Prep for the Week - Week 4

Prep for the Week Issue Number 1869 – 29 September 2017

In this week’s issue…

Headmaster's Blog and Commendations Kingfishers Update Shakespeare Schools Festival Workshop Beep Beep! Day Sports Update National Poetry Day Next week's calendar 'How We Teach' Information Birthday Announcements

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Headmaster's Blog

Dear Parents This Saturday we host our Autumn Open Morning, a day on which we ask the children to present the school to prospective parents.

The fact that the children gain something from their involvement is key as the ability to present oneself effectively is an important life skill. For those in Year 6 and Year 7, playing a full role in this event is also the beginning of the application process for a position of responsibility. Does this mean that by turning up and acting as a guide one is guaranteed success in this process?

Of course not. However, by retreating from the challenge, one does not do oneself any favours but I know that our pupils will do us, and themselves, proud on the day.

Returning from the IAPS conference, it is clear that the accepted view is that ‘customer service’ is an essential aspect of parents’ experiences in the independent sector, justifying the hard work we put into our own service to parents. Whilst problems will inevitably arise from time-to-time, we pride ourselves on conducting our business in a respectful and professional manner.

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HEADMASTER'S COMMENDATIONS Toby Jones

Imogen Mansell-King

An excellent approach to his maths holiday work

Building a model of and then demonstrating a

Edward Mann

volcanic eruption to Year 8 and nursery children

Completing a wonderful summer diary all about his

Imogen Mansell-King

holidays

An outstanding observational drawing of the Great

Sam Attwood

Grey Owl, Bluebell

Completing a wonderful summer diary all about his

Sophie Essenhigh

holidays

Making a model of and then demonstrating a volcanic eruption to both Year 8 students and nursery children

THRIVE! The Prep’s new Thrive! initiative has got off to an exciting start this term. As we have overhauled our former PSHE topics, we have looked to involve staff from all parts of school, who will share their expertise with our pupils. This week, Rachel Melville-Thomas and Belinda West from our Pupil Support Services came to talk to Year 5 about the different types of anxiety and stress to which we are all prone, how these manifest themselves and a range of approaches to help deal with them. Across the school, we will be placing a real emphasis on supporting our pupils to make good choices in an increasing complex society and staying mentally heathy.

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Kingfishers SUPER SKILLS SQUAD STICKERS One of the exciting new initiatives this year is the introduction of the Super Skills Squad. The children have learnt about the six different characters and their qualities. The squad are: Ella the Empathetic Elephant, Charlie the Challenging Cheetah , Poppy the Persevering Pony, Billy the Bounce Back Bunny, Catherine the Creative Cat and Peter the Participating Penguin. The first very special Super Skills Squad stickers were awarded this morning to three delighted children.

MAKING SHAPES In Mathematics, Reception have been naming shapes and then describing their properties. They then had lots of fun trying to make pictures using shapes. Can you tell what they have made?

BAKING BREAD As part of their topic of ‘Food Glorious Food’ the children in Reception have been making bread. They read the story ofThe Little Red Hen and then set to work mixing ingredients, kneading the dough and then shaping it into a round roll shape.

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Lower School CREATIVE WRITING

We have had another busy week in Lower School and the children have been working hard! The focus in this week’s edition is Creative Writing.

We have been teaching the children about story openings and learning to HOOK the reader in! We have learned about different types, ranging from speech and action openings, to descriptions of the setting and the characters. Our children have been inspired to write, using both videos and pictures to encourage imaginative description. To find out more about our teaching and learning you could come to our “How we teach” evening.

Part of Year 4 English is to begin learning more deeply about text, analysing and reflecting upon our writing. This way, the children learn to assess and challenge themselves, taking more control of their learning. Plus, they are loving using their highlighters!

Have a look at some of their amazing work! We are keen to celebrate and share it with you!

COOKING AND NUTRTION Year 4 Enrichment lessons have seen 4T finding out about food. To begin with the class found out facts about bread from around the world and varieties of soup. This led to the excitement of tasting soup and bread last week to help generate ideas for recipes. This week, the pupils have been learning about what yeast does through a fin experiment, before creating their own bread recipes and making their very own batch soon. Mrs Seamark has been working very hard to bring the topic to life and the children are learning an incredible amount about.

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ERUPTING TUTOR TIME SHOW AND TELL

Sophie Essenhigh and Imogen Mansell-King in 8N both created a model volcano and proceeded to use baking soda/vinegar to demonstrate how it erupts to both Year 8 students and children from the Kingfishers Nursery!

