Yarm Preparatory School Issue 546

Friday 29th September

Head’s Message . . . Welcome to this week’s edition of the Phoenix Flier which gives you a brief snapshot of Prep School life. Last Saturday it was tremendous to see so many pupils involved in the array of activities that were taking place during our Open Morning. As always our pupils were great ambassadors for the school and helped prospective families understand a little more about what makes the school tick and the experiences and opportunities the school affords. I am always so proud to see how many pupils want to come and make these events memorable. During the morning we had a huge number of positive comments about our pupils’ manners and enthusiasm for life at Yarm Prep - they really do embrace the opportunity to celebrate our school. It was tremendous to see Year 3 have their first competitive fixtures last week against Barnard Castle School and enjoy the thrill of representing the school on the sporting stage. These fixtures are more about the experience than the result and it was excellent to meet smiling faces and hear the tales of glory from the pupils I was able to speak to. Competition is an important part of school life and learning to embrace the challenges and opportunities it presents really benefits our pupils, whether on the sports field or in the classroom. I am pleased to see there are many more fixtures this term and I look forward to seeing our pupils represent the school and playing in their respective teams.

Head’s Challenge: They play five games and each man wins three. How is his possible?

Bill Sawyer

@HeadPrepYarm

Visit the Prep School Pages:-

www.yarmschool.org

Lost Property

Please can we all check bags, lockers and at

home for any lost property. The following

are currently missing:-

George Whaite, Year 3—Blazer

Tilly Pallent-Home, Year 4—Blazer

Jake Leader, Year 5—Blazer

Jamie Elsworth, Year 5—Blazer

Matthew Leggett, Year 5— Grey Shorts

Matthew Parker, Year 6—Red School

Jumper

Anoushka Paul, Year 6—White PE top, Blue

Games top and skirt, Blue Tracksuit top.

Alexander Carter, Year 5—Blue Games

Shorts

Thank you, as always for your help in this

regard.

Congratulations to Diego Garcia, 6P

on being signed to play for

Middlesbrough Football Club.

Well Done Diego!

Welcome to Year 5!

5B have been thinking about our new school values and wrote a whole class poem on being resourceful!

R eady to learn,

E veryone working as a team

S olving problems as we go

O pen minds lead to curiosity

U nified as one big team

R esponsibility is key

C ollaborating together

E mbracing failure F inishing together

U ndefeated by the challenges we are faced with

L earning from our mistakes

In History this term Year 5 have loved learning about The Stone Age.

They have studied what life was like and explored the archaeological

dig Skara Brae, through an interactive programme, as it is in the Orkney

Islands.

Whilst thinking about life in the Stone Age, the children wrote a diary

extract as if they were a Stone Age child. Here are some of them:

After breakfast we were carving the knives and spears so they could cut

through the skin in a single touch… Henri M

Today mum woke me by noisily striking the flints to try and light the

fire… Poppy B

Ug limped off and went outside his animal skin wig wam and sat slowly

onto a carved wooden chair with bison lining… Evie S

Mum and I chatted for a while about the killing of deer to eat and then

we drew a picture on the wall of our cave, Cameron M

Today was another long day. I was one place after another and I have not stopped all day! Gabe D

The men were already out hunting and mum was drying meat to cook. She was waiting for me to return with the wood for the fire. I

was very tired. Isabella J

After I had made weapons it was only midday so I did a bit of pottery with my mum. Poppy F

The weather today is so cold my dad and I decided to go and hunt for a woolly mammoth as we needed more warm clothes for the

family. Ben M

When I woke my father was collecting berries and my mother and sister were cleaning the deer we had viciously killed last night.

Ayan T

On the way home a bear attacked me, I shot it with my bow and arrow and it ran away unharmed but I had an injury to my leg…

Millie C

I helped dad to skin the deer to dry out and make it into clothes… Phoebe N

..it was really weird in the village because everyone was wearing only pants.. Hassan R

After we have dried the reindeer skin we start to pierce the skin so we can sew it together to make a shelter for our family… Sam A

..I only saw it when it growled, eager to kill, and I got my knife out quickly, and realised it was blunt. What was I to do? Finley C

The rain had stopped. I remade the fire and my brother went fishing with my sister. Pixie P

GARY NORTHFIELD AUTHOR VISIT

Friday 13th October

Gary Northfield, author of the Julius Zebra collection of

books, will be coming to the Princess Alexandra Auditorium

on Friday 13th October. Years 3 and 4 will be attending the

event, where Gary will be sharing stories about his life,

experiences and tips on how to be an author and illustrator.

It promises to be an exciting and fun morning!

