NEWSLETTER - Broomwood Hall
NEWSLETTER - Broomwood Hall
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B R O O M W O O D H A L L<br />
N E W S L E T T E R<br />
WEEK 5 • Friday 15th May 2009<br />
slapton ley – class 5<br />
Class 5, together with Mrs Powell, Mrs McOrist, Miss Turtle and me, leave on<br />
Monday 11 May to go Slapton Ley Field Centre for an exciting few days of pond<br />
dipping, rock pooling and river investigation. We will spend most of our time in the<br />
outdoor classroom, working on a new theme each day using facilities not available<br />
in London. We hope to find the largest limpets on Gorah Rocks, catch carnivorous<br />
mayfly nymphs in Slapton Ley and maybe even come face to face with a badger.<br />
Time away such as this is also excellent preparation for boarding school and<br />
independent living. Most of all though, it is great fun! Please make sure girls come<br />
to school on Monday at the normal time in their home clothes with a packed lunch<br />
in their school backpack and their suitcase! If your child is prone to travel sickness<br />
please make sure you send them to school with their travel sickness pills and<br />
ensure they have enough for 5 days.<br />
Virginia Fowler – Class 6 Form Mistress<br />
abseiling for charity<br />
Miss Sarah Vote, Class 7<br />
teacher at the Upper School, will<br />
be abseiling 469ft down Guys<br />
Hospital Tower to raise money<br />
for the School’s current charity<br />
on June 6, 2009. She would be<br />
grateful if you could sponsor her<br />
by clicking on the link detailed<br />
below which will take you<br />
directly to a sponsorship page<br />
http://www.justgiving.com/<br />
Miss Sarah Vote<br />
sarahvote and it will give you more information.<br />
the vikings are coming!<br />
A Viking expert will visit Class 3 at Garrads Road on<br />
Thursday 14 May. He will bring with him a number of<br />
artefacts and lots of Viking tales to tell. The children<br />
will be allowed to dress up for the occasion after lunch<br />
and a letter with costume ideas has been sent out. I<br />
am sure we will have a very exciting afternoon!<br />
Miss Zoe Firmin - Class 3 Form mistress<br />
MISSING LIBRARY BOOKS<br />
Lady Colquhoun and I would like the girls to search<br />
through bookshelves, under beds and behind cupboards<br />
for any overdue <strong>Broomwood</strong> Library books. There are<br />
a considerable number of books missing, many of them<br />
part of favourite series, which is particularly frustrating.<br />
No penalties for late returns! Thank you.<br />
Pippa Miller – Upper School Librarian<br />
class 4 excursion<br />
Class 4 will be marched to Mountfitchet Castle on<br />
Tuesday 12 May to experience what life was like in<br />
these parts once William had done all his conquering.<br />
Unruly children will be pelted with fruit in the stocks,<br />
or tied into the ducking stool and plunged into ice<br />
cold water... that’ll teach ’em! However, worry ye not,<br />
we plan to return to our Lord and Lady C with exactly<br />
the same number of little serfs we leave with. Please<br />
provide them with a packed lunch (no nuts).<br />
Sir Ian Gibb the Rotten – Class 4 serf master<br />
leiths dinnerS<br />
Class 7 and their parents are looking forward to the<br />
dinner party on 13 for Class 7E and 20 May for 7N<br />
where they will be treated to a 3 course spectacular!<br />
pa tennis tournament<br />
Please look out for the Tennis forms in backpacks today.<br />
We look forward to a fun, social morning playing<br />
tennis; all standards very welcome: at Wigmore Tennis<br />
Club on 12 June. Please contact Nicky Waterworth on<br />
nix@waterworthfamily.com, 020 8769 7774 or Tanya<br />
Wenstrom at tanya@gmail.com<br />
cl7 synagogue visit<br />
Class 7 will visit the South London Liberal Synagogue on<br />
Thursday 14 May to support their study of Judaism this<br />
term. They will be having a guided tour as well has having<br />
a question and answer session with the chairman.<br />
Rebecca Long – Class 6<br />
