Prep for the Week - Week 10

Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1905 – 9 November 2018

That was the week that was...

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Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1905 – 9 November 2018

Get involved! Make sure you are following us on social media (@CheltPrep) for all of the latest goings on around school!

Included in this week’s issue…

• Kingfishers Update • Lower School News • Sports Update • House Art News • Scooby Awards • Birthday Announcements • And finally...

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And finally...

Don’t miss Mr O’Sullivan’s take on the week in his feature at the back of this edition...

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Kingfishers Update Nursery Fireworks Nursery made fireworks in lots of different ways, using a range of different materials. We also sang and acted out the song “10 little fireworks”.

Keep up to date Make sure you’re following Kingfishers on twitter (@CheltKingfisher) to keep up to date with all of the latest activities we’re getting up to!

Firework Safety Reception have been working out how to stay safe around fireworks. They have worked together to make posters and then had a lovely time flicking paint with a toothbrush to create lots of whizzing, banging and whooshing firework pictures.

Gingerbread Men This week in Year One, we have been designing and making our own Gingerbread Men as part of our learning about Traditional Tales.

Pupil Support Don’t forget that Pupil Support will be in the Prep School Library at 8:30am on Tuesday 13 November, for parents of children in Kingfishers and Lower School, to answer any questions or concerns about any aspect of school life that you have.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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Christmas Fun Time!

Come and join in the Christmas fun in the Kingfishers Nursery: Monday 17 - Thursday 20 December 10am - 4pm each day

Open

to chil 41/2 an dren aged d unde r

There will be lots of fun activities to take part in and games to play with the Nursery staff Complete the booking form or email Mrs Davis via: r.davis@cheltenhamcollege.org

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Lower School News Kindness Pupils in Lower school enjoyed a variety of mindful experiences this week. Within the theme of kindness, our pupils tried a variety of yoga, massage and well-being exercises. Pupils were encouraged to think about how good it felt to be kind and to receive kindness from others. Everyone enjoyed the positive affirmations they received and loved the feeling of relaxation and calm that they achieved.

Keep up to date Make sure you’re following Lower School on twitter (@CheltPrepLower) to keep up to date with all of the latest activities we’re getting up to!

Pupil Support Don’t forget that Pupil Support will be in the Prep School Library at 8:30am on Tuesday 13 November, for parents of children in Kingfishers and Lower School, to answer any questions or concerns about any aspect of school life that you have.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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Boys’ Sport Update Scotland Rugby Tour 2018 Over the half term break 29 boys from Year 7 and Year 8 headed up to Scotland for our bi-annual Upper School Sports Tour. The U13s won 3/3 matches and the U12s won 2/3, being superbly hosted by Portobello Rugby Club. The boys also visited Edinburgh Castle, went bowling, to the cinema and attended the Edinburgh v Toulon fixture. The highlight of the tour may have been the huge amount of Irn Bru drunk by the Cheltenham tourists !

The Davies Cup Thursday night saw the first presentation of the Davies Cup. WPC Davies was an England and British Lions centre, who was Headmaster of our school from 1964-1986 and President of Cheltenham Rugby Club from 1972-1985. Sadly he passed away earlier this year, so what better way to celebrate his life than with his old school playing at his old club? Cheltenham Rugby Club have a stunning new floodlit 4G pitch which we used for the game and we had ex-international referee Chris White blowing the whistle. Beaudesert School were the opponents and helped to make it a great occasion for Mr Davies’ family, who attended the game and presented the cup. Cheltenham played a strong flowing game, looking to punch it up to narrow the Beaudesert defence and then swinging it wide to exploit the space that had been created. The boys played superbly and ran out 25-5 victors with the Davies Cup coming back to Cheltenham, but we look forward to this event being celebrated annually.

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Girls’ Sport Update

Girls’ Hockey Results 1st VII vs St John’s

U13 IAPS

Drew 3-3 2nd VII vs The Dragon

There was heartbreak for the 1st VII at the regional IAPS tournament held at Millfield on the first day back after Half Term. After an unbeaten season so far, hopes were high that this could be our first U13 team to make the Nationals, and they couldn’t have started better. They topped the group stages with a 2-0 win over Taunton, 1-0 win over Kings Hall, 3-0 win over Salisbury Cathedral, 0-0 draw against Beaudesert, and only the one loss of 0-1 to The Downs. This took them into the quarter finals versus a strong Sherborne team.

Unfortunately, the 12 minute games just weren’t quite long enough, and we were punished for the few minutes it took us to settle into the higher paced, higher intensity game. We lost an early goal and despite a strong second half comeback, it wasn’t quite enough and the game ended as a 2-3 loss. With 24 teams entered at Millfield, one of the biggest regional events, the top 4 qualified for Nationals, and so to come so close and just miss out was very tough for the girls to take, but they did themselves proud and should feel very positive about the rest of the season. This is certainly a team to watch.

Lost 0-1 3rd VII vs St John’s Won 2-0 4th VII vs The Dragon Won 2-0 5th VII vs St John’s Won 1-0 U11A vs St John’s Won 8-0 U11B vs St John’s Lost 3-4 U10A vs Pinewood Lost 0-3

Holland Hockey Tour At the start of October Half Term, 26 Year 7 and Year 8 girls had a nice early start, a coach journey and a ferry crossing to get them to Holland – the Hockey capital of the world. They had five days jam packed with hockey where they were treated to three training sessions led by coaches from Rotterdam hockey club, played two competitive matches against Dutch clubs HC Capelle and HC Rotterdam, and watched a professional women’s fixture. It was quite an experience for them, and hugely inspiring.

In addition to all the hockey, they also managed to fit in a fun filled day at the theme park, some ten pin bowling and a game of glow golf. This is the third trip of its kind to run, and it proved just as successful as the others, if not even more so. The girls were a delight and a credit to the school, and they got a huge amount out of the tour. We are looking forward to seeing them show off their new skills this half of term.

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Sporting Success Congratulations to Ethan F who over Half Term was selected for the Gloucestershire Hockey Association U14s Academy Squad, a fantastic achievement!

Let us Know

We would love to hear about your child’s achievements outside of school, both on and off the sports field. If you would like us to include them in future editions, please send a photo(s) and brief explanation of their achievement to their class tutor.

Swimming Gala

This week also saw the first Swimming Gala of the year as boys and girls from Years 3, 4 & 5 took on Dean Close.

After some brilliant performances, Cheltenham Prep ran out winners, 171 - 102. Well done to everyone who took part!

Friends of The Prep Coffee Morning Don’t forget, Friends of The Prep are hosting a coffee morning on Thursday 15 November, from 8.00am in the Homfray Room. The event is open to all parents and they hope to see as many of you there as possible.

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Building Powerful Learners Many thanks to those who were able to join our recent information evening and workshop. Having time out of our busy lives to reflect as a group of staff and parents on how we can best help the young people in our care at school and home was extremely powerful. For those who attended, if you would like any of the handouts or links discussed shared with you, please email r.hamlyn@cheltenhamcollege.org Missed out? Don’t worry, the workshop will be repeated in the Spring Term. Keep your eyes peeled in the calendar!

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Building Powerful Learners

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Art News

House Art

‘Water’ was the title this year and The Prep pupils excelled themselves once again!

There were an incredible 119 entries, well done to everyone who took part!

The variety of mediums, from paint and pencil to driftwood and fabric were exceptional. The compositions were both original and creative and Mrs Parsley had a lovely time receiving and hanging the Art. Please do come and have a look, the exhibition is in The House Corridor!

The winners will be announced in Assembly on Monday.

Art Workshop

On Wednesday, St John’s Primary invited 10 of our Middle School pupils to attend a workshop with celebrated illustrator and Author Tony De Saulles. Tony is famous for illustrating ‘The Horrible Science’ books as well many other children’s fun Natural History and fictional books.

He talked about how he invents and draws his characters.

He demonstrated and we copied. He even sang to the pupils about the importance of Bees.

