26th September 2014 NEWS FROM THE SENIOR SCHOOL Individual and Family photos will be taking place on Monday. Please ensure all children have their correct full school uniform. Friends of Finborough are holding a NON UNIFORM DAY and COFFEE AFTERNOON on Friday 3rd October 3.30pm – 5.30pm in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support. Please can all children wear appropriate clothing, sensible shoes (NO jewellery, short shorts/skirts or ripped jeans) but most importantly all bring £1.00 to donate. Any cakes/biscuits will be much appreciated for the coffee afternoon – please leave these in the school office on Friday morning. Thank you for your continued support. Bonjour, buenos días, guten Tag, kalimera, goede morgen, buongiorno, gudde moien, merħba, bom dia, grüß Gott, добър ден, jó napot kívánok, Dia duit, dzień dobry To celebrate European Languages Day the kitchen served up a distinctly European menu on Thursday. A very British roast, an Italian pasta and Spanish paella were all on the menu! In the evening some of our Spanish students created a tapas bar to tempt our taste buds. Senior school sport: Rugby: We have had a fantastic start to the year with the U12 rugby team beating Langley in a very tight contest, and victory for the U16 rugby team in a triangular against Stoke and Langley. The U16's were also successful against Kings Ely the week before. Hockey: The girls have had a disappointing start with many matches being cancelled by the opposition but in the matches played so far have been successful with a notable victory for the U14/15 team over Gosfield (6-2) English Department website For your information, the link to the English Department website is as follows: http://nbennett108.wix.com/the-english-dep. Not only is this a good way of keeping abreast with what's going in the classrooms at present but students' work will be showcased as the term progresses. It contains links to revision sites and downloadable resources for Years 7-9 homework. It also gives you the opportunity to send the Head of English a quick message if you wish. Finborough Student News- the online news site Students across Years 7 to 9 have developed an online newspaper! The content, design and everything else is all a result of their work with no input at all from teachers. While this is still in embryo, it gives students the opportunity to get involved in something that could be around for a long time, to be part of a legacy. To view what they have done so far, please visit http://studentfsn.wix.com/fsn1. Particular praise should go to Charlotte Nettleton, Henry Hammond, Emily Metcalfe and Charlie Taylor for getting the whole thing off the ground. Well done and keep up the good work! NEWS FROM THE PREP SCHOOL Another busy week, due in no small part to our visitors. They had a fantastic time with us and the Early Years were able to show off all the excellent work that they have been doing. We feel very positive about the outcome and can’t wait to get the official feedback. This should be in about four weeks and we look forward to sending you the report when it is sent to us. The Current Affairs Board outside Miss Bird’s office has really taken off! – a lot of articles being put up on the noticeboard and it is great to see the number and range of children who pause briefly to have a quick read – the Dinosaur article, particularly, had some interest. The Harvest Festival on Tuesday 7th October, is fast approaching, 10.00am in Finborough Church. Refreshments will be served in the Orangery after the service. Please let the school office know if you would like to attend. Harvest Festival donations can be brought in to form tutors now and we will organise them into a display in the foyer as the produce builds up. The new Positions of Responsibility for the first half of the year have been voted on over the last two weeks and badges awarded to: Head Boy Head Girl Robin Basu Danni Ager Deputy Head Boy Deputy Head girl Casper Munro-Smith Ashleigh Homer Churchill House Captains William Bayliss & Connie Shaw Nelson House Captains Jasmine Price & Toby Steggles Marlborough House Captains Rosie Comley & Woody Jackson Prefects Thomas Crabb, Florence Culley, Theo Kingsbury, Sally Zhou, Librarians James Bennett & Alexandra True-Holloway, Alysha Walker Prep 4 - Mrs Walton’s class was the first up for our Form Assemblies and with a newscast theme, AngloSaxons and Aliens from outer space made an appearance. The children loved the performance and the dressing up. Good fun year 4, thank you for that! Friday’s assembly focused on the need of determination in our lives (a reoccurring theme), at school, on the sports field, at any age and that when compared with the example of Nathan Stephens we really do not have many excuses! Next week’s Form Assembly is from Mrs Downey’s Prep 4 class and the topic is a closely guarded secret – apparently it will be somewhat of a surprise. Once again, we look forward to your presence in the audience and if you have time for tea and coffee afterwards. Wednesday’s Year 6 cake sale raising money for the library was a great success, organised and run by the children. The girls and boys involved managed to raise the princely sum of £47. A great effort but even better than that a fantastic advert for independent action and a really mature approach to things. Mr Drury’s Ironman – a short report I asked for but the adrenaline is obviously still flowing – if I had put it in here there would not be room for anything else. For Mr Drury’s report please link to the school website: https://www.finboroughschool.co.uk/2014/09/mr-drury-finboroughs-ironman/ The International Festival (Friday 17th October). Mr Beeston is the contact for offers of help: [email protected] Individual and family photographs on Monday so nice and tidy please! Prep 5 River Trip on Tuesday, Prep 2 trip to the Deaf Centre in Bury on Wednesday. Busy, busy, busy! Sports Fixtures: U9A Football (home) v St Josephs – This was a real challenge. There was no denying the strength of the opposition, they were really, really strong, some very fine footballers. But we started well and put real pressure on the opposition and worked hard towards the end of the 1st half as St Jo’s came back at us. Some great tackling on the edge of the area looked to clear the final danger but as the ball bounced clear, their star player struck a completely unexpected but unstoppable volley in to the corner of our goal. A real shame to go into the second half one down! The second half saw us under a lot of pressure but stout hearts and brave keeping kept our goal intact, and we made a few breaks ourselves, a couple of goals would not have been unfair. A body slam (certainly not in the FA rule book that I have), ensured that a clear chance was available from the penalty spot. Herbie duly stuck it away – top left hand corner! A well-earned draw! U9 Netball (home) v St Josephs – Also 1-1 for the girls and by the sounds of it, there were a hatful of chances at both ends. The movement of the girls was good and the occasional interception was encouraging, the early progress of the girls promises much for the year. Although the result could have gone either way the neutral supporter may have given us the edge. Great effort girls, keep it up! U11 A Rugby (away) v St Josephs – Last year this was a loss to forget, this year a massive improvement, and apart from one or two moments Mr Bridgeman thought that we would be coming away with a win. 5-0 up shortly before half-time. By the end of the match we were chasing a 15-5 scoreline. A great effort boys and that with two key players short! What might have been? U11 Hockey (away) v St Josephs – A neck and neck match that could have gone either way. Great effort from the girls, great athleticism and real improvement shown in many technical areas from basic passing and hitting to more difficult spatial awareness and positioning. The girls loved playing on astro-turf again and this certainly allowed them to show their abilities. St Jo’s scored the only goal of the match but this was only the result of forgetting that ‘shot outside the D rule’. Lots of promise from the girls and without doubt the results will come! The Prep School Achievement Board: Tatiana Ireland was awarded her U8 Medal Test in Dance: Disco / Freestyle with honours from the ISTD. Sunday Moffat has achieved her British Gymnastics Level 5 Award. Laura Eaden was awarded a certificate and medal from The Reading Agency for the 2014 Summer Reading Challenge. Merit Certificates & House Merits this week: The ‘Cloud’ although a marvellous thing is less of a technological marvel when it is unreachable so a little anticipation and tension to be created for the results next week! SHOW AND TELL Show and tell for Nursery on Wednesday 1st October is something soft. Show and tell for Reception class (Pre Prep) on Thursday 2nd October is something that has three corners. DIARY DATES Monday 29th September Tuesday 30th September Tuesday 30th September Wednesday 1st October Wednesday 1st October Sunday 5th October Monday 6th October Tuesday 7th October Tuesday 7th October Wednesday 8th October Thursday 9th October Friday 10th October Tuesday 14th October Wednesday 15th October Thursday 16th October Friday 17th October Friday 17th October SPORTS FIXTURES Monday 29th September 2014 U11 Rugby v Ipswich School (Home) Start at 3.00pm Finish at 4.30pm Tuesday 30th September 2014 U16 Hockey v Thetford (Away) Leave at 1.55pm Start at 2.45pm Return at 5.00pm U14 Rugby v Langley (Away) Leave at 2.00pm Individual and Family Photos Prep 5 River Walk Comedy of Errors Cast Workshop at Dance East Year 10 to 13 Art trip to London Year 2 trip to Deaf Centre in Bury St Edmunds U12 RUGBY TOURNAMENT OPEN DAY Prep 5 and 6 Theatre trop to see Private Peaceful Harvest Festival in the Church at 10am Senior School Theatre trip to see Romeo and Juliet Year 11 6th Form Open Evening Prep 1 to Colchester Toy Museum Suffolk Festival Choir and Choral Speech Day Parents Meet the Form Teacher Evening for 7 8 9 11 Parents Evening for years 12 and 13 (6th form) Jordan Trip (17th to 24th October) WHOLE SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Start at 3.40pm Return at 6.30pm U18 Rugby – Suffolk 10’s Tournament @ Bury Rugby Club Leave at 1.00pm Start at 2.00pm Return at 7.00pm Wednesday 1st October 2014 U13 Rugby v Orwell Park & South Lee (Away) @ Orwell Park Leave at 1.00pm Start at 2.30pm Return at 6.0pm U11 a,b & c Rugby v Orwell Park & South Lee (Home) Start at 2.30pm Finish at 4.30pm U9 Netball v Orwell Park (Home) Start at 2.30pm Finish at 4.30pm Thursday 2nd October 2014 U14 Rugby v Thetford (Home) Start at 3.30pm Finish at 4.30pm U14 Hockey v Thetford (Home) Start at 3.30pm Finish at 4.30pm Sunday 5th October 2014 U12 Rugby Tournament @ Finborough Meet at 9.15am Start at 10.00am Finish at 2.00pm