PLEASE NOTE: FULL DETAILS OF ANY ITEM IN RED CAN BE SEEN ON OUR WEBSITE www.broomwood.co.uk
flu workshop @ US<br />
Year 4 and 5 were gripped by the antics of the Villain<br />
Virus and King Kleenex performed by actors Mike<br />
Dalton and Nick Burnell yesterday. The girls learnt<br />
how to stop cross infection and beat the bugs!<br />
Yvonne Bentley – Head of PSHE<br />
<strong>Broomwood</strong> Girls fighting the ‘flu<br />
homeless husband<br />
Do you have a room to spare or a house which<br />
needs taking care of during the summer holidays? Mr<br />
Bowman will need a place to rest his head after 10 July<br />
as the rest of the Bowman family are moving out of<br />
London. Please call Mrs Bowman on 07866 365959.<br />
interhouse music<br />
Garrads Road are holding their Interhouse Music Competition<br />
at 2.30 on Wednesday 13 May in St Leonard’s<br />
Church. The children in Class 2 and 3 will be performing<br />
house songs and individual solos. Do please join us - we<br />
look forward to lots of wonderful music!<br />
Andrea Watson – Head of Music, Lower School<br />
re-scheduled match<br />
Class 5 missed the rounders match on 27 April<br />
against Newton Prep. This has now been rescheduled<br />
for Monday 18 May at 2.00 at Trinity Fields, opposite<br />
Newton Prep and is for the ABCD teams. We look<br />
forward to seeing as many parents there as possible.<br />
Rebecca Joll – Head of PE & Sport, Upper School<br />
lost property<br />
We have found one loafer shoe at<br />
the Upper School which must be<br />
needing its mate. It was found outside<br />
the Lab near the dining room.<br />
Unfortunately it is not named and<br />
we cannot discern the size (but<br />
it is very small) If you think it might be yours please<br />
contact Mrs Mackay on 020 8682 8810.<br />
Monday 11 May<br />
am<br />
Cl5 depart for Slapton Ley field trip – 74NL<br />
all day Cl1(Vic) to London Zoo<br />
10.00 * Dress Rehearsal: “The Spider’s Revenge”<br />
– Prep S – <strong>Hall</strong>, Vicarage<br />
1.40 * Rounders:Cl6 AB -v- Hornsby Hse (TF)<br />
4.15 * Joint Evensong with Northcote Lodge<br />
St Michael’s, Bolingbroke Grove<br />
Tuesday 12 May<br />
all day Cl4 History Excursion: Mountfitchet Castle<br />
12.00 * Swimming: Cottesmore sponsored<br />
swimarathon for Cl3 (A)<br />
2.00 * Prep S Play “The Spider’s Revenge” and tea<br />
afterwards in the <strong>Hall</strong>, Vicarage<br />
2.00 Cl2(GR) boys to meet Head at Northcote<br />
Lodge<br />
Wednesday 13 May<br />
9.00 * Church Service: Cl1N (GR) “Daniel in the<br />
Lion’s Den”– St Leonard’s Church<br />
10.00 * Dress Rehearsal: “The Spider’s Revenge”<br />
Prep N – <strong>Hall</strong>, Vicarage<br />
1.45 * Rounders: Cl8 AB -v- Thomas’ Clapham<br />
(Clap Common)<br />
2.30 * Interhouse Music Competition: Cl2&3 (GR)<br />
– St Leonard’s Church<br />
7.00 * Cl7E Leith’s Dinner – 70NL<br />
Thursday 14 May<br />
8.45 Church Service: St Luke’s – Cl3 (50NL)<br />
“Daniel in the Lion’s Den”<br />
1.30 Cl3(GR) Vikings Workshop<br />
2.00 * Prep N Play “The Spider’s Revenge” and tea<br />
afterwards in the <strong>Hall</strong>, Vicarage<br />
2.00 * Cl7 Excursion: London Synagogue<br />
Friday 15 May<br />
CE 13+ aurals<br />
1.30 *Cricket: Cl3 (GR/50NL) ABC -v- Thomas’<br />
Clapham (TF)<br />
2.00 * Rounders: Cl3 (GR/50NL) ABC -v- Thomas’<br />
Clapham (TF) late finish<br />
Saturday 16 May<br />
8.30-12.30 Karate: Red and Black belts exam –<br />
Northcote Lodge<br />
10.00-5.00 * Northcote Lodge Open Day for prospective<br />
parents<br />
Sunday 17 May<br />
10.00 - 12.00 * PA Fun Run/walk – Wandsworth Common<br />
match results<br />
On Tuesday 5 May Class 4 ABC&D teams played<br />
rounders against Garden House. They all played<br />
fantastic matches and returned with 4 victories. Huge<br />
numbers of rounders were scored along with spectacular<br />
catches. Holly Ewen, Tabitha Vaughan and Bella<br />
Bowman deserve special mention. The scores were:<br />
A team 19 ½ to 10, B team 22 to 12 ½, C team 16 to 6<br />
and D team 16 to 6 ½<br />
On Thursday 7 May, Class 5 ABC all had wins over<br />
Finton House – well done girls!