Team GB Call for Hannah
Hannah Claiming the U14 National Title. Photo Credit: 1st Class Image A Cundall Manor School pupil is set to compete for Great Britain at the Pony European Championships later this Summer. Hannah Barker, aged 13, has been selected to ride for Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team LeMieux in the Pony European Championships. The competition takes place between the 7th – 12th August 2018 at Bishop Burton College where Hannah will compete with Ammanvalley Santino, a 14 year-old dark bay gelding owned by Lynn Barker. As one of the top riders in her class, Hannah is looking to build on a strong start to the season having recently represented Great Britain and secured a podium place after finishing joint second in their Nations Cup at the Sportridingclub Lamprechtshausen in Austria. Hannah and her team will be looking to go one better and secure the top-step of the podium following solid performances that saw Team GB share the spoils with The Netherlands after both sides finished on 8 penalties behind the Italian team who took the win with 4 penalties. Hannah took the role of anchor rider and she rode Cartouche II, a 15 year-old bay gelding owned by Ian Barker. Showing great maturity under pressure, Hannah belied her age and produced two superb clear rounds to ensure that she carried no penalties forward to the final result. She was one of only four riders to deliver a double clear. Last year was a remarkable year for the North Yorkshire youngster who claimed a Bronze medal as part of the Children on Horses Team in Belgium and secured the prestigious National U14 title at British Showjumping National Championships. Head of Forms 5 and 6 at Cundall Manor School, Louise Bessey said: “We are really proud of Hannah’s achievements to date. She is so committed to all her sport and this is a further opportunity for her to shine on the international stage.” “We will all be supporting her and we know that she will give it her all.” For further information on the show and full results once the show is underway, visit www.bishopburtonponyeuros2018.co.uk. To find out more about life at Cundall Manor School, watch our latest video: We Are Cundall
Speech Day Celebrations
Speech Day proved to be another wonderful celebration of all things Cundall. The Head Boys and Head Girls delivered some superbly powerful, funny and inspirational speeches to a proud audience of parents and pupils on a glorious June Saturday morning. The day culminated in a well-deserved prize giving that saw pupils from across the school receive a number of awards for their hard work and notable achievements throughout the year. Jonty Warneken was our special guest speaker and delivered a talk to an audience of nearly 1000 parents and pupils about the benefits of being a resilient character and focussing on your goals. Chair of Governors, Sir Thomas Ingilby, rounded up what has been another fantastic year for the school and told parents to expect more of the same next year and thanked the Cundall community for all their support throughout the year. Visit the official Cundall Manor School Facebook page to see more photos of the day: Facebook.com/CundallManor
Sports Day ’18
Another fantastic Sports Day this year with so many smiling faces competing hard for their houses. Thank you to everyone who came along to make it such a wonderful event and congratulations to Tudors who claimed the House Shield. Visit our Facebook page to view the full album byclicking here.
The Cundall Ball Launches Live Auction
We are very proud to launch our Cundall Ball Online Live Auction. Simply find one of the amazing lots that you would like to bid on, follow the link and enter your bid. Keep an eye on your prefered lot as we will be updating with the leading bid every evening. Thank you to all our fabulous sponsors for your support. Please follow the link to start your bidding and good luck. https://www.cundallmanorschool.com/cundall-ball-2018-live-auction/
Go-Kart Race 2018
A race like no other… The uniquely Cundall Go-Kart Race returned with 34 participants showcasing some wonderful designs. Unfortunately, there can be only one winner and congratulations to Hugo and Henry who secured the top place on the podium with a wonderful time of 9.75secs. Well done to everyone. Visit the school Facebook page to see all our photos: https://www.facebook.com/pg/CundallManor/photos/?tab=album&album_id=859365130914465
Cundall Claim Rounders Title
TEN teams from across Yorkshire and beyond competed for the annual U11 Cundall Manor Invitational Rounders Tournament with the host team claiming victory in a tense game against a strong St Olave’s from York. The annual competition saw teams from across Yorkshire including Leeds, Stockton, York, and Doncaster compete for the coveted shield. Nearly 100 youngsters competed across a full afternoon of Rounders with competitive performances from all teams. Head of Girls Games at Cundall Manor School, Louise Bessey organised the event. She said: “We were delighted to welcome so many pupils from across our region to Cundall. Fun events like this really encourage our pupils to develop a lasting love of the game and test out their skills against some strong teams.” With 20 pool matches on show, a supportive crowd of parents saw Cundall Manor and St Olave’s make it to the final with Cundall Manor claiming top spot after a tough final. Cundall showed superb fielding and concise batting to finally defeat St Olave’s by 10 – 6 1/2. Mrs Bessey added: “The girls performed really well and it was wonderful to see them playing with a smile on their faces.” “Thank you to everyone who participated and well done to all the pupils who competed at such a high level throughout.” To find out more about rounders or how you can find a club near you, visit Rounders England online athttp://www.roundersengland.co.uk/
New Entrance Area and Front Office Announced
We are very pleased to announce that we have been successful in our application for planning permission to build a new entrance area and Front Office in Upper School. This is the latest stage in the school’s exciting development. As you may be aware, the school has been working with George F. White and identified securing the site and introducing a new entrance area as the next stage of development as the school looks to upgrade its facilities and provide the best start for our children. We recently applied to Harrogate Borough Council in order to build a single storey extension to the Upper School, with the ability to accommodate a new point of contact for all visitors, parents, pupils and staff. This will ensure that we are in the best possible position to secure our site for future developments.
Form 2 visit Apple Centre
Lots of excited children climbed onto the coach on Wednesday morning ready for their trip to the Apple Centre in Leeds. When we arrived we walked to the store. As we were a little early, we were able to look around the store at all the amazing things they make. We were given cool yellow Apple T-Shirts to wear to show that we were taking part in a workshop. Our first activity was to use iPads to make a code to steer a member of one group around a table and at each corner they had to do a challenge, like 10-star jumps. Next, we went to a sphero app on the iPads and we were given sphero robots. We had to code them through a tricky maze. We were all awarded certificates at the end, and the group that completed 2 mazes the fastest (Joseph, Austen and I) were given an Apple badge each. We all had a fantastic morning, having great fun and learning lots about coding robots. Thank you Mrs Verity, Mr Denmark and Mrs G-T for taking us.
Row4Victory House Row-athon
It was a pleasure to welcome Row4Victory to Cundall on Monday as part of the house Row- athon. The four-man crew will attempt to row the Atlantic this December and passed on some of their wisdom to our eager oarsmen. Well done to Tudors who claimed the victory Oar. Watch the video of our Row-athon with Row4Victory Find out more about the epic challenge awaiting the Row4Victory crew at: https://www.row4victory.com/
The Willd Wood Sparks Creative Writing
Pupils from Form 6 have been exploring the Wild Wood as part of their English lesson this morning. They were asked to use their senses to inform an imaginative piece of creative and descriptive writing. The glorious sunshine and the wonderful environment provided our pupils with all the inspiration needed for their work. We can’t wait to hear your stories.