Our thoughts are with all of the Pinewood community at this difficult time. Whilst we acknowledge that there will undoubtedly be difficult times ahead, we are comforted by the knowledge that the Pinewood community is strong and together we will get through this challenge. Stay safe and well.
Congratulations to the following, who have received awards to their senior schools:
Josh P: Academic Scholarship – Abingdon
Melissa W: The Lord James of Hereford Academic Scholarship (awarded to an individual who exhibits all‑round academic excellence and performed the best overall in the scholarship papers.) – Cheltenham College
Fred D: Academic Exhibition – Cheltenham College
Randeep G: Academic Exhibition – Cheltenham College
Ellen B: Academic Exhibitions – Cheltenham College
Ollie P: Academic Exhibition – Sherborne Boys
They join the following, who have also received awards this year:
Eli B: Academic Exhibition – Sherborne Girls
Wizzy W: Sports Exhibition – Sherborne Girls
Elliot B: Drama Scholarship – Cheltenham College
Melissa W: Choral Scholarship – Cheltenham College
Jack W: Music Scholarship – Dean Close
Aoife S: Sports (Swimming) Scholarship – Dean Close
Grace C: Music Scholarship (11+) to George Watson’s College, Edinburgh
George L: Sports Scholarship to King’s Bruton
Otto C: Sports Scholarship to Marlborough College
Jack N: Sports Exhibition to Clayesmore
Melissa W: Sports Scholarship to Cheltenham College
Rex K: Sports Scholarship to Cheltenham College
Ellen B: Sports Exhibition to Cheltenham College
Tilly B: Sports Exhibition to Cheltenham College
Last weekend saw a lot of Pinewood children competing in the St Hugh’s Show Jumping competition. They all did extremely well and had a lot of fun, thankfully the weather was kind to everyone! Thank you to St Hugh’s, who put on an exceptional show, with fabulous cakes and prizes, a lot of which were won by Pinewood!!
A huge well done to all the riders, we are very proud of you, you all did tremendously well with the following fabulous results:
40cm: Jessica R gave it her best shot in the assisted class
50cm: Charlotte R had 4 faults
60cm: Team Blue (Lola F on 2 rides & Phoebe H) WON as a team with their speedy clear rounds, with an individual 4th for Lola and a 6th individual for Phoebe on Crunchie – well done girls!
60cm: Team Red (Bertie S, Charlotte, Lola & Oliver V) all had super clear rounds and came 2nd as a team
70cm: Team Pink (Lola, Phoebe, who had a 6th individually & Elizabeth H) all had fast clears to come 2nd as a team
70cm: Team Yellow (Lola – clear, Maddie S – 4 faults & Annabel K – clear & 4th individually) came 4th as a team
70cm: Team Green (Bertie – clear, Oliver V – clear & Isadora I – 4 faults), came 6th as a team – awesome results.
80cm: Annabel K – 4 faults.
On Sunday we also had the following successes:
80cm: Harry V came 2nd and Charlie S had a great clear round
90cm: Charlie – clear; Harry – 4 faults.
Well done to you all on a fantastic Pinewood effort!
To view more photos from the event, please go to the Photo Gallery.
Well done to all the children who took part in the Pre-Prep Design & Make Competition to create something amazing using recycled items.
Over 50 children entered and there were some fantastic creations, so it was very hard to choose the eventual winners. Congratulations to:
Nursery – Noah N
Reception: Xander C, Oscar M, Maxine L
Year 1 – Arlo D, Kian M
Year 2 – Anshul J, Celeste H, Peggy S, Rose M
Entries are on display in Pre-Prep so do come and see them!
Well done to our fantastic team of Year 7 & 8 mathematicians on coming 2nd in the regional final of the UKMT Maths Challenge, competing against Year 8 & 9 pupils! The Pinewood team consisting of Amelie S, Aadi T, Melissa W and Robin B were the youngest there and worked very hard together as a team with plenty of enthusiasm and resilience.
Well done Team Pinewood on a phenomenal set of results at this week’s Oratory Prep Cross-Country Meeting and for being the overall winners of the meeting.
