The Cundall News

Issue 308                                                                                       Thursday 12^th March 2009

Cundall Pupil In England Call Up

Form 6 pupil Felix Adams has been selected to represent England Barbarians at rugby.  On Sunday he played for "The North" against "The South" at Rugby School in a final selection process.  Despite "The North" losing in the dying seconds Felix has been chosen as Tight Head Prop.  His first game is against Cardiff Schools on 28^th March at Glamorgan RFC.  We wish him the very best of luck.

GCSE Chemistry Results

Pupils from Thornton (Year 11) and Eldmire (Year 10) recently sat their Chemistry Module all pupils passed this included 8 A*s.  Fantastic results well done.

Headmaster's Show-ups

Headmaster's Commendation

Congratulations to Max McCartney who has been offered a place at Bootham School.

Pre-Prep Stars of the Week

Nursery:          Ella Pickles                           Reception:      Zoe Austin, Matthew Mairs, Ella Reynard

PP1:                Alexander Cumming        PP2:                Macy Raine, Dylan Blundell

Pre-Prep Playtime Awards

Sandy Turner, Archie Pearson, Libby Houston, Connie Gill, Amara Dobson and Jemima Fawcett

RED NOSE DAY - FRIDAY 13^TH MARCH

Children will be able to wear fancy dress/mufti on Friday in order to raise money for comic relief (£1.00).  Red noses will also be on sale at £1.00 each.

 Friends Curry Evening - Friday 20^th March 7.30 p.m.

Tickets are still available from the School Office, however final numbers must be in by Monday 16^th.  Please come along to what should be a great evening.  The bar will be open whilst the demonstration is taking place!!

 Tandem Skydive

Rachel Diclemente will be doing a tandem skydive in June.  Rachel has set up a ‘Just Giving' link where people can donate money to either the charity ‘Brake' or the Cundall Appeal.  Your support would be much appreciated.   http://www.justgiving.com/racheldiclemente

 Form 2 Podcast Form 2 have created a short environmental podcast asking for your help.  Please download and listen to it at itunes and searching for Cundall Manor or by visiting:  http://cundallmanor.podbean.com

Easter Holiday Tennis Courses

Monday 6 - Thursday 9^th April

Tuesday 14^th - Thursday 17^th April

3-9 Years - At Cundall Manor School

9-13 Years - At Thirsk Tennis Club (Middle of Thirsk Race Course), TASSC, Newsham Road Thirsk

Please contact Mary Rose on 07958 930173

Welly, Walking, Riding & Sport Boots Swap/Sale - Saturday 21^st March

The boot swap/sale will take place at the pavilion whilst the House Football is taking place.  Please bring your boots down to the pavilion on Saturday morning, tied together in pairs, size clearly marked and in good condition.  Any surplus footwear will be donated to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity.

 Cross country Event at Woodleigh

On Friday 6^th March, 5 teams of 6 went to Woodleigh to take part in their annual cross country competition.  All of the children involved put in maximum effort on a tough course.  Fifteen schools took part on the day and Cundall students represented us well:

U13 girls - 4^th place

U13 boys - 4^th place

U11 Girls - 5^th place

U11 Boys - 2^nd place

In the mixed U9s we came a magnificent 1^st , beating the competition by some margin.  Special mention should go to Harry Hill and Ella Eadon for coming 1^st in their events.

Rugby

On Saturday morning the 1^st VII rugby team proved that they are the best team in the Hambleton & District Area. The boys successfully progressed through the group with victories against Allertonshire, Stokesley and Risedale.  In the final we faced Richmond.  In a very physical encounter the boys kept their cool, produced some superb sevens and deservedly ran out winners 19-5.

Wednesday saw Cundall host its annual Under 9 Rugby Tournament. With 16 teams from across the North of England it proved to be quite a spectacle, with the quality of rugby of the highest standard. In the group stages Cundall defeated Terrington Hall, St Marys' Hall and Ghyll Royd. This put us into a quarter final against Barnard Castle which the boys controlled winning 15-5. The semi final against St Olaves, York was a game of passion and commitment between two talented teams. A tight encounter was settled by a single try and sent Cundall through to the final. Here we faced St Martins Ampleforth and after conceding the first try the boys battled back to level the scores just before full time. This meant the trophy would be shared. Well done to the boys who should be proud of their effort.

U12 Area Netball Tournament

The girls had an excellent tournament and scored 55 goals in five matches.  There were twelve teams taking part and they should be very proud of coming in third place.                                           LW

LONDON MARATHON
Pre-prep Mums Angela Bentley and Rachel Lindley are doing the London Marathon on April 26th. They are running to raise money for CLIC Sargent the UK's leading children's cancer charity and are aiming to raise £2000 each. If you would like to support them and this fantastic cause then you can sponsor them online at www.justgiving.com/angelabentley3 and www.justgiving.com/rachellindley. Any donations would be greatly appreciated!

THERE WILL BE NO SWIM SQUAD TOMORROW (FRIDAY 12^TH MARCH)

Dates for the Diary

Cundall Appeal Sponsored Slim

Mrs Gillian Heyes has now lost half a stone and is going well, but needs more sponsors.  If you would like to sponsor Gillian please fill in the form below and return it to the school office.

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Sponsorship Form

I would like to sponsor Mrs Heyes for the sum of  ..........  per pound/kilo

I would prefer to give a fixed donation of ..............

Name: .............................................                                Signed:.............................................