Terrington Hall School

Red House: 79-9 (28 overs)

THPS 39 all-out (11.4overs)

Lost by 40 runs.

A dry, if rather cold day and a fascinating (if ultimately frustrating) game of cricket. Hostile opening bowling by Jones and Charters had Red House reeling at 9-5 after 8 overs. The bowling continued to be accurate (McGill, Thompson and Buchanan) but some very sloppy out-cricket and excellent application by Hewitt, Todd and (in particular) Copeland, saw Red House recover to an eminently achievable 79-9 when the innings closed, some 34 of their total being in the extras column.

Our batting performance was dire in the face of accurate but by no means threatening bowling. Our 13-5 "recovered" to 29-6 thanks to a good stand between Buchanan and McGill but we subsided disappointingly to 39 all out.

Concentration and shot-selection were poor but this was a real lesson in crease-occupation which we were unable to achieve. The man-of-the-match would appear to be Mr Extras who comfortably top-scored in the Red House innings and who was, ultimately, the difference between the two teams.

Much work still to be done!

M.J.G.

THPS: 131-6 declared (27 overs)

Woodleigh/Bramcote: 99-2 (23 overs).

Match Drawn.

It would be easy to say "what a difference 5 days makes" but that would NOT include the weather. It was horrible: wet, cold, miserable but the cricket was at least a little better.

We agreed a 50 over match, side batting first to have a maximum of 28 with the side batting second receiving the "balance" on completion of the first innings. We lost the toss and were inserted.

We enjoyed the best of the early exchanges, despite some accurate bowling from the Bradley brothers. Eddie Thompson looked good for his 13 and Tom Pycock played sensibly. The opposition leg-spinners, Watts and Newby, bowled remarkably well given the wet ball but they found Jack Charters in dominant form.

With rain continuing to fall, we took an early tea and after the resumption lost Charters (30) and Pycock (32) in quick succession. Some lusty blows by Steven Jones (25) supported by Nathan Chapman and Charlies B and T, plus a first ever innings for Cameron Keanurico, took us to a reasonably healthy 131-6 when the captain declared, one over short of the maximum.

A good decision, I felt, but we were unable to press for victory as R. Bradley and C. Watts put on a slow but untroubled 49 for the first wicket, despite some hostile bowling from Charters and Jones. Joseph Elliott, on his 1st XI debut, snared Watts and looked threatening.

Eventually, the opening bowlers returned but it was too late to force a victory as Newby batted with authority. A superb caught and bowled by Charters dismissed the impressive Bradley for a well-crafted 49 and an honourable draw was declared.

In short: much better-----but a long way to go. Great credit to the "Bramleigh" team who possessed several very promising cricketers. We will need to improve, however, particularly the fielding, with the challenges which lie ahead.

M.J.G. 

Our first game of the season and the less said about it the better. Weather abysmal-----cold and getting colder with the occasional squawly shower. What a tsrat to the glorious summer.

After a number of strong years, I approached this season with a mixture of trepidation and real fear of humiliation. On this showing, those fears may be justified.

I have some sympathy for the players. The conditions would have been poor for Rugby and we had not had any practice on grass. Nonetheless, the basics could have been applied and fragile attendance at nets through the winter doesn't help in this aspect. It is hard to find any positives, but I will try.

Jack Charters bowled with real hostility (5 overs, 2-11) and Eddie Thompson very steadily (5 overs, 1-21). Steven Jones took a good catch despite hands which must have been frozen.

For Malsis, Sam Stuart batted very well for his 94, profiting from some loose bowling and he was well supported by Ramsden as the two put on over 100 for the 3rd wicket. With the bat, we muddled to 29-4 when we agreed to call a halt to proceedings because of the weather and conceded defeat.

Much hard work lies ahead if we are to be competitive. There is ability in the squad but do the boys possess the application or concentration? Time will tell. 

9 pm Tuesday.

a) Revise the names of three other countries where French is spoken other than France.

b) Revise the nouns (+ le or la) for the objects that go in a pencil case- rubber- la gomme, ruler- la règle, pencil- le crayon etc.

c) Revise the days of the week and the months of the year and the correct spelling.

janvier, février, mars, avril, mai, juin, juillet, août, septembre, octobre, novembre, décembre.

lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche.

d) Revise the names of the school subjects in French-

le dessin, l'anglais, le français etc.

e) Be able to answer some basic ?s in French eg Comment t'appelles-tu?- je m'appelle...... où habites-tu? J'habite Malton.

Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire (when is your birthday) ? Le 7 juillet.

f) Revise the numbers that we have learnt so far( and spelling)- 1-31. un , deux , trois etc.

g) There will be a ? on adjectival endings and agreements ( Une trousse blanche is correct as it agrees, une fleur vert is not correct as it doesn't have the ‘e' on the end- fleur is a feminine noun).

h) Learn the endings for a regular -er verb

(je trouve, tu trouves, il/elle/on trouve, nous trouvons, vous trouvez, ils/elles trouvent).

 i) Names of sports with articles.

Bonne chance! The main thing is not to panic and do some revision little and often .Devise a revision timetable for the next two weeks.

