Prep for the Week - Week 14

Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1909 – 7 December 2018

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Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1909 – 7 December 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 • Boarding House Update • Sports Update • Scooby Awards • House D&T Competition Info • Birthday Announcements • Week 15 Calendar Prep for The Week Issue Number 1909 7 December 2018

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 Nativity News From carol dingers to drummer boys, the children all put on their best performance on Wednesday afternoon for their audience.

Mary and Joseph were safely delivered to Bethlehem by the donkey, the angels proclaimed their good news, the shepherds brought their sheep and the Kings brought the gifts. Well done everyone!

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!

A great grumpy sheep!

Year 1 and 2 performed their Christmas production of The Grumpy Sheep this week. All the children did us proud and their hard work and dedication shone through. Well done to all the Year 1 and 2 stars!

Super Saturday The children left Super Saturday feeling very relaxed after a Wellbeing session with Miss Norwood. The session was themed around Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The breathing techniques they used helped to cool down the bowls of porridge and the yoga story included poses based around things that happened in the story. The children had the opportunity to use Story Massage to retell the story whilst helping their partner to relax and the session ended with a guided meditation.

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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 To book your place email Mrs Davis via: r.davis@cheltenhamcollege.org

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Lower School News Christingle Year 3 and 4 pupils had a great time making their Christingles ready for Friday’s service. We welcomed Mr Patterson our Head of Religious Studies to tell us more about the symbolism. It was great fun choosing the sweets we would use. We also reminded ourselves that it is important to remember those less fortunate than ourselves and that we would be raising money for The Children’s Society by holding our Christingle service.

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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!

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Boarding House Update

Festive Fun

We have enjoyed a festive start to the month of December in the Boarding House. We have decorated the tree, been to see Aladdin at the Pantomime, started our Boarders’ Advent Calendar and spent Sunday afternoon Ice Skating. Thank you to Mrs Parsley and family for running the trip and joining in with such enthusiasm. Roll on the Boarders’ Christmas Feast, Santa Fun Run and cinema trip next weekend!

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

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Sport Update

Boys’ Rugby Results U13A vs The Downs School Won 30-5

Rugby Team of the Week - The 1st XIII The 1st XIII finished their season with a great performance against The Downs Wraxall with a 30-5 win. The boys have been magnificent this season winning 10 of their 13 matches. Two years ago these boys finished their U11A season without winning a single game, two years on and they have been one of the top teams on our circuit and are more than ready for the step up to senior school rugby. We are very proud of their resilience and development over their years here and are glad they finished the season so strongly.

U12A vs The Downs School Won 25-10 U11A vs The Downs School Won 25-5 U11B vs The Downs School Lost 10-45 U10A vs The Downs School Won 10-5 U10B vs The Downs School Won 35-30 U10C vs The Downs School Drew 55-55 U9A vs The Downs School Lost 20-40 U9B vs The Downs School Lost 25-35

Staff vs Year 8 Hockey Well done to all pupils and staff who took part in the staff vs Year 8 Hockey match on Wednesday night. A great game played in good spirits and lots of skills on show (from the pupils!) as the staff were convincingly beaten 7-0!

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Sporting Success Year 8 pupil Evie has been making superb progress with her karting competitions. Evie competes regularly at Castle Combe and other venues alongside other 10 to 15 year olds and is usually the only girl in the event. She raced recently and made massive progress through the heats to make the final. She drove superbly in this, against five others and took 2nd place on the podium.

This sport takes huge commitment with races scheduled every other week for ten weeks.

Evie is hoping to do well in the overall Championship as the top six drivers all gain recognition with prizes. Soon Evie is aiming to move onto racing in her own kart which will travel at double the speed (around 80mph). This will mean more races and travelling all over Britain, but she is excited and very ambitious about the prospect of moving up. Evie loves this sport and really enjoys competing against different people on different tracks. Evie hopes to follow in the footsteps of OC Jamie Chadwick (Chandos) who started her career in the same races at Castle Combe and is now racing in the British Formula 3 Championship. Good luck to Evie in the rest of the championship and in trialling her own kart in the holidays!

We would love to hear from you Whether your child has had success in a competition, been selected for a representative side or achieved something else fantastic on or off the sports field, we would love to hear from you so that we can celebrate them in future editions.

If you have anything you would like to share, please send it to your child’s form tutor with a photo and a brief description.

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The Genie D&T House Competition The Genie D&T House Competition The House D&T Competition is designed to encourage pupils to put on their creative hats.

The rules of the competition are outlined below and here are the prizes:

Winning House - The D&T Genie Trophy US, MS, LS Winners - A popular Game or Toy

US, MS, LS runners-up - A card game Each entrant equals house points - even if it is just a valid effort on paper to explain your idea. Contact Mr Boyd if you have any questions. Good luck!

The Lower School Challenge To create a board game - hand in date is Wednesday 14 January What do you need to do?

Decide on a theme (sport, war etc), decide on a category - (dice, strategy etc), then come up with a catchy name and get designing and building!

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The Genie D&T House Competition The Middle School Challenge To create an outdoor toy or game - hand in date is Wednesday 14 January What do you need to do?

