Friday 18th June 2021 - Yarrells School
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Friday 18th June 2021 Dear Parents, Wow! I think your children are going to be shattered this weekend after the excitement of the week they’ve had here! Our Sports Days were wonderful events to behold and the sun beamed down on the children as they competed. It was superb to see the effort and determination in all the children’s faces, as well as the fabulous examples of sportsmanship displayed by every child towards those who won or those who fell at the final hurdle. Many school records were broken, and not by just a few seconds or centimetres but by some really whopping distances. I was delighted that at all the events there was just the right balance of fun, sport for all and furious competition! It was also absolutely fantastic to be able to invite you in to enjoy your children’s endeavours in sport this week. To see you all on the field encouraging the children who were competing was a lovely reminder of school community life as it was before the pandemic. We hope it isn’t long to go, now, before life really does return to normal, but thank you, all, for your patient acceptance of the ‘Covid pens’ and for your superb support of all the children this week. Swimming Galas have begun in earnest and I’m sorry we’re not able to invite you in to spectate. However, we will bring you photos and news as soon as they have all ploughed through the water! Today has been an exciting one for all the children, but particularly for our Years 7 and 8 pupils who gave the final presentations for their ‘Lion’s Lair’ projects. The pupils have been engaged in an ‘Apprentice’ style project where they have had to create, design or source a product for sale to the rest of the pupil body at school. The children were given a budget and were asked to choose a charity to which they would donate the proceeds of their sales. They had to brand the product, advertise, take it to market and financially forecast their likely profit. This morning, they presented their project, from conception to launch, to three ‘Lions’ of business, Mrs Julie Burden, Ms Lesley Buchanan and me. They then set up shop during a rainy break and sold their products to the buying public! There was huge excitement about the whole process as well as the high sugar content in some of the merchandise (!) and the pupils acquitted themselves superbly in both their presentations, their sales pitches and in their market trader skills as well! I am delighted to announce that the winner of the competition was FAB F.A.M.B.O!! After the event, they evaluated the success of their project and reflected upon what they would do differently next time. It was huge fun, but also an enormously valuable learning process for them. Not only did they have to come up with the physical merchandise, some of which was created from scratch such as scented playdough and hand-woven bracelets, but they had to collaborate successfully, budget with a view to making profit, allocate tasks, work creatively and then speak publicly and answer questions from the floor of the presentation by thinking on their feet! It was a triumph and I know each pupil felt they gained something significant from the task. I should like to thank Mrs Burden and Ms Buchanan for their time and efforts today; it was much appreciated. Next academic year, we will include the Year 6 cohort as well as our Year 8 pupils in this project so it will be ‘Lion’s Lair’ on a grand scale! Next week, we look forward to the first of our dramatic productions in Swan. We can’t wait! The children have been busily rehearsing and it sounds fabulous! We hope you and your children have a restful, and hopefully rain-free, weekend ahead. All the very best, Ms Sally Weber, Head Yarrells School & Nursery Page 1 of 10 Friday 18th June 2021
NUTKINS Jupiter Layla
SQUIRRELS: Amelia H Finn I
RECEPTION: May B-M Reef S
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YEAR 2: Leo P Alex A
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YEAR 6: Robert C Evie L
YEAR 7: Charlotte S
YEAR 8: Rocco T
Yarrells School Weekly Diary
Date Start Time End Time Description
Monday 21/06/2021 Year 2 Trip to Durlston
09:30 11:00 Year 5 Play - Dress Rehearsal
Tuesday 22/06/2021 09:00 10:00 Squirrels Open Swim - NO SPECTATORS
09:00 16:00 Years 7 and 8 Hike in the Purbecks
09:30 11:00 Year 5 Play - 'Dragon Days': performance to parents
14:45 16:00 Year 5 Play - 'Dragon Days': performance to parents
Wednesday 23/06/2021 09:00 13:15 Year 6 Play Rehearsal
14:00 16:00 Years 5 - 8 Yarrells Swim Gala @ Canford NO SPECTATORS
Thursday 24/06/2021 11:30 13:15 Year 6 Play - Dress Rehearsal
13:15 14:15 Reception Open Swim - NO SPECTATORS
14:30 Year 6 Play - 'Olivia': performance to parents
17:30 Year 6 Play - 'Olivia': performance to parents
Friday 25/06/2021 EYFS Pirate Day
09:00 13:15 Years 7 and 8 Play Rehearsal
14:00 16:00 Years 3 & 4 Yarrells Swim Gala @ Canford NO SPECTATORS
14:30 15:15 Years 7 and 8 Play - Dress Rehearsal
17:30 Years 7 and 8 Play ' The Mystery of the Missing Mask'
performance to parents
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Lion’s Lair Mrs R Skelsey-Evans, Mr T Lewis & Mrs C Cunningham
This year has been spectacularly busy with the Lion’s Lair teams working hard towards their
enterprises. The project was launched on the morning of Friday 18th July 2021. The atmosphere
was electric and tense as the teams prepared to present to the school and the Lions.
