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FORM
6 EGYPTIAN MORNING is Thursday February 9th.
Details and a little parental input requested.
Message posted 03 Feb
2012
SHOW JUMPING
SATURDAY 4th FEB is cancelled because of
frozen ground. To be re-scheduled after half term.
Message posted 03 Feb
2012
FORM
2 RESIDENTIAL STAY AT CHATEAU ROBERT. Details have
been circulated to parents but are, for
convenience, available
here.
(Needs log-on and password, as given at the
top of each Monday email update or contact
nickpark@brockmarl.org.uk to be reminded)
Message posted 03 Feb
2012
FORM
1S VISIT TO NEWBURY CORN EXCHANGE THEATRE on
Wednesday February 8th to watch Lord of the
Flies.
Details
Message posted 03 Feb
2012
WEDNESDAY
EVENING TENNIS COACHING SESSIONS
will change
slightly after half term. The first group will
continue until the end of term but the second and
third group will cease at half term due to
preparations for the Form 3 play.
Message posted 03 Feb
2012
MESSAGE
to
parents regarding
head lice.
Message posted 02 Feb
2012
MESSAGE
to
parents of boarders and flexi-boarders from Mr
and Mrs Raeburn-Ward.
(Usual password
needed - see the top of the emailed 'Monday updates'
or email
nickpark@brockmarl.org.uk if forgotten)
Message posted 02 Feb
2012
FORM
6 PARENTS' EVENINGS will be on
Tuesday 21st,
Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd February between
4.15 and 5.30pm, in the Form 6 classrooms.
Appointment
arrangements [Other
Parents' Evenings are already displayed on the
Calendar]
Message posted 31 Jan
2012
MURDER
MYSTERY EVENING for Form 1 on Saturday.
Flier
Message posted 30 Jan
2012
LONDON TASTER: a
chance for Form 1 and 2 pupils to show our South
African exchange visitors the sights of London.
Sunday 5 February.
Flier
Message posted 30 Jan
2012
SHOW
JUMPING IN MARCH. The Bradfield Inter School and
Individual Indoor Show Jumping event will be held on
Sunday March 4th. Entries to Miss Middleton
[fla5h@btinternet.com] by Friday 10 Feb.
Details
Message posted 26 Jan
2012
BMR
QUIZ NIGHT ( Friday 3rd Feb)
A
HANDFUL OF PLACES HAS BECOME AVAILABLE FOLLOWING A
CANCELLATION If anybody has any
suitable prizes for the BMR Quiz Night Raffle could
they please be brought to school and left with Sandy
Gilbert at Reception or Flo Kipling. The charity the
raffle is supporting is the Child Bereavement
Society.
Quiz details
Message posted 26 Jan
2012
***MINUTES
OF THE RECENT BMR REPS' MEETING and the list of
current class reps are available via the BMR home
page.
Message posted 26 Jan
2012
SPEECH
AND DRAMA CLASSES. Drama Teacher, Heidi Craig will
be teaching the LAMDA Verse and Prose syllabus until
the end of the Summer Term.
Full details
Message posted 24 Jan
2012
SCHOOL
INSPECTION DUE BUT NO DATE YET CONFIRMED. The
schools are due for their triennial inspection by
ISI, the licensed inspecting body for independent
schools. No date has yet been announced.
Details.
Message posted
24 Jan
2012
EVENTING
AND SHOW JUMPING - WEEKEND EVENTS. Eventer's
challenge on 11th Feb and the Inter school SJ on
18th Feb.
Schedule
now available
Entries for
the Eventer's Challenge must be with Miss Middleton
(the team manager) by Monday 30th Jan 4pm at latest.
Entries for the Inter school SJ must be with Miss
Middleton by Monday 6th Feb 4pm at latest.
General details of
weekend school riding events
available here.
Message posted 23 Jan
2012
LOST
CAR KEY: two items. Anyone who has LOST a set of VW
keys, please contact Rachel Harper in the school
office. Similarly, anyone who has found a set of
Mercedes keys is also asked to contact Rachel.
Message posted 12 Jan
2012
PERSEPHONE.
This play, based on the Greek myth, will be
performed by Form 3 on Thursday 15th March.
Rehearsals are every Thursday evening, commencing
12th January.