Decide on which type of game or toy you would like to design. It could be a throwing toy (frisbee, plane etc), pieces for a game (giant jenga etc) or something to play with in the water (pistols, bats and balls etc).

Then get designing and building.

The Upper School Challenge To create a building toy or game - hand in date is Wednesday 14 January What do you need to do?

Decide on which type of game or toy you would like to design. It could be blocks (lego, duplo etc), a construction game (marble run etc) or a game that you have to build whilst playing (Jenga etc). Then get designing and building.

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The Scooby Awards The Scooby Awards are presented to pupils when they reach each increment of 25 pluses.

Congratulations to the following pupils who have now received their 25th:

• Toby E • Jules H • Finlay M-K And congratulations to the following pupils who have

• Charlie M • William M • Ollie S

received their 50th plus this week:

• Magdalen A • Oliver B • Herbie E

• Hector E • James K • Diana M

• Hector M • Ronan T

Congratulations also to the following pupils who have received their 75th plus this week:

• Jasper H • Gabriella L

• Oscar P • Huw R

• Jack S • Sofia S

• Flo W • Monty W

• Eme H • Ryan N

Congratulations to the following pupils who have received their 100th plus this week:

• Georgia B • Apollinaire C

• Lois J • Max M

• Trinnie N • Taylor S

• Flo W • Lawrence Y

Finally, congratulations to Bella C, Lily E and Polina S who have all earned their 125th plus this week.

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Birthdays

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

• Oliver S (13) • Harry M (13) • Valentine M (7) • Riley J (11) • Octavia D (10) • Fred B (13) • Matilda C (12) • Seraphina D (8)

Car Parking Please take care in the car park and observe the one way system. We have been notified of a few near misses this week. Thank you.

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Week 15 Calendar Week 15

10/12/18 - 16/12/18 Mon - 10/12/18

Week 15 (15) 10 - 16 December 14:30

Lower School Christmas Performance 2 (Assembly Hall)*

18:00

Upper School Jingle Bells Christmas Party (Sports Hall) Pick up 20:30

Tue - 11/12/18 11:20

Music Concert Rehearsals (Assembly Hall)

14:00

Kingfishers Christmas Carols outside the Exmouth Arms*

14:00

Lower School Christmas Carols outside John Lewis*

18:30

Middle and Upper School Christmas Concert (Chapel)* Pick up 19:30

Wed - 12/12/18 13:30

Kingfishers Christmas Party (Library)

13:30

Upper School House Football. Pick up 16:20

14:00

13+ Scholarship Art Mock Examination

14:00

Middle School Hockey Training. Pick up 16:20

14:15

Middle and Upper School Pre-Season Netball Training. Pick up 16:20

15:30

Lower School Christmas Concert (Chapel)* Pick up 16:00

Thu - 13/12/18 No after school care, activities or tea 08:15

Friends of The Prep Cake Sale and Staff Carol Singing outside Davies Block*

15:30

School day finishes for Kingfishers

16:00

School day finishes for Lower School

16:20

School day finishes for Middle and Upper School

Fri - 14/12/18 10:30

Carol Service for Years 1-8 (Chapel)* after which Term ends

11:30

Term ends for children in Nursery and Reception

11:30

Term ends for children in Years1-8

Sat - 15/12/18 19:30

Cheltonian Society Christmas Ball (College Dining Hall)*

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Cake Bake Sale

CAKE BAKE SALE Homfray Room on Wednesday 12th.

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And finally...

Dear Parents As promised, the moment you have all been waiting for - the

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must have Christmas toy of 2018 is finally here. Forget Furbies, Tamagotchi, Game Boys or Beanie Babies; no more cast-off Care

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Bears or Cabbage Patch Kids. This year there will be no need to queue through the night to secure your child’s dream present.

The toy every self-respecting child will be desperate to have can only be bought here.

The Cheltenham Prep Staff Top Trumps have arrived!!

Get to know all of your favourite Prep School Staff a little better: who has the best dress sense, whose music is the hippest, whose car is the coolest and who has the greatest ‘fear factor’.

These are professionally produced and provide a modern upgrade to the 80s classic card game and allow you and your children to have a little fun at the staff’s expense. All of the scores have been provided by our very own Year 8 Prefects who

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Winston’s Wish, the school’s chosen charity for the year. Winston’s Wish is a Cheltenham based charity that offers a wide range of practical support and guidance to bereaved children, their families and to schools. They play the most extraordinary role in

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helping children through the darkest of times and we hope very much that these Top Trumps cards will kick-off our fundraising

Thank you for your support and I look forward to

for them in spectacular style.

seeing you all over the next few, very festive, days

Each pack of cards costs £7.50 and if we manage to sell every pack, we will raise £1,000 - and your child gets the best toy ever!

The children have already put in lists of requests for packs and we will be writing to you separately to confirm if you are happy

before the end of term.

PS - A massive ‘well done and brilliant’ to the whole of Nursery and Kingfishers for their amazing performances this week.

with their ‘order’. If your child hasn’t ordered any and you would like to request a pack please e-mail Sue Kent (s.kent@cheltenhamcollege.org).

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