Tockington Manor School

What a wonderful celebration of music we’ve had at Tockington over the last week!

On Friday, our Pre-Prep pupils took to the stage for their annual summer concert, and they did us all so proud. We were treated to an incredible variety of talents, from electric guitars and drums to woodwind, strings, singing and piano solos! ✨

Our amazing peripatetic music teachers work with our children individually during the school day to hone their skills, and they are looking forward to welcoming a whole new group of aspiring musicians this September. 🎺🎹

To inspire the children, we've held assemblies this week to expose them to the woodwind family, featuring fantastic live performances from our own pupils on the flute, fife and clarinet. This morning we had a 🥁 drumming demo from Mr White, who got everyone incredibly excited by showing how a simple clapping rhythm transforms into a drumming masterpiece! (⚠️ Parents: We apologise in advance if your child comes home today wanting a drum kit for their next birthday! 😉)

Want to get involved? If your child is ready to find "their thing" in music, trial lessons and sign-ups are open. Please contact our Music Department to secure a spot for September! 👇

And do join us for our Musical Soiree later this month! It promises to be a lovely afternoon in our Rose Garden.

It's been an exceptional few weeks for sport at Tockington with a number of our pupils breaking records and gaining achievements!

In an exciting start to our athletics season, Joshan equalled the U11 boys 800m record at TMS with a time of 2 minutes 44 seconds, and Anna broke a ten-year-old record in the 600m event with a time of 2'10! Well done to both of you 👏🙌 Asia is off to a World Cup competition after representing the South West in a recent Karate tournament and scooping two gold medals - fantastic Asia! Hattie, Sienna and Danielle will all be representing the South West in Hockey, having been selected for various West Panthers squads - well done girls!

We are so proud of all our pupils competing and achieving in sport in and outside of school - please do continue sharing their news with us. And good luck to our pupils competing in IAPS swimming finals this weekend in London, and our Touch Rugby Team looking to retain their national title in the U13 Mixed Touch champs later this month. 🏆🌟👊

A wonderfully special Disney Day yesterday in honour of Miss Fox! The children showed creativity and enthusiasm in their dress-up that would have had her smiling - congratulations to our lucky draw winners!

After assembly, we gathered in the garden with Ali's children to plant a tree in her memory - a winter cherry blossom that will flower from November to March. We hope that it will flourish at Tockington and enjoy life here as much as Miss Fox did. 🥰😀

As they prepare to write their Common Entrance exams this week, we’re looking back at the fun our Year 8s had at Forest School a few weeks ago! Fort building, water fights, releasing a snoozing hedgehog from the shed safely, and a slip n slide made for a session with a difference!

Good luck Year 8!

Well done to our OTs for participating and supporting! 👏🙌⭐️

Basil, who left TMS last year, is on lap 6 of the Ultra Backyard (over 20 miles so far!)

His support crew, Henry and Hugo also left us last year, and we love welcoming back OT’s to the school 🎉

A brilliant end to our half term this afternoon with every class of our School and Nursery taking part in our first Mini Marathon! Children ran as many laps of our courses as they could manage in the hot sun, as a warm up to the PWR Endure Backyard Ultra happening at Tockington this weekend.

We are incredibly proud to say we ran a collective ⭐️478 kilometres! ⭐️
🏃100 laps of our 200m course on the Astro for Nursery (a special shout out to our 2 and 3 year olds!)
🏃‍♀️312 laps of the 400m athletics track for Pre-Prep
🏃‍♂️417 laps of the 800m mini cross country trail (reverse loop) for Prep

Just under 300 miles in total - well done Tockington! 👏🙌 All run in true school spirit showing enthusiasm, kindness, community and resilience. You can be proud of yourselves and show off your very unique commemorative medals with a smile. 😊 🥇

Happy half term everyone! And do pop in and support the marathon runners tomorrow if you’re around - race starts at 10am until Sunday at 4pm.

What a fantastic performance from Year 3 & 4 at the annual Shakespeare Festival this week! Performing the Tragedies, each class put on a brilliant show - featuring lion duels, sword fights, and some tumultuous storms. Well done to all the pupils on their spirited and enthusiastic performances - you should be very proud of yourselves! 👏👏🤩

Has your child brought their pennies in for our Coin Quest? Dig out the coppers, scurry around for the silvers and let's get those jars full! Whichever Year group raises the most with their spare change will win an 🍧🍨🍦ice cream party. All proceeds will go towards our Forest School project, with work beginning during this half-term!

Our year of fundraising for our Charity of the Year, Young Bristol is coming to a close. With just over six weeks left, there's a sneaky chance to make a donation for the bespoke keepsake TMS medal, which all children will be able to take home when they take part in our mini-marathon this Friday. Donate £1 or more if you like here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/tockingtonmanorschool-youngbristol?utm_medium=FA&utm_source=CL

Proceeds from our inaugural TMS Paper Plane Competition on Thursday will also go to Young Bristol. £2 entry fee on the day will give your child a chance to show they can go the distance!

✅ £2 in cash this Thursday for Paper Planes
✅ £1 or any donation by Friday for Mini Marathon medal
✅ Spare change and coins for Coin Quest (by 5 June)

We are so appreciative of your generosity and support in all our fundraising activities - thank you 🥰🙏