For the first time in Yarrells history the Lions consisted of three strong and independent Lionesses,
Mrs Burden, Mrs Paddy and Ms Weber. In the morning the students presented their enterprise
to the panel, followed by the selling of their products to every year group. The judges drifted the
stalls and marked each team on a set of entrepreneurial skills. The crowds gathered around each
stall with sheer delight at spending their money on the delights in front of them. The products ranged from; scented
playdoh, popcorn, handmade bracelets, Chococo ice-cream, confectionary and drinks.
The morning itself began with rain, but it did not deter the teams; they set up their stalls with gusto. Music blasted from
light up ice buckets, while each year group took it in turns to shop. The atmosphere was electric! Ice-cream and popcorn
adorned the arms of many students.
It was a fantastic day! Year 7 and 8 made a grand total of £257.18 for the #Willdoes charity. Most of all, everyone had fun
and feasted. The teams want to thank the following companies for their generous donations: Truly Scrumptious in Poole,
Lidl in Hamworthy, Leonards in Swanage and a very special thank you to Chococo for very generously supplying delicious
ice cream and waffle cones.
Early Years & Pre-Prep
Pirates ahoy! This week, we have focussed our learning on the sea shore and what's on top of the ocean. The children in
Squirrels were really upset to find out that the sea is being polluted with plastic. One of our friends brought in a story about
this subject and it gave us many suggestions on how to look after the sea and the animals. One of them was to write a letter
to an important person to encourage them to try a make a big difference. With this in mind, on Wednesday we decided to
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write a letter to the Prime Minister and our local MP Michael Tomlinson, asking them to help clean up the beaches with
us. Wild Woods Wednesday was very busy. With a focus on boats, we made our own rafts out of natural resources after
designing them. In groups, we thought about the details we might add and the materials we would use before constructing
our designs.
Thursday brought us two exciting events, Sports Day for Reception and
Squirrels and a Teddy Bears Picnic for the Nutkins children. In our P.E
sessions we have been practising the activities and, on the day, we
enjoyed taking part and trying as hard as we could! We cheered each
other on beautifully as we know how important it is to encourage each
other and try our best. Nutkins were thrilled to take our families on a
bear hunt before enjoying a picnic together. It was lovely for everyone
to have a chat and catch up, for both parents and practitioners,
especially after this latest period of restrictions. The Early Years
Foundation stage explains the importance of these partnerships and
the benefits it has on the children. These events have given us the
opportunity to build upon these relationships and strengthen
existing ones.
Year 1 - Tyrone the Toilet Miss A Denison
We are delighted to announce that we have raised £100 towards the Toilet Twinning Charity.
Your generous donations will now allow the charity to build a safe and hygienic toilet block for
children in Zambia. Keep an eye out for a picture of the toilet that we have twinned with in the
office! Thank you for your generosity.
https://www.toilettwinning.org/
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Year 6 Study Skills Mrs C Cunningham
YEAR 6 CAKE SALE FOR CCAA
After listening to Euan's presentation on Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis,
the children were so moved that they decided to try and raise some
money to support the charity. Many children baked cakes and we are
so thankful for all of their efforts.
Thank you to every single person who bought a cake and donated so
generously. We are absolutely delighted to announce that we raised a
rather impressive £185.90
Thank you so much.
This week, we only had time for one round of presentations due to so
many other exciting events going on around the school. Today, George
brought in Maggie, his beautiful working cocker spaniel. She was very
excited to join us and made a friend in Winnie! George clearly has met
his match in a pet with the same amount of energy as he has!
Ollie gave an extremely informative and interesting talk on alopecia.
He spoke about all the different types of alopecia and the causes of it.
In the constructive feedback, the overwhelming comments were about
how brave Ollie was to talk about his own experience.
Finally, please see the photo of Miriam, who gave a fabulous talk about
horses a few weeks ago.
Yarrells Sport News
Yarrells Tennis Tournament 2021
Mr Bujak reports… I am pleased to inform you that we have managed to finish the first phase of our 2021 Yarrells Tennis
Tournament.
All children had a fantastic experience with some phenomenal rallies demonstrating both great technical skills and superb
movement on court.
We have witnessed some bitter upsets and tears on court too, showing levels of commitment and how much it means to
our children to perform well and win.
Without a shadow of a doubt, it was a fantastic learning curve for players, teachers and myself.
After the very intense and emotional time on court, playing 245 recorded matches, I am pleased to announce the finalists
of the Yarrells 2021 Tennis Tournament.
Well done to all participants!
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Year 3 Year 4
Darcey L-W & Emma U Jessica G & Philippa H
Millie B & Ruby K Emma C & Martha M
Teo F-B & George M Aleksander R & Elliot C
Frederick W & Guy K William M-P & Mohammed A
Year 6
Year 5 Leah S & Sasha P
Zara R & Bess B-M Skye C & Harriet H
Benjamin M & Patrick G Emilio P & Henry N
George Y & Freddie E
Year 7 Year 8
Isis D & Oliver B Marnie D & William S
Due to the weather, child absences and various end of the term activities at School the finals will be scheduled across
next week during break time.
Emilio P (Year 6) recently took part
at the R & T Football Tournament
that took place at Weymouth. His
team, Greenfields, came second.
After a year of waiting, Martha M (Year 4) finally They played a total of 9 matches
joined Poole Swimming Club. After just three weeks and only lost the last match on
she was moved up to Gold level and she won the penalties.
plunge diving competition distance last weekend.
What a great start Martha, well done!
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