Bulletin 22.06.07

Independent School
Girls Aged 2½ - 16
Hayes Bromley Kent

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BASTON BULLETIN

A fortnightly report of events in the School

22 June 2007

MAGNIFICENT MASTERCHEF Last week brought the Junior Masterchef competition to a very energising finale. Professional chef, Alastair McConkey, had the very arduous job of picking a winner from; Megan Byrne Yr 5, Grace Long Yr 6, Lydia Ridge Yr 6 and Larelle Sheikh Yr 6. The girls were amazingly efficient, they not only prepared a two- course meal, but cleaned and cleared their kitchens - all in just one hour! The winner will be announced at the Junior Prize Giving on Friday 6 July.

JUNIOR ASSEMBLY The girls in Years 1 and 2 eagerly came to school on 14 June in order to ‘dress up’. They performed the Happy Prince to parents and friends and are congratulated for their excellent acting, clarity of speech and expressive delivery of their lines. Although the Prince turned from gold to grey and the swallow died, it did, I am glad to report, have a happy ending.

PICNIC IN THE ORCHARD Yesterday, 21 June, saw all the girls in Reception to Year 6 clamber onto rugs and blankets to consume vast amounts of food. So much, in fact, they were still eating 45 minutes later! All in all, a definite success, and marked in the diary for next year!

NEWS FROM THE EARLY YEARS . . .

Everyone in the Early Years is working hard to make their classrooms look lovely for Celebration Day on Friday 6 July.

We are also practising for our presentation of ‘The Little Red Hen’ on the same evening. Hopefully you will have received a piece of paper by now asking for the colour clothes your daughter needs to wear for this.

The older girls, Reception and Upper Kindergarten, are looking forward to their visit to Drusillas next Wednesday. PLEASE NOTE THE EARLY START – 8.15am at the Pavilion for an 8.30am prompt get away! We are expecting to return to school at approximately 4pm.

On 2 July we have Open Swimming (Reception) as well as Open Gymnastics (UKg), and this starts a week packed full of activities. There is so much going on at present, you need to check your school calendars on a daily basis!

Early Years Merit Certificates Merit Certificates for working hard were presented to:

Week: 8

Reception: Grace Birdsall

UKG: Katelyn Adu-Bobi

LKG: Ellie Everette

SPORTS RESULTS . . .

5 June Years 3-6 Junior Regional ISA Athletics

Bethany Ellis fist in the Long Jump

Victoria Ward first in the High Jump

Several personal bests were achieved in a variety of events – well done!

5 June Tennis: Yrs 7 & 8 v Newstead Wood

Nestle Tennis Tournament

A very strong opposition winning most of the matches though Jessica Wimble won her match playing an age group above her own.

11 June Year 3 Athletics at St Christopher’s.

Bethany Ellis -a very close second in the Long Jump – Silver Medal

Katie Duffy - a resounding first in the Long Distance – Gold Medal

All the girls tried their best and achieved very good results – well done!

12 June Tennis: Year 8 v Farringtons.

Baston lost 3 matches out of 16. Drew 5 and won 8. Well done!

MINI TENNIS

It was the turn of Years 4, 5 and 6 to play in the British Schools’ Kent Mini Tennis Team Tournament on Wednesday.

In the morning Baston had 3 teams playing in the Orange event in which there were 19 teams from schools all over Kent. All three teams played a very high standard of tennis and every girl won at least one match. Baston 2^nd team came 2^nd in their group missing a place in the Semi finals by 1 point!! The 1^st team won their group and then played a knockout match to gain a place in the Semi Finals. Here they met and beat Bromley High 2^nd team and beat them to book themselves a place in the Final where they played Bromley High 1^st team! The match was close but Baston were the runners up.

In the afternoon in the Green Tournament we entered one team who all played very well and were 2^nd in their group, only just missing a place in the Semi-Finals.

The Annual Mini Tennis Doubles Championships were held at the Newstead Tennis Centre on Friday 22 June. A total of 248 children took part!

In the Red Event our 3 pairs played a very good standard of tennis and 2 of the pairs reached the Semi-finals both narrowly missing a place in the final. They then played each other to gain 3^rd and 4^th place and our 3^rd pair finished 9^th out of 23 pairs.

The Orange pairs also reached the Semi-finals and again narrowly lost and had to play each other to gain 3^rd and 4^th place and our 2^nd pair finished 6^th out of 20 pairs

In the Green Event our 1^st pair had a very close match in the semi-finals which they lost to the eventual winners. The standard of all the play was excellent but more important than anything was the sense of fair play, good manners and sportsmanship that was displayed by the Baston girls and commented upon by the organiser and several teachers and parents from other schools.

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