20th October 2017

TOCKINGTON
HEADMASTERS CORNER
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As we draw the first half term of the year to an
end, I would like to congratulate everyone on all
that they have achieved. The children, as ever,
have given nothing other than their best and the
staff have never failed to continue to lead and
guide in every department. As we look back,
we have many highlights of the first six weeks
including the wonderful Inter House Talent
Competition held last Friday; the Inter House
Rugby and Hockey; the Russell Run; the Year
8 trip to Stackpole; the installation of twenty
one new computers in the IT Suite; the arrival
of our new caterers; the refurbished lower dining
room and back lobby and the commencement
of work on the Beth Russell Music & Performing
Arts Suite. In addition, there have been a host
of exciting sports fixtures including a win in
every game this Wednesday. Thank you to Miss
Hughes, Miss Sheppard, Mr Glanville and our
choirs on such a good Harvest Festival to bring
the half term to a conclusion.
I hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable half
term break and I look forward to welcoming you
all back ready for the next six weeks worth of
action. The FOTM Bonfire Night will be held on
Friday 10th November and the FOTM Christmas
Fayre is on Saturday 2nd December. Our end
of term Carol Service will be held in St Marys
Church and you are all welcome to join us.
I will shortly be writing to you to give you an update
on our plans to improve our on-site security and
sign out procedures but in the meantime work
will start next week on installing a new fence to
the rear of the school by the back gate.

Year 4 wish everybody a Happy Diwali

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NATURE CLUB
Lower School children in Nature Club have been looking at the beautiful autumn leaves. We have
also been busy building a bug hotel for the last few weeks, which the children have really enjoyed
taking part in. Well done.

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DEAN CLOSE ORCHESTRA DAY
Orchestra students Gemma Allen (clarinet), Lily Edwards (violin), Toby Gaulton (clarinet), Harry
Mather (Trumpet) and Auguste Moreau (Cello) enjoyed an immersive experience this week when
they visited Dean Close School. They played along with other students in a full orchestra alongside
professional orchestral musicians, guided by the Carducci quartet. Students split in to their respective
sections of woodwind, brass or strings firstly to learn the parts for the pieces. Following 2 hours of
practise,the full orchestra came together to perform Dvoraks Slavonic dance Op. 46 no.8, followed
by Palladio by Karl Jenkins. The concentration, sight reading skills and resilience displayed by all
was so impressive, and the final performance was epic!! Will done to all, I was very proud indeed!
Miss Hughes

Words of thanks from Dean Close:

It was absolutely wonderful to see you all here at Dean Close last week
for our first Orchestra Day. We were thrilled with the enthusiasm and
quality of the event and very much hope to see you again next year.

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AWARD FOR RECOGNITION OF
GOOD INTENTION AND POLITENESS
The award goes ARCHIE WEST
for his mature attitude to all students.

Congratulations also to the following children who received nominations:

Barney Bishop for being polite and thoughtful
Peter Banks for being kind and considerate
Isaac Bienemann for being willing and hard working
Charlotte Gill for her excellent attitude and work in class
Finley Leadbeater for his resilience and being brave
Ellis Carrel for being determined and enthusiastic

CRICKET NEWS STAR BADGES

Congratulations to both Jake Wakeling Congratulations to Henry Horsted on winning
and Archie Symonds on being selected for the badge for his
Gloucestershire County District Cricket squads. excellent performance
Jake has been selected for Bristol and Archie, in his PE lesson.
Stroud and South Gloucestershire. Both will Mr Jones
have a busy winter with indoor training in
preparation for next summer. Well done boys! Congratulations also
to Ashley Findlay and
Henry Woodhouse
for their lovely netball
catching skills in Games.
Mrs Pullin
HOUSE TALENT SHOW
The annual House Talent competition was a fun
afternoon held on 13th October. The acts were
unique and very well rehearsed. The house songs
performed were Roar by Katy Perry, Titanium by
Sia and Shine by Take That. We saw a splendid
variety of solos and duets, as well as some awesome
dancing!
Many thanks to Mr Pook of SWG Events for their
fantastic sound management, it really supported a
great afternoon. Well done and thank you to all!
Miss Hughes
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COUNTRYFILE RAMBLE FOR CHILDREN
IN NEED
Joseph, Finley and Harrison Leadbeater completed
the BBC Countryfile Ramble for Children in Need -
the boys crossed the suspension bridge with Pudsey
and the presenter!

