Headmaster's December Newsletter

Christmas Lunch 2015

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To download your own copy of Mr Miller's Christmas Cryptic Crossword click here.

(Remember: There will be prizes for all Brambletye families who complete a copy of the crossword and hand it in to Mr Miller in the first week of the Spring Term.)

Equestrian Regional Championships

On Saturday at the National Schools Equestrian Association Grass Roots Regional Championships, the Brambletye Teams did really well. 

Lolly, Farley and Jett came 5th in the 40cm class, competing against 16 other teams, with Farley placed 7th individually. All jumped lovely clear rounds, sadly we were missing Josh and Christopher who had both also qualified for today.

In the 50cm Farley, Lolly, Annabelle and Baillie (who has left Brambletye but qualified in our team last school year) came 8th. Competing against 19 other school and Baillie came 5th individually.

In the 60cm, we had Jett, Annabelle, Lolly and Baillie, but no placings at this height. It was a  difficult course to remember and some jumps significantly seemed to be higher than stated.

Everyone did brilliantly well, pushed their boundaries and showed great team spirit. A huge thank you to the parents who organised transport and gave their excellent support at this event.

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Remembrance 2015

At 11 o'clock precisely, the whole school community gathered for our Act of Remembrance.

House Shout 2015

On the last day before the half-term break, the whole school went into the theatre for the Music Competition and the House Shout. As ever, the competition produced some excellent, musical performances on a variety of musical instruments. The House Shout is an inter-house choral competition in which every child must take part.

Thank you so much to Mrs Anson for stepping in as judge.

Results:

The winners of each of the soloist categories were ...

• Junior Soloist:
• Beatrice H. (Y4) playing the 'William Tell Overture' on the violin
• Edward T. (Y4) playing 'Love Changes Everything' on the baritone
• Middle Soloist:
• Christopher C. (Y5) singing 'Tears in Heaven'
• Senior Soloist:
• Kit C. (Y8) singing 'Be Our Guest'

Nelson's Winning Performance

House Shout:

1. Nelson
2. Drake
3. Marlborough
4. Wellington

To see the videos of all of the House Shout performances,
visit our Vimeo page or visit our Facebook page.

Holland Sports and Art Tour 2015

During the first five days of the half-term break, 28 Brambletye pupils went to Rotterdam for a sports and art tour.

 

The boys' cheer-leading team

The boys trained with Feyenoord Football School coaches, including former 1st Team and International players.

They played four matches of which they won 2.

The girls trained at HC Rotterdam with club coaches and 1st team players.

They played two matches, lost 1 drew 1 (but if you break it down into halves: won 2; lost 2)

We visited art galleries.

We watched Feyenoord play against AZ Alkmaar along with 50,000 other fans ...

... and toured their stadium.

We also went shopping!

To find out more read our tour blog.

To see more pictures visit our Facebook Page.

Y7 Charity Tea Party

A huge congratulations for the Y7 pupils who organised a tea party during the half term break in Hartfield Village Hall to raise funds for our School Charity, The Halow Project. They raised nearly £400.

Not only were there cakes ... 

... but there was nail painting and hair plaiting.

A huge thank you to the magic mummys that made it all possible.

Belles show their class

The Brambletye Belles, a team made up of Old Brambletyeans challenged our 1st Team girls to an indoor hockey match in the Sports Hall last night.

The match was very competitive and some of the best hockey seen all season. The Belles started brightly with two quick goals, but the 1sts pegged them back so that it was honours even at half time. The second half was equally exciting but the Belles experience and power showed and they came out eventual winners 6:3.

After the traditional three cheers, the girls settled down to a match tea and a post match discussion on all manner of subjects.

A rematch is being planned ...

Delighted to Welcome Mr & Mrs Fowler-Watt back

Mr. and Mrs. Brooks welcomed back Mr. and Mrs. Fowler-Watt to Brambletye for lunch. Mr Donald Fowler-Watt was headmaster from 1969-1997. During this time the Swimming Pool, the Squash Courts, the Nevill Field, a new Science Laboratory, the Art and DT rooms and the Library were all built.

Some of the current staff were at Brambletye during the Fowler-Watt era.

Hockey Training at EGHC

This afternoon our Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 girls all travelled to East Grinstead Hockey Club for a training session.  We trained with Phil Coote (Assistant Manager for the Men's 1st Team) and Heather Batten (Ladies 1st Team player).

After a warm up ...

... we did learned some new passing and 3D skills...

  ... before applying what we had learned to a game.

A huge thank you to EGHC, Heather and Phil for looking after us. The girls learned so much and it was really good fun. For their positive attitude and brilliant listening, these girls have all been nominated for team of the week by all of the coaches!

See our Facebook page for more photos ...

In Pictures: Hockey Training at EGHC
Posted by Brambletye on Friday, 16 October 2015

New Pupil in 6S is the Headmaster

To better understand how the school day works and what life is like for a Brambletye Pupil, our Headmaster, Mr Brooks spent the whole day with 6S. He went to every lesson, even games and thoroughly enjoyed his day.

6S and Mr Brooks acquiring DT skills with Mr Holden

Prefects' Breakfast

This morning Mr and Mrs Brooks invited the School Prefects down to their house for breakfast: yoghurt and berries, scrambled eggs, bacon, smoked salmon, a croissant and a bit of conversation first thing in the morning made for an excellent start to the day.

Y5 Go in to Battle

Yesterday Year 5 went to the town of Battle in Kent to learn about what really happened in the Battle of Hastings and to re-enact the events on what we think is the original battlefield.

Standing where the Saxons stood 949 years ago.

The Saxon Shield Wall preparing themselves for the onslaught

Norman Archers start the first attack ...

... followed by the Cavalry charge

Looking at William's Legacy in the Abbey ...

Imagining ourselves as Monks

The alleged site of Harold's demise

Bandits at 7 O'Clock!

 

The Bandits and the Brambletye 1st VIII

A fantastic match on Monday evening saw the Bandits (a mixed team of Brambletye Parents, Governors & Staff) scrape a narrow win over the Brambletye 1^st VIII. 

Marnie, Henry and Freddie all had close matches against their fathers whilst the Bandits were strengthened with the addition of The Headmaster to their ranks.

A superb evening was had by all, and the children are keen to train hard in preparation for the return fixture next term. 

CEKR

Brambletye Pupils meet SA World Cup Players

A select group of senior boys were lucky enough to be invited to watch the South African world cup squad train at their base at Eastbourne College. 

Just one week before the Rugby World Cup began the boys were lucky enough to watch a scrummaging session with the forwards and a display on tackling and 'jackaling'! 

After this the players moved around all the visitors and the boys got to meet and talk to all the squad with a lot of eager autograph hunting.