Shrove Tuesday celebrations
Whilst the Early Years celebrate Pancake Day… The children of Reception and Nursery took part in a pancake relay! The Reception children competed to earn points for their house, and it was a very close contest! Normans got off to a great start on the first run, with George Hill taking an early lead. Tom Moody put the Stuarts out in front with a fine second run. Tudors fought back in the 3rd, with a fantastic effort from Austen Clarke. However, the Stuarts proved difficult to beat and, despite a late surge by Emilia Sample for the Saxons, the Stuarts were crowned Pancake Relay Champions! Well done to Tom Moody, Jack Potter, Harry Baxter and Alfred Abbey! …Leckby celebrate Crepe Tuesday Mme Cooke’s Leckby French pupils from Leckby celebrated pancake day French-style. In the new kitchen, they learnt the names of the ingredients and followed the recipe in French. The highlight of the afternoon was obviously eating the very tasty ‘crepes’. Nutella (a French favourite) was generously generously spread over them and pupils commented: “C’est délicieux!”. All pupils involved had a fantastic time and would like to thank the Friends of Cundall for allowing us to have such a fantastic resource as the new kitchen.
World Book Day
Last Thursday was a colourful day. Pupils from Pre-Prep all the way up to Thornton dressed up in costumes reflecting their favourite literary characters in a mass celebration of World Book Day. At the top end of Upper School, the theme appeared to be ‘Fairy Tales’ and girls and boys alike entered into the spirit of the theme with gusto. It was an extraordinary sight seeing Mr Sample teaching in full costume (Long John Silver?) and Mrs Ballantyne (Miss Haversham) and the rest of the English department leading by example. In Main School, the costumes were as varied as they were plentiful, with some amazingly colourful and inventive creations on view. In Pre-Prep, the theme was ‘Where’s Wally?’ and it was lovely to see all the children in their costumes. After a competition to design a new outfit for Wally, the winners were Joely Kay, Xenia Nettleton and Imogen Newbould, well done girls!
Harrogate Festival of Speech and Drama
Congratulations to all the students who took part in The Harrogate Festival of Speech and Drama last weekend. The competition was stiff, with Cundall competing against some very experienced and skilled performers from specialised drama schools and other establishments from all over the north of England. Henry Calvert wowed the judge with his confident and humorous performance from the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe and received a distinction, closely followed by Ben Early, who achieved a commendation for his well-pitched portrayal of the Pied Piper. Francesca Banks also excelled, achieving a distinction for her reading and poem and Niamh Wilson and Niamh Watkins performed brilliantly, both receiving a commendation. Just as we thought Cundall had peaked, Alannah Creed triumphed in her reading class, winning first place and a trophy, and Jake Telfer followed up his success last year by winning distinctions in all three of his classes. Laura Aspinall bravely went solo and was commended for playing the role of Martha from The Secret Garden and not to be out done, Charlotte Hoggan and Cordelia Longstaff also did well, achieving a commendation from the judge. Finally, Quentin England and Shanna Majewski rounded off a very successful weekend with their very enjoyable (and unusual) piece called Skungpoomery by Ken Campbell. Many thanks to parents and pupils for giving up your weekend and thank you also to Mrs Fearn for producing such well- prepared performers and entertaining drama.
Leckby Business trip to Rudding Park
Once again the Leckby pupils were entertained royally at Rudding Park, enjoying scallops with cauliflower puree as part of the experience. The pupils were particularly taken with the Private Cinema and the Presidential Suite with its bullet proof doors and bomb proof bathroom! Many thanks to Mr Peter Banks for hosting such an insightful and enjoyable day.
Marvellous Menus!
We certainly have some budding chefs in our midst, judging by the quality of the entrants into the recent ‘Design a Menu’ competition. Following last Friday’s hugely popular American themed lunch, this week the Kitchen Staff are rustling up a Yorkshire Day themed menu. (See following pages) Bon appetite!