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Prep for the Week Issue Number 1790– 6 March 2015

In this week’s issue… Headmaster’s Welcome Notices Kingfishers News Lower School News Middle School News

Upper School News House Music Competiton Update Girls’ and Boys’ Sport Get to know our GAPPIES Birthday Announcements The School Week Ahead

World Book Day Author Visit

Sue Hampton We were very fortunate to have the Author Sue Hampton visit The Prep on Thursday 5 March to help celebrate World Book Day. Sue was kind enough to spend the day signing copies of her books and running talks and workshops with Years 5 to 8. We all learnt a great deal and thoroughly enjoyed the day. The Prep were even featured in Thursday’s ECHO.

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Headmaster’s Welcome Dear Parents When the children and staff get together to create a magical day, one always knows that one is enjoying being part of a community that works together, laughs and cries together and cares. Yesterday, World Book Day, was just one of those days. The myriad of costumes worn by pupils and staff was complemented by the author visit and a series of events, all organised by Mr Ledlie. My congratulations go to all of the children for all the efforts that they made with their costumes. I just hope that it inspires them to read even more! At Assembly on Monday, Sophie and Caitlin, students in the 6th Form at College, spoke to the children in Years 3-8. Caitlin is the Chairman of the Anti-Bullying Committee at College and Sophie, a member of the same committee, is the Deputy Head girl. Not only was their message ‘spot on’, it illustrated to the children that the anti-bullying message continues through College. It is also important to state how well Caitlin and Sophie spoke; with belief, presence and empathy. Timetable arrangements for September 2015 The arrangements for the end of school day in Middle and Upper Schools will be as follows: In Middle School 16.15 Children can be collected 17.00 Children can be collected having completed a 30 minute prep 18.00 Children can be collected on completion of their activity Between 17.00 and 18.00, if a child is not in a formal activity (prep or activity), there will be a supervision room where they can read whilst waiting to be collected. In Upper School 16.15 Children can be collected 17.00 Children can be collected having completed a 30 minute prep 18.00 Children can be collected on completion of their activity and/or their second prep Between 17.00 and 18.00, if a child is not in a formal activity (prep or activity), there will be a supervision room where they can read whilst waiting to be collected. Mr J F Whybrow

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Print Exhibition Private View Friday 13 March 2015 at 6.30pm The White Gallery Free Admission Following the success of this year’s Cheltenham Prep Print Workshop, Cheltenham College warmly invites you to their annual print exhibition. The exhibition will showcase artistic talent from both Cheltenham Prep and Cheltenham College pupils as well featuring work from local prep schools: St John’s, St James’s, Richard Pate’s, Grangefield and St Mary’s Prestbury. We are also proud to announce that Impress Gloucester will also be exhibiting, providing a wonderful opportunity for pupils to exhibit in a inspiring, modern space alongside talented professional artists.

The White Gallery, Cheltenham College Bath Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL53 7LD

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Tuesday 17 & Wednesday 18 March 2015 19:30 Prep Assembly Hall Free Admission Limited Seating Tickets available from Prep Reception

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Cast of Prep pupils Years 6 – 8 Director Jill Douglas Musical Director Kit Perona-‐Wright Cheltenham College Preparatory School Thirlestaine Road Cheltenham GL53 7AB t: 01242 522697 prep.reception@cheltenhamcollege.org

Kingfishers Kingfishers had a very exciting time celebrating World Book Day on Thursday. We began the day in an assembly led by Gandalf! Apparently Mr Whybrow was busy! We then all headed down to the Assembly Hall where we ‘catwalked’ our costumes, which involved disco lights and music -j ust like a real fashion show! Check out the pictures, who can you spot in our World Book Day catwalk? On our return to Kingfishers, we were joined by children from Y7 who read us their favourite stories.

2G particularly enjoyed a very well read Winnie the Pooh tale. World Book Day is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate books and talk about our favourite stories - we definitely did that in Kingfishers! Miss C A Griffiths, Kingfishers Class Teacher

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Kingfishers In science, Year 1 have been finding out the difference between human and animal body parts. We had the exciting experience of Ms Duggan’s dog, Dougal, visiting us where we covered him in post-it notes labelling the different parts of his body. “He looked very funny with all the labels on him” Jemima “We were learning about what was the same as us” Oliver “I liked it that we had a dog walking around the classroom” Isabella “It was fun to meet him” Maja Ms A R Duggan, Kingfisher Class Teacher

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Lower School Year 3 were busy practising their ESB (English Speaking Board) ready for the assessments last Monday and Tuesday. Each child learnt a poem off by heart, and chose a passage from a book to read aloud. They also prepared a talk on a topic of their choice. We had a huge range of talks varying from dogs, cats and turtles to minecraft, drums and wasps’ nests!

The children really enjoyed the experience and gained a lot of confidence from speaking aloud in front of others. “I really enjoyed doing my ESB talk on my skiing badges!” Freddie “I loved learning my poem and performing it to the class!” Robyn “It wasn’t as scary as I thought and the examiner was really nice!” Monty

The children also had a fabulous time celebrating World Book day!

