Prep for the Week - Week 6

Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1903 – 12 October 2018

That was the week that was...

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Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1903 – 12 October 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 • Birthday Announcements • And finally...

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And finally...

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

Have a great weekend!

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Kingfishers Update Grandparents’ Day On Saturday Kingfishers welcomed their Grandparents in to the classroom to sample life as a Kingfisher. Everyone enjoyed a range of activities including portrait painting and baking cookies. Well done to all of the families that completed the morning quiz and collected their prize from Mrs Buttress.

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!

Little Miss Muffet Reception have really enjoyed exploring the nursery rhyme ‘Little Miss Muffet’ this week. They sat on a tuffet while the spider sat beside them and also made curds and whey. The curds were very popular but the children were not so keen on the whey.

The Queen of Hearts Nursery have been busy learning the first verse of this nursery rhyme. We made our own jam tarts BUT they were stolen by the Knave! Naughty Knave!

We also talked about healthy eating and sorted some of Mrs Davis’ shopping into every day foods and treats. The children thought about looking after their bodies and practised brushing their teeth, to help their mouths stay healthy.

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Lower School News Wednesday Wow!

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For our Year 3 Wednesday Afternoon Wow, we took our inspiration from the natural sculptures of Andrew Goldsworthy and created sculptures worthy of gold in the Lower School playground.

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!

Tree Sculptures Lower School created wonderful tree sculptures with clay. Imaginations ran wild as we thought about what the face of the tree might be like. Using natural objects from around the playground all sorts of friendly faces emerged from the bark.

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Literature Festival Lower School were delighted to attend the first event of this year’s Literature Festival. Pamela Butchart entertained everyone with her witty observations and colourful, fun clothes. Pamela is a Scottish children’s author and high school philosophy teacher and ... she really understands children. With book titles like “Baby Aliens got my Teacher” and “The Attack of the Demon Dinner Ladies”, everyone left with the feeling that they desperately wanted to read all 20 of her amazingly funny, entertaining novels.

Year 6 were also taken to see MG Leonard at the Literature Fest this morning. She kindly agreed to sign Lily’s book before the event started and a great time was had by all.

Eggcellent Geography Year 7 Geography students have been busy discovering how the humble egg can help save lives in an earthquake. After studying two different examples of earthquakes in class, their challenge was to team up and design and build ‘earthquakeproof’ structures using nothing but paper, paper clips, rubber bands and drinking straws. The students had to use teamwork and creativity to see whether their designs would protect the egg in an ‘earthquake simulator’ (Mr Newson shaking the desk for 10 seconds!). The testing promises to be both interesting and ‘eggciting’...

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House Laser Tag Athens took on the might of Sparta in three Laser Tag games last Friday. While Sparta may have won, Athens gained most credit for enjoyment, as these pictures show!

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Boarding House Update Here are some of the best pictures from our adventures in the Boarding Hosue over the last two weeks as we’ve had our trip to the Farm and the Boarders’ Bowling night...

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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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Boys’ Sport Update Boys’ Rugby Team of the Week – U12Bs After a rocky start to the season the U12B are now two wins in a row after a superb win down in Chepstow.

Taking on a St John’s-on-the-Hill 2nd XII that included Year 8 boys they performed superbly running away 45-10 victors and have demonstrated the Cheltenham Prep value of resilience and challenge.

Boys’ Rugby Results U13A vs Clifton Lost 15-25 U13B vs Clifton Lost 0-40 U12A vs Clifton Drew 10-10 U12B vs Clifton U12C Won 15-5 U11A vs Clifton Won 35-10 U11B vs Clifton Lost 30-40 U10A vs Clifton Lost 15-40 U10B vs Clifton Won 45-15 U10C vs Clifton Won 50-35 U13A vs St John’s-on-the-Hill Lost 25-45 U12A vs Cricklade Manor Prep Drew 25-25 U12B vs St John’s-on-the-Hill Won 45-10 The Under 11s, 10s, 9s and 8s were involved in festivals this week, however we do not keep scores from festivals as the main focus is the development of the children rather than the short term result.

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Girls’ Sport Update Team of the Week - 2nd VII After a tough start to the season, it is all coming together now for the 2nds and they have found winning ways, with three wins in a row. Keep it up girls!

