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Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1913 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1 February 2019

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Prep for The Week Issue Number 1913 1 February 2019

Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1913 – 1 February 2019

Dr Bob Acheson officially opened the Acheson Library this week and we spent the day hearing from an award-winning author!

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 • Year of Reading Update • Sports Update • Birthday Announcements • Scooby Awards • Updated Week 5 Calendar Prep for The Week Issue Number 1913 1 February 2019

And finally... Don’t miss Mr O’Sullivan’s take on this week. His Week 4 blog can be found at the back of this week’s edition.

Kingfishers Update

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Fossil Week

The Nursery children have been making their own fossils using sand dough. They had to stir the stiff mixture, squash it and squeeze it to make the dough. They had to use rolling pins to flatten the dough and then use a stamp to print their dinosaur bones. We think they look great and very realistic!

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Reception Discoverers The Reception children have enjoyed learning how to be paleontologists this week. They have learnt how difficult it is to extract fossils by trying to get the chocolate chips out of cookies and bashing a lump of ice to hunt down the dinosaurs locked inside. Do not worry no dinosaurs were hurt in these activities, although the cookies may have been gobbled up!

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Kingfishers Update Author Visit We had the amazing author John Dougherty come to visit us this week. He entertained us by reading some extracts from his Stinkbomb and Ketchupface stories as well as his awardwinning book, There’s a Pig up my Nose. He ignited our imagination by playing his guitar and singing the theme tunes to the stories he had written. Truly inspiring!

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!

“Stories start by planting a seed in your imagination, water it with day-dreams and questions” (John Dougherty)

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Lower School News Lower School had an entertaining and hilarious time with John Dougherty on Tuesday. John sang the “theme song” for his Stinkbomb and Ketchup Face books and quickly had everyone joining in and roaring with laughter. John explained how he got his ideas for his books, that we can all be writers if we want to and how to make your ideas into a reality. He spoke about the baddies in the books, the badgers, and how we can create a story flow that works. The children were entranced as he read from his books. This could be a wonderful birthday present idea for Lower School children! Thank you John!

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Year 3 mathematicians made venn diagrams and played Bingo with their 3D shapes. The competition was fierce and the vertices, faces and edges were all quickly accounted for!

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2019 - Our Year of Reading Author Visit Pupil Feedback As shown in the pages above, Author John Dougherty visited The Prep this week and was enjoyed by pupils of all ages. Here is some of their feedback: “John Dougherty visited us on Tuesday for a Writers Workshop and taught us lots of inspirational things about reading and writing. He told us that you don’t have to have the most exciting story ever, or the most famous character who ever lived. We had lunch with John and some Year 5 pupils from St John’s Primary School who were doing the workshop with us. John told us that it isn’t a very good story if it doesn’t include all five of our senses. I think he was right. With his help, I managed to produce a short, but pretty good, story. John came round to us one by one, giving us ideas for our story. I think he was great at helping us. He was also really funny. At one point, he sang this crazily silly song. I kept crying with laughter all the way through! I also met new friends at the workshop and they were very kind. I wish John Dougherty could come again!”

Flo W I was involved with the Writers Workshop when John Dougherty visited the Prep and I really enjoyed it! Firstly we met the pupils from St John’s. We then escorted them to lunch and they were amazed! After lunch we witnessed the Library being formally opened, which was great to see. Finally we started the workshop where John helped us to come up with our own stories. I think everyone really enjoyed it!

Sam A

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2019 - Our Year of Reading Caught You Reading Here at The Prep, we love to catch our pupils reading. All pupils have regular access to the Library, with the majority of pupils also having weekly Library lessons. Such is their love of reading, many of our pupils also love to read at breaktimes, lunchtimes and during other opportunities across the school day. For this reason, we introduced our Caught You Reading initiative last year. All staff carry Caught You Reading slips which they fill in and give to pupils when they catch them reading. These slips then go in the Caught You Reading box in the Library, and a prize is given to one lucky winner, drawn out weekly by Mr O’Sullivan. You have to be in it, to win it!

This week’s Caught You Reading Winner is...

Gabby L

Reader of the Week Congratulations to this week’s Reader of the Week... Ben G Prep for The Week Issue Number 1913 1 February 2019

Each week, staff in the English department, together with Miss Richardson, our Librarian, nominate one pupil who has made particular progress with, or shown genuine commitment to, their private reading.

