Prep School pupils, staff, parents and grandparents enjoyed a wonderful celebration of Advent and Christmas at Mossley Hill Church at their Christingle Service. The service brought together two important strands of our LCA+ curriculum – spiritual formation and charity and service.
There were many compliments about the service and particularly the quality of the pupils’ performances. One grandparent reported that they were “blown away by the musical talents of the Prep School children particularly the diction and clarity of the singing”. Is there any primary school in the area which would do its nativity in Spanish? We are not sure, but we were all extremely proud of the music, the readings, the performances, and the excellent parental support for this event in a new venue.
A special word of thanks to our music team of Miss Clark and Mr Bishop, to our Chaplain, Mr Hammersley, and also to the PTA for providing the refreshments before the service. There was also some Senior School support at the event with Mr Hammersley’s Year 9 helpers volunteering as part of their Archbishop of York Youth Trust Young Leaders Award.
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Last Friday, our U10 and U11 girls played hockey against Rydal. Despite a sudden downpour during our warm up, the teams were eager and enthusiastic to start playing. Year 5 made a confident start to the match, despite having played only one match before they showed good knowledge of the game and their spacing. Despite a strong opposing side, the team kept their heads up and continued to improve their match play throughout the game. Despite losing the match, the girls were proud of Esme W their goal keeper who was made girl of the match for some fantastic saves. Orla C must also be commended for her drive and determination on the pitch.
The U11 also played a challenging game against their Rydal opponents. The Year 6s continue to show enthusiasm for the match and supported each other throughout the game. The girls showed resilience to the opposition’s strong attack and continued to show 100% effort throughout despite the score line. A particular mention must go to Holly W for some powerful goalkeeping and general enthusiasm for the game. My player of the match was Anya C for her continued effort and initiative to gain possession of the ball.
A final mixed U10 and U11 match saw Year 5 and 6 girls play with their teammates for the first time. The girls worked well to build the gaps in their match play and ensure they supported each other. A well done in particular to those Year 6 girls who helped lead the Year 5s in one of their first competitive matches. The match was a tense back and forth of possession and we defended well throughout. Unfortunately one ball did creep into our net leaving our final score at 1-0. There should be a special well done to the captain and player of the match Riya N who led by example throughout all aspects of the game.
Well done to all girls who took part, I was very proud of their attitudes to defeat and their determination to improve moving forward. Our focus in the coming weeks is scoring some goals!
Many thanks to Miss Arnold and Miss McLindon for their continued work with the girls in coaching and umpiring!
Miss Brooke
Opportunities for pupils to participate in competitive sports matches against other schools is an important part of the Games and Competition strand of our LCA+ curriculum and helps pupils develop their resilience, teamwork skills and good sportsmanship.
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