1 www.tauntonschool.co.uk CHALLENGE NURTURE INSPIRE 14th February 2020 MORE INSIDE A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A ROMAN NEXT TPS COURIER: 6TH MARCH 2020 Space Morning STEM Eco Club Performing Arts Cafe Sport News SEE PAGE 15 MORE IMAGES ON PAGE 15 CHANGES TO SCHOOL PARKING ARRANGMENTS- MORE INFORMATION ON PAGE 3 On Tuesday 4th February the Year 3's visited the Roman Baths in Bath to expand their knowledge on the Romans and see what it was like to live as a Roman. For more on their trip to the Roman Baths visit page 15.
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14th February 2020
MORE INSIDE
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A ROMAN
NEXT TPS COURIER: 6TH MARCH 2020
Space Morning STEM
Eco Club Performing Arts Cafe
Sport News
SEE PAGE 15
MORE IMAGES ON
PAGE 15
CHANGES TO SCHOOL PARKING ARRANGMENTS- MORE INFORMATION ON PAGE 3
On Tuesday 4th February the Year 3's visited the Roman Baths in Bath to expand their knowledge on the Romans and
see what it was like to live as a Roman. For more on their trip to the Roman Baths visit page 15.
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by Andrew Edwards
I find it hard to believe that it has been nearly six weeks since we came back for the start of the Spring term and it is amazing how much the staff and pupils have packed into that short time. Academically, it has been another very hard-working and inspiring couple of
weeks since the last Prep Courier, and I cannot remember seeing so many pupils at break-time for Rolls of Honour as I have done over the past fortnight.
The 11+ scholarships process has now come to an end and we had a good number of very strong applications in all areas. The number of scholarship awards were very evenly spread across all areas (Academic, Sports, Music, Dance, Drama, Design Technology, and Art), and both external and internal applications were treated exactly the same in all respects. We are certainly on track to have some highflying classes for the start of Year 7.
Thank you to all parents for their support during the inspection this week. As well as the heart-warming words of encouragement from parents, for which we were very grateful, the inspectors reported that a very good proportion of parents took the time and trouble to fill out the confidential questionnaire. The inspectors left yesterday afternoon and it will be around 7 working weeks until the publication of the report. From a school’s point of view, the inspection was a very positive experience and it was terrific to be able to pass on to our pupils in assembly yesterday the lovely words of praise which the inspectors used to describe our boys and girls. The inspection has been an excellent opportunity for staff, pupils and parents to pull together as a team, and for us all to feel proud to be part of such a super school.
Talking of pride, I congratulated our two choirs
yesterday who sang at the Taunton Festival of the Arts Choir competition. Very well done to Mrs Hornsby and her staff, and to the pupils for practising and performing so well. I know what a lot of concentration and hard work goes into preparing for performances such as yesterday’s and it was wonderful to see our pupils enjoying the thrill of a competition in their performing arts endeavours, as well as on the sports field. We didn’t quite manage to retain the titles which we won last year, but I emphasised to the pupils that if they aim high, and try their best, then we are always very proud of them. In sport, an amazing total of 38 pupils from Senior and Prep swam in the County Swimming Championships (having met the high standard required to qualify), and our Year 8 boys won their regional IAPS hockey tournament, thereby reaching the National Finals. Very well done to all of these hard-working and talented pupils. To be regional winners in hockey at both U11 and U13 level is very rarely achieved by any school. Finally, with so much good news, it is not surprising that we had another very successful Open Morning on 1st February. In the Prep School, day pupils wanting to join the school before September are having to go onto a waiting list in all year groups except our current Year 6. Additional places will be available in September due to the extra classes which we will be creating for the current Years 4, 5 and 6. It is a great privilege to be Head of such a sought after school.
I wish all of you a restful and very enjoyable half term holiday. Mr Andrew Edwards, Headmaster
As we end our final week of this half-term we have loved all the hearts and flowers that have appeared around the Nursery and the Pre-Prep today.