It was a lively, creative event which really gave us an insight into how illustration and storytelling make perfect creative partners.

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The Scooby Awards The Scooby Awards celebrate pupils who have received 25 pluses so far this year. Congratulations to the following pupils:

• Theo A • Jack B • William D

• Sophia G • Amon K • Zara L-H

• Bella O • Olivia R • Arthur R

• Addison S • Jack T • Alice W-C

• Oliver W

And congratulations to the following pupils who have received their 50th plus this week:

• Georgina B • Verity C • Sean D • Shannon E

• Jasper H • Freddie H • Shamil I • Gabriella L

• Jean-Christian L • Isabelle M • Aoife McB • Virginia McG

• Nick N • Oscar P • Flo W • Sophia W

• Jay W

And congratulations to the following pupils who have received their 75th plus this week:

• Dameli A • Ava B • Apollinaire C

• Bella C • Thomas C • Lily E

• Tobias E • Hattie L • Ollie L

• Almo P • Jude R • Doris W

Congratulations to the following pupils who have now received their 100th plus, a fantastic achievement!

• Jemima P • Fenella P

Finally, congratulations to Henry B from Year 5 who has reached the incredible milestone of 125 pluses!

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Birthdays

Happy birthday to the following pupils who have their birthdays this week:

• Anna S (5) • Monty C-B (10) • Reyan M-K (4) • Rufus C-B (5) • Ivy C (5) • Carys B (12) • Isabel C (11) • Claudia H (9)

Christmas Card Competition Winners 2018 I am delighted to announce that the winners of the Christmas card competition are as follows each of whom received a £10 Amazon voucher which was presented at Assembly and Kingfisher Assembly on Monday, 5 and Thursday, 8 November respectively: Kingfishers - Harry C (2B) Year 3 - Nell L (3S) Year 4 - Iola W-C (4G) Year 5 - Hattie L (5Y) Year 6 - Aoife McB (6A) Year 7 - Zara L-H (7S) Year 8 - Nina B (8N) The winners will all have their painting included in the last Prep for The Week of the term. Harry Cole and Nina Blakey’s designs will be printed and used as the official school Christmas card. Well done to all who www.youngminds.org.uk took part and congratulations to the winners.

Mr O’Sullivan

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And finally...

Dear Parents In many ways this has been a week, and will be a weekend, of contemplation and gratitude as we all commemorate 100 years since the Armistice. We, in The Prep, remembered those 702 brave young men from Cheltenham College who made the ultimate sacrifice in our remembrance service this afternoon. As a wider school community, we will also be holding a service on Sunday, which you are all very welcome to attend, next to the new permanent memorial to commemorate the 702.

The Prep has also created its own 702 memorial in the form of giant numbers which have black and white pictures of OCs and OJs who fell in the Great War alongside red poppies. This will sit outside Thirlestaine House over the weekend, before finding a more permanent home in The Prep.

I would also like to thank Rageh Omaar, an OC and longtime BBC and ITN foreign affairs correspondent, for speaking incredibly movingly about his experiences at the Cheltonian Society’s Dinner at the Imperial War Museum last night to commemorate 3the centenary of the end of World War One. Another very significant event yesterday was the inaugural Davies Cup game held between The Prep and

In a great many ways, he leaves very big boots for me to try and fill. I am grateful to all parents for your response to my last message. The atmosphere on the touchlines this week has been first class and all of the children have enjoyed their sport enormously as a result. WPC would approve!

Finally, I am sad to announce that Stacy Ramsay will be leaving us at the end of this term to take up the post of Head of Junior Sport at Oxford High School. Whilst we are disappointed to be losing her, we wish her well on her promotion and know that she will do an outstanding job, as she has done here. Her care and support has been of great benefit to so many of our pupils over recent years.

I hope to see many of you on Sunday.

Beaudesert Park School at Cheltenham Rugby Club last night. The Davies Cup celebrates the life of W P C (Phil) Davies, who ran (what was then) Cheltenham College Junior School from 1964 to 1986, following a hugely successful rugby career culminating in selection for the British and Irish Lions in 1955.

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