Year 3/4 children can also purchase copies of the Julius

Zebra books on the day, with copies on sale for £5 or £7

each. Details will have been sent out in a letter from Mrs Mavin. If you would like your child to purchase a book, please

can we ask for the money in a named envelope. These are to be given to the form teacher on the day of the visit.

Welcome to Year 5!

This week in 5P we have started to explore the classic children's book Stig of the Dump by Clive King. We drew our own images of the setting, using the fantastic de-scriptive language in chapter 1. 5P have also prepared some inter-esting questions to ask the main characters Barney and Stig, as we will 'hot seat' them during Friday's lesson. We are gripped by the book already and can't wait to find out what adventures the two boys are going to have!

In 5L we have been investigating the different properties of materials and which are insulators and conductors. The learning this week has focused on thermal conductors and insulators. Following an investigation into different containers and which is the best thermal insulator, we are now planning and carrying out our own investigations to find out the most suitable material for the inner lining of a lunch box. Having chosen a variety of materials (to include bubble wrap, fabric and foil) we are ready to make predictions, collect results and draw conclusions. Whose prediction will prove correct?

Year 6 Science and Geography Trip to Robin Hoods Bay

The seashore is the narrow band between the low tide and high tide on the beach.

Ava Y, 6G

The first zone of the seashore is the splash or spray zone. This zone is above the high-water level of the highest tides. It is occasionally drenched by spray. Only plants and ani-mals that are adapted to salty conditions live here. On a rocky shoreline, the lower limit of the splash zone is usual-ly marked by barnacles.

Kyra H, 6G

The things that make the seashore so harsh to live in are that the tide comes in and out two times a day, the animals and plants also have to cope with the force of the waves, massive storms, changes in temperature, saltiness, being wet and dry and of course preda-tors, including humans.

Ben D, 6G

Walking towards the sea, everyone couldn’t wait to find a creature. Like a hawk, everyone scanned the area for creatures. Underneath the rock, we found a velvet crab. Quickly, the velvet crab sprung into action and fought with great strength. Meanwhile, Harry caught a black lobster in one of the rock pools. Filled with happiness, Mr Grundmann sent us on one last mission to collect different types of seaweed. ‘Come back!” instructed Mr Grundmann, the tide is coming in, we have to go!”

Matthew P, 6M

The best things that I learnt was that contraband used to be smuggled into Robin Hoods Bay and also that the 192 mile world fa-mous ‘Coast to Coast’ walk ends in this town.

Harriet J, 6P

I really enjoyed going to Bog-gle Hole and finding lots of wildlife. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to go back again that Sunday with my friends!

William L, 6P

The middle zone is called the intertidal zone, between the tides of seawater which comes in and out two times a day. Here one can find rock pools where animals and plants live. The third zone is the sub tidal zone stretching from the kelp fringe to the permanent shallows.

Annabel P, 6G

Striding towards the pits of slimy seaweed, I couldn’t wait to explore! Like a cheetah, we raced around scavenging for crabs and butterfish. On top of the sharp, interesting rock pools we stared in amazement at all the life that could be stored in a puddle of water! Carefully we tiptoed over to Mr Grundmann, with plastic tubs full of crabs and seaweed and fossils! Although the weather wasn’t perfect, we carried on with our rock pool dipping. Exhausted from all our fun, we went to a sweet shop to reward ourselves for finding so many creatures. ‘Get on the bus everyone!” requested Mr Grundmann, “or we will be late back to school!”

Florrie T, 6M

Going to Boggle Hole was an amazing experience. I learnt a lot more about coastal erosion during the day which was our main goal. We also went to the shore to find many water creatures including crabs. Seeing the crabs fighting was a terrifying experience.

Yusuf S, 6P

When the tide came in we explored the warren of houses that made up the village of Robin Hoods Bay.

Eleanor L, 6P

Year 6 Science and Geography Trip to Robin Hoods Bay

On Monday the U8 and U9 boys welcomed Barnard Cas-tle School to a wet Green Lane, where they put on a show of exciting rugby that was a joy to watch.

I enjoyed rugby and the matches were fun. I am looking for-ward to the next game.

Oliver D 3P

The game was really good and I had so much fun

Myles 3P

I was scared at the start but by the end I got the hang of it and enjoyed the game.

Zaid K 3P

I enjoyed the fixture with Barnard Castle on Monday, because we worked hard and played as a team.

Oliver M 4P

I had a brilliant time at the fixture and it was so much fun, I had the time of my life.

Theo P 4P

I enjoyed my first contact game of rugby, it was really fun and I had the chance to improve my tackling.

Oliver B 4M

At first I felt quite scared, but when I got on the pitch I felt a lot happier. I made lots of tackles and the team scored lots of tries.