RUGBY SUCCESS
Stirling Rolls was Player of the Week
for his U9 rugby team at Dursley Rugby
Club last week. Congratulations
Stirling, were very proud of you!

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Saturday 7th October
House Hockey
1. Cunningham vs Alexander, 0 7
2. Alexander vs Churchill, 8 2
3. Churchill vs Cunningham, 2 3
Notable performances from Melissa
Mapondera, Maria Garcia-Sergovia,
Cunningham defence
Most improved player: Maria Garcia-
Sergovia
Top Goal Scorers: Alys Wakeling (7),
closely followed by Katie Shutt (6)
Players of the Tournament: Isabelle
Preston for her excellent play in a variety
of positions. Luna Mirta-Loinaz for never
giving up and showing determination
throughout.
House Rugby
Winners: Alexander
The Cymric Cup was won by Alexander
2nd: Cunningham who were led by Jake Wakeling and Otis
3rd: Churchill Walker. They scored in the final 10 seconds
of their last match to snatch victory from
Mrs Wakeling
a gallant and cohesive Cunningham side
led by Peter Banks. Jake produced two
moments of brilliance, a long cut out pass
superbly picked up from his boots by Zac
Rowles who then scored the winning try
with a good dummy. Cunningham came 2nd
after beating a Cunningham side, well led
by Rohan, 2 0. Overall, an enjoyable and
competitive tournament.
The All Star team fought hard throughout the
morning with the pupils all giving their best.
Player of the Tournament: Jake Wakeling
Most Improved Players and Honourable
Mentions: Rohan Howard-Robinson, Jaime
de Cos, William Bate, Archie Symonds,
Jacob Browning and Zac Rowles.
Mr Jones
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HOCKEY
Wednesday 11th October Saturday 14th October
U11 vs Kings Gloucester, 4 - 2 U9 B Severnside Hockey
The girls played really well in this hard-fought There were two tournaments running along at
match. At half time we were drawn at 2 goals the same time and we were winners of the B
each, following goals from Anna Baber and tournament.
Poppy Newman and, Maria making some TMS vs Dean Close, 4 0
excellent saves. The second half saw goals from
Melissa and Charlotte to take us to a 4 - 2 victory. TMS vs Clifton College, 6 0

Jimena was nominated Player of the Match by A most enjoyable morning but the girls had to
Kings Gloucester and we fully support this, as work for each goal. They worked really well
her midfield play was excellent. together and have made substantial progress
since the beginning of term. It was a really
A super match, well played girls. pleasing performance. Well done to everyone.
Top Goal Scorers: Michelle Mapondera (4), Maya
U10 vs Kings School, Gloucester, 1 1 Sapkota (4), Violet Gibbs (1) and Emily Tyler (1)
This was a fast tempo match with end to end Player of the Match: Maya Sapkota and Poppy
play. Georgia scored a cracking goal. A great Sheppard
effort from everyone.
Player of the Match as voted for by Kings: Wednesday 18th October
Georgia Copper
U10/U11 B vs King Edwards School, 2 1
Mrs Prices Player of Note: Eva Lewis for her
brilliant defending This was an unexpected match for us and a very
welcome surprise. It was a close game and we
were 1 0 down at half time but had a much better
U9 vs Kings School, Gloucester, 5 0 second half with Gemma Allen scoring twice, the
second goal literally in at the last minute.
A fantastic game for the U9 girls against Kings
at home. The girls worked really well together, The stand out girls were Gemma Allen for scoring
moving the ball up the court with strong passes. both goals and Sophie Cresswell who grew into
A special mention to Poppy Sheppard, Maya her role as C Mid as the game progressed.
Sapkota and Emily Gaulton for great teamwork.
Player of the Match as voted for by Kings: Emily U11 A (Middle Team) vs King Edwards
Tyler School, 3 0
Miss Collins Player of Match: Maya Sapkota It was not the usual team format for this match as
Player of Note: Poppy Sapkota and Emily we played three teams across Years 5, 6 and 7.
Gaulton The middle team were made up of mostly U11 A
girls and they played some entertaining hockey.
Goals were scored by Melissa Mapondera and
Poppy Newman and our much improved defence
structure led to our 3 0 victory. Well done, girls!

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Player for the Match as voted by KES: Poppy his last rugby game for the school, his skills and
Newman smile will be missed by all.
Mrs Pullins Player of Note: Melissa Mapondera Player of the Match: Oliver Edge for his consistent
tackling and work in the scrum.