Sport Update Netball team of the week: U10B The U10B side continued their terrific winning streak in a tough match against St Hugh’s, winning 6-4. In a tough block against a strong opposition, it was great to see these girls play with such determination.

Hockey team of the week: 6th VII After last week’s write up about the exploits of the 7th VII (who won again this week, 5-1 against Dean Close) this spurred on the mighty 6th VII to get their name up in lights. An 8-1 demolition of local rivals Dean Close was more than enough to award them the accolade this week. Excellent work everyone! Congratulations to Tilda B who played for Gloucestershire this weekend in the South West Athletics Indoor Sports hall final. After a great performance they, and Tilda, ran out as champions!

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Girls’ Netball Results U11A vs St Hugh’s Won 14 - 11 U11B vs St Hugh’s Lost 4 - 5 U11C vs St Hugh’s Lost 0 - 5 U11D vs St Hugh’s Lost 2 - 12 U10A vs St Hugh’s Lost 2 - 12 U10B vs St Hugh’s Won 6 - 4 U9A vs St Hugh’s Lost 3 - 14 U9B vs St Hugh’s Lost 0 - 7

Boys’ Hockey Results 1st VII vs Dean Close Lost 2 - 5 2nd VII vs Dean Close Won 3 - 2 3rd VII vs Dean Close Drew 1 - 1 4th VII vs Dean Close Won 4 - 0 5th VII vs Dean Close Lost 3 - 6 6th VII vs Dean Close Won 8 - 1 7th VII vs Dean Close Won 5 - 1

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

• Ronan T (12) • Tim I (10) • Harry R (12) • Sofia S (12) • Oscar P (11) • Ed C (12) • Amon K (8) • Rafe M (6)

Cyber Heroes This term we have entered a team of eight Year 8 girls into ‘Cyber First’, a national competition run by GCHQ which aims to encourage more girls to work in the Cyber Industry. GCHQ’s workforce currently only consists of 11% females. This week they have been working as a team to try and crack codes and other challenges. Keep your eyes peeled for more updates on our new cyber heroes!

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Scooby Awards Congratulations to the following pupils who have already earned 25 pluses this term, a fantastic achievement! • Imole A • Freddie A • Jack B • Georgia B • Ava-Grace B-B • Ollie C • Penny C • Verity C • Josh C • Emma C • Emmiline C-H

• Octavia D • Amelia D • Isla-Rose E • Jack E • Emily G • Mariia G • Jasper H • Herbie H • Victoria H • Claudia H • Saif J

• Tibault K • Gabriella L • Oscar M • Ella M • Diana M • Flora M • Aoife M • Sophia M • Nick N • Almo P • Lula R

• Huw R • Joey R • Jack S • Ruby S • Alvin S-T • Eva T • Doris W • Evie W • Sophia W • Kevin Y • Lawrence Y

And well done to the following pupils who have already reached 50 pluses this term!

• Ava B • Trinnie N • Jerome Y

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And finally... Dear Parents I attended my first pupils’ school council last week. It was an incredibly rewarding, and challenging, experience. The group of pupil representatives spoke so well and so passionately, about their school. They clearly love it but they also want to improve it where they can. There was no sense of complaint or of moaning but they had some very constructive ideas on how we can improve certain things. Packed lunches came through very strongly so watch this space on that one. They listened to each other, supported each other and demonstrated how progress can be made when people work together and show respect for each other - even when they have different views. I only wish some of our friends in Westminster could have attended they would have learnt a lot! You may remember that recently four of our most able Year 8 musicians gave an excellent concert. I am delighted to announce that Olivia, Millie, Georgia and Autumn have all

The annual staff vs parents cricket match (odd to think of, I

been awarded music exhibitions to College. Congratula-

know, as the snow continues to fall) will be taking place on

tions to them all.

Sunday 9 June. If you would be interested in playing (and

I am also delighted that we have secured significant

beating the staff!) please e-mail Andrew Hill via

investment in The Prep school infrastructure and that over the coming months we will be refurbishing the Davies Block and much of the Boarding House. We are also updating the Assembly Hall to make it an even better

hillbilly67@me.com who is co-ordinating the parents’ side. If there is sufficient demand, we would love to run a parents’ tennis competition on the same day. Again, if you are keen for some fun, social tennis please e-mail Lucy Hill

and more useable performance space. I am particