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Bramley School & Nursery
Leading the way in educating girls
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The Bramley Blog
Easter 2013 • Issue 11
It is very rewarding to see the success our
girls have when choosing their senior school.
We are delighted that yet again all the girls
have been accepted by the senior school of
their choice and yet again scholarships have
been awarded – congratulations to the girls,
their parents and their teachers.
See the Girls’ Successes Below:
Tara Baker: Woldingham - Drama
Scholarship
Georgia Clare: Nonsuch High School for
Girls, Rosebery School
Georgina Fogarty: Caterham School -
Half Term highlights ....
Academic Scholarship, Reigate Grammar -
Academic Scholarship
Amy Hardman: Rosebery School - Music
Scholarship, Woldingham, St John's School
Alice Heath: Sutton High, Rosebery School
Caitlin Ladell: Woldingham
Yzanne Pepper: St Andrew's, Wallington
High School for Girls
Olivia Raymond: Caterham - Academic
Scholarship, Woldingham
Sofia Simioni: Woldingham
Congratulations Girls!
The Open Morning we held in March was our
most popular event of this kind – we had
several visiting families who were all very
complimentary about the mornings activities
and our school with many registering their
daughters since then. We will have another
increase in pupil numbers from September
2013 serving to keep us all busy!! Little
Bramley registrations are particularly
pleasing.
Ms Paula Burgess
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Easter Craft
On Tuesday 19 March 2013, Girls in Year 1 and Year 2 enjoyed a day of Easter Craft. Girls were
busy making Easter Cards, special Easter bunnies with moving ears and Easter baskets which were
latterly filled with chocolate nests. The girls thoroughly enjoyed their day and look forward to
taking their goodies home.
Year 1 Visit to Kennedy’s Estate Agent
On Tuesday 26 February, Year 1 went on a visit to Kennedy’s Estate Agents in Walton on the
Hill to find out what Estate Agents do and what is involved with buying and selling houses.
The girls came back to Bramley and built their very own Estate Agents within the Year 1
classroom where many hours have been spent over the half term role-playing the positions of
estate agent and customer. This is all in line with their topic of houses and our homes.
Tops Soiree
Another outstanding performance from the girls took place on Wednesday 20 March and
was thoroughly enjoyed by the performers and the audience alike. Well done, Tops!
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Billy No Buzz!
Little Bramley and Reception Class delighted their friends and families with their interpretation of
the play: Billy No Buzz. Kate Morten sang her Billy No Buzz solo beautifully and Annalise Dixon
and Mabel Parnell sang their duet with confidence.
The girls remembered their lines and the actions to the songs.
This funny story with its catchy melodies has an important message for us all; we should accept
people just the way they are - something we strive to do at Bramley School everyday. So
remember…..it’s easy to be friends!!
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Instrumental Concert
The girls played and performed fantastically well at the Instrumental Concert and it was a
thoroughly enjoyable evening. Congratulations to all the girls and an enormous thank you to Mr
Morton and the Instrumental staff.
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French Fancies
In French this term Middles, Uppers and Tops have enjoyed giving and
listening to presentations in French.
Middles used town vocabulary they had learnt to create an imaginary town
presentation; Uppers completed French food presentations (with plenty of tasting
opportunities!) and Tops talked about their families.
All in all a very interesting set of presentations. Lowers have enjoyed learning
and using animal and food vocabulary in their lessons in a very practical way and
their confidence is growing. Well done to all the girls!
Strictly Science Exhibition Competition
Bramley girls entered the Strictly Science Exhibition Competition before Christmas.
The Bramley girls’ work has been selected to be displayed as part of the exhibition, the details
which are given below. The girls work will be exhibited in various forms so if you have a
chance during the holidays, please make time to visit.
10am - 6pm daily, 5 - 14 April 2013
Exhibition Road foyer of Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ
Please tell your colleagues and friends to come along and discover how 100 years of medical research
has changed all of our lives. The exhibition invites visitors to:
• Play with video game technology used by TODAY lab scientists to study the brain and
treat neurodegenerative disease
• Watch live demonstrations in the YESTERDAY lab of century-old experiments on war-
wounds, the nervous system and nutrition
• Experience a 3D sound sculpture exploring our hopes and fears for the future in the
TOMORROW lab and share your views
Science and Engineering Week
Girls in Lowers through to Tops designed bridges in science. Even though the bridges
were only made out of paper, pipe cleaners, spaghetti, masking tape and plastcine, some
bridges could hold more than 2kg of weight!
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Spring Term Sports Reports
House Cross Country Results 2013
This year girls in Years 1 and 2 ran 2 laps of the school field and Years 3-6 ran 8 laps!
