Eaton House Schools News

Eaton House The Manor Nursery Welcome Letter

January 13th, 2012

Dear Parents,

Welcome back, I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and here is to a happy and healthy 2012.

Miss Georgina has returned from her travels and is looking forward to getting to know her new class.

Miss Laura has a training placement until half term so Miss Emily will be with Miss Victoria in the Blue Room.

The children love inviting their mummies, daddies and other family members to read or help with cooking. Please feel free to continue to volunteer for these as it is such a special and important event for the children. Could you please come and see me beforehand as I am required to fill in a Volunteer Risk Assessment form, thank you for your help in this matter.

I have finally received the Pixy Treasure delivery. I am very sorry for the delay.

I would like to bring your attention to the date of our Parents Evening this term, which will be held on Thursday 15th March.

We will also be holding our very first Valentine Cake sale on Friday 10th February, we would greatly appreciate any cakes or biscuits for this occasion. If anyone would like to help, please let me know.

The nursery doors open at 8.40am. The morning session finishes at 12.00, the doors will be open at 11.50 to ease congestion. Children who stay for the afternoon can be collected at 3.30pm. If anyone other than you is collecting your child, or you drop off late or collect your child early please sign the registration book hanging on the classroom door. Please continue to sign in the daily sheets located by the entrance to your classroom.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to come and see me. I am based in the Green Room.

Kind regards,

Miss Roosha
Head of Nursery

Eaton House The manor Preparatory Welcome Letter

January 12th, 2012

Dear Parents,

I hope you have enjoyed the Christmas and New Year celebrations and feel refreshed and rested. Before looking ahead to the Spring Term, I will reflect for a moment on some of the school events that took place in the last few weeks of the Autumn Term.

Mind Over Manor Quiz
A splendid Mind Over Manor Quiz Competition came to a dramatic climax at the end of November, with Stirling defeating Balmoral in the final. Congratulations to the victorious Stirling team – Ben Walsh, Cameron Piedra, Harry Broad, Oliver Mawdsley and Harry Broad.

“Bugsy Malone” : Year 6 Play
On 29th November the Year 6 boys gave us a tremendous production of “Bugsy Malone”. Double-breasted suits and flouncy dresses were the order of the day and the boys clearly had enormous fun performing for us. It was a super team effort, but we congratulate Rory Muirhead, in particular, for his excellent portrayal of Bugsy. Many congratulations to Miss Allen for the wonderful back-drop and the director, Mr Rixham, for all his hard work with the boys. Bravo to all involved!

Music Concert
Our Christmas music concert took place on 8th December in the Theatre and there was a wonderfully diverse selection of pieces from the boys, with all age groups represented, and I know the boys loved playing to a full house! Thank you for your support and well done to all the performers.

Carol Service
The whole school attended our Carol Service at Holy Trinity Church on 14th December and it was a delightful occasion, with the Year Group choirs, the Chamber Choir, the Vocal Ensemble and all the readers performing brilliantly. Mrs Newbery, ably assisted by Mr Freer, deserves particular praise for her tremendous work in masterminding the concert and carol service.

Final Assembly
At Final Assembly on the last day of term prizes were awarded to the following boys :

Form Prize	Form	Effort Prize
Oscar Muirhead	4KF	George Balmer
Sebastian Clarke	4AW	John Aarons
Daniel Kaddaj	5NM	Alimorad Marandi
Oliver Gordon-Brown	5JL	James Lawrence
Gaspard Baroudel	6CL	Luke Player
Pierce Thomas	6FN	Sebastian Galica
Oliver Fox	7SA	Oliver Vincent
Philip Kaddaj	7KJ	Mikhail Fedotov
James Maidment	8FL	Toby Morrison
William Davis	8AW	D.V. Hickey

The following cups were awarded to pupils who made a positive contribution in all areas of school life last term:

Year 4 Industry Cup : Jasper Sodha
Year 5 Quaich : Henry Darell-Brown
Year 6 Discipilo Egregio : Jack Maidment
Year 7 Deputy Head’s Cup : Freddy Campbell-Gray
Year 8 Headmaster’s Cup : Jamie Allen

Choir Cup : Charlie Broad
Drama Cup (Year 6): Rory Muirhead
Good Show Cup : Alexander Spencer
Junior Footballer of the Year : Jude Russell
“Golden Boot” : Jack Hunter-Lees (15 goals)
Footballing Excellence Cup : James Sloan
Senior Footballer of the Year : Alexander Spencer
House Points Cup : Arundel

Many congratulations to all those listed above.

New Staff for 2012
We welcome this term the following new members of staff :
Mr Saddington (gap student), Mrs Mann (piano / theory teacher) and Miss Wyatt (violin teacher).

Year 8 Examinations in January
The examinations went very well at the end of November and, for the boys in Year 8 only, there are more practice CE papers to sit on Monday and Tuesday next week; the boys should already have brought home a timetable.

Spring Term Calendar
I hope your son has brought home the new Spring Term calendar and that he is excited by the many events planned for this term.

Competitions
Over the next five weeks the boys will be able to enjoy many competitions at lunchtime or after school, including Public Speaking, Baking, General Knowledge, Chess and Singing !

In this special Olympic year, I hope the boys have selected an inspiring sporting piece for the Public Speaking competition and that they have started to learn it off by heart. They will be asked to perform their piece to their classmates over the next few weeks, as the finals take place on 31st January (Years 4 – 6) and 7th February (Years 7 & 8).

