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WEEK 11· FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2010<br />
REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE<br />
Yesterday, at exactly 11.00, our girls and the boys of Northcote Lodge stood<br />
together in silence for two minutes at St Michael’s, Bolingbroke Grove, following<br />
a powerful address by Mr Alec Synge during at our annual Remembrance Day<br />
service. Anna Fox read Laurence Binyon’s famous tribute to the fallen, after which<br />
Ollie Geffen sounded Last Post. A solemn and moving occasion; Mr Synge wrote<br />
to me afterwards “The children were beautifully behaved and turned out; I felt<br />
proud to be involved with the schools as I looked over the pews”. So did I.<br />
Sir Malcolm Colquhoun – Joint Principal<br />
PA NEWS<br />
WRAPPING PAPER<br />
The wrapping paper orders will be distributed next<br />
Thursday during prep. Many thanks to Mrs Thompson<br />
for all her hard work organising the orders.<br />
THE SNOWFLAKE BALL<br />
This week Classes 7 and 8 received invitations to the<br />
Northcote Lodge Parents’ Association Charity Ball.<br />
This much-anticipated event will take place on Friday<br />
10 December at St Mary Magdalene Church <strong>Hall</strong> on<br />
Trinity Road. All proceeds will be donated to ‘Facing the<br />
World’, the NLPA chosen charity for this year. Please<br />
fi ll in the reply slip and return it to the Snowfl ake Ball<br />
post box in the Upper School front offi ce by Tuesday 30<br />
November.<br />
CHRISTMAS SHOE BOXES<br />
Leaflets have been sent home this week so that you can<br />
prepare a Christmas shoe box for this very worthy cause.<br />
Boxes can be delivered to school sites on 23-25 November<br />
but please DO NOT deliver them before 23 November.<br />
SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE<br />
The next PA second hand uniform sale will be held at 3<br />
Garrad’s Road on 25 November 1-3pm. Please could you<br />
drop off any uniform (beautifully labelled please!) at The<br />
Vicarage Reception on Wednesday 24 November at morning<br />
drop off time.<br />
Parents’ Association<br />
SPORTS UPDATE<br />
Fantastic results from all our matches on Saturday and<br />
Monday. The Class 4 teams won all their matches against<br />
Harrodian on Saturday, with the A team playing particularly<br />
well. And all-round wins again on Monday against Newton<br />
Prep. I must make a special mention of Charlotte Huckle<br />
who scored all the goals in the A team win of 8-2.<br />
Miss Rebecca Joll - Head of Sport<br />
CHURCH CORNER<br />
Reminder: There will be no Upper School church service<br />
at St Luke’s next week as it is exam week.<br />
PLEASE NOTE: FULL DETAILS OF ANY ITEM IN RED CAN BE SEEN ON OUR WEBSITE www.broomwood.co.uk
NOTES FROM THE HEAD<br />
We have received a furious complaint from Queen Elizabeth<br />
House about parents repeatedly parking in their car park.<br />
The final straw for them was the need to carry a patient<br />
some distance to an ambulance as someone was parked in<br />
an ambulance bay. I do ask again that no parent uses any<br />
of the local car parks when dropping off or picking up as it<br />
does considerable damage to the reputation of the school.<br />
Queen Elizabeth House tell me that they have recruited a<br />
clamping company who have authority to clamp and remove<br />
any car that does not have permission to park.<br />
Mrs Carole Jenkinson – Head of Upper School<br />
ISEB REVISION GUIDES<br />
During the Curriculum Evenings at the start of the year,<br />
we recommended some ISEB Revision Guides to Class 7<br />
and 8 in preparation for the Common Entrance exams. We<br />
also explained that some guides contain so many mistakes<br />
or different ways of teaching that they are not useful and<br />
would only confuse our girls. We urge you please to only<br />
