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6th May 2011 PE News The PE clubs are now up and running again! There have already been two sessions this term with attendance reaching 17+ pupils, which is a slow but steady start to the numbers I am expecting to attend our Summer Sports Clubs. Clubs that are labelled ‘Whole School Clubs’ in the diary and on the Clubs List Board are exactly that: open to all pupils regardless of their age or ability. The purpose is to bring together a mix of youth and enthusiasm as well as the senior pupils ‘seasoned pros’ in order to work together to improve everyone’s sport and to help promote a healthy and active lifestyle. All children attending the clubs will acquire and develop the new skills and drills that are being taught in lessons as well as adding extension tasks and differentiated practices together in order to promote good practice and leadership between the different ages (so KS3 and KS4 pupils may each work in groups relevant to their own age and skill in order to practise drills) and to build and strengthen bonds amongst the children, which we do very well as a whole school. The games are usually split between Senior and Junior pupils unless teaching staff put a controlled condition on the game, which will allow all pupils to participate safely and successfully together alongside one another. If you are interested in joining a school club or would like any additional information on what is happening when, please do not hesitate to ask a member of the PE staff or, alternatively, parents or pupils may wish to e-mail me on mercerr@battleabbeyschool.com This Week’s Results: Under 14 Rounders Vs Benenden On Tuesday afternoon the U14 girls hosted Benenden in what was really a practice game that would allow us to choose squads for the future. This was refl ected in the score line with Benenden running away with the game and a 17-3 victory. GOTG: Lucinda Beswick for her leadership and motivation in what was a hard game to play due to the extent of their win. Under 15 Rounders Vs Benenden On Tuesday afternoon the U15 girls hosted Benenden in what was a closely contested match from start to fi nish. Both schools traded blows as the game went from innings to innings and neither team really ceased the initiative to take the game and run with it. The game fi nished 20-17 to Benenden and we have got to feel a little unlucky with the outcome of the result. GOTG: Josephine Milne for her leadership skills and enthusiasm to keep the girls focused on the task at hand. Rounders Batter of the week: Georgina Veale Rounders MVP of the week: Lucinda Beswick Under 13 Cricket Vs Skippers Hill On Wednesday afternoon the U13 boys travelled to Skippers Hill to play some 20/20 cricket against a good Skippers Hill side. We opened the batting and made a fantastic 103 runs and were not bowled out. James Young started the season with a fantastic 43 runs off the bat, hitting a large proportion of 4’s. Sebastian Wright was the pick of the bowlers, taking several key wickets. The boys were unfortunate to lose due to a reduced overs total set by Skippers as we had to return for the school bus run. MOTM: James Young for a fantastic performance with both bat and ball; his leadership qualities continue to encourage and enthuse what appears to be a very talented young side. Under 14 Cricket Vs Bexhill Buckswood On Tuesday afternoon the U15 side travelled to Buckswood to play a 16-over game. Buckswood opened the batting and, due to some poor fi elding and favourable bowling on our part, managed to score 125 runs, which is a hard score to chase in a 20-over game. James Tomlin playing up a year group held our efforts, scoring 47 runs, and was helped by Sam Fairclough scoring 32 to post a respectable fi ght back. Unfortunately, we were only able to achieve 89 runs as their bowlers restricted us achieving the required run rate. MOTM: James Tomlin, who looked a cut above the rest! Under 19 Cricket Vs Bexhill Buckswood On Tuesday afternoon the U19 side hosted Buckswood at Crowhurst Park Cricket Club and demonstrated what regular attendance and practise at school clubs can achieve as the Senior Squad systematically picked apart an equally good Buckswood side. Captain Nick Taylor led by example and, with the talented side around him, bowled out Buckswood for 91 runs. KD Cheema helped keep the score down with bowling stats of 4-20 and this was supported by a handful of other bowlers. Nick Taylor top scored with 43 runs and was well supported by Dom Martin who added 20 plus of his own. MOTM: Nick Taylor for a fantastic all round display, which was supported by his excellent leadership skills. Cricket Batter of the week: James Tomlin Cricket Bowler of the week: KD Cheema Cricket MVP of the week: Nick Taylor Next week’s fi xtures: Tuesday 10th May – U14 Cricket Vs Buckswood (Away) 3pm leave for a 3:30 start returning @ approx 6:30pm Tuesday 10th May – U15 Rounders Vs Buckswood (Home) 3:30 start fi nishing @ approx 5pm Wednesday 11th May – U13 Cricket Vs Newlands (Home) 2:20 start fi nishing @ approx 4:45pm Wednesday 11th May – U16 cricket Vs Buckswood (Away) 2:20 leave for a 3pm start returning @ approx 6:30 pm Thursday 12th May – U12 Rounders A & B fi xture Vs Vinehall (Away) 2:20 leave for a 2:45 start returning @ approx 4:45pm Thursday 12th May - U13 Tennis fi xture Vs Vinehall (Away) 2:20 leave for a 2:45 start returning @ approx 4:45pm