We also enjoyed our inspection scrutiny. Thank you to all our parents who shared their feedback or took time out of busy schedules to meet with one
of the Inspection team. Along with our inspections, Year two had a visit from one of our Governors; Ian Moncrieff at the start of the week. Ian joined Mrs Brodie’s class to see the children’s learning in the last year of the Pre-Prep. Ian spent the afternoon observing lessons in the Prep school as well as observing the younger children. Taunton school is supported
by a very committed Governing body, working incredibly hard to support the outcomes for all our children here. Thank you to the sports staff for the afternoon of multi sports on Thursday. I was incredibly excited to see the mixed teams, along with the skills the children are developing in their PE lessons. Thank you so much to all the parents for providing the tracksuits. The children now look well prepared for their next away festival.
For those of you heading off for a quick break, whether it be hot, cold or just recharging the batteries, I hope that your week is enjoyable and that Storm Dennis is not too much of a menace!
Mrs Louise Leah, Head of Nursery and Pre-Prep
NEWS FROM NURSERY AND PRE-PREP
THE HEAD HAS HIS SAY....
HAPPY HALF TERM!
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CHANGES TO PARKING AND DROP-OFF IN THE SENIOR SCHOOLMORNING DROP-OFFIn order to improve the flow of traffic during early morning drop off in the Senior School, we are creating a new drop off routine for parents in the morning as follows:
• Morning drop off for senior school parents will move to the other side of the road i.e. adjacent to the pitches
• Pupils will need to cross at the designated crossing point
• We will have marshals out to signpost people for the first week
• The parking spaces in front of the parade square will be reserved for Headmaster’s visitors and disabled parking only.
DURRANT CAR PARK
We have managed to improve visibility for drivers exiting the Durrant car park by taking the fence back slightly. This means that we no longer need to route traffic through the car park and the one way system is no longer required.
Signage will be installed over February half term.
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR PARENTS
Exit route for northbound (Greenway Road) traffic and
parking behind Wills.
DURRANT CAR PARK
2 WAY TRAFFIC ON ACCESS ROAD
DURRANT CAR PARK AND TRAFFIC MEASURES FROM MONDAY 24TH
FEBRUARY 2020
NO EXIT
PASSING BAY –NO PARKING
DURRANT PITCH
HEADMASTER VISITOR AND DROP OFF PARKING MEASURES FROM MONDAY 24TH FEBRUARY 2020
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SCHOOL CALENDARSaturday 15th February - Friday 6th March 2020
Saturday 15/02/2020 Half Term
Monday 17/02/2020 Nursery and Pre-Prep Holiday Club
Tuesday 18/02/2020 Nursery and Pre-Prep Holiday Club
Wednesday 19/02/2020 Nursery and Pre-Prep Holiday Club
Thursday 20/02/2020 Nursery and Pre-Prep Holiday Club
Friday 21/02/2020 Nursery and Pre-Prep Holiday Club
THE BEST DARN PIANIST IN THE CIVILISED WORLD.’ - JONATHAN ROSS
We are delighted to welcome a world renowned Pianist to Taunton School this term. During the afternoon of his visit ‘Harry the Piano’ will be running interactive student workshops with a number of Taunton School musicians. Following on from this from this he will perform an evening concert in our school theatre alongside guest performances from workshop pupils.
Tickets are now on sale for the evening concert, and we hope that you are able to join us for a truly unique experience. Harry’s extraordinary talent and breath-taking creativity have earned him a reputation as one of the most gifted improvising pianists in the world. Celebrities and critics alike have lined up to shower him with praise. No other musician can spontaneously reinvent Michael Jackson in the style of Mozart, recreate a night at the Groucho club through the TV themes of its actor members, and improvise a seamless medley of audience requests ranging from James Bond to Shostakovich via West Side Story.
An unmissable evening of musical entertainment.
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RECEPTION SPACE MORNINGOn Thursday 6th February, the children in Reception had a very exciting visitor. Miss
Loaring, from the Senior School, came to teach them all about the Solar System. After talking about the names of the planets and whether a planet is hot or cold, she showed them how the planet sizes vary and how big they are in relation to the sun. Finally, the children used different, round objects to order the planets and went outside, onto the playground, to explore how far each planet is from the sun. What an exciting morning! The children couldn’t wait to share their wonderful learning experience with their friends at playtime and it was lovely to hear their new found knowledge. Thank you so much Miss Loaring for providing the Reception children with such a valuable learning experience.
