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Year One have made some wonderful hobby horses which they are now proudly displaying in their classrooms. The children had great fun deciding on colours and materials to use. The hobby horses are part of the Year One topic on Toys.
This annual cross country always provides the stiffest test for our runners and with half of our runners returning to Moyles Court for the second time they knew what to expect. THE start alone is a tough test with a long up hill to face and then a difficult undulating run through the New Forest following.
Our Junior’s set off and it is a nervous wait for the spectators as we do not see the runners again until the emerge at the top of the sand dune, before the steep dissent to the finish. Having finished 3rd last year, George Grisley was determined to win the event and after about 10 minutes we were delighted to see him appear well in the lead to win the Junior Boys event. The key to good cross country team running is to get all your runners coming through in a group. This we did with Jasper Toor and William Mitchell following close behind , which was enough to win the Junior Boys team event for the 2nd year running. The Junior girls ran superbly with Eliza Dubois finishing 3rd in the race backed up brilliantly by Jemima Walters, Hattie Rogers and Rachel Crawford. Unfortunately we were narrowly beaten to first place by Baden Powell to finish a fantastic 2nd in the team competition.
With most of the Senior’s running last year they had the experience of the best way to run this demanding course. The boys ran well, but before even Tim Morgan finished we knew the team competition had been won by Clayesmore who had secured the 1st four places. The boys team of Tim Morgan, Thomas Leon, Hugo Walters and Alex Carey Morgan, finished in 3rd place overall behind, Clayesmore and Ballard. The performance of the afternoon was by the Senior Girls team, who all finished within the top ten. Isabel Mitchell finished 2nd and Sophie Shakespeare 3rd, Katie Newsom 4th backed up by Flora’s excellent run clearly won the team event.
All the runners represented the school brilliantly and Mr Norris and I were very proud of both their attitude and performances. With the Perry Daziell Cross Country next week we hope to repeat this success. Watch this space!!
NJR
NB At the time of writing the actual positions of the other runners are not known as the boys and girls ran at the same time and were not separated at the finish. The results of the other runners will be published as soon as we received them.
Once again, Year One excelled in their gymkhana, competing in a variety of races. The children were very proud to show their families how much they have learned over at the stables this year.
In Forest School, to reinforce the work Year One have covered in class as part of this term’s geography curriculum, the children marked their route on a map of the school grounds. The children have been learning all about maps, co-ordinates, locating positions on grids and symbols on maps.
At Forest School Reception and Year One were all using their sense of smell. The children had great fun sniffing all sorts of natural materials to test all the different smells.
On Tuesday night we were treated to a spectacular dance performance by the students of Ballard School. The show was choreographed by Felicity Costick, who also teaches dance at Hordle Walhampton. The performance was very energetic and upbeat and included ballet, tap and street dance routines. The music was lively and the audience could not help but to clap along and tap their feet.
Dance Elite
One of the boarders’ activities is Street Dancing with Felicity and it is hoped that along with the children at Hordle Walhampton taking dance lessons in both the Pre-Prep and Prep schools, we will be able to host a dance show very similar to the one we saw on Tuesday.
Dance Elite
If you would like to join one of the dance classes, please see Mr Reed.
Monday 15th March:
1400: Hockey: 1st XI v Ballard (H)
Wednesday 17th March:
Unfortunately Salisbury Cathedral are unable to play the 2nd XI hockey match against us. Therefore these are the matches against SCS.
1400 – 1st XI Hockey v SCS (H)
1400 – U11 A&B Hockey v SCS (A)
1500 – U10 A&B Hockey v SCS (H)
Saturday 20th March:
1400: Rugby v FSM: U9A&B (H)
Apologies for any inconvenience.