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SUMMER FETE - SATURDAY 19TH MAY 12.00 - 3.00 p.m.

18.05.2012

We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow. Come and help on a stall, have a great lunch, loads of fun and help to raise lots of money for outside play equipment for Great Ballard pupils. At the moment, the School is raising money for an outdoor fun exercise and music trail through the woods. The...

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Form 6 Cycling Proficiency.

18.05.2012

Form 6 have been enjoying their recent Cycling Proficiency lessons. All pupils involved are making good progress. Well done....

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Form 6,7,8 Swimming Gala Friday 18th May

17.05.2012

Friday 18th May Forms 6,7 and 8 will be participating in a Swimming Gala against Meoncross. Good luck to all the pupils who are swimming....

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Form 5 Residential Tuesday 15th May

17.05.2012

Form 5 started off their action packed residential by visiting Arundel Park, getting nice and muddy going through the woodland trails. In the afternoon they visited the beach and settled down for the night at Gumber Bothy....

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Swimming Gala - Friday 11th May

10.05.2012

The Swimming Gala on Friday 11th May is now only Form 4 to Form 6 and not Form 5 to Form 8 as specified in the calendar. Sorry for the change and Good luck to all the pupils who are swimming.  ...

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Paul Ullson visits Form 2 - Tuesday 8th May.

09.05.2012

Tuesday 8th May Form 2 were visited by the historical adventure man Paul Ullson. They had an informative talk about pirates and made their own Treasure maps. ...

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School Tea

06.05.2012

School Tea is impressive - a lovely cooked meal for the children at the end of the day at 5.45 p.m. It is also very good value at £1.50. Due to catering numbers, please inform the office by lunch time if you wish your child to stay for tea. If the children are on a club list or...

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Word of the Week

06.05.2012

The WOW! for this work is 'gregarious'...

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Form 3 Play

04.05.2012

On Monday, Form 3 performed their first ever Main School Form Play. Well done to the form and especially Mrs Darby-Brown for putting on such a super production. Everyone looked the part and thank you for the great support parents have given the children.      ...

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Form 3 Explore How Light Travels in Straight Lines

03.05.2012

Form 3 explored how light travels in straight lines this week. Ibn al-Haytham (965 in Basra - c. 1040 in Cairo) a Muslim scientist, proved that rays of light travel in straight lines, and carried out various experiments with lenses, mirrors,refraction, and reflection. ...

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Spring Term 2012 Prizes

24.03.2012

*Scroll to the end af article for photos. Academic Prizes   Form 3 Form Teacher: E. Parmenter Effort: ...

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SUMMER FETE - SATURDAY 19TH MAY 12.00 - 3.00 p.m.

18.05.2012

We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow. Come and help on a stall, have a great lunch, loads of fun and help to raise lots of money for outside play equipment for Great Ballard pupils. At the moment, the School is raising money for an outdoor fun exercise and music trail through the woods. The...

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Form 6 Cycling Proficiency.

18.05.2012

Form 6 have been enjoying their recent Cycling Proficiency lessons. All pupils involved are making good progress. Well done. ...

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Form 6,7,8 Swimming Gala Friday 18th May

17.05.2012

Friday 18th May Forms 6,7 and 8 will be participating in a Swimming Gala against Meoncross. Good luck to all the pupils who are swimming....

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Form 5 Residential Tuesday 15th May

17.05.2012

Form 5 started off their action packed residential by visiting Arundel Park, getting nice and muddy going through the woodland trails. In the afternoon they visited the beach and settled down for the night at Gumber Bothy. ...

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Form 6 and C.Y.E Assembly.

15.05.2012

Tuesday 15th May Form 6 pupils gave a enthusiastic presentation about their residential at C.Y.E Sailing Centre, followed by representatives from the C.Y.E talking about the Sailing Centre and the activities they offer.    ...

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PRE-PREP CALENDAR DATE

15.05.2012

Transition Day/Afternoon for Pre-Prep children will be on Wednesday 27th June. Form 2 will spend the day having a taster of Main School life. Children in Upper Nursery, Reception and Year 1 will spend the afternoon with their form teachers for September.  ...

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GRANDPARENTS DAY - FRIDAY 25TH MAY

13.05.2012

As you will have noted from the calendar, we are having a Grandparents' Afternoon. The plan is to invite grandparents to visit the school for tours and a special assembly at 2.30pm. After the assembly, at about 3:30, tea will be served in the Conservatory for all those present and I will be unveiling...

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GETTING BETTER FASTER BROADBAND - WE NEED YOUR HELP!

12.05.2012

At Wednesday's Eartham Annual Parish Meeting we were advised to complete a brief questionnaire (link below) in the quest to have our broadband speed increased. Please could you support us by completing the exercise (about 2 minutes!) because West Sussex needs to know there is the demand. You can...

