TOCKINGTON TRACKER

The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School

7th November 2014

English Department
Scholastic Book Club
Great news! We're running a Scholastic Book Club to earn free books for our school. We'll be sending the Book Club
leaflets home so that you and your child can choose from the latest exciting selection of books. Please place your order
online at http://schools.scholastic.co.uk/tockington-manor by November 21st, 2014 to ensure that you get your books in
time for Christmas. Online ordering is really simple. You will buy books for Tockington Manor School Book Club and they
will be delivered to school. Many of the books are discounted and you can view them online. Books which are no longer
available are : Pocket Manual for Football Stars; Tell the Time Book and The Day the Crayons Quit.
This book club replaces the Puffin Book Club which is no longer operational. I have just been able to spend over 250 on
books for the school, paid for by rewards earned through orders made by yourselves. On top of this we have spent our
Readathon rewards and our commission from the Travelling Book Fair, so your children will see lots of new books
appearing in the library in the very near future.
We will also be bringing you news about our Reading Challenge and the very exciting new Junior Librarian software,
which will allow all of our children to browse books in our library from the comfort of their own homes! Watch this space for
more information on this great new service!
Do please take a look at the catalogue and order online to help us to keep expanding our library stock!
Christmas Crafts
We have many fantastic crafts lined up for the Christmas Fayre - simple and effective
things that the children can make for Christmas. I have set myself a massive task to collect
about 100 Robertson's style 1lb jam jars with lids on for one of the crafts. Please could you
tink of us next time you throw out a jam jar? All donations gratefully received. I will put a
box out in the back lobby for all donations. Then hopefully, the next time you see your jam
jars, they will look completely different!
Monmouth Prep Schools Challenge
This Sunday four of our Year 8s will be off to Monmouth School to test out their General
Knowledge against many other prep schools from the region. They are : Henry AllanJones, Alex Gooch, Tom Edwards and Roshan Patel. Do wish them well. this is always a very tricky quiz and we hope
they have an enjoyable afternoon.
Judith Case

Verity Smith
We had a wonderful assembly on our first day back after
half term. Verity and her guide dog Uffa kept us enthralled.
The children got a chance to meet Uffa who loved the
attention. We learnt that it costs 50,000 to train a guide
dog.
Verity inspired us all with her positivity and warmth. She is
training for the 2016 Olympics in Rio as a dressage
competitor. She is also a singer/songwriter and has just
appeared as Marilyn Monroe in the theatre. Verity has
been nominated into the final for the Inspirational Guide
Dog Owners of the Year Awards in London.
Verity has agreed to come back and tell us about her
many and varied achievements and will also sing for us!

Good Intention and Politeness Award

Congratulations to the following
c h i l d r e n wh o h a v e b e e n
nominated for the Good Intention
and Politeness Award: Oliver
Shutt, Henry Allan-Jones, Mathis
Bellino, Harry Huby, Dallis Jones,
Otis Walker, Ben Jacobi and Katie
Woodhouse. The award for the
second quarter goes to Henry
Allan-Jones for being reliable and
having a good attitude.

Year 8 Monitors Meal

Running Club - Mondays 5.10-5.50
This is a fabulous session of sprints and circuits attended
by 39 members. Keep it up! New members welcome.

The Year 8 monitors meal will take place on Tuesday

18th November. Children can be collected at 7.30 pm

2012 Tockington Manor School, Washingpool Hill Road, Tockington, Bristol, BS32 4NY.

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The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School

7th November 2014

MONDAY 10

TUESDAY 11

WEDNESDAY
12

THURSDAY 13

BREAKFAST

Assorted Cereals,
Yoghurts, Toast,
Fresh Fruit

Assorted Cereals,
Yoghurts, Toast,
Fresh Fruit

LUNCH - Hot

Toad in the Hole

Boiled Potatoes
Fresh Carrot
Broccoli

Assorted Cereals,
Yoghurts, Toast,
Fresh Fruit
Grilled Sausages
Potato Waffles
Macaroni Cheese
Grilled Bacon
Peas
Sweetcorn

SALAD BAR

Grated Cheese

Boiled Egg

Tuna Mayonnaise

Lemon Drizzle
Cake & Custard
Fresh Fruit
Cheese & Biscuits

Sticky Toffee
Pudding & Cream
Fresh Fruit
Cheese & Biscuits

Fresh Fruit Salad

& Cream
Fresh Fruit
Cheese & Biscuits

Assorted Cereals,
Yoghurts, Toast,
Fresh Fruit
Fried Egg on
Toast
Home Cooked
Ham
New Potatoes
Cauliflower
Cheese
Peas
Roasted Veg
Couscous
Chocolate Chip
Shortbread &
Custard
Fresh Fruit
Cheese & Biscuits

November

PUDDING

MINI-TEA
SUPPER

Beef Hot Pot

Fresh Cabbage
Green Beans

FRIDAY 14

SATURDAY 15

Assorted Cereals,
Yoghurts, Toast,
Fresh Fruit

Fish Fingers
Chicken Thighs
Chips
Baked Beans

Sliced Ham
Pears & Chocolate
Sauce
Fresh Fruit
Cheese & Biscuits

A CHOICE OF HOMEMADE CAKES & BISCUITS AND WRAPPED BISCUITS

Mediterranean
Pasta Bake
Crusty Bread
Fresh Vegetables
Fresh Fruit

Salmon& Cod
Florentine
New Potatoes
Flat Beans
Fresh Fruit

Chicken Pie
Jacket Wedges
Peas
Fresh Fruit

Football
Congratulations to Alex Jacobi, Alex Grocott and Max
Curtis who were all selected for the ISFA South West
Region U13 football trial. Alex Grocott has been invited
to attend a second trial. Well done!

Judo News
Krystof Soukup-Carne met up with Old Tockingtonian
Alan England at a recent judo competition at the New
Star Judo Club at Sea Mills.

Homemade Soup
Filled Rolls
Fresh Fruit

Bonfire Night

Cross Country - November Cup

Current standings after one run:
Years 5-8
1.
Olivia Banks
2.
Laura Pena
3.
Rohan Howard- Robinson
4.
Dalis Jones
5.
Henry Allan-Jones
Years 3 & 4
1.
Chloe Askew
2.
Billy Rowe
3.
Henry Packham
4.
Harry Mather

2012 Tockington Manor School, Washingpool Hill Road, Tockington, Bristol, BS32 4NY.

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The Weekly Newsletter of Tockington Manor School

7th November 2014

Bonfire Night
FOTM are really looking forward to welcoming you and your children to bonfire night next Friday. Here are some
reminders about the timings and some things to note.
Nursery and Lower School will finish at normal time and then parents and children can arrive at 4.30 pm for food and disco
and sweets, glow sticks and face painting. The bonfire will be lit at 6.10 pm when they may leave or are welcome to stay
on for longer. Please be aware, however, that this is when the Upper School will be ready to have their fun and so there
will be many more and much bigger children around, especially in the disco, so please keep a close eye on smaller
children. At all times, unless your child has been booked in to aftercare or to board for the night they remain the
responsibility of parents and not the school, teachers or members of FOTM. This includes supervising them on
the walk up to and down from the bonfire, in the disco and when playing outside.
Upper School children must be collected by 6.00 pm unless boarding, but please send them in with a change of clothes
(probably warm ones! as they will have supervised changing at 5.45 pm to enable them to be ready and waiting for you at
6.00 pm.
We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible and thank you in advance for coming to support the event and the
school. Have fun everyone!
Leanne Edwards

2012 Tockington Manor School, Washingpool Hill Road, Tockington, Bristol, BS32 4NY.