Everyone was really determined to beat their trial running times and they nearly all did!!
The final results are as follows:
Years 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6 and the final results of Years 1-6:
1st CRISPIN (Trophy awarded in final assembly)
2 nd RUSSET
3rd PIPPIN
This year Mrs Baxter has awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd place certificates to the following
runners in each year:
1st 2nd 3rd
Year 1 Marigold Jones Georgie Hamilton Evelyn Nallen
Year 2 Annabelle Baxter Anya Hamilton Anna Morten
Year 3 Chloe Smith Madison Ladell Maya Cripps
Year 4 Anna Russell Scarlett Best Elisha Boateng
Year 5 Yzanne Pepper Bea Linke Antonella Romano
Year 6 Tara Baker Alice Heath Caitlin Ladell
Medals were awarded in final assembly to the top fastest runners in the school who were:
Gold Medal: Anna Russel (Year 4)
Silver Medal: Joint to Yzanne Pepper and Tara Baker (both Tops)
Bronze Medal: Eliana Boateng (Year 5)
Huge Congratulations to you all!
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Greenacre Cross Country Event – Thursday 7 March
26 Bramley girls from Years 2 to 6 inclusive were selected to run in the Cross Country
Competition against Oakhyrst Grange, Greenacre and Cumnor House. Unfortunately
three of our strong runners (Antonella Romano, Bea Linke and Annabelle Baxter) were
struck down with a virus and unable to participate. All the girls must be congratulated
on their solid running over the 1 km course, especially those who ran in much older age
groups (Chloe Smith, Maya Cripps, Maisie Williams, Molly Nunn, Madison Ladell,
Anya Hamilton, Juls Martin, Anna Morten and Maia Pendower).
A special mention must go to:
U11's:
Tara Baker - 2nd place and received a medal!
Yzanne Pepper - 4th place
U10's:
Eliana Boateng - 2nd place and received a medal!
Maisie Greener - 6th place
U9's:
Anna Russell - 3rd place and received a medal!
Scarlett Best - 5th place
Madison Ladell - 8th place (and ran in an older age group)
All the girls were given their certificates in the final assembly. A huge thank you goes to
Mrs Rapson and Mrs Pendower for taking and organising the girls and to Mrs
Raymond, Mrs Cripps and Mrs Baker for driving. Mrs Baxter was very disappointed
not to be able to go along and cheer you all on (due to having two poorly children at
home!)
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House Gymnastics Competition
Year 3-6 pupils took part in the annual House Gymnastics Competition on Friday 15 March.
Tops Parents were invited to come and watch as were Year 1.
All girls produced some excellent routines and vaults and the following achieved the top results in
each category (all scores are out of 10):
VAULT:
Year 3 and 4: Years 5 and 6:
Allegra Martin (9 points) Eliana Boateng (8.75 points)
Scarlett Best (8.75) Yzanne Pepper (8.5)
Anna Russell (8.0)
FLOOR:
Year 3 and 4: Year 5 and 6
Molly Nunn (8 points) Antonella Romano (9.5 points)
Emily Baxter (7.0) Sofia Simioni (9.0)
Cerys Denny (7.0) Abbie Pendower (9.0)
PARTNER BALANCES:
Year 3 and 4: Year 5 and 6:
Rowena Fogarty & Paige Marsh (7.25 points) Amy Hardman & Olivia Raymond (8.25 pts)
India Feshareki &Niamh McLaren Moreton (7.0)
The overall results for Years 3-6 combined were as follows:
1st place: 83.75 points: RUSSET
2nd place: 81.3 points: CRISPIN
3rd place: 72.62 points: PIPPIN
Year 1 and 2 performed their vaulting and partner balances to their parents on Tuesday 19 March
in their House Gymnastics Competition. They also enjoyed performing their Country and
Western dance in their fantastic 'Cow Girl' outfits
The results were extremely close and are as follows:
1st: Russet 2nd: Crispin 3rd: Pippin
So, now these have been added to the Yrs 3-6 House Gym Results, the overall winning house of the
2013 trophy is:
1st place: 91.41 points RUSSET
2nd place: 88.6 points CRISPIN
3rd place: 79.78 points PIPPIN
Well done to every girl in year 1-6!
Many thanks to Mandy Fogarty for her fabulous photos!
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Years 3 and 4 and Years 5 and 6 teamed up together to play in the Interhouse Pop Lacrosse
Competition where they all played in 5 a side matches. Years 1 and 2 were given scores out of 5 for
their catching, throwing and shooting accuracy.