Chantelle Wallace and Kirsty Jenner, KS1 Teachers
SOUND OF THE WEEK
Last week , the Nursery's sound of the week was 'B'.
Monty brought in lots of different objects which started with the Sound of the Week- 'B'. Laura Clear, Deputy Nurse Manager
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TOUTES LES COULEURS
PRE PREP PERFORMING ARTS CAFE
Nursery 3 children have been learning 5 colours in French. This half-term, they have played lots of games with the colours to help learn the new words. They have enjoyed listening to a lovely book called "Toutes les couleurs" and have followed the adventures of 'petit lapin'. Today, they had fun colouring in the petit lapin in their own little book and have practised their new colour words in French.
Louise Ashmore, MFL teacher
Ava Mills Piano – Puppies & Guppies
Henry Mico Violin – Au clair de la lune Edward Foreman, Gregory Nicolaou & Jack Bruford Speech & Drama – My Cat Knows Karate by Kenn Nesbitt
Oliver Pullen Piano – Row Row Row your Boat Elizabeth Mews Cello – Elizabeth in her Petticoat
Eloise Bennett Violin – Hopscotch
Olivia Henderson, Eloise Bennett & Kikandi Applegate Speech & Drama – My Dog’s name is ‘Cat’ by Kenn Nesbitt Gregory Nicolaou Violin – London Bridge Violet Legg Speech & Drama – ‘Black Cat’ by Jack Prelutsky
Toby McGinn Piano – ‘A day in the life of a tall Giraffe’ by Julie Knerr Rose Ayrinhac Clarinet – Old Mac Donald
Emily Dempsey Speech & Drama – ‘Tarantula’ by Clare Bevan Esme Hole Piano – Jolly Old St Nicolas Kikandi Applegate Violin – Merrily We Roll Along Alexander Pretswell & Oliver Hill Speech & Drama – Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens by Jack Prelutsky
Daniella Hudson Piano – From a Wigwam
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SATURDAY ENRICHMENTOver the past 2 weeks, enthusiastic children taking part in the DT programme having been busy making bird feeders for
their gardens. To do this they have been using some of the bigger tools in the DT classroom such as the disc sander, bench drill, pillar drill and fretsaw to sand, cut and drill their wood. Plastic bottles have been recycled to hold the birdseed in place. The children worked hard to be precise with their measuring in order for each part to match up perfectly. They enjoyed decorating their bird table afterwards in order to attract as many birds as possible to the seed.
I think they did a wonderful job and I’m sure the birds will be thankful for their efforts too. James Rowse, Year 3 Teacher
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ASTROPHYSICS CLUBMyself, two other girls from the prep school and two year 9s attend the club. It is
every Thursday lunchtime and we are currently discussing jobs in space and the Hubble telescope. Last week, we estimated the size of a crater on the moon using an equation and the week before we looked at how telescopes are designed using mirrors. We also did an experiment to see how it works using a laser. This week, we were doing an experiment to see the impact of craters on the moon from different heights (we dropped marbles from different heights using a ruler to measure, into sand) and we found out that the higher you drop it, the bigger the impact. We are hoping to look at constellations and the moon cycle in future.
Matilda Rihll 8R
BREWHOUSE VISIT SCHOLARSDeborah Ward from the Brewhouse visited TPS on Monday 3rd Feb. She talked to our Music, Drama and Dance Scholars
regarding the opportunities which was on offer at the Brewhouse over Half Term. The students were able to find out about some of the fantastic opportunities on offer at the Brewhouse for youth talent at the moment including poetry performance masterclasses and Story Through Song. Jayne Hornsby Head of Music and Performing Arts
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HOUSE POINTS
GOLD Alexander Oppenheim- 7W
SILVERSami Hallett-7V
Maddie Hudgell- 6T Lilly Clews- 7B
Oska Charles- 7B Zachary Roberts – 6T
Wills Leach- 8T
BRONZEWilliam Thomas – 4F
Ruby Cottrell – 7V
Martha Bruford – 8T
Madison Willetts – 8T
Maisy Phelps – 7W
Citizen of the Week
Tommy Greenhalgh for being a fantastic buddy to a taster pupil.