Full details Message
posted
29 Dec
2011
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SURGERY NOTES: notes from Jane Park relating to
pupils' health and wellbeing, are put together
for convenience via a new tab on the left of
this paragraph, entitled
Pupils' Health - MATRON'S DEPARTMENT
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UNIFORM FOR
SALE / WANTED + MISCELLANEOUS ADS
CLICK HERE TO SEE
ALL
'For Sale
or Wanted' ads.
for second hand uniform
[Needs logon - email
nickpark@brockmarl.org.uk if forgotten]
WANTED
Wanted: several Brockhurst items for a younger
boy
Details
Message postedJan 21st 2012
MOSAIC
MAKING AT HALF TERM
Parents and pupils have enjoyed the following in
previous February half terms:
Parent and Children Workshop
Tuesday 14th February
Under 18’s go half price!
Day workshop at Foxbury Barn Studio in Compton 10am
to 4pm
£50 with all materials supplied (£25 each child)
Please bring a packed lunch.
Children accompanied by an adult but no limit to
number of children per adult.
Ring or e-mail Jane for more details
07747560933
janedipple@yahoo.co.uk
or see my website - details of adult courses on here
too.
www.janedipplemosaics.com
FOR SALE
For Sale: several Marlston House kilts.
Details
Nov 21st 2011
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LOCAL
HONEY FOR SALE
As some of you may know I took up the art of bee
keeping last year. After a few mishaps - not least
ending up in A&E twice, the bees have now produced
some honey which is for sale.
Limited supply.
I can promise
that this honey is delicious, much nicer than you
will get in the shops. If you or any friends suffer
from hay fever buying local honey can lessen the
severity of the hayfever.
If you email me at
susannah.ferguson@tiscali.co.uk I will reserve
your honey
12 oz jar of Honey - £5.50
Payment on
collection - cash or cheque made payable to Susannah
Ferguson.
Message posted 17 Nov
2011
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GAPPIES
AVAILABLE TO HELP AT HOME
BABYSITTING
/ HOUSE-SITTING
former Brockhurst pupil on his Gap Year,
currently working in Ridge House, is
available as needed. Has own transport.
Contact:
edcave@btinternet.com 07921004197
Message re-posted 12 Jan
2012
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CONGRATULATIONS
Scholarships to St Helen and St
Katharine's, Abingdon and to
Marlborough College.
Lara
Green has been awarded the top
academic scholarship at St Helen's
and Lucy Dundas the top music
scholarship at Marlborough College.
Message posted 03 Feb
2012
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J
Tucker displays his magnificent
collection of trophies won in County
and Club competition at Newbury
Swimming Club so far this season.
Message posted 29 Jan
2012
Congratulations to Cross Country
winners at Oratory Prep Meeting
January 26 2012
Marlston House team were U 13 race
winners. U11 girls came second
overall. A. Lewis took 1st place in
the U11a, L. Dundas first
place and E Houston 2nd place.
Message posted 27 Jan
2012
'TURN
A FROWN UPSIDE DOWN'
On
Wednesday 7 December the Schools
were visited by Mark Ormrod, who
gave a talk to the boys and girls in
Forms 4 and above. Mark is a former
Royal Marines Commando and an award
winning author of ‘Man Down’, his
own life story of his time in
Afghanistan and the terrible
injuries he suffered whilst serving
there. The children were very moved
by his visit, as you will see from
the
attached letter. Message
posted
13 Dec
2011
CHARITABLE FUND RAISING BY PUPILS
 Well
done to Olivia (Form 2) on
raising £185 by baking and selling cakes for
Children in
Need. Suffice to say that she was sold
out half way through break!
Report
ALSO: congratulations to Ridge House
parents and pupils for their baking and
selling for Pudsey on Children in Need
Friday: they raised £175.
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Donated school equipment brings
football, cricket and rugby to Malawi
‘Brockhurst School - we love you! Thank
you so much for all the sports kit
including cricket bats and rugby balls.
The boys and girls in Malawi looked
pretty confused when we pulled these out
of the bag but soon got stuck in. See
the photos
here.’
Message posted
31 Oct
2011
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G
Berry, R Lennox and S Ryan have raised
£64.85 for PALS (supporting disabled
young people) by baking cookies and
selling them at break.
Message posted 10
July
2011
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Form
1S organised a charity disco for all
of Forms 1 and 2 and by charging an
entry fee raised £355 (but more when
Gift Aid tax rebate is added) in aid of Help for
Heroes.
Message posted 10
July
2011
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NATIONAL PREP SCHOOL ATHLETICS AT
BIRMINGHAM
Congratulations to medal winners E
Houston (bronze in long jump and silver
in high jump), H Silewicz (bronze in
long jump); M Nurse-Bosley (5th in
javelin) and T Howe (6th in 100m
final).
Message posted 4
July
2011
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