Girls’ Hockey Results 1st VII vs Clifton Won 2-1 2nd VII vs Clifton Won 4-0 3rd VII vs Clifton Won 3-2 4th VII vs Clifton Lost 0-4 5th VII vs Clifton Lost 0-2 U11A vs Clifton Won 9-4 U11B vs Clifton Won 3-0 U11C vs Clifton Lost 1-3 U10A vs Clifton Lost 0-6 U9A vs Clifton Lost 0-2 1st VII vs RGS Worcester Won 3-1 2nd VII vs RGS Worcester Won 6-0 3rd VII vs Pates Grammar 1sts Lost 1-2 4th VII vs Pates Grammar 2nds

Keep up to date

Lost 0-5 U11A vs Pinewood Lost 0-2 U11B vs Pinewood

Make sure you’re following the Sport department on twitter (@CheltPrepSport) to keep up to date with all of the latest action from the sport fields!

Lost 0-2 U10A at Cheltenham Tournament Drew 1, Lost 3 U10B vs Pinewood Lost 3-4 U9A at Cheltenham Tournament Drew 4, Lost 1

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Building Powerful Learners Event An Information Evening for Parents Join us on Monday 5 November, from 7.00pm

Discover how our cut ting edge Building L earning Power initiative is und erpinning the curriculum ...

Learn m ore about the skills and attributes being fostered from Nursery through to Year 8...

Find out why th is m at ters a nd how you ca n h elp at home .

To register your attendance, please complete our RSVP form, the link for which can be found in the email you were sent containing Prep for the Week.

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

• Damil A • Zhangir A • Magdalen A • Freddie A • Matilda B • Robyn B • Freddie B • Nina B • Georgina B • Monty C-B • Ollie C • Maya C • Eva C

• Penny C • Finn C • Emmiline C-H • Hannah D • Alice D • Seraphina D’O • Felix D • Mia E • Hector E • Herbie E • Mirabel E • Emily F • Jack F

• Ollie G • Olivia G • Herbie H • Victoria H • Eme H • Freddie H • Georgina H • Noah H • Sky J • Millie J • Martha K • Tibault K • Toby K

• Tula L • Gabriella L • Isabelle M • Sebastian M-T • Hector McP • George M • Max M • Raif N • Nick N • Evie P • Oscar P • Ava R • Harry R

• Tiger S • Tulliah S • Sofia S • Polina S • Ruby S • Rafferty T • Jasmine W • Poppy W • Kevin Y

And congratulations to the following pupils who have already

• Freddie A • Ava B • Henry B • Ava-Grace B-B

• Joanna R • Pablo R B • Doris W • Jerome Y

received their 50th plus:

• Taylor S • Maddi G • Emily G • Tom H

• Mariia G • Lois J • Almo P • Hattie L

• Ollie L

And finally, congratulations to the following pupils who have now received their 75th plus:

• Fenella P • Jemima P • Henry B

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Birthdays

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

• Star J (9) • Iago S (3) • Ollie B (13) • Archie W (12) • Eve L (10) • Tobias E (9) • Stephane M (13) • Alice W-C (11) • Emily F (8) • Bobby S (7)

We were proud as a Common Room to recognise World Mental Health Day on Wednesday.

Thank you to Geraldine Bedford and her team for organising a cake sale in support of the charity Young Minds, a fantastic organisation who strive to improve wellbeing and mental health for children in the UK.

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And finally...

Dear Parents One of the great joys of Prep School is that the children can be involved in so many different things. You can be goal attack in the netball team whilst singing in the Chapel Choir, treading the boards in a school show, studying for an art scholarship, playing in the chess team, being a school council member and a million other things too - and, of course, working hard!

It is so important that children of prep school age don’t have to give things up to specialise in only one area. This allows the children to try everything, find what they are brilliant at, but also enjoy everything else, regardless of ability. It does also make the children very busy. I’m sure that by the end of next week your children will be shattered and will all make the most of the half term break.

We work really hard as a school, first and foremost through the tutors, to manage your children’s workload and their time. Most important of all is to ensure they have ‘free time’ - time to play with friends and to be children. This generally works well although we do know we deliver you tired children at the end of each busy week. If you ever have concerns about how your child is managing, then their Form Tutor should always be the first port of call. Building up strong relationships with your children’s Form Tutors is at the heart of ensuring that they make the most of all the opportunities available to them, have a suitable balance of work, play and rest, and, ultimately, have a brilliant year.

Enjoy the weekend, I was going to build a log cabin in the garden on Sunday, but looking out of the window, it looks more like it might be jumpers and cocoa!

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