Everyone put in a huge effort and ran really well, with the following notable overall team and individual results:
U8 Boys & U8 Girls – 3rd Teams
U9 Girls – 3rd Team (3rd: Izzy O)
U9 Boys – 2nd Team (2nd: Lucas H)
U10 Girls – 2nd Team
U10 Boys – 3rd Team
U11 Boys – 1st Team (1st: James H)
U13 Girls – 1st Team (1st: Wizzy W, 2nd: Aoife S, 3rd: Emily LT)
U13 Boys – 3rd Team (1st: George L, 3rd: Robin B)
Overall winning team: Pinewood
For more photos from the event, please go to the Photo Gallery.
Congratulations to all those who took part in last Friday’s Poetry Competitions and in particular to our winners:
Year 3: Arthur H (Highly Commended: Olivia W, Theo B, Arabella M)
Year 4: Jessica S (Highly Commended: Oliver V, Eliza W, Grace W)
Overall Lower School: Henry B
Year 5: Eva S (Highly Commended: Trinity P)
Year 6: Toby P (Highly Commended: Bob B)
Year 7: Zara L (Highly Commended: Jecca LT, Will W)
Overall Years 5-7: Isla F
We are very grateful to Hugo Tilney from Marlborough College for his excellent and thoughtful judging and feedback.
Congratulations to the following, who have received awards to their senior schools this week:
Eli B: Academic Exhibition – Sherborne Girls
Wizzy W: Sports Exhibition – Sherborne Girls
Elliot B: Drama Scholarship – Cheltenham College
Melissa W: Choral Scholarship – Cheltenham College
Jack W: Music Scholarship – Dean Close
Aoife S: Sports (Swimming) Scholarship – Dean Close
Grace C: Music Scholarship (11+) to George Watson’s College, Edinburgh
They join the following, who have already received awards this year:
George L: Sports Scholarship to King’s Bruton
Otto C: Sports Scholarship to Marlborough College
Jack N: Sports Exhibition to Clayesmore
Melissa W: Sports Scholarship to Cheltenham College
Rex K: Sports Scholarship to Cheltenham College
Ellen B: Sports Exhibition to Cheltenham College
Tilly B: Sports Exhibition to Cheltenham College
What a super afternoon we had at Abberley Hall yesterday, competing in their annual cross-country relays! We entered 3 teams (U13 Boys and Girls, and U11 Boys) who all ran really well, with some very strong personal and team performances. Well done to you all on gritty running in tough and hilly conditions:
U13 Girls
Overall winning team
Fastest U13 girl – Wizzy W
U13 Boys
3rd fastest U13 boy – George L (particularly impressive as he ran two (fast) legs)
U11 Boys
2nd fastest team overall
Joint fastest boy – Hamish K
2nd fastest boy – Bear M
For more photos from the event, please go to the Photo Gallery.
Congratulations to all the winners in our most recent art competition on the theme of ‘Sea of Plastic'; there were some wonderfully imaginative entries, putting plastic to good and creative (re-)use.
The winners were as follows:
Year 8
1st: Melissa W
Year 7
1st: Jecca LT & Freddie S
2nd: Sonny N
3rd: Polly L
Year 6
1st: Ben S-J, Toby P & Zara S-J
2nd: Mya M-S, Isabella R & Alex E
3rd: Bear M
Year 5
1st: Trinity P & Isla H
2nd: Lowenna H-B, Daisy L & Naran S
3rd: Sophie K, Willa T, Freya H & Rosalie G
Year 4
1st: Lucas H
2nd: Eliza W
3rd: Jess R & Jay M-S
Year 3
1st: Ella S-J & Esme Z
2nd: Lilia G & Victor W
3rd: James S & Wilfred M
House points were awarded to all entries and additional points were awarded for coming 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc, resulting in Postbridge being the winning house overall.
The standard of entries was extremely high and it was not easy to pick winners. We would like to congratulate everybody for taking part and providing us with such a difficult task in judging the entries. The pieces are quite large and at the moment displayed in the Upper Art Room, but we are hoping to put them on display in the Hall soon, for you all to admire.
