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Welcome to the news section with information on all the latest news and events relating to all things Claires Court!

  • Ridgeway junior boys join in the Olympic Reading Relay

    Posted 17/05/2012 10:41:40
    Tags: Berkshire Independent Schools, Olympic Reading Relay

    The junior boys at Ridgeway have now joined in the Olympic Reading Relay and their selection of books is:

  • The Hunger Games — Suzanne Collins — Year 6
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid — Cabin Fever — Jeff Kinney — Year 5
  • Gangsta Granny — David Walliams — Year 4
  • Hundred Mile an hour dog goes for gold — Jeremy Strong — Year 3
  • Beast Quest — Noctila the Death Owl — Adam Blade — Year 2
  • Tuesday — David Weisner — Year 1
  • Mixed Up Fairy Tales — Nick Sharratt — Reception

    • We look forward to their news in due course.

     

  • Claires Court senior boys win a silver medal at Dorney

    Posted 16/05/2012 17:07:52
    Tags: Ball Cup South regatta, Dorney Lake, Maidenhead Private Schools, The Claires Court Boat Club

    The Claires Court Boat Club raced at the Ball Cup South regatta at Dorney Lake on Sunday emerging with a silver medal! The J16 coxless quad of Rory Seekins, Alex Johnson, Oscar Cox and Fareed Saleem had a blinding race storming home into second place in the final and winning a silver medal for their efforts.

    For many of the rowers it was their first ever rowing race. The J13 quads did very well in their heat winning a place in the final where they came 4th and 5th. The J14 development quad and the J15 beginner crew raced well, but were not quite fast enough to get through to the finals.

    In addition to racing a number of the younger boys and girls helped out with the event, acting as stake boat assistants at the start

     

  • Chembakolli Day for Year 4 boys and girls was a great success

    Posted 16/05/2012 10:00:06
    Tags: Berkshire Private schools, Chembakolli, Southern India

    Year 4 in the Thicket Year 4 in a 'Chembakolli' class

    Chembakolli Day for Year 4 boys and girls was a great success. Girls from Year 4 joined the boys at Ridgeway for a special day to learn about life in Chembakolli, a small village in Southern India. The day commenced with a walk in the Thicket imagining it was the Chembakolli forest so the children could learn how the villagers lived and worked in the forest. The children then played the Indian game khokho together which was followed by an Indian lunch. The afternoon was spent trying out a variety of Indian crafts and carrying out a quiz. The children thoroughly enjoyed their experience and had a wonderful time.

     

  • Claires Court Community Contribution!

    Posted 15/05/2012 09:43:09
    Tags: Berkshire Independent Schools, GroundWork, Longridge, National Citizen Service

    Many thanks to Tim Knight and his colleague, Nadia, who spoke to Years 11 and 12 last week about an exciting community initiative his charity, ‘GroundWork’ are running in conjunction with the National Citizen Service.

    The programme offers young people of 15–17 years of age an opportunity to plan, prepare and deliver a community project of their choosing. The project starts with a week's residential course at Longridge from Monday 16th July and includes an opportunity to crew narrow boats as well as lots of opportunities to develop planning, organisational and leadership skills during the process of identifying and running a much needed community initiative through an interactive and engaging series of activities.

     

  • Claires Court wows at Art on the Street

    Posted 14/05/2012 12:46:07
    Tags: Art, Art & Craft Club Workshops, art on the street, Maidenhead Private Schools

    Claires Court craft workshop at 'Art on the Street' A 'living statue' at 'Art on the Street'

    What a day — the sun shone and Maidenhead was bustling with activity. Claires Court A Level Art & Photography was on display in the High Street, Art Workshops were in full swing in Waterstone's and likewise Claires Court Art & Craft Club Workshops in ‘Art’ (opposite Argos).

    As if this wasn't enough, our musicians and actors excelled themselves. The ever popular Samba Band was received with enthusiasm, whilst Sam MacGregor just took the breath away with his performing of his own compositions as well as well-known numbers. Laura Spencer and Sarah Crookes ‘busked’ outside Waterstone's, adding to the ambience.

    Equally breath–taking were the ‘statues’. All around could be heard the whispers of ‘have you seen the statues’ and they were photographed endlessly.

    Well done to all who participated in this great event and helped to make it the success and fun it is!

     

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