Learners of the Week
Noah Jacobi and Bella Vile for super independent work during a Maths investigation working in a logical, ordered way.
Matilda Ruthven and Marina Woodley for outstanding graphic standards and excellent understanding of the construction processes.
Charlie Weatherill, Ava Leach and Eva Di Capua for outstanding effort and aiming high for his 1066 board game.
Rohan Narang for consistent positivity and curiosity and for always aiming high in History.
Sportswoman of the Week
Takara Dupont for great effort and a positive attitude in her lessons.
Learners of the Week
Daisy Challacombe and Zach Pitman for an outstanding piece of work on 'What is Philosophy'.
Ava Julyan and Dulcie Catton for excellent attention to detail in planning and designing their French zoo.
Emelia Cooke for excellent Pop Art clock final designs in DT taking great pride in their work.
WEEKLY AWARDS3RD FEBRUARY 2020
Sportsman of the Week
Jack Burnett for his great ambition and effort in his rugby matches.
Musician of the Week
Poppy Treanor for performing confidently in the Performing Arts Café and great teamwork and perseverance in her music making and ensembles.
Boarder of the Month
Ben Hatcher for always being kind and helpful in the boarding house.
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HOUSE POINTS
SILVER Sophie Carruthers – 7W
Jake Taylor – 7W
Olivia Reading – 7W
Takara Dupont – 7V
BRONZEAdrien Moreau – 3R
Diya Painuly – 3R
Mael Dalbavie – 3R
William Cavill – 4P
Denzel Zuofa – 7W
Millie Wiggins – 7V
Zak Prewett – 7V
Brook Kirtland – 7V
Yusuf Ismail – 8M
Catherine Hilton-Brown – 5HSportswoman of the Week
Olivia Foster for her effort, positivity and pride in Netball lessons and matches.
WEEKLY AWARDS10TH FEBRUARY 2020
Learners of the Week
Samy Chaganti for excellence in all things philosophical.
Destiny Zhemu for some superb arguments about morality in PRE.
Emily Miller for making significant improvements in her classwork and attitude in both History and PRE.
Citizens of the Week
Safa Boraei and Florence Legg for being an outstanding buddy to a taster pupil from TSIMs and a great advocate for our school.
Alba Davidson for showing kindness towards a friend and helping them when they really needed it.
Jacob Linden for being honest and kind and doing the right thing. Sportsman of the Week
Lewis Kemble and JJ Wells for taking great pride and showing brilliant confidence by playing in the Year 5 Football match.
Musician of the Week
Jake Maloney for winning both his classes at the Taunton Festival, showing great pride.
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USING ECHOES TO MEASURE THE SPEED OF SOUND
Year 8 had a practical lesson using echoes to measure the Speed of Sound. By snapping two blocks together and being quick with their trigger finger, we came up with some pretty accurate results! Caroline Tucker
YEAR 5 FOREST SCHOOLOn Thursday 6th February, Year 5 ventured down to Forest School to bring their English text ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ to life.
They considered what life would have been like for Michael (the main character) after being washed up on a desert island, overcoming the shock of falling off the Peggy Sue and trying to survive with no resources. The children were able to show empathy towards the character and built fabulous dens with only the natural resources around them. Well done, Year 5 for superb teamwork, effort and for aiming high!
Amanda Hendy & Edward Clear Year 5 Team
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ECO CLUBEco club was again very busy on Tuesday 4th February with a stall at the front of the school doing brisk business,
another team preparing more bee hive frames by mounting the foundation and a further team preparing pots and then sowing beech, hazel and oak seeds. All aided and helped by year 9 girls Freya, Erin and Chloe as well as the evergreen OT Mr Lawton.
Tom Raven, Science Teacher
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VISIT TO THE ROMAN BATHSThe Year 3 children brought their learning of the Romans to life with a visit to the Roman Baths in Bath. They dressed
up in togas, communicated with each other using Roman letters and numerals and handled Roman artifacts. On a tour of the Baths, the children got to see how the Baths were heated using a hypocaust and they could see first-hand the different rooms the Romans used, such as the frigidarium and the caldarium. The children had an amazing time bringing their learning to life. James Rowse and Katie Hill, Year 3 Teachers
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YEAR 3 STEM MORNINGYear 3 were lucky this week to have taken part in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,
Maths) morning with Mr Ashmore. Mr Ashmore kindly set up activities for the children that involved them having to investigate magnets which tied in with what the children have been learning in their Science topic this half term. Activities included investigating which magnets were the strongest, discovering which materials were and were not magnetic, being challenged to use magnets to build structures and finding out if magnets can still attract magnetic objects through different materials. The children found out lots of useful information to help them with their scientific topic and had a very enjoyable morning while doing it. Thank you Mr Ashmore.
