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Prep for the Week Issue Number 1850 – 3 February 2017

In this week’s issue…

Headmaster's Blog and Commendations Informal Concert World Book Day A View from the Maths Department Kingfishers and Lower School News Bakery Club and House Baking Competition Year 5 'Play in a Day' Girls' and Boys' Sports Calendar Notices

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Headmaster's Blog Dear Parents I must emphasise two important aspects of communication. Firstly, that if a parent wishes to bring an issue to the attention of the school, any delay inevitably impacts on the effectiveness of the response. In matters relating to disputes between children, it is right and proper that events are properly investigated and that no one jumps to unjust conclusions. Any delay in commencing investigations will result in hazy memories and dissembling and a less than satisfactory resolution.

And secondly, and vital to the continued progress of any school, those children who witness umpleasantness between others are morally obliged to step forward and take responsibility, especially if they are in the Upper School. To stand by and witness another child’s upset, without either attempting to stop the source of the upset or inform a member of staff is to condone the actions of the perpetrator. On the whole The Prep is strong in these respects. If it wasn’t, then my staff and I would be dealing with greater numbers of unhappy children.

However, there will be no resting on laurels in any aspect of the school’s performance and customer service and the happiness and safety of the children must be at the forefront.

Jon Whybrow

Headmaster's Commendations Charles Mills for an outstanding piece of woodworking in DT Enthusiasts Honor Hardie Organisation and consistent hard work in Maths Leah Richardson Consistent hard work and determination to succeed in Maths

Informal Concert Well done to all the pupils who took part in this week's Informal Concert in Lake House, which saw pupils of all ages showing off what they have been learning! It was a great show - thanks to all who took part, as well as those in the audience.

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World Book Day Is it really a whole year since our last World Book Day celebrations?!

For those of you who have had their costumes planned for months, fear not, it is nearly time for you to dress up again!

On World Book Day (Thursday 2 March 2017) please come to school dressed up as a book character of your choice. You don’t need to spend a fortune on a costume, perhaps you could put your creative talents into practice and make something. Even a gesture towards a costume would be great, for example wearing a wig or carrying a prop.

There will be a range of activities and competitions to enter on the day itself but there are two that you can start thinking about right now, just in time for Half Term!

Story Boxes Competition

Think inside the box rather than outside it this time and create a scene from a book of your choice inside a shoebox. Your shoebox can be any size and you can use any materials you like to create your scene. Bring your box to your form room on any day from now until Thursday 2 March; everyone who enters will receive a point for their House.

EXTREME Reading

This popular competition will run again this year.

To compete for a prize, all you need to do is take a photograph of yourself reading in an extreme or unusual place and send it or give it to Mrs Carson in the Library (email p.carson@cheltenhamcollege. org). Take inspiration from the astronaut, Tim Peak, reading in the International Space Station!

Book Swap

If you wish to take part, bring a minimum of two books (in reasonable condition) into school and give them to Mrs Carson in the library between Monday 20 and Friday 24 February.

These books will be collected and sorted appropriately. On Monday 27 February (Upper School) and Tuesday 28 February (Lower and Middle School) participating pupils will be able to select two books they wish to take home. Pupils may bring in more than two books but will still only be able to take two.

Any remaining books will be sold on a bookstall at a later date to raise funds for the school charity.

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A view from: The Maths Department is the area and perimeter of our astro pitches and how much would it cost to replace the astro-turf on our pitches?

What is the probability of Man United winning the Premiership? …. well zero you might argue!

Our world is maths! We use maths when we go shopping, plan a holiday, decide on a mortgage, decorate a room, order on Amazon... in fact we use maths in almost every part of our lives. At some point in their school lives, every pupil asks the question, “But why would we ever need to know this?” as they struggle through some seemingly random problem. The question is very easily answered in the Maths classroom. The fact that maths is so ubiquitous in our world, means it’s so relatable to everything we do, and it is simple to provide examples of where a particular concept can be used.

Cookery comes a close second to sport in terms of relating everyday life to maths. If we need 400g of flour for 8 cakes, how much do we need for 12? If my cake goes into the oven at 13:50 and takes 40 minutes to cook.

When can I take it out the oven? If I have 0.5 litres of milk, is this enough if my recipe says that I need 400 ml?

Figuring out problems in Baking, and say making smoothies, are activities in which our pupils almost forget that they are in the maths lesson as they are so much part of their lives.

Our department is continually looking for ways to improve our pupils’ progress and a huge step forward for us has been running clinics several mornings per week for individuals or small groups of pupils who need some extra support on a particular topic. This has been possible mostly

due to Mrs Goodman, our Maths specialist LSW, who co-ordinates these sessions. This together with our House Maths competitions every Half Term, DCB Maths Challenges, and national events, ensures that our pupils have full immersion in our subject and can make as much progress possible.

Without mathematics there’s nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics.

Dr Sandra Gilmour, Head of Maths

The links between Sport and Maths are endless. It is a connection that our pupils have a passion for and can engage with and more often than not, gets them out of the classroom, and still doing work! How much faster is the runner in Rome than Athens?

What is the average speed for the cycle part of our Triathlon? What angle should the javelin be thrown? How much is spent on all the strawberries and cream sold at Wimbledon? What Prep for The Week Issue Number 1850 3 February 2017

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Kingfishers This week, the children in Nursery celebrated Chinese New Year by learning a little about the customs involved, making chinese lanterns and listening to the story of the Chinese Zodiac Animals. The children in the photo were born in the year of the Dragon!

The week ended with a great deal of excitement. The children came to school well prepared with backpacks, torches, maps, hats and binoculars in readiness for our bear hunt. They made their own marmalade sandwiches

during the morning before setting off on their adventure.

The little bears from the Cottage had escaped and had to be tracked down! But don't worry - every last bear was found and escorted safely back to the Cottage.

Tuesday 7 February at 15:45 Prep Library Join us for a talk by Belinda West from student support services: 'Tears, Tantrums & Triumphs: a parenting workshop on enjoying your under 7' Everyone is welcome to attend!

Lower School On Thursday, Year 3 were on Bath Road carrying out their field work for Geography. Armed with clip boards and maps, we worked our way from Kew Place up to the Norwood Roundabout.

We found out everything we could about the land use on Bath Road. We had to be very observant and found that there was a huge variety of shops available. We were amazed to find that it was possible to buy almost anything on Bath Road, from bubble bath to bacon rolls and from pet food to Pokemon cards. Carefully recording the names and type of shops has enabled us to

create our own maps with shopkeepers were really welcoming to our pupils proper keys in class. and more than happy to Meanwhile, other explain a little more about their shop and what they members of the year sold. Good work Lower were conducting a School. survey of the public. We wanted to know who was visiting Bath Road and Finally, we look forward the purpose of their visit. to seeing all our parents This will help us to build at some point during our a full picture of what kind Monday and Tuesday Parents’ nights. Please of people come to Bath Road and why the shops do take the opportunity and services we found are to look through your child’s work which will doing business there. be located outside their classroom. Late stay will It was wonderful to take place in the main see how polite and considerate Year 3 were Library between 16.00 to other members of and 17.50 on both these nights. Pupils should be the public. Despite how collected from the Library chilly it was, everyone after your appointment. remembered their manners and many of the Thank you.

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Bakery Club The pupils at Bakery Club have been working very hard this term! So far we have made tasty pizza pin wheels, delicious chocolate slices and buttery iced orange biscuits with sprinkles. Lots of important skills are developed in the club – listening skills, sharing equipment, using scales correctly, measuring items, following a recipe as well as mixing and rolling techniques. Patience is also needed while we wait for the delicious food to cook! The group are also aware of the importance of teamwork, especially when tidying up. They are very good at helping each other.

WW2 Play in a Day

It was a huge privilege to watch Year 5 children perform a play about being an evacuee this week. After a few hours of exciting, fast-paced rehearsal, every pupil in Year 5 took on a role and led us through a dramatic recreation of evacuee experiences in WWII. Year 5 children were encouraged to use their own knowledge of WWII to enrich the performance. It was very rewarding to hear so many accurate WWII details retold with such confidence and in such an entertaining context. Pupils even used their improvisation skills to devise scenes that formed part of the play. It was fantastic to see everyone involved and I’m sure all learned a great deal from the whole day Many thanks to Mr Colin Smith who directed this wonderful extra-curricular History activity, as well as to Mrs Paterson and Mr Simpson for their hard work. Big congratulations go to the stars of the day, who were undoubtedly the Year 5 evacuees themselves, as they brought WWII to life for a day at The Prep.

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House Baking Competition

Spring 2017

The theme for all entries is ANIMALS! You can decorate your entry to show a wild animal, a farmyard animal or a pet. You can include more than one animal if you like.

Recipes available on the school website or from your House Master or Mistress!

All entries need to be handed in as follows: • Kingfishers: Kingfisher Hall • Lower School: Lower School Middle Room • Middle and Upper School: Assembly Hall by 08.25 on Monday 20 February 2017 Please label your entry clearly with: your name, House (Years 3 – 8) and form Remember to collect your entries at the end of the same day!

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Girls' Sports Girls' Netball Results TEAM OPPOSITION DATE SCORE U9 A Prior Park Wed 1 Feb 6 – 5 U8 A Dean Close Wed 1 Feb 2 – 1 U8 B Dean Close Wed 1 Feb 3 – 2 1st VII Prior Park T’ment Wed 1 Feb Reached semis U12 A St Hugh’s T’ment Wed 1 Feb 6th U12 B St Hugh’s T’ment Wed 1 Feb 6th U13 B St Hugh’s Wed 1 Feb 6 – 10 U13 C St Hugh’s Wed 1 Feb 1 – 15

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Team of the Week – U8A The girls took part in their first netball match of the term against local rivals Dean Close. With a really promising start to their netball careers. The girls were enthusiastic and gave their all during the game. It was a very evenly matched contest and the girls showed great determination and worked well as a team to earn the win. We will work on our passing so that we can throw to hand and move the ball more swiftly into the spaces so that the game flows more. We will need to ensure we have safe pairs of hands to receive passes and retain possession so that we can move the ball into attack and score more goals next time.

Middle School House Netball 1st – Athens 2nd – Rome 4th – Sparta 5th – Corinth

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3rd – Persia 6th – Troy

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Boys' Sports Boys' Hockey Results TEAM OPPONENT 1st VII Dean Close 2nd VII Dean Close 3rd VII Dean Close 4th VII Dean Close 5th VII Dean Close 6th VII Dean Close 7th VII Dean Close

Cross Country Relays

Cheltenham Prep entered 3 teams into the Cross Country Relay Invitational Competition at Warwick Prep School. There were twelve other schools in attendance, many of whom we do not compete against in any other sport, and so the girls were very excited about the fresh competition!

RESULT Lost Lost Lost Won Lost Lost Lost

SCORE 2-1 4-3 2-3 3-2 0-1 0-1 5-2

For news, fixtures and updates, follow us on Twitter! @cheltprep_boys Well done to our Middle School boys who took part in this week's House Hockey.

The races are run in teams of four as a relay - over a very muddy cross country course of about a mile. We did exceptionally well and our results were as follows: Year 4 girls came 1st Year 5 girls came 4th Year 6 girls came 2nd This meant that we came 3rd overall as a school from the twelve competing.

Fantastic teamwork girls!

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All changes and additions to the School Calendar appear in pink.

Calendar

Sunday 5 February 2017 13:00 Boarders' Rock Climbing Activity (Full and Regular Flexi-Boarders Only) Monday 6 February 2017, Week 5 (20) 6 - 12 February

LAMDA Examinations this week • Put on top line

Pro Corda National Music Competition (Coventry) 16:30 Parents' Evening for parents of children in Lower School Tuesday 7 February 2017 09:30 Brian Moses talk for pupils in Reception - Year 4 09:30 College Maths Competition for prep schools, selected pupils from Years 5-6 (Thirlestaine Long Gallery) 11:00 Brian Moses talk for pupils in Years 5-8 Departure for Severnside Cross Country at Wycliffe Prep School (A): Years 5-8. Pick up 18:00 14:00 14:15 Brian Moses writing workshop for Year 5 15:00 Welfare Committee 15:45 Talk to Kingfishers' Parents by Pupil Support Services (Library) 16:30 Education Committee 16:30 Parents' Evening for parents of children in Lower School Wednesday 8 February 2017 09:15 Reception Assembly (Assembly Hall) Parents welcome 12:30 Departure for Football v St Hugh’s (A): U9A VI, U9B VI, U9C VI, U11B IX, U11C IX. Start 14:30.

Pick up 17:30 13:45 Departure for Netball v Berkhampstead (A): U8B, U9B. Start 14:30. U8A, U9A. Start 15:15. Pick

up 16:45 14:30 Netball v Berkhampstead (H): U10B, U11B. Pick up 16:15 14:30 Football v St Hugh’s (H): U10A VII, U10B VII, U10C VII. Pick up 16:15 14:30 Hockey v St Hugh’s and Prior Park (H): 2nd VII, 3rd VII, 5th VII, 6th VII, 7th VII. Pick up 16:15 14:45 Departure for Netball v RGS Worcester (A): 1st VII, 2nd VII, 3rd VII, 4th VII, 5th VII. Start 16:00.

Pick up 18:00 15:30 Netball v Berkhampstead (H): U10A, U11A. Pick up 17:00 15:30 Hockey v Richard pate (H): U11A VII. Pick up 16:15 16:15 Hockey v Cheltenham College U14 VII (H): 1st VII. Pick up 17:30 Thursday 9 February 2017 Departure for IAPS Hockey at Repton (A): 1st VII. Start 10:00. Pick up 16:30 07:00 Kingfishers Experience Pre-Prep Open Morning for prospective parents 09:30 Swimming Gala v Wycliffe (H): Years 6-8. Pick up 18:00 16:45 18:30 Association Informal London Drinks (The Oyster Shed EC4R 3AB) Friday 10 February 2017

House Baking launch (including Kingfishers) Departure for IAPS Hockey at Repton (A): U11A VII. Start 10:00. Pick up 16:30 07:00 09:15 Year 1 Assembly (Assembly Hall) Parents welcome 13:30 Cheltenham Prep Local Schools Mixed U11 Netball Festival (H): Pick up 16:15 Chapel (parents welcome) 14:15 Half Term begins for Kingfishers: no after school care, activities or tea 15:30 16:15 Half Term begins for Middle & Upper School: no after school care, activities or tea 16:00 Half Term begins for children in Lower School: no after school care, activities or tea Prep for The Week Issue Number 1850 3 February 2017

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NOTICES Happy Birthday to the following pupils this week!

Rafe Maxwell

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Jasper Penny

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Charlotte Gilder Zhangir Aldongar Ed Critchley

Ciaran Portch

Harry Richardson

Sofiia Shulzhenko Ollie White Ollie McGrath Zak O'Sullivan

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Monday 10th - Thursday 13th April 2017 ACTIVITY CAMPS

AT CHELTENHAM COLLEGE SPORTS CENTRE

Easter Camp Over 20 exciting games and sports, including arts, crafts and swimming for boys and girls aged 4½ - 14 years

www.cheltenhamactivitycamps.co.uk

01242 705 551

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