Pre-Prep Wreath Making
The Pre-Prep children had great fun choosing baubles, pine cones, red berries, dried oranges, ribbon, cinnamon sticks, bells, Christmas angels and snowmen when making their Christmas Wreaths in Gardening Club.
Boarders’ Christmas trip
The Boarding House celebrated the end of term this weekend with a trip to the Winter Wonderland at York. After a successful shopping trip the Boarders took to the ice, exhibiting a few priceless moments as they struggled to stay upright on the ice! This was followed by a welcome hot chocolate and a snack and rounded off with a few rides on the fun fair. Mr Coates and Mrs Conway would like to wish all of the Boarders and their families a very happy Christmas and look forward to welcoming them back in the New Year.
Chamber Choir sing with Easingwold Singers
Last Saturday the Chamber Choir joined local choral society the Easingwold Singers for a festive concert of seasonal music in Easingwold Methodist Church. It was a great opportunity for the chamber choir to practise singing with an adult choir ahead of the carol service on Monday evening, and the Easingwold Singers were very impressed by the high standard of their singing. Special mention must go to Francesca Banks and Sarah Sullivan, who performed their solos beautifully. Some of the choir were even lucky enough to win some chocolate in the Christmas raffle!
Carol Service Ripon Cathedral
On Monday evening, the whole school came together with family and friends at Ripon Cathedral for the annual service of carols and readings. This is always a very special occasion, made more so this year by the superb singing of the Chamber Choir and wonderful performances by Francesca Banks, whose solo of Once in Royal David’s City filled the cathedral; Sarah Sullivan for an assured duet with singing teacher Paula Dunford, and Alannah Creed, soloist in the choir’s rendition of ‘Torches’. Thank you also to all parents and staff who sang alongside the Chamber Choir; the sound really was magnificent.
Christmas lunch
Thank you to Sylvia, April and all of the Catering Staff for once again treating us to the most spectacular Christmas lunch at the end of last term. The team do a phenomenal job providing a full, varied and healthy menu every day of the school term, and their Christmas offering always surpasses expectation.
Waterbabies Christmas Coffee Morning
We were delighted to host the inaugural Waterbabies Coffee Morning at Cundall recently. Waterbabies use our pool for their parent and toddler swimming lessons and it was lovely to be able to welcome them into the warmth of the library to enjoy Christmassy refreshments and entertainment after their pool session. Our Pre-Prep House Captains were brilliant waiters and waitresses, Mr Bayne delighted the children with his Father Christmas balloon models and our Junior Choir’s festive performance wowed all our guests.
Cundall Clay Shoot
It was a chilly but beautifully clear day that greeted the guns and guests at the Cundall Clay Shoot last Sunday. Hosted by Mr and Mrs Bell (parents of former pupils Chloe and Toby) at Breckenbrough, the shoot attracted teams and individual shooters from all over the county. With U16 and U18 team classes (for both schools and other groups) as well as individual classes, competition across the five stands was fierce. The day also offered a wonderful opportunity for novice shooters to receive expert caching from BASC coaches as well. And no doubt everyone relished the wonderfully warming stew laid on by Mr and Mrs Bell and their team at the end of a successful, albeit chilly day! All the proceeds from the Clay Shoot go towards the Upper School Summer Expedition, this year to Canada, so a huge thank you to everyone who supported the event. Thank you too, to Mr and Mrs Bell for organising and hosting the event, and to Kevin and Mandy Tonks for offering the coaching services throughout the day. The winners in the various classes are as follows: Best U16 Team Pocklington School Edward Wraith, Jack Nutt, Jimmy Wraith, Ashley Johnson Best U18 Team Ampleforth Harry Huddleston, Jack Ogden , Roddy Saxby ,Seth Smith Best Open shot team Hunting Crew M Parker, G Cribbs Steve Tate, Kevin Handley Best U16 Individual Jimmy Wraith Best U18 Individual Harry Huddleston 1st Open Individual Kevin Handley Best Lady M Parker Best Cundall Junior Sam Bentley 2nd Cundall Junior Luke Bourne-Arton Best Cundall Father Simon Young 2nd Cundall Father Jonathan Turner
Classics Bake Off
Inspired by the popular TV Show, Mrs Richardson and her Form 6 Classics class organised their own pre-Christmas Bake-Off with a very unique twist: A Classics Cake-Off! Not only did the pupils devise the format of the competition, they designed posters and chose a charity to whom the proceeds would go. On the last Tuesday of term, the freshly baked and magnificently decorated cake creations were assembled ready for judging by Mrs Kirby (as Head and Baker Extraordinaire) and Miss Stroud (as a Form 6 tutor). With two key criteria – taste and design – the overall winner was Henry Calvert with Medusa themed chocolate cake. His prize was a WHSmith voucher. Later in the day the pupils cut up the cakes and sold them off in the carpark outside Upper School and also at the school disco. Not only was the event highly enjoyable, it raised a superb £74.42 for Shelter. Well done and thank you to everyone who supported the event.
Early Years Visit to Stockeld Park
Wishing on magical golden coins, visiting Santa, taking a walk into the Enchanted Forest, meeting Russell the Talking Tree, hearing Rapunzel sing in her tower, walking over the Fairy Bridge, running away from Egor the Ogre, tackling the high ropes and having a snooze on the bus on the way home! The Early Years children packed so much into their wonderfully festive day at Stockeld Park.
Applied Maths comes to PP2
PP2 were busy last week applying everything they are learning in Maths to counting the term’s house points. They worked brilliantly in their houses to count the house points by first putting them into groups of 10 and then into groups of 100. There were lots of house points to count! Mrs Clarke will reveal the results and the winning Pre-Prep house at the end of term. Well done PP2, all that hard work in Maths lessons this term certainly paid off!