Orders for Northbrook gift wrap should now be in, but if you still wish to place an order you can do so online at http://www.northbrookfundraising.co.uk/. Make sure you nominate Pinewood as your chosen charity and we will still benefit from a percentage of the sale.
Thank you to everyone who has ordered this year, last year we earned £300 for the school, let's hope we have raised even more this year.
Members of the Chapel Choir enjoyed a busy and rewarding day at Dean Close.
Rehearsals started in earnest in the morning preparing for Choral Evensong, with choristers from Tewksbury Abbey and the Dean Close Chamber Choir. The congregation were treated to a rendition of Howard Goodall’s “The Lord Is My Shepherd” and a setting of the “Magnificat” and “Nunc Dimitis”, by Brewer.
Senior string players were invited to a Prep Schools’ String Day at Stowe School. Musicians from local prep schools, lead by Pinewood’s Eleanor Tuckey, participated in an extremely intensive day of workshops and rehearsals, directed by string players from the London scene.
Three Year 7’s – Amelia Rupp , Eleanor Tuckey and Miles Brandi represented Pinewood at this annual event.
Amelia and Eleanor were chosen for the final debate and both showed considerable technique, verve and confidence in a stressful atmosphere.
Nine schools took part, including The Dragon, Farleigh, Cheam, Prior Park, Thomas's and St Hugh's. The overall winner was Elstree.
We are delighted that the actress Fiona Fullerton will be opening our new school Theatre on Thursday 21st October at 7pm.
The opening will be followed by An Evening of Shakespeare, presented by Year 8 pupils.
Parents are very welcome to attend, but due to limited space this is a ticket only event. If you would like a ticket, please email Alex Preston on ap@pinewoodschool.co.uk; priority will be given to Year 8 parents.
On Thursday, 7th October all of Year 6 did a sculpture workshop. We started by having 3 9x9 metre planks and then the teachers sketched out an underwater aquarium.
We then had to scrunch up newspapers and stick or staple them on. Once the bodies of the fish, sharks, foliage etc. had been built up we started to put on mod rock to harden it. Mod rock is made from the rock lime. We had to wet the mod rock to get it mouldable. We had to mould it round the newspaper and let it harden, it only takes a couple of minutes to dry though. When we had mod rocked it we put on a layer of protective paint. We left that for a day and then we put coloured paint on it. Once it has dried we will hang it in the hall.
We also went down to do wood carving with the 2 professionals. We started with a long hexagon shaped piece of wood. We had to carve it down into a peg to fit into a perfectly round hole. Once it fitted into the hole we had to carve it to make it look nice. We used an old fashioned spinner with a pedal. We pushed up and down on the pedal and the wood spun, we used carving tools to cut it down until it was perfect. We sanded it down and put it in the hole, but if it was too small we couldn’t do anything about it and we had to start again.
by Joseph O’Shea
Laura and her adorable baby girl Eveline, were invited into Nursery as part of our topic on ourselves. The children were able to look at how they had grown and changed by comparing themselves with the baby. The children were also able to think about the different things a baby needs and what they can’t do yet.
If you would like to enter as an individual or make up a team of four for either or both of the following quizzes please let Jim Bischoff know:
14th October in aid of abc affected by cancer; quiz night (entry £7.50 pp) taking place in the Legends Lounge, Swindon Football Club
28th October in Marlborough Town Hall in aid of RNLI (£10 pp)
Following his very successful lecture we have a number of signed copies of his book ‘Preposterous Tales’ for sale at £20.
If you would like a copy please make cheques payable to Tim Emmett and hand to Jim Bischoff.
Milo Brooks, Sophie Pratt, Tom Goddard and Willa Robertson represented Pinewood at the St Edward's Academic Challenge.
They were instructed and tested in subjects as diverse as Architecture, Arabic, Economics and Politics. In the Afternoon we enjoyed a session on ‘Philosophy for Children’. Milo Brooks was especially commended for his contribution in the Economics workshop.
As part of their History topic this term, Year 5 had an exciting, informative day at Windsor Castle.
"I loved Windsor Castle. My favourite things were the Guards playing music and the Chinese tourists taking pictures of us! I liked going into St George’s Chapel and knowing that Queen Elizabeth I haunted the library and that King Henry VIII pulled his sick leg along the ground. I liked having lunch because I was hungry and I was very interested in Queen Mary’s dolls house. I can’t believe that the dolls had cars and real fur clothes and the dolls house was huge. It even had electricity and a wine cellar! Sadly, at the end of the day, we got on the bus and left."
by Mia Collins
More photos from the trip can be viewed in the Events Gallery.
Our thanks to MCS for organising a hugely enjoyable evening.
We took two teams of fivene from Year 8 and the other from Year 7. The Year 8 team finished a creditable seventh out of sixteen. The Event was won by New College with The Dragon in second and third.
We would like to say a very big thank you to all the Pinewood Community who kindly donated harvest gifts for the older citizens of Bourton and the Salvation Army at Gorse Hill in Swindon. They were much appreciated and well received by the recipients.
Equally we were pleased by the attendance at our various Harvest Services. The church in Bourton looked fantastic and the singing, poems and other contributions clearly sent out a good message. Particular thanks to the Rev Richard Hancock, one of the Shrivenham ministers and Fergus Llewellyn, Housemaster at Cheltenham College, who both spoke on the meaning of this time of year.
In addition we must not forget the pupils and parents from school – the Taylors and Carter-Brennans who helped out on Sunday afternoon with the distribution.