Myles WJ 4M

On Monday I really enjoyed the fixture and I was really pleased with our performance.

Sam S 4A

Yarm School Sport On Friday 22nd September the U11A Hockey

team played Ashville and Barnard Castle. Our

amazing captain was Charlotte Howden. We

got amazing scores but the other teams played

extremely well. The Ashville score was 2-0 to

Yarm and the Barnard Castle score was 4-0 to

Yarm. If I had to choose a player of the match

it would be Annabel Lacy for scoring lots of

goals and Kyra for excellent goal keeping.

On Friday 22nd September the U10A team played hockey

against Barnard Castle and Ashville School. In the first game

Hannah Muzawazi scored a goal by chipping the ball into the

corner. In the second game Alice slammed the ball in the goal

twice. In the second half I smashed the ball in the goal. At

the end of the match we all played super well and we did

some great defending and attacking. Everybody played ex-

tremely well.

Grace C, 5B

On Friday 22nd September 2017 we went to

Ashville to play a hockey fixture. Our team (B

Team) showed great courage and team work

throughout our matches. The scores were 2-1

to Yarm against Ashville and 0-5 to us against

Barnard Castle. My team and I really enjoyed

this fixture. Before we played, we were a bit

nervous but as soon as we stepped on the pitch

we were full of excitement. Every single one of

our players deserved player of the match but I

think Izzy stood out most because of her

fantastic strong tackles and ability to spread

out.

On Friday 22nd September the

U11C team went to Ashville to play

a hockey fixture. My team really

enjoyed it and everyone played ex-

cellently as a team and we ended

up with brilliant scores. The whole

thing was super. Yarm beat Ashville

5-0.

Next Week:

Coming Up:

Peer Mentor of the Week—Annabel Name: Annabel L.

Friends: Tilly, Eve H., Scarlett, Elise, Nora, Eva

Favourite lesson: Maths

Favourite chocolate bar: Twirl

Favourite cheese: Cheddar

Best thing about school: Cross-country club with Mr Sawyer and Mr Preece

When I grow up… I want to be a judge in a law court.

The most exciting thing that has happened in my life so far: Going to the Amazon rainforest last summer.

Congratulations to Annabel, who is our second Peer Mentor of the Week of the year! She has been instrumental in discussing some playtime games and problems with some of the younger children.

Awards Assembly:

Values Endeavour

3J Sam L. Laurie E.

3N Mattia L. Adam P.

3P Sophie P. Oliver D.

4A Siri P. Henry B.

4M Hajra S. Tanveer T.

4P Shlok A. Danny D.

5B Matthew L. Rose T.

5J Cameron M. Lola V.

5L Cameron C. Alice W.

5P Chloe P. Olivia M.

6G Ophelia A. Scarlett S.

6H Joshita M. Harry J.

6M Lexie T. Akash C.

6P Grace H. Adam A.

Head Teacher Awards: Amelie S., Sam S.,

Niamh B. (2), James G. (2), Ameen K., Henry P.

Question of the Week:

Is it OK to get something wrong?

“I think it is OK because you learn from your mistakes.” Jude, 4A

“Yes it is OK because if we didn’t get things wrong, we wouldn’t learn.” Nora, 6H

“Yes it is OK.” Charlie, 6M

Mon 2 Year 6 French Trip departs

Arkwright House Duty

Tue 3 Year 3 walk to Yarm

Year 4/5 Spelling Carousel

Thu 5 YPSSC meeting (4pm; 5P)

U8/9 Rugby v Cundall Manor (away; 2.30pm depart, 3.15pm start, 5pm return)

U9 A/B Girls’ Hockey v Bow (away; 1pm depart, 2pm start, 5.30pm return) Note time changes

Fri 6 Year 6 French Trip returns

Mon 9 Brunel House Duty

Tue 10 Dr Matt Science Show (Auditorium; 11am-12noon)

Wed 11 HMC Girls’ Hockey and Rugby (GSAL; 8.45am depart, 4pm return)

Year 3 trip to Centre for Life, Newcastle

Thu 12 EYFS Harvest assembly

Pre-Prep Halloween Parties (4.30-6pm)

Yarm U9 Rugby Festival (Green Lane; 1-4pm; A & B teams)

Fri 13 Half-term begins (after school)

Prep Harvest assembly

IAPS Girls’ Hockey (Repton; 7am depart, 7pm return)

U9/10 Bradford Grammar Rugby & High5 Festival (11am depart, 1pm start, 5.45pm return)

Gary Northfield—Author visit (Years 3/4; Auditorium; 10-11am)