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Lower School On Thursday 5 March, the nation took part in the annual World Book Day celebration. In Lower School, the morning proved to be full of fun and laughter and once again a worthwhile activity to participate in. Costumes ranged from characters from The Wizard of Oz by Lyman Frank Baum, to The Awful Aunt by David Walliams. The pupils took part in World Book Day quizzes, creating inspirational reading quotes, making book marks, listening to a reading of Roald Dahlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Boy, writing playscripts to include characters in costume and much more. The day was great fun and we hope you enjoy some of the photos of the costumes. For more, visit the display upstairs in Lower School.

Mr A J Theedom, Lower School Class Tutor

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Middle School Middle School have thoroughly enjoyed World Book Day. We all met the famous author Sue Hampton, completed a book quiz written by some of our very own Year 6 children and remained in character and costume for the whole day.

We also had an array of other characters wandering around Middle school, The Boy in a Dress surprised several teachers, Thing 1 and Thing 2 added a note of surrealism to our day and Dr Who and his dalek were last seen battling across the school yard.

Wally, from Where's Wally, made an impressive appearance, he was seen absolutely everywhere.

Without exception, Year 5 and Year 6 made the most of this opportunity to celebrate books. So, read on, ideas for next year's characters will undoubtedly be needed. Mrs D Bond, Director of Middle School

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Middle School On Monday, Year 5 visited the Synagogue in Cheltenham. It was an amazing experience for the children, who were able to explore this beautiful building and learn more about the traditional way of life of Jewish people. Mrs C E Conner, Middle School Class Tutor

Music makes the world go around…. Mr Perona-Wright’s latest brainwave has set The Prep on fire. Teachers and children alike are talking scales, arpeggios and dynamics. Rumour has it that some teachers are even having the odd Grade 1 nightmare! On a positive note ( I simply could not resist that pun), so many staff have expressed how rewarding this experience is proving to be. It has been amazing to see how children, in all departments, have patiently taken the time to encourage the “old hands” to learn something new. If you would like to support the sharing of musical skills and knowledge, please encourage us by sponsoring our brave teachers as they tackle all sorts of musical challenges. Mrs D Bond, Director of Middle School

World Book Day Author Visit

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Upper School Year 8 Geography Common Entrance Exam Preparation Talk

Cardinal Sins Emotion - massive, awful, catastrophe

Mr Penny, Housemaster of Boyne and Head of Geography at College, came into The Prep on Saturday and gave the Year 8 some helpful hints to develop their exam technique in preparation for Common Entrance. He provided a range of strategies that will be useful for any exam in both Year 8, GCSE and A Level. Mrs C E Connor, Geography Tutor

Waffle - writing lots doesn’t mean more marks. Avoid a conversational narrative (this happened, then that happened, then this...) IBI (Interesting But Irrelvant) “Mount Pinatubo is an active volcano in the Phillippines which erupted on 15 June 1991 causing the second largest erruption of the 20th Century” Vague comments and generalisations

Music House Music Competition Update Well done to everyone who took part in the preliminary rounds for the House Music Competition. Over the past three days, we have listened to around 180 performances from Years 3-8, in a variety of instrumental and vocal categories. Each person that has entered and performed will be given a House point and the overall House winner of the preliminary round will be announced in the assembly on Monday. On Tuesday, an email will go out to all Tutors and a list will be put up in Lake House of those who have made the final rounds, which will take place on Thursday. Mr David McKee, Head of Music at College, will be the adjudicator. Miss G M Jones, Assistant Director of Music

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Girls’ Sporting Achievements Netball Scores Saturday 28 February

Wednesday 4 March

TEAM

OPPOSITION

VENUE

SCORE

RESULT

TEAM

OPPOSITION

VENUE

SCORE

RESULT

1st VII

Prior Park

11 – 10

WON

U11 A

St Edward’s

12 – 6

WON

2nd VII

Prior Park

35 – 5

WON

U11 B

St Edward’s

0–5

LOST

U11 A

Prior Park

11 – 7

WON

U10 A

St Edward’s

10 – 6

WON

U10 A

Prior Park

23 – 0

WON

U10 B

St Edward’s

7–3

WON

U9 A

Prior Park

6–4

WON

U9 B

Prior Park A’s

2–2

DREW

U8 A

Beaudesert Tournament

Won 2, Drew 2, Lost 1

Team of the Week – 2nd VII It was clear from the outset that we were the stronger team, as we scored 15 easy goals in the first quarter. We took off our strongest players in the second quarter, but still obtained nine more goals, with Prior Park still to score. We switched our players around in the final two quarters, positioning our defensive players as shooters and allowing our girls to play in unfamiliar areas of the court. This allowed Prior Park to come into the game and score some well-needed goals. The game lacked that competitive edge that we thrive on, but we did have the opportunity to see what range of skills our players possess and how we still worked well as a team. It was also good to have a convincing win in what has been a challenging season for the 2nd team.

