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Pictured: House Captains with their Cheques and Miss Bee Tregoning - the House Co-ordinator

It has been another amazing year of fundraising for the House System at Charters School.

Each year, the New Year 7 students are allocated Houses which they stay in throughout their life at the school. Churchill, Armstrong, Pankhurst & Nightingale then compete against each other in House Competitions throughout the year, raising money for their chosen charities.

This year has been the most successful so far with over £16,000 raised for the following charities: Churchill Bulldogs supported Dogs For Good and raised £4078;  Armstrong Eagles supported Sebastian’s Action Trust and raised £5304;

Pankhurst Panthers supported The Jane Metson Foundation and raised £3488; Nightingale Knights supported Help For Heroes and raised £3578

 Papplewick School, Ascot,  

On Thursday 26th January, pupils at Papplewick School, Ascot,  commemorated Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day in their school lessons.

Pupils found out facts about conflicts around the world and its impact on on children and their education. In French lessons, pupils discussed movie director Louis Malle’s work: "Au Revoir les Enfants" about life in a boarding school in France under German occupation. Similar lessons took place in English, Divinity and History.

Holocaust Memorial Day was created on 27^th January 2000, when representatives from 46 governments around the world met in Stockholm to discuss Holocaust education, remembrance and research. At the end of this meeting, all attendees signed a declaration committing to preserving the memory of those who have been murdered in the Holocaust and subsequent genocides.

 Next Open Morning:   Saturday 4th November 2017 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m   Visit:  www.papplewick.org.uk 

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On 18th and 19th July, Year 8 students at Charters School in Sunningdale were given the opportunity to perform in a Gamelan orchestra, using traditional Indonesian instruments.

All Students in Year 8, as part of the Music curriculum, were provided with the opportunity to listen to and perform music within the orchestra - mostly made up of gongs, chimes, and metallophones. The instruments are played sitting on the floor, and it is respectful to remove shoes before starting to play.

Mike Simpson, Musical Director at Inspire Works delivered a two day workshop to the Year 8 pupils using the Gamelan Orchestra instruments, teaching them the basics of the Indonesian music.

Year 8 pupil James Finch said, “It was fun playing the instruments and very interesting hearing about the Indonesian traditions.”

Coworth Flexlands School is delighted that Mrs Alison Davey has been accredited with the Archimedes Forest School Award following her successful completion of the Archimedes Forest School Practitioner Level 3 course. The Forest School philosophy is very much a child-centred approach to learning in the freedom and space of a woodland setting, delivered by trained practitioners. Children get to create, touch, feel, smell and invent in the ever changing moods and marvels, challenges and natural wonder of our outdoor world. At Coworth Flexlands School, with two practitioners on our staff, Forest School is taught as part of the curriculum and a favourite among all children from Nursery to age 11 years. Every Thursday a year group ventures into one of our woodland areas to, for example, create dens, discover survival techniques using tools, learn knotting and whittling, build bug hotels, invent stories around stick characters and homes or be artistic with the autumn leaves.  Mrs Davey delights, “It is so rewarding watching the children immersed in their own little, natural world creating a “hedgehog home”, then leaping excitedly into building a den with their friends to survive the showers, or more recently the snowfall!”  Forest School happens in all weathers. The seasons offer such variety of experience. As promoted by Forest School, we see our children develop life skills such as self-esteem, confidence & resilience. Through co-operation, exploration, creativity, risk and challenge they become well-rounded individuals. The children develop a love and respect for the natural world and environment.”

Coworth Flexlands School is an Independent Preparatory School for girls aged 3-11 and boys 3-7 years. Nestled in 13 acres between Windlesham, Chobham and Sunningdale, the grounds offer our own woodland areas for our Forest School adventures.  We warmly invite you to come and discover us. www.coworthflexlands.co.uk / tel: 01276 855707

Whilst on  a recent  unplanned visit to Perth in Western Australia, Ascot residents John and Philippa Mills, visited one of the local attractions -The Bell Tower in the harbour . This was a millennium commemoration project built to house the recently replaced 12 bells from St Martins in the Fields in Trafalgar Square, to mark the Bicentennial of the founding of Australia in 1788. A further 6 bells were added and these, named The Swan Bells after the adjacent river, can now all be rung as part of a unique visitor experience.

However the greatest surprise on entering the reception area was to see on display the Ascot Racecourse Grandstand clock which had been purchased at auction for  £10,000. On an upper floor the set of bells which used to sound around Ascot are displayed and they are soon to be rehung and connected to the clock to chime once more.