Year 3 Team
JOBS AT TAUNTON SCHOOL
Nursery Practicioner
School Receptionist
ICT Technician
Level 2 Swimming Teacher
We are recruiting for the following roles, amongst others. Follow the links to find out more:
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MENTAL ABOUT ENVIRONMENTALYear 7 pupils have been writing formal letters to Rebecca Pow MP about an
environmental issue they feel strongly about. They were inspired by our reading of ‘Trash’ by Andy Mulligan which has opened up lots of class discussion about plastic waste and landfill sites around the world. Jane Burton, Head of English
TAUNTON FESTIVAL INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL CLASSES
Over 100 children competed in the Taunton Festival Instrumental and Vocal Classes this year. All performed to a high standard.
Exceptional performances from the following named pupils who were winners in their category. Alan Wang Bach Shield for Piano Maddie Hudgell Berry Cup for Clarinet
Flinty Gallimore Primary Trophy for Violin
Emily Vernon Jackson Cup for Woodwind
Forest White Winner of the beginners Harp category
Evie Linden Winner in the Harp Category
Jake Maloney Beginners Guitar Trophy
Jake Maloney Winner in the Ukulele Category.
Posy Phelps Winner Vocal Solo – 8 years.
Emma Mason Winner Vocal Solo – Song from a Musical Show
Madeleine Berry Winner Vocal Solo – 10 years.
Emily Vernon Winner Vocal Solo – Song from a Musical Show
Taunton Prep School welcomes writer, Claire Barker, on World Book Day -
March 5th 2020 Claire Barker is the writer of Picklewitch and Jack series, and the
Knitbone Pepper series. Her titles are steeped in humour and a love of the outdoors.
Picklewitch and Jack won the North Somerset Teachers’ Best Read Aloud Book Award, and is shortlisted for the 2020 Surrey Libraries Children’s
Book Prize.
Knitbone Pepper Ghost Dog: Best Friends’ Forever won the 2017 Bookfactor award, and was nominated for the Sainsburys Children’s
Fiction Prize.Pupils are invited to pre-order Claire Barker’s books for the author to sign on the day of her visit.
Claire Barker visits Taunton Prep School
World Book Day, Thursday March 5th Knitbone Pepper Ghost Dog: Best Friends Forever
Knitbone Pepper Ghost Dog: A Horse Called Moon
Knitbone Pepper Ghost Dog: The Last Circus Tiger
Knitbone Pepper Ghost Dog: The Silver Phantom
Knitbone Pepper Ghost Dog: A Rabbit Called Wish
WORLD BOOK DAY
BOOK ORDERS MUST BE HANDED IN BY TUESDAY 25TH FEBRUARY
Local author, Claire Barker, is visiting school on World Book Day and will speak to Years 3-5 about her work as a writer.
500 WORDS COMPETITIONThe UK's largest story writing competition is back
for its tenth year! BBC Radio 2’s annual 500 word story competition is now open!
We would like to encourage as many pupils as possible to submit a 500 word story by the deadline – 27th February 2020 – and will be promoting this in English lessons next week. Pupils in Years 1-8 will look at some of the resources available and listen to the stories written by some of last year’s finalists.
Stories can be submitted by your child’s English teacher or can be entered yourself at home (entries must be submitted electronically). We look forward to reading lots of imaginative and exciting stories – the only rule is that stories must be no more than 500 words in length. Please see posters around the school for more details or have a look at the website http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1
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"PERFORM ON THE BIGGEST STAGE OF YOUR LIFE"
2020 ROLEX BRITISH F1 GRAND PRIX DANCE & PERFORMING ARTS PROJECT Performance date: SATURDAY 18TH JULY 2020
A unique opportunity for Taunton School to be Showcased at one of the biggest international mass-movement dance productions in world sport on Saturday 18th July 2020 at Silverstone Race Circuit.