Year 7 Trip to Flatford Mill
The Year 7 boys will be heading off to Flatford Mill (in Constable country) from Monday 27th February until Friday 2nd March. The boys will be able to combine their geographical explorations for their Common Entrance fieldwork with some sketching and painting during the week.

It promises to be an exciting start to the New Year! I hope the boys work hard and have a happy and successful term.

Yours sincerely,
Jeremy Edwards

Eaton House The manor Pre-Preparatory Welcome Letter

January 12th, 2012

Dear Parents,

Happy New Year! I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas holiday and that the boys have had a chance to re-charge their batteries ready for the term ahead. As usual we have much planned for the forthcoming term.

Staff
Miss Naomie, who is teaching French in the Pre-Prep while Miss Anouska has been on maternity leave, will be leaving us at half-term, as Miss Anouska is returning to work. We thank Miss Naomie for all the hard work and dedication she has displayed in the short time she has been with us. Apart from teaching stimulating French lessons, she has been a great asset to the school and has even got to grips with re-organising books in the library.

We welcome Nic Marot as our new GAP assistant. He is from Australia and will be working in the Pre-Prep for a whole year, which is wonderful.

Important Dates
You will see from the Spring Term Calendar that we have a stimulating and busy few weeks ahead of us. Please do check the dates carefully – particularly important ones to note are:

25th January – 8+ Examinations
27th January – Scholarship interviews and practicals
3rd February – Second Hand Uniform Sale at 8.30 am
13th – 17th February – half-term
27th February – Book week begins
29th February – Costume Day – boys to come to school dressed as a character from a book
15th March – Spring Fair
29th March – End of Term

You will also find a copy of the calendar and other useful information, such as this term’s lunch menus, on the website.

Advance Warning
This year Sports Day will be held on Wednesday, 4th July starting at 10.00 am, at the Battersea Millenium Stadium. Please note that there will be no afternoon school on this day.

If you have any queries or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.

With very best wishes to you all for the New Year and the term ahead!

Yours sincerely,

Mrs P T M Cawthorne
The Headmistress

Eaton House The Manor Girls’ Welcome Letter

January 12th, 2012

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to the Spring Term. I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas with your families.

Harrison’s Christmas Disco
Amongst the many Christmassy end of term activities the Girls’ School hosted its very first disco, and what a fun night was had by all. I am pleased to say that together with money from the Carol Service collection, we were able to send a cheque for £900 to Harrison’s Fund. Donations were also made to The Children’s Society and St Barnabas Church and a further £200.50 was raised for Harrison’s Fund through the purchase of Christmas Cards designed by the girls.

New Faces
We are delighted to welcome Laura Kaddaj into F2 this term. Laura joins us from Newton Prep and her brothers currently attend EMTM Prep.
We are also looking forward to meeting our new Gap Assistant, Shaugnah Ambrose, who will be joining us shortly.

Form Reps
The Form Rep System has been running for a year now and I would like to say a huge thank you to our very first reps for all their hard work – the Summer Drinks Party, Quiz Night and Disco were all a great success! For anyone interested in being a Form Rep for this calendar year please call or email me before Friday 20th January to register your interest and find out what is involved.

Term Dates
It may be a short term, but it is certainly a busy one! Please do peruse the Term dates carefully and if you have any queries please don’t hesitate to ask. Some key dates for your diary:
Whole School Inter House Cross Country: 10/2/12 at 2.00pm
The Senior Play – Alice in Wonderland: 16/3/12 at 6.00pm
Music Concert 27/3/12 at 9.15am

Senior Schools
I have begun the process of visiting Senior Schools in order to be able to offer advice to you regarding future schools and also to establish good relationships with the schools and heads. Please be aware that whilst the day schools do not tend to require early registration many of the boarding schools prefer it and it can be advantageous in terms of entry.

To date I have visited Cheltenham Ladies College, St. Mary’s Ascot, Heathfield, Alleyns, Francis Holland, More House, Queen Anne’s Caversham, Priorsfield and Putney Park. For your information I will be visiting the following schools this term:

16/1/12 – Wycombe Abbey
20/1/12 – Putney High School
24/1/12 – Downe House
27/1/12 – Wimbledon High School
3/2/12 – St. Mary’s Calne
7/2/12 – JAGS
9/2/12 – Benenden
13/3/12 – Roedean

Swimming
I am pleased to confirm that we will no longer be using the Latchmere Leisure Centre for our swimming lessons. The girls will now be taught at Clapham Leisure Centre’s new pool which has just opened. As well as being a little closer to the school allowing us to cut down on travel time, the pool is new, clean and has an adjustable floor for our younger girls. The Kindergartens will use the learner pool and all other year groups will use the main pool.

Lunch
We will continue to offer pasta as an alternative choice at lunchtime this term and new menus will be in place shortly. Parents of girls in KG, 1A and 1B should use the tick sheets outside classrooms to indicate which meal they would like their daughter to have. Girls in Forms 2 and above are expected to make their own choice, having discussed the menu at home with their parents first. We will encourage girls to have the main course where possible and to have vegetables/salad with their pasta.

Uniform
May I take this opportunity to remind you that all outerwear should be as listed on the school uniform list. Girls may wear a green duffle coat, bottle green gloves and the striped school scarf. All hair accessories should be red, green or tortoiseshell.

I look forward to another fun-filled and productive term. Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to pop in for a chat or call me. Alternatively you may email me at ssegrave@eatonhouseschools.com

With best wishes

Mrs Sarah Segrave
Headmistress