Upper School House Netball As usual, the girls approached their House competition in good spirits and played with excellent sportsmanship throughout. Their friendly competitiveness made for some very exciting matches. In the end, it was the Sparta dream team who emerged victorious, winning all of their matches. Miss S E Ramsay, Director of Girls’ Sport 1st – SPARTA 2nd – CORINTH 3rd – ROME 4th – PERSIA and ATHENS 6th - TROY

Dr S Gilmour, Upper School Class Tutor

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Boys’ Sporting Achievements Hockey Scores Saturday 28 February

TEAM

OPPONENT

RESULT

SCORE

1st VII 2nd VII 3rd VII 4th VII 5th VII U11A U11B U10A U10B U10C U9A U9B U9C U7s Colts A Colts B Colts C Colts D Colts E Colts F

Beaudesert 1st VII Beaudesert 2nd VII Beaudesert 3rd VII Beaudesert 4th VII Beaudesert 5th VII Dean Close U11A Dean Close U11B Prior Park Colts A Prior Park Colts B Prior Park Colts C Dean Close U9A Dean Close U9B Dean Close U9C Dean Close Bromsgrove Colts A Bromsgrove Colts B Bromsgrove Colts C Bromsgrove Colts D Bromsgrove Colts E Bromsgrove Colts F

Won Won Won Lost Won Lost Won Won Lost Lost Drew Lost Won Fun ! Drew Drew Lost Won Drew Lost

1-0 2-0 3-2 1-4 6-0 0-1 4-0 1-0 1-7 1-9 5-5

Team of the Week – Year 2 On Saturday morning, Y2 gathered coats, waterbottles, gumshields, shin pads and sticks, and travelled by coach to Dean Close for their first ever hockey festival. By attending one fixture a term Y2 children are able to arrive in Year 3 without any fears of what is involved in a match, have a good understanding of the importance of match tea, hospitality and other areas which often go without thinking: all of which are key to Preparatory School. Before leaving, Mr Hall spent time highlighting the importance of giving the opposition three cheers and shaking their hands at the end of the game. Routines such as this can sometimes be forgotten when introducing children to competitive sport. Learning these basic principles, as well as celebrating victory, gives the children valuable experinence of the importance of sportsmanship. On arrival, our children were split into six teams, each team played four matches, giving plenty of game time for everyone.

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6-0 4-4 2-2 2-4 2-0 1-1 0-6

Boys and girls of Year 2 from both schools were fantastic; everyone threw themselves into the event with enthusiasm and determination. What was particularly thrilling to see, was the level of hockey skill demonstrated: children took what they had learnt in their lessons and used it - a huge success all round! Our children’s behaviour was impeccable and such a credit to The Prep School at such a young age. Special thanks must be given to John Sutherland and Dean Close for hosting us and to the parents for their generous support of both teams. The future is bright, the future is blue and white ! Mr D E Simpson, Head of Boys’ Sport

Upper School House Hockey Results 1 st PERSIA 2nd TROY 3rd SPARTA 4th CORINTH 5th ATHENS 6th ROME

Team of the Week -Year 2 Hockey

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Get to know our Gappies Each week we will look at the answers one of our Gappies gave to our list of ‘Get to know our Gappies’ questions. Our Gappies are Jack Larkin, Patrick Thynne, Jessica Old, Amelia Harris and Emily Holding. This week it’s Jessica’s turn! (Jessica is second in from the left of the picture below) . 1. Where did you go to school? Edgemead High School 2. What made you interested in working in a school? I love working with children 3. Do you have sisters/brothers? Yes, a brother 4. Do you have pets? Two dogs and two cats 5. What was your best holiday – favourite place? Zimbabwe 6. What are your hobbies? Sport and baking 7. What are your ambitions? To help create peace in the world 8. Best meal you have had? Yorkshire Pudding 9. Favourite book/s? Anything Roald Dahl 10. What you like most about the Prep? The tea machine and the staff 11. What are you looking forward to next year? Visiting my fellow GAPPIES in Australia

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Sunday, March 8, 2015 - Sunday, March 15, 2015 Sunday, 8 March 2015 14:30

Year 6 Mixed Hockey and Netball Tour to Guernsey returns

13:30

Boarders' Cooking Sunday at Foodworks (Full and Regular Flexi Boarders Only)

13:30

Guernsey Tour returns at 13:30

Monday, 9 March 2015 Week 9 (24) 9 - 15 March 07:30

Departure for IAPS Hockey Finals at Clifton (A): Colts A VII (if qualified). Pick up dependent on progress Cancelled due to not qualifying

Tuesday, 10 March 2015 16:30

Troy and Persia Easter Baking and Decorating Event (Dining Hall). Pick up 18:00

09:30

Maths Competition at Cheltenham College: Selected Year 5 pupils

09:00

"Private Peaceful" Technical Rehearsal

Wednesday, 11 March 2015 18:15

Year 8 Common Entrance Candidates' Parents' Evening (Surnames A-J)