The results are as follows:
First Place Second Place Third Place
Years 1 and 2: Pippin (11.6 points) Crispin (10.57 points) Russet (10 points)
Years 3 and 4: Crispin (10 points) Russet (6 points) Pippin (2 points)
Years 5 and 6: Crispin (10 points) Russet (6 points) Pippin (2 points)
GRAND TOTAL:
1st CRISPIN (30.57 points)
2nd PIPPIN (19.6 points)
3rd RUSSET (18 points)
Congratulations to everyone for their fantastic team spirit and determination.
Mrs Baxter
Bramley Ball
This years Bramley School Ball at Walton Heath Golf Club was a huge success. The venue was
perfect, being central to most parents, and the food was excellent!
Our thanks and gratitude has to go to the three organisers, Lucy Romano, Meredith Taylour and
Vanessa Raymond, who made the evening seamless with music, a magician, canapés, a great
choice of food and some amazing prizes for the raffle and the auction!
Our thanks also have to go to Matt Baxter and Nick Russell who both ramped up the auction
fever with the parents to reach a grand total of £3,815….. Someone is the proud owner of a very
expensive goldfish!!!
Lastly, but in no way least, Friends of Bramley would like to thank the most generous parents
possible for supporting the Ball and raising an amazing £5,598 profit - the most ever raised at a
Bramley Ball!! It is quite incredible that we set a fundraising target of £11,000 in September (to
contribute to a huge IT project at the school to bring it into the 21st Century) and, subject to
confirmation from the Friends of Bramley Treasurer, I think we may have already reached our
target!! We hope to update you on progress with the IT enhancements next term so you can see
where the money has been spent.
Happy Easter Everyone! Friends of Bramley
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Something for May Bank Holiday!
Saturday 4 May - The Royal School's Grow For It!
A gardening and wildlife experience for the under 11's with Alan Titchmarsh.
Families can take part in gardening, pond dipping, a scavenger’s hunt, make a bird feeder,
paint a rock bug and many many more activities.
There will also be a Q&A session with Alan Titchmarsh.
The day is split into two sessions: Morning 10am - 1pm and Afternoon 1.30pm - 4.30pm. For
further details and registration contact: www.royal-school-org or telephone 01428 603052.
Cross Country Running
With Spring here Cross Country running is every Monday from 22 April for all girls in Years 3
to 6 who wish to participate. Meet at New Road near Chapel Road, towards Chinthurst School
at 8am. The trail is a mile through Walton Heath Woods and coming out into Meadow Walk,
through the churchyard of St Peter’s Church, left into Breech Lane then right into School Lane
by the Chequers Pub.
I will need at least one or two other parent runners with me to assist and a couple of parents to
transport kit and school bags to school. If your daughter is keen, please would you email me or
text me your mobile number? Running will only be cancelled if the weather is too foul to run
or if I do not have sufficient parent helpers, in which case I shall text you at 7am on the
morning of.
Many thanks, Mary Pendower, mary@windyvilla.co.uk or 07775 886 109
The Rotary Ramble 2013
The Rotary Club of Banstead are once again organising The Rotary Ramble for 2013.
The Ramble is taking place on Sunday 12 May 2013, starting between 8.30am and 10am.
As with previous years The Rotary Club of Banstead are inviting people (individuals and
groups) to join them on a 7 mile ramble through some of the most attractive scenery of the
North Downs. It starts and finishes at Epsom Downs, with a half way checkpoint providing
refreshments. The walk should take approximately 4 hours to complete and is suitable for
children and adults alike.
For further information, please phone or email the organisers Roger de la Perrelle 01737 813870
or rogerdlp@btinternet.com or Derek Aram 01737 212397 derek4ram@ntlworld.com.
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Bramley Ball
Many people say it's the best Bramley Ball ever, including
our Governor Kelly, who chaired FOB for years and
organised the ball herself many times!
The food was delicious, the venue was lovely, the room
set up stunning, the atmosphere was amazing, the staff
were friendly and helpful, the DJ played the right kind of “INTRODUCTION TO
music and there was lots of time to dance! BRAMLEY”
It was a huge success. Well done Meredith and her team! MORNINGS
Wednesday 8 May 2013
Wednesday 19 June 2013
10am – 12 noon
Uppers and Tops Production Call in to see the School
Please can girls in Uppers and Tops start to learn their in action!
words for the Production over the Easter holiday.
Thank you. Mrs Phillips.
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Wednesday 24 April Toddler Group starts Photography
Friday 26 April St Georges (Red & White) Mrs Amanda Fogarty
Mufti Day
Wednesday 1 May Bramley Golf Day Bramley School & Nursery is a
Saturday 18 May May Pageant leading independent prep
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