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Paul Ullson visits Form 7 - Friday 11th May.

11.05.2012

Friday 11th May Paul Ullson gave a very insightful talk about the Black Death to Form 7, he portrayed a surgeon during the Bubonic plague....

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Open Day-Saturday 12th May

11.05.2012

Open Day-Saturday 12th May ...

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Form 6 return from their residential.

10.05.2012

Wednesday 9th of May Form 6 returned from their residential having had a wonderful, but wet couple of days at the C.Y.E. Sailing Centre.   ...

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Barnardo's Assembly

10.05.2012

The charity Barnardo's gave an assembly on Friday 4th May 2012. It was very informative and the children are looking forward to growing their beans! ...

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Open Day-Saturday 12th May

09.05.2012

Open Day-Saturday 12th May ...

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Paul Ullson visits Reception - Tuesday 8th May.

08.05.2012

Tuesday 8th May Reception were visited by the historical adventure man Paul Ullson. They had a very enjoyable time learning about Dragons and later drawing them.  ...

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Form 6 Residential.

08.05.2012

Form 6 left in high spirits for their overnight residential at the C.Y.E. Sailing Centre today. Have a great time! [/caption]  ...

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Open Day-Saturday 12th May

08.05.2012

Open Day-Saturday 12th May ...

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Teamwork Assembly.

08.05.2012

Mr. Miller led an assembly this morning that got the children thinking about teamwork. He discussed all the different scenarios that teamwork is used throughout our daily lives. Thank you Mr. Miller! ...

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Breakfast Club

05.05.2012

Parents are welcome to book their children into Breakfast Club which starts at 7.50 a.m. at a cost of £1.50. David Amos needs to know by 2.00pm the previous day (whenever possible) if you would like your child to have breakfast.  ...

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Form 6 learning HTML

01.05.2012

Form 6 are starting to get to grips with HTML coding. It was great to see pupils willing to help others and push their development skills. Some pupils began to build their own pages from scratch in HTML! Well done! Mr O'Connor ...

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New Maths Challenge

30.04.2012

Mr Miller has set more maths challenges. Click here to visit the page. You will need your password.  ...

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Maths Challenge

30.04.2012

Congratulations to the following who have successfully completed the first Maths' Challenge: J Klawitter ? Romans Z Hodson ? Romans J Young ? Romans A Wagner ? Romans T Stenhouse ? Romans A Freeman ? Spartans D Maxwell ? Trojans H Walker ? Trojans I Built ? Spartans E Built...

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GREAT BALLARD SUMMER FETE - Saturday 19th May

29.04.2012

Please put this date in your diary for another fun-filled afternoon for all the family. We need helpers on the day especially to do a stint on the stalls. Please volunteer - we need you!    ...

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OUR TERMLY THEME - 'Can we count on you?'

28.04.2012

As mentioned last week, we are pushing the positive with MATHS. Mr Miller has engaged the Main School pupils with a House Times Tables competition and the results are: Spartans = 55.88%, Trojans = 55.48% and Romans = 52.61%.    ...

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Poetry Evening 2012

28.04.2012

Last night was the annual Poetry Evening in the Studio and we were treated to a super hour of poems recited in an articulate and confident manner by pupils from Reception to Form 7 and by our LAMDA teacher, Mrs Jane Huxley, who had the difficult job of deciding who would receive first prize in each age...

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Form 4 Residential 2012

27.04.2012

Form 4 hiked to and from The Spur campsite at Slindon with Mrs Grover and Mr O'Connor. Staying overnight at the Scout Hut they did get wet but no one complained and everyone had a wonderful time. Mrs Grover and Mr O?Connor were very pleased with the trip and apparently enjoyed it too! Next...

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ART WITH MR THOMAS

27.04.2012

Are there any parents who would be interested in joining me in Mr Thomas' Art Group on a Friday from 1.10pm-3.10pm? The class is very relaxed and informal and you do not have to have any previously recognised artistic talent. I hadn?t produced any Art since I was at school and was not a promising...

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GREAT BALLARD OPEN DAY - Saturday 12th May

27.04.2012

This term we would like to invite ALL current parents to see the School as well as inviting prospective families. This will be an excellent opportunity for parents in Pre-Prep to come and see what we have to offer in Main School. We will be asking for children to come in and act as hosts...

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SUMMER UNIFORM

27.04.2012

Children may wear summer or winter uniform until after the Bank Holiday (Monday 7th May) when summer uniform is to be worn....

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SUMMER UNIFORM

25.04.2012

Children may wear summer or winter uniform until after the Bank Holiday (Monday 7th May) when summer uniform is to be worn.  ...

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GREAT BALLARD SUMMER FETE - Saturday 19th May

25.04.2012

Please put this in your diary for another fun-filled afternoon for all the family. We need helpers on the day especially to do a stint on the stalls. Please volunteer - we need you!    ...

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