30 spaces available
Rehearsal dates: Tuesday 26th May, Wednesday 27th May, and Thursday 28th May
The project costs £199 - WHAT IS INCLUDED...
A 3-day dance workshop with our industry elite choreographic Pro-Excel team who come along to your school to teach the students the choreography for the show.
Our team design all choreography and music for your show.
A bespoke T-Shirt is designed for your students to perform in and then keep as a momento of the occasion.
Every student receives a general admission pass/ticket to the event they will be performing at. This ticket
is valued at £95 and is included in your project cost.
Transport from Taunton School to Silverstone and back on the event day.
To name a few…Please contact Lucy Hartland-Mann or [email protected]
for further details and to book a place.
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U11 IAPS BOYS HOCKEY
HOCKEYOn Monday 3rd January the U11’s played in the area
qualifier at Kings College. TPS started really strongly in their first game and played some of their best hockey against Durlston Prep transferring the ball with great accuracy and ran out eventual winners 4-1. (Blackwell, Roberts, Davidson, Winsor). Next up were Dean Close – this was a far harder encounter and although TPS had the majority of the chances our only goal came from a short corner with Brodie D deflecting in the shot from Jack B (well worked corner Mr Abell!). TPS only just held on to win 1-0 with Luca G making some important saves. Only requiring a draw in their final group game to progress to the Cup competition they faced Cricklade Manor. Another 2-0 victory (Davidson, Winsor) meant the team finished top of their group and would play the 2nd placed team, Bournemouth CS, in a parallel group in the quarter finals. Almost reinvigorated by reaching this stage the team started to press more when not in possession and transfer the ball when in control. Zach P played a key part in this game helping to control the midfield. A 5-0 win (Thomas, Roberts x 2, Blackwell, Winsor) meant we would go on to face Kings Hall in the semi-final. This turned out to be the closest and most nail biting of all the games. TPS took the lead) but it was Kings Hall who had possibly had the better of the first half. A second goal gave us a 2-0 but Kings Hall continued to fight back and scored to leave TPS progressing to the finals as 2-1 (Winsor x 2) winners. The final was against Hazelgrove. TPS probably dominated the possession again but could not get any shots away. It would be Hazelgrove though who, with their only shot in the first half, broke away to take a 1-0 half team lead. With time running out and TPS still not able to get a decent shot on target it was left to Jack B to equalise from a short corner.
This time scoring direct following the injection. With the scores finishing on 1-1 the game went to golden goal. The winning goal, scored by Brodie D in open, then led to scenes of jubilation from the TPS players, and some tears, which meant the team ended up winning the tournament.
This was a real team effort during the day with Harrison, Harvey and Gethin all working hard at the back keeping the opposition away from our D. The team now qualifies for the national finals at Rugby School in March.
Squad: Luca Gregory, Zachary Roberts, Jack Blackwell, Brodie Davidson, Gethin Jennings, Harrison Perrone, Zachary Pitman, Reuben Thomas, Theo Winsor, Harvey Coleman
Shaun Winsor, Director of Sport
U13 IAPS BOYS HOCKEYOur U13 side travelled to Millfield with confidence
gained throughout the start of the season. Having scored over 40 goals as a group already this season the hopes had been set high for the day. We started strongly against West Hill winning 7-0 showing great composure all around the pitch and clinical finishing in the circle. Clifton second was our glitch game with a strong first half and multiple shots on target forced some outstanding saves from the Clifton keeper. Taunton boys somewhat unsettled by this led to a less structured second half with Clifton converting a counterattack well and seeing the game out to win 1-0. With a point to prove in the 3rd game Taunton bounced back winning 4-2 vs FSM to go through 2nd to the cup along side Clifton. A big quarter final vs Millfield brought out great fight in the squad with a late first half goal to put Taunton in front. An even second half with chances either end made for a tense finish to the game that the boys coped with brilliantly and
secured the semi-final place and spot into Nationals. Both the semi-final and final brought out the best hockey from the boys which was great to see with superb team and individual goals all round. Scoring 12 in these last two games and winning comfortably was no less than the group deserved and showcased the talent they will take into the National Finals.