Day 1, Tuesday 13th April
On a bright and chilly morning, the 2010 Parisian trip set off. Once everyone had loaded their bags, we began our long journey to Paris. After about half an hour of frenzied excitement, we watched the film ‘UP'. The journey continued effortlessly. After we had watched two films we were quite a long way south and we stopped at a Service Station for 45 minutes. We got back on the coach and arrived at the Eurotunnel. In a wink of an eyelid we were in France.
It was actually quite sunny when we emerged from the darkness but it quickly became overcast. After a further two hours in the coach we stopped at a restaurant at Péronne for supper. After everyone had filled up on the biggest burger and chips you had ever seen, we continued on our journey replete but starting to get weary. After another hour and a half, we had driven round Paris and could just spy some of the larger sites in the distance. We then arrived at the Hotel Saphir. Everyone was now feeling very sleepy, so we unpacked, got into our pjs and went to bed.
Gemma Willink, Hattie Fordy, Pippa Martin and Mia Attwooll.

Day 2 ,Wednesday 14th April
We woke up, got dressed and went down to our continental breakfast- croissants and pains au chocolat. We got onto the bus and our first stop was Sacré Coeur and La Place du Tertre. A lot of us had our portraits done while Madame Grant sat in the Square and drank coffee- only one and she made it last as it was 5€ a shot ! Mrs Glen is thinking of setting up her easel next time !! It was also an excellent place to buy chocolate crêpes! We circled the Place de L'Etoile and had a good look at The Arc de Triomphe and then had lunch in the Champ de Mars, beneath the Eiffel Tower- delicious pâté, rillettes, crab sticks and of course des baguettes! The ‘lucky lucky men' were very keen to sell us their wares and the record was 5 miniature Eiffel Towers- I think we made their day !
We then boarded a Bateau Mouche and luckily Gemma was not too traumatised after her accident two years ago ! We sailed under 22 bridges and saw a lot of the sites on the Seine and said ‘ bonjour!' to a lot of the Parisians strolling in the sunshine. When we got back we went for a swim and then had a fabulous meal in an Italian restaurant close by the hotel.
James Corscadden and Nick Foxley.

Day 3 Thursday 15th April
After an early start, we went to a local street market in Mélun and bought a range of goodies from Fresh olives to new outfits. We then went to the Château de Fontainebleau and had an audio tour. It is not as large as Versailles but still very impressive with it's sweeping steps. We had lunch in a grassy wood on the way back to Paris. We met up with the Boddy family who were en-route back to England but due to the volcano eruption in Iceland were stuck in Paris. Imo had always wanted to come on the trip, so she had got her way! We split up into groups and went round Invalides where the highlight was Napoleon's tomb. His body rests in five successive coffins made of tin, mahogany, lead, lead again and ebony.
We went to Chez Clément on Avenue Wagram for supper and behaved like angels. We then had an amazing night tour and saw a lot of the famous sites lit up. We were all exhausted and slept well.
Year 6 Girls

Day 4 Friday 16th April
After an early swim with Madame Grant and Mrs Glen we took a short journey to Carrefour. We were allowed 40 minutes off the lead to buy bonbons and chocolate- it was fantastic.
We then had the choice of going to the Fragonard Perfume Factory or La Conciergerie (where Marie Antoinette spent her final days). At the Perfume Factory we learnt how to make perfume and played a game.
At the prison we looked around the dungeon and the cells. We then looked for a place to have lunch.
We then went to the Stade de France - we were split into two groups and had a super guided tour of the stadium. A lot of the male contingent bought a rugby shirt- they had 20% off! We then went to our final destination at Albert. The Hotel Poppies was a new Youth Hostel and we had to make our own beds! We then went to ‘The Corner Pub' and had a delicious chicken dish.
Year 6 Boys.

Day 5 Saturday 17th April
Today we went on a tour of some of the Battlefields of the Somme. Our guide, Julian came on the coach with us and we stopped off at various places of interest. The first location was Lochnager Crater which had emerged after 60,000 pounds of heavy bombs and shells had been fired into it.
We then got back on the bus and went to Thiepval which is a memorial site with a huge open air stone edifice which had the names of 73, 000 missing soldiers on it. As a body is found and identified, the name is then removed.
We then went to the Newfoundland Memorial Park where the names of the Canadians that fought in the First World War are listed. We saw the remains of the German and British trenches and our guide explained how horrific the living conditions were and the tactics of war back in the early 20th Century. It was an interesting day and we learnt a lot.
Alice Jackson
We then met Madame Le Marchand to hand Nick Foxley over and started our long journey home. We were lucky that we were not caught up in the volcanic ash and had a trouble free journey where we arrived home slightly earlier than planned.
Thank you to everyone involved in the trip- Mr Glen for you excellent tour guiding, Mrs Glen for your support at bed time and Mr and Mrs Martin for all your support, the excellent driving and the hot drinks!
Some repeatable quotes from the children:
‘ I hope Napoleon is not claustrophobic in there!'
‘Why did we fight the French?'
‘I thought it was a UFO!'
Madame Grant