U12 vs KES, 4-2

A very impressive game of hockey with a high U8 vs Hatherop Castle, 5 - 7
standard shown by both teams. The boys played a fantastic game working well
Players of note: Katie Shutt as CM and Angel as a team and showing their great skills on the
Burrows in defence. pitch. Despite tries from Joshua Newman (2),
Justus Seegel (1), Thomas Byrne (1) and Jenson
Goal Scorers: Alejandra Bravo (3) in her role as Edge (1) we lost the game 7 - 5. Justus played
CF. Alys Wakeling scored (1) extremely well, removed lots of tags from the
Player of the Match as voted for by KES: Alys other team, was sensible and tried really hard,
Wakeling for these reasons, he is the man of the match.
Mrs Wakelings Player of the Match: Alejandra Well done to all the boys as they all work really
Bravo for showing very impressive skills as CF hard in lessons and always show they want to
and scoring 3 fabulous goals! learn and improve. Fantastic work!

RUGBY CROSS COUNTRY

Wednesday 11th October
1st XIII vs Hatherop Castle, 120 16
The team won by a huge margin at Hatherop
Castle. We had 11 different try scorers with 5 of
our players scoring hat tricks. There were some
super tries, with good passing and defensive
work. An excellent performance.
Player of the Match: Logan Fitzpatrick for his
100% effort, excellent work and tackling.
U11 vs Hatherop Castle, 6-4
Despite leading often throughout the match, the
boys couldnt get their first victory of the season
in a very even physical game. 3 tries from Zak
Rowles and 1 from Henry Packham showed
what we could do with the ball in hand. However,
lapses of concentration let Castle in too many
times.
Special mention to Jaime de Cos who played
Week commencing 2nd October
Years 3 and 4
Some good performances in Year 3 and 4s
weekly run.
The outstanding performers were Jenson Edge
and Thomas Williams who both lowered their
list times to 3m 14s and 3m 09s respectively.
The Red Star winners were Joshua Davis,
Alex Cresswell and Harrison Leadbeater who
all produced very good PBs. Emily Billimoria
lowered her PB by a huge 44s and won the Blue
Badge for improvement. Daphne Glauzy, Maisie
Scannell, Hannah Jung, Maria Woodward,
Grace Mockridge and Marie Veron all lowered
their bests. Well done!
Week commencing 9th October
Year 2 Running Lesson
Year 2 leant about the function of the heart

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and lungs and breathing effectively during their U13 Boys: 3rd (only 10 places behind the
lesson. They also ran some of the Year 3 and 4 leaders)
mini course and attempted a hill sprint.
Top individual performers were U11G Charlotte
Finley Leadbeater won the badge for his Gill 12th, U13G Iona Campbell 10th, U11B
spectacular fall, officially the first TMS human Henry Packham 5th, U13B Freddie Cooper 6th
flight! He was very brave and continued with the and U13B Oliver Gill 8th.
running session showing true Tockington spirit!
We look forward to the 2nd event at Malmesbury
Years 5 - 8 on 4th November.
This was a fabulous week with 13 improvements
in list times and 6 new list times from Barney
Bishop, Toby Littlejohn, Alex Collin, James
Packham, Morgan Owen and Fernando Ramirez.
There were a further 14 PBs on a perfect day
for cross country running. The Red Badges were
awarded to Maria Garcia-Sergovia, Elizabeth
Allan-Jones, Zac Rowles and Archie Symonds.
Henry Packham became our 14th fastest athlete
of all time on the Junior Course with a stunning
7m 56s. Freddie Cooper led the field home on the
Senior Course with 12m 02s placing him 13th on
our Senior List. Jake Wakeling lowered his PB to
12m 11s placing him 18th on the same list.
Alys Wakeling excelled on the Senior Course,
lowering her PB to 13m 38s and equalling TMS
legend (GB rowing star) Holly Hills time. She
was closely followed by Katie Shutt who ran an
impressive 14m 00s, lowering her PB by nearly a
minute! Charlotte Gill dipped below the 9 minute
mark with 8m 59s for the first time a great effort.
Well done to all!
1st Gloucestershire League Cross Country
Meeting at Blackbridge
Congratulations to all of our teams on an excellent
performance last week in the first of four Glos.
League CC Meetings. This is a club competition
and we are the only school taking part.
Current standings:
U11 Girls: 3rd
U11 Boys: 3rd
U13 Girls: 5th

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