Wednesday 22 October 2014

Yateley Rangers visit Chestnut Class

Earlier today, some rangers from Yateley Common came in to Chestnut class to help with their topic about minibeasts. They had great fun, learned a lot and they found quite a few minibeasts, including millipedes, slugs and worms!




Pupil takes over the school for a day!



Wednesday 22nd October
RUN BY THE CHILDREN, FOR THE CHILDREN
Today at Newlands Primary school, there was a new headteacher for the day! Mr McCarthy, the current headteacher, put out a challenge that whoever got in to the top ten in the world on a maths teaching online program called Mathletics could take over the school. One of the Y6 boys, Ciaran Donegan, 10, managed to get to number nine!
Ciaran said, “It was great to see my name in the rankings and I have really enjoyed my time as headteacher. I got to take part in meetings, write emails and filled in the school diary. I also got to update the Newlands blog and write a newsletter! It was great fun! I never realised that the headteacher’s diary was so busy and that he had so much to do!”
Mr McCarthy, headteacher, said, ‘It was a delight to have Mr Donegan in charge for the day!  I think that he learnt a great deal about leading and managing a school but most of all I think that he enjoyed the experience.  It was a fitting reward for what was a fantastic achievement – Ciaran always works hard and rises to the challenges set before him.’
(Written by Ciaran Donegan)


BLF Fun Run Infant Results







BLF fun run - 800m 20.10.2014
Infants
Place Name Class Time
1 William Evans Willow 3.27
2 Jack Anstey Oak 3.37
3 Rosie Fletcher Willow 3.40
4 James King Oak 3.42
5 Isabella Billings Oak 3.49
6 Ben King Chestnut 3.50
7 Amy Pankhurst Oak 3.55
8 Thomas Froud Willow 3.56
9 Kiera Trott Willow 3.56
10 Joshua Turner Oak 3.57
11 Sophie Carter Oak 3.58
12 Miller West Oak 3.59
13 George Crane Chestnut 4.02
14 Freya Shah Oak 4.07
15 Jaime-Ann Bull Oak 4.08
16 Connor Geen Chestnut 4.10
17 Lewis Ashfield Oak 4.10
18 Max Davenport Chestnut 4.13
19 Logan Adey Willow 4.15
20 Mimi Cannon Willow 4.15
21 Ella Pope Willow 4.15
22 Porsha Parsons Chestnut 4.17
23 Molly Evans Oak 4.20
24 Thomas Gudgeon Oak 4.24
25 Chloe Ware Willow 4.29
26 Toby Scott Willow 4.29
27 Tianna Orton Willow 4.29
28 Emily Holladay Chestnut 4.31
29 Amelie Michail Chestnut 4.32
30 Tiffany Dyer-Thompson Chestnut 4.32














British Lung Foundation Fun Run 2014

On Monday 20th October, we had a fun run to raise money for the British Lung Foundation. The track was 800m long and each class raced around it in turn. Mr McCarthy raced in every race! There were also opportunities for timed races and the family members of the children sponsored them. There was also a parents' event at the end.
These were the top 30 results for the juniors.


BLF fun run - 800m 20.10.2014
Juniors
Place Name Class Time
1 Christopher Dunwoody Beech 2.48
2 Ciaran Donegan Rowan 2.49
3 Ben Rowlinson Beech 2.53
4 Archie Fry Maple 2.54
5 Lewis Lanek Rowan 2.57
6 Matthew Collins Rowan 2.57
7 Nickolas Double Beech 2.59
8 Harry Cope Rowan 2.59
9 Jimmy Lankester Silver Birch 3.00
10 Josh Ashfield Maple 3.04
11 Jake Bailey Maple 3.10
12 Jacob Sealey Maple 3.10
13 Kai Haddad Maple 3.13
14 Jess Ashfield Rowan 3.15
15 Ben Ware Silver Birch 3.16
16 Oscar Jones Silver Birch 3.18
17 Louis Double Beech 3.19
18 Darran Glazier Silver Birch 3.20
19 Darcy Coultrip Beech  3.21
20 Niall Owen Maple 3.21
21 Matthew Cronk Rowan  3.24
22 Sinead Smith Maple 3.28
23 Daisy Mitchell Maple 3.28
24 Sam Yung Beech 3.29
25 Alexander Maxwell Silver Birch 3.30
26 Callum Ironside Rowan 3.32
27 Cooper Shambrook Silver Birch 3.35
28 Connor Smith Rowan 3.38
29 Lewis Smith Maple 3.40
30 Callum Deeley Maple



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