School Snapshot! School trip to Barcelona! Battle Abbey Prep School achieve success at their fi rst Kickboxing Grading 13 pupils from Battle Abbey Prep school all achieved their FSK Red belts in the Prep School’s fi rst grading. The FSK kickboxing students ranging from age 6 to 11 have been training since January and passed with excellent results, with a number of the students achieving very high passes. Martial Arts has grown at Battle Abbey school across both the Senior and Prep Schools. Both FSK Wado-ryu karate and kickboxing are taught in the School’s extra curricular programme. 62 members of the school community have taken up the challenge since September including pupils, staff and their children, encompassing the wider community of the school. Karate is taught by Sensei James Thomas, Second Dan Senior Instructor of FSK, and the Kickboxing is taught by FSK’s Sensei Zofi a Malewicz, ISKA World Champion and Head of Sixth Form at Battle Abbey. For more information on starting kickboxing in the local area please call Chief Instructor Sensei Paul Simmons on 01273 702662. Nursery News 6th May 2011 Welcome back to the summer term, we hope you have enjoyed the holidays and the seasonally good weather. A big welcome to the new children that have joined us this week, we hope you have enjoyed your fi rst week with us. On our last day of the Spring Term the nursery enjoyed a fantastic day out at the Seven Sisters Sheep Centre where the children enjoyed bottle feeding the lambs and were lucky enough to meet the newborn lambs that had just been born that morning. A big thank you to the parents and children that joined us; the trip was such a success that we hope to organise a new trip in the near future. Following the success of our last three holiday clubs the nursery has moved to a 38 week academic year which brings us in line with the maintained sector academic year and means that parents now have access to the full 38 weeks of EYEE funded nursery education for their children. The additional 5 weeks of nursery are spread over the school year and parents now have the option of an additional nursery week during the October half term, at the end of the Autumn term, Easter and two weeks at the end of the Summer term. Booking forms for the Summer term holiday club which will run Monday 11th July – Friday 15th July and Monday 18th July to Friday 22nd July will be sent out shortly. Following consultation with some of the parents the decision has been made to trial a new Nursery Suncream Policy for the Nursery children this term. Please would all parents ensure that they have applied suncream to their child’s face, arms and legs prior to arriving for the morning or afternoon nursery session. Nursery pupils staying for the whole day will have suncream reapplied after lunch by the staff using the nursery suncream unless there is a medical reason why this suncream cannot be used, in which case a labelled suncream needs to be supplied. To cover the cost of the Nursery Suncream we are asking for a small donation according to the number of full days the children attend nursery; a child attending for 1 full day per week £1, 2 full days per week £2, 3 full days per week £3, 4 full days per week £4 and 5 full days per week £5 which we hope will cover the expense of the suncream until the end of the Summer term. We are hoping that this new suncream policy will give the children wider access to the garden instead of having to wait for suncream to be applied each session. Although we have the large umbrella and trees to offer shade outside to ensure maximum sun protection, please would you ensure that your child brings a sunhat to nursery for every session. Battle Abbey legionnaire-style uniform hats are now available at the nursery for £3.95 each. Wednesday 11th May 2011. Nursery individual and group photographs. The photographer will be here from 9am and will initially take the individual photographs; parents are also welcome to bring along older or younger siblings for a joint photograph. If your child is not at Nursery on Wednesday morning you are very welcome to pop in with your child for the individual photograph and if possible stay for the whole Nursery photograph which we hope to take in the garden again, weather permitting. The Nursery Team.
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