Well done Jack B, Jack P, Oscar B, Kian R, Frey L, Hugo M, Will H, Brogan F, Ben M & Henry K.
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SPORTS PHOTOS- MONDAY 24TH FEBRUARYSports photos for the Spring terms sports will take place on Monday 24th February in the pupils normal PE or Games
lessons. Can all pupils please remember to bring in the kit they would normally wear for school sports fixtures. They can wear the same kit for their PE/Games lessons (unless swimming).
NETBALLU11A MILLFIELD NETBALL TOURNAMENT
On Saturday 1st February the U11A team went to Millfield to compete in a tournament.
The first match we played was against West Buckland and we won 6-3, next we had a great game against Sandroyd which we won 7-0. The next three matches were challenging, however, we came out with good results! The first of the three matches was against Redmaids, this was the toughest match in our group, but we fought hard and ended up with a 4-4 draw. Our next match was Hazlegrove which we won 7-1 this was a great game, followed by a match against All Hallows which we also won 8-6.
Next it was the semi-finals, we faced a very tough welsh school, Twyn. Unfortunately we lost this match 3-9 but we could not let our spirits fall as we still had one more match. The 3rd/4th playoff match was against Redmaids, which we had previously drawn against. We knew we needed to win it!! We did win and we came out with a great result of 8-6 to us! Overall, we came away with 3rd place which as a team considering we only had 7 players, we were very proud of!!
U11A Netball Team
U12B MILLFIELD NETBALL TOURNAMENT
The U12B Netball squad travelled to Glastonbury on Wednesday 4th February for the annual Millfield Netball tournament. With six games ahead of them on a sunny afternoon, the girls were in high spirits and focused for the challenges that lay ahead. Throughout the duration of the tournament they were faced with some tough competition, but the girls continued to work hard, keep possession of the ball and maintain the basics. After some initial nerves and a draw in their first game against West Buckland 1-1, the girls settled into their match play. In their second game goals begun to flow and TPS showed that they could move the ball down the court succinctly. The 6-1 win gave the girls confidence for their remaining four games, culminating in just one defeat, against the tournament winners, Redmaids and a commendable 3rd place. Well done, girls! Congratulations on finishing 3rd. It was wonderful to see the progress you made, as individuals and as a team, throughout the afternoon. Mrs Coleman
Wednesday afternoon saw Taunton U12As travel to Kings Hall. The team knew that it would be a tough game as they had beaten us by 1 goal in last week at a tournament. When we arrived we looked at the aspects that let us down and tried to improve on them, which really paid off. In the first quarter we scored the first goal but soon after they evenly matched us, with the quarter ending in a draw. The second quarter ended with Kings taking the lead 3-2, which then gave us the motivation to push on and win the last two quarters. In the third quarter we erased our previous mistakes and made it a draw. The last quarter really displayed periods of great play and secured the win with the match ending 9-6 to Taunton.
Keira Hughes and Catherine Kemmish (Year 7)
U13D NETBALL V KING'S HALL
A big well done to the under 13D’s in their match against kings. The score was 12-12. Taunton played very well as defenders marked players, batting the ball away from the opposition, and attackers were constantly shooting. In the match, Cara Cunningham scored some great goals, as did Olivia Foster, both shooters were always getting into space. Emily Chorley was a great defender and was constantly defending the opposition. Anna and Matilda were good markers and Georgina was always running for the ball. Kylie was always standing where we needed her and she was a fast runner. Millie did a great job passing to the people that were in space.
It was a great team display and a really enjoyable afternoon of netball.
Olivia Foster (Year 8)
CROSS COUNTRYCongratulations to Jack White,
Tom Webb, James Collins and Oscar Coleman who represented Somerset in the South West Schools Cross Country Championships last Saturday. The boys raced at King’s Park, Bournemouth having been selected from the qualifying race held at King’s College, Taunton.
Well done, boys! A stunning day and super performances.
Congratulations to the our Year 7&8 Cross Country Runners who performed magnificently at the recent Somerset Schools Champs. Good luck to those who have been selected to represent Somerset. Chris Coleman, Deputy Head
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