purchase those books on our recommended list. We are<br />
already aware of some girls having learned information<br />
straight from the wrong books and they have lost marks<br />
as a result. Please see our website for a full list of recommended<br />
books.<br />
Miss Rebecca Long – Director of Studies<br />
HEADMISTRESS AWARD<br />
This week I am delighted to announce my<br />
Headmistress award goes to Lucy McCreery<br />
for her amazing Monet painting.<br />
Mrs Carole Jenkinson – Head of Upper School<br />
CANDLELIT CONCERT<br />
The fi rst Myotubular Trust<br />
Christmas Concert will take place<br />
on Friday 17 December 2010<br />
at St Luke’s Church, Ramsden<br />
Road. The programme will<br />
include choral pieces from The<br />
Medici Choir, solos from mezzo<br />
soprano Friederike Krum, organ<br />
and instrumental pieces by<br />
musicians of the Royal Opera<br />
House orchestra. There will<br />
also be carols to join in with and<br />
Christmas readings by local stars<br />
led by the actor Michael Maloney.<br />
It will be the perfect grown up start to the Christmas<br />
season. Drinks and mince pies will be served from 7.15pm<br />
and the concert starts at 8.00pm. Tickets are now on sale<br />
for £25 each which includes pre-concert drinks.<br />
To buy tickets please go to www.myotubulartrust.com<br />
and follow the instructions to purchase them online. Tickets<br />
can also be bought at the Northcote Road Music Shop at<br />
the library end of Northcote Road. For more information<br />
please contact me by e-mail simonaspazzini@hotmail.com<br />
Simona Galli – Mother of Carola 5N and Lucrezia 3N0<br />
LOST PROPERTY OFFICE<br />
Charlotte Wilkinson (Class 5S) has lost her<br />
waterproof tracksuit top.<br />
WHAT’S ON NEXT WEEK<br />
Monday 15 November<br />
Exams all this week (clubs as usual)<br />
Tuesday 16 November<br />
Wednesday 17 November<br />
4.15 * Netball: Class 7D -v- Streatham & Clapham<br />
High School (A)<br />
Thursday 18 November<br />
No Upper School Church today<br />
4.00 Interhouse Competition – 74NL<br />
Friday 19 November<br />
Long <strong>Week</strong>end – School closed<br />
LOOKING AHEAD<br />
Monday 22 November<br />
* Long weekend - School closed<br />
Wednesady 24 November<br />
* Second hand uniform to school offi ce<br />
Thursday 25 November<br />
* Second hand uniform sale – 3 Garrads Road<br />
Tuesday 30 November<br />
* St Andrews day – piping at all buildings<br />
Thursday 2 December<br />
* Class 5 Christmas Play – St Luke’s<br />
NOTICE FOR NANNIES<br />
If you would like to meet and get to know other<br />
<strong>Broomwood</strong> nannies and au pairs at coffee mornings<br />
etc, please do text your name and number to me, Cathy<br />
Riddell (Nicholson family nanny) - 07952 162553. The fi rst<br />
meet up is planned for Sunday 21 November. I will also be<br />
setting up a group on facebook for us all to keep in touch!<br />
Cathy Riddell - Nanny of Cate and Lucy Nicholson Class 3 (GR)<br />
ITEMS FOR SALE<br />
Wizard of Oz: four stalls tickets for the Wizard of Oz at<br />
the London Palladium at 7.30 on Friday 11 February 2011.<br />
Priced at £52.50, please contact me on 020 8874 1801 if<br />
interested.<br />
Maggie Bance – Mother of Amelia, Cl 2N (50NL)<br />
Hamster Cage: nearly-new luxury, escape-proof hamster<br />
cage and lots of hamster toys for sale. £35. Please contact<br />
me on 020 8696 7289 if interested.<br />
Gillian Weir – Grandmother of Poppy, Cl 8S and Lara, Cl 6E<br />
Jools Holland: two tickets for Jools Holland at the Royal<br />
Albert <strong>Hall</strong> on Saturday 27 November at 7.30. £42.50<br />
each, cheque should be made out to the Royal Marsden<br />
Cancer Charity. If interested, please contact me on 07770<br />
928537<br />
Louisa Barham - Mother of Henrietta, Cl 5N
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