyThe U11 girls’ success in jointly winning the plate competition at the AJIS tournament held at Preston on Mrach 8th wasreported by captain Justine Blake in First Class. The results in the house competition were:1. Adlington 2. Capesthorne 3. Tatton 4. Gawsworth.Well done once more to Adlington - another blue ribbon in the trophy cabinet! Many thanks to Mrs Baker and Mrs Brown fortheir excellent input throughout the past two terms.Netball: 01.03.07 v Orme House U11A VII lost2
07.03.07 v Parkroyal JS U11A V won 9-209.03.07 v Liverpool College U11A VII lost 5-614.03.07 v Prestbury JS U11A V won 5-1, U11B V drew 2-217.03.07 @ Macclesfield PS Championsips:v Ivy Bank JS U11A V won 7-0v Whirley JS U11A V won 3-0v Prestbury JS U11A V drew 2-2v Marlborough JS U11A V drew 2-2v St Alban’s JS U11A V won 4-13/4 Playoff v Upton Priory JS U11A V lost 3-6The netball team reserved some of their best play of the season for the final tournament where they only lost one game to endin fourth place. I must pay tribute to the excellent team of staff which has been encouraging the girls’ netball skills at all agesduring the winter period, notably Mrs Squares, Mrs Baker, Mrs Cole, Mrs Panton, Miss Smith and Mrs Davies.Rugby: 02.03.07 v Cheadle Hulme U11A VII won 80-0, U11B VII lost 15-4505.03.07 @ AJIS Tournament (Merchant Taylor’s, Crosby)v St Anselm’s U11A VII won 28-0v Arnold, Blackpool U11A VII lost 0-5v Merchant Taylor’s U11A VII lost 0-14v Cheadle Hulme U11A VII won 42-5v The Grange U11A VII lost 7-1916.03.07 v Terra Nova U11A VII lost 14-17, U11B VII lost 24-34I am very grateful to Mr Walton for raising the profile of rugby (union) during the course of this school year which will nodoubt reap rewards as the boys move on to the Senior School. Incidentally, former King’s Juniors pupil Francis Barker(brother of 4SEO’s Hannah) has recently signed professional terms with Sale Sharks and may appear in the Premiership in thenot too distant future.Speaking of former pupils who have reached sporting success, Peter Moores (a former Senior School pupil) has recently beennamed as England cricket coach to succeed Duncan Fletcher. Peter’s brother is the school’s Head Groundsman and his nieceis a pupil in the Infants. I have no doubt that he will be a familiar presence in the sports news over the summer and beyond -hopefully for positive reasons!Thanks to the invaluable input of parent helper Mr Ireland, the Chess Club played a friendly match at Stockport GS on March28th. In a tense and absorbing encounter, King’s narrowly lost by 11 boards to 13. A return match is being planned for laterthis term when Thomas Pearson and his team aim to gain revenge on home soil!Finally on the sporting front, I congratulate Rowena Moores (4SEO) on her outstanding achievement of being placed secondin the Under 9 age group at the Cheshire County Swimming Championships. She gained two gold, five silver and one bronzemedal in competition against the best young swimmers in the county at galas held in Macclesfield and Stockport.A total of five Year 6 children have earned scholarships into the Senior School, namely Katie Cornish (6MW), Michael Li(6PA), Hattie McCance (6MW), Thomas Mort (6MW) and Isaac Reaney (6PA). There has only been one other occasion inthe 14 year lifetime of the Junior Division where that total has been reached. Congratulations to all five children and welldone to their parents and teachers.I reported in my previous bulletin that Liam Hadfield (6MW) and Edward Nathan (6JEB) had qualified for the final stages ofthe Primary Mathematics Challenge, a national competition organised by The Mathematical Association. Whilst Edwardproduced a creditable result on the finals paper, Liam’s score of 24/30 placed him in the top 320 children out of approximately100,000 entrants, thus gaining him the honour of a bronze medal. Well done, Liam! Congratulations also go to EleanorCollett (3LC) and Justine Blake (6JEB) on their award of Junior School Writer and Poet of the Term respectively.Our charity fund-raising recently centred on Red Nose Day (March 16th). Non-uniform day donations as well as variousfund-raising efforts generated £369.91 in the Juniors, £265.41 and £40.39 from the After School Club. The Junior School’sEaster Service collection also raised £132.10 which will be added to the Junior School’s Spring Term charity,Medequip4Kids. The Infant school children are looking forward to their special Charity Week which begins on May 14th.This year they will be supporting the Happy Days children’s charity again and will be taking part in the national Bounce-athonevent. If it is as successful and fun as the similar event two years ago then everyone will be in for an enjoyable time!The Sainsbury’s Active Kids and Tesco Computers for schools voucher schemes are coming towards the end of theirrespective durations. Please continue to bring the vouchers into school for us to collect.In the previous bulletin I failed to report on a significant event that took place last term. The school agreed to allow aprofessional TV film crew to film activities within Year 6. A team from a production company called Fever Media was3
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