Much fun was had and many questions were asked...

Peer mentoring, looking after our community and doing our bit for the Prep Award Scheme This week in our Section Assembly we were joined by Peer Mentors Josh Yang, Imogen Mansell-King and Ben Cunningham.

Peer mentors are Year 8 pupils who have undergone training so that they can help support pupils with friendships, school life or listen to any other worries that younger pupils may have. Pupils will know who they are because they wear a special yellow badge on their blazer. Josh, Imogen and Ben have also agreed to come and be reading buddies with Year 5 on Wednesdays.

This week, Mr Bass' history classes have

YEAR 7 HISTORY

been taking part in 1066-style elections!

Whilst it is clear to see how much mutual benefit there is in In groups they did speeches and helping each other, Middle School pupils have been thinking presentations on who should be elected about what roles they could do in order to support teachers and William of pupils Normandy, Harold in other areas Godwinson of the school. If any pupils are interested in or Harald helping, Hardrada.

You may I have put upremember a list of suitable roles that you can sign up them from ownMS history foryour outside Office lessons? – from supporting pupils in Kingfisher at

break-times or with their reading, to running a Lower School book clubs in the Library, or helping out in the Art room. All of these jobs will go towards earning Community Service and Leadership credits towards their Silver Prep Award.

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Beep Beep! Kingfishers enjoyed a fantastic road safety day on Wednesday. They were really excited to meet Dan and Lynda the two police officers. Each year group spent time with them, listening to their advice and learning the best way to stay safe while riding bikes or crossing the road. Other activities included a traffic survey on the Bath Road, baking traffic light biscuits, looking at the cars in the car park to find out which colour was the most popular and learning to cross the road while our friends pretended to drive past. Every child received a special Cheltenham Prep reflective teddy keyring. Stay safe out there everyone and remember ‘stop, look and listen’!

BEEP BEEP! DAY

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MIDDLE AND UPPER SCHOOL SHAKESPEARE SCHOOLS FESTIVAL On Thursday two troupes of actors ventured to Tewkesbury to undertake workshops in preparation for their Shakespeare Schools Festival performances in November.

The Year 6 cast of Julius Caesar had the morning workshop and were joined on the stage by a primary school from Worcester. They worked together on various activities and drama skills focusing on voice projection, stage presence and awareness of others around them. The Caesar cast then experienced the nerves of performing a short extract from the play in front of a small, but critical, audience. Afterwards they had an individual tutorial from one of the leaders, focusing this time on ensemble work. The difference between the cast at the beginning of the workshop and the end was amazing and you could see their confidence grow. Pupils contributed to their own direction and were praised for their quick learning and enthusiasm.

The Year 8 cast of Romeo and Juliet followed in the afternoon with a Year 10 class from Wycliffe School. The workshop followed a similar outline but was geared for older pupils and the Romeo and Juliet cast worked with the leader to produce a stunning beginning to the show, building upon what we had already created during school rehearsals.

If you would like to see either cast perform, tickets are available from the box office (01684 295074) at the Roses Theatre for Thursday 16 November. The Prep are performing alongside two other schools and the plays are only half an hour each – just long enough to get a flavour of the great playwright. We hope to see you there.

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NATIONAL POETRY DAY LOVELY FOOD HOMOPHONES Mum ordered pea soup, While dad went for a pee.

It was a chilly winter night, But perfect for eating chilli.

With a leak in the boat, We hopped off for leek for lunch.

We moved to the dessert, To finish out desert.

Hattie Lait & Ava-Grace Buckley-Browne

The country spent Thursday 28 September celebrating National Poetry Day, so Year 4 and much of the school joined in. The theme for this year was ‘Freedom’ and the pupils focused on writing free verse poetry following the topic of spelling homophones. We had great fun finding homophones, making silly sentences and then constructing some poems to be read aloud. These are just a few of the poems that were written on the day....

OPPOSITE HOMOPHONES My friend and I are a pear.

Why can’t the air bee bear?

O deer, the stag and dear aren’t aware.

I wish I could die my hare.

I flew to France and suffered from the flew.

This was knew, but nobody new.

By Sophia McCarthy & Octavia D’Orazi Growing up Homophone When I was one, I won a sprint race, When I was two, my best friend was too,

THE SCOTTISH HOMOPHONES

When I was three, I picked my nose, but nobody knows,

A bald man bawled, In the corner of an aisle on the isle.

He was bored of playing on his hover board.

After he ate a few wee bairns, He washed it down with eight glasses o’ wine.

He climbed the stair, to stare at a laddie in a kilt, Getting annoyed when the clothes started to close.

Next, he ate a lassie in a roll, Who was just auditioning for the film star role.

Writing a note with his right hand, He threw it whole into the bin through the hole.

And then left on a cruise, After assembling his crews.

Fenella Pearson & Max Walker

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When I was four, I wanted to be a bee, When I was five, my sister Belle rang the yard bell, When I was six, I read Red Riding the book, Now I am seven, I wrap my presents and sing rap.

Now I am eight, I ate my first apple.

Ava Blackhurst & Imole Ajayi

END AND START HOMOPHONES Today I ate chilli.

Chilly feet always go blue.

Blew and I blew the wind from me eye.

I brushed my hair.

Hare jumped out past the deer.

Dear oh me, I peeled a pear.

Pair of socks, which don't smell good!

Gennaro Bifulco & George Mills

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GIRLS' SPORT THIS WEEK'S HOCKEY RESULTS 1st VII vs The Dragon 2-4 2nd VII vs The Dragon 4th VII 3-3 3rd VII vs The Dragon 5th VII 1–1 4th VII vs The Dragon 6th VII 4-0 5th VII vs The Dragon 7th VII 4-2 U11A vs The Dragon 7-0 U11B vs The Dragon 1-5

Team of the week...

U11A This week the U11As took on The Dragon at home.

Following some hard work put in on the training pitch, the girls put in a determined and consistent performance to come away with a 7-0 win. It was a well fought battle in the middle of the pitch for much of the match, however, when the girls came together as a team and put in a few lovely passages of play up the right hand side, the crosses started to come in and players were on hand in the D to beat the keeper. Our defence responded really well to any of the challenges by The Dragon, constantly clearing their lines with hard, direct hits up the field.

A good and positive match by the girls.

U11C vs The Dragon 2-1 U10A vs The Dragon 3-0 U10B vs The Dragon 1-3 U10C vs The Dragon 0-5 U9A vs St Johns on the Hill 1-0 U9B vs St Johns on the Hill 7-0

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GB Hockey Coaching Day 12 girls from the 1st and 2nd squads were lucky enough to spend the day being coached by Olympic gold medalists and Great Britain players Kate Richardson Walsh and Helen Richardson Walsh.

This was part of the MT13 Junior Annual Junior Conference held at Millfield School this week. The girls were put through their paces by a number of international players and coaches, working on technical skills and tactical plays. And of course there was time built in at the end for autographs and stick signings. It was a fantastic and very motivating experience for our girls.

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THIS WEEK'S RUGBY RESULTS U13A vs Sir Thomas Rich 0 - 30 U13A vs Bredon Hill 5-5 U13B vs Sir Thomas Rich 15 - 5 U13B vs Bredon Hill 10 - 15 U12A vs Sir Thomas Rich 0-0 U12A vs Bredon Hill 0-0 U12A vs Bourneside 0-0 U12B vs Sir Thomas Rich 25 - 15 U12B vs Bredon Hill 0 - 15 U12B vs Bourneside 15 - 25 U11A vs Richard Pate 50 - 0 U11B vs Richard Pate 35 - 5 U10A vs Richard Pate 35 - 30 U10B vs Richard Pate 50 - 15 U9A, B & C Beaudesert Festival

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BOYS' SPORT Featured team of the week...

U9

The excitement was building as we took the well worn road to Beaudesert Park school for the U9 rugby festival. All three teams were prepped and ready after an excellent week of training and expectations were high.

The focus here is on the fantastic success of the U9 B team who managed to win all three of their matches.

The first match was to be played against a strong and well fancied Home team from Beaudesert. After a slightly slow start, where both teams made some handling errors, the strength of The Prep boys defence became the clear difference between the teams. Our rock solid, defensive pressing pushed the Beaudesert boys back over their own try line twice. A few excellent runs and offloads then opened the gap in the score line which ultimately finished 6 tries to nil. An exceptional start.

Our second match was against local rivals Dean Close. The Prep boys were superb from the outset and again put the Dean Close boys under considerable pressure through our defence. This began to cause Dean Close to make errors, of which our speedy runners took full advantage of. The boys then started to show some excellent attacking flair, stepping out of tackles and offloading brilliantly to rack up the scores.

The physicality and commitment from our boys led to a convincing victory 11 tries to nil.

Our final match was against a rather pumped up Downs Wraxall side.

The attitudes of our boys in the face of a physical Downs team was absolutely fantastic. The boys thoroughly outplayed the opposition, with some thundering tackles to match our skilful offloading game. It was a pleasure to watch as the Cheltenham boys managed to win 7 tries to nil.

A great day was had by all and we were all impressed by the skill, attitude and commitment of our boys. Well done!

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CALENDAR

Sunday, October 1, 2017 - Sunday, October 8, 2017 Sunday, 1 October 2017 18:00

Boarders' return from Weekend Away (Full Boarders Only)

Monday, 2 October 2017 Week 5 (5) 2 - 8 October 19:30

How We Teach *

Tuesday, 3 October 2017 12:35

Years 7-8 Democracy and Parliament Assembly

14:15

Year 7 Democracy and Parliament Talk

14:55

Year 8 Democracy and Parliament Talk

16:30

Football v The Oscar Foundation (H): 1st XI. Pick up 18:00

Wednesday, 4 October 2017 12:45

Departure for The Downs Wraxall Rugby Festival (A): U9A VII, U9B VII, U9C VII. Start 14:00. Pick up 17:30

13:00

Departure for Hockey v The Dragon (A): 5th VII. Start 14:30. Pick up 17:15

13:30

Departure for Hockey v Prior Park (A): 3rd VII, 4th VII. Start 14:45. Pick up 17:00

13:45

House Rugby: Middle and Upper School. Pick up 16:15

14:00

Hockey v The Dragon (H): U9A, U9B. Pick up 16:00

14:00

Hockey v The Dragon (H): 1st VII, 2nd VII. Pick up 16:15

14:45

Hockey v The Richard Pate School (H): U10A, U10B, U11A, U11B. Pick up 16:15

Thursday, 5 October 2017 15:35

Departure for Cross Country League Race 1 (Not at Pittville Park, now at Newlands Rugby Club) (A): Years 4–6. Pick up 17:15

18:00

Choral Evensong: Schola Cantorum Girls’ Voices (Chapel). Pick up 18:30

Friday, 6 October 2017 09:30

Years 3 and 4 visit to Cheltenham Literature Festival

14:00

Recital at local care home

14:15

Chapel *

17:00

Corinth and Rome House Trampolining Trip. Pick up 19:30

Saturday, 7 October 2017 08:30

Departure for Clifton Rugby Festival (A): U9A VII, U9B VII, U9C VII, U8s. Start 10:00. Pick up 13:00

08:30

Departure for Rugby v Clifton (A): U10A VIII, U10B VIII, U10C VIII. Start 10:00. Pick up 12:15

09:30

Years 1 and 2 Bring your family to Forest School

09:30

Hockey v Clifton (H): U9A, U9B. Pick up 10:45

09:50

Departure for Hockey v Clifton (A): 1st VII, 2nd VII, 3rd VII, 4th VII, 5th VII. Start 11:30. Pick up 13:30

09:50

Departure for Rugby v Clifton (A): U12A XII, U12B XII. Start 11:30. Pick up 14:00

10:00

Rugby v Clifton (H): U11B IX, U11C IX. Pick up 11:15

10:30

Hockey v Clifton (H): U10A, U10B, U11A, U11B. Pick up 11:45

11:30

Rugby v Clifton (H): U13A XIII, U13B XIII. Pick up 13:00

Sunday, 8 October 2017 13:00

Boarders' Bowling (Full and Regular Flexi-Boarders Only)

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We wish the following pupils a very happy birthday this week: Matilda Barter (10) Elsie Pearson (7) Finlay Mansell-King (10) Ava-Grace Buckley-Browne (9) Tom de Quincey Adams (11) Amelie Lucas (5) Emmiline Cyphus-Hocken (10)

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HOW WE TEACH

MONDAY 2 OCTOBER, 7.30pm

We are delighted to invite you to our bi-annual 'How We Teach' evening. For those of you who have not attended this before, it is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the teaching and learning process and ethos here at The Prep, as well as experience first-hand some of the inspirational teaching our pupils encounter by participating in actual lessons! The format of the evening will be as follows: 19.30-19.50 Welcome and introduction to the culture of teaching and learning at The Prep Rachel Hamlyn, Deputy Head (Academic) 19.50-20.10 Lesson 1 20.10-20.30 Lesson 2 20.30-20.50 Lesson 3

The lessons will have a rotational nature and give you the opportunity to see a range of Maths, English and Science teaching across the age phases.

For more information, or to sign up, email r.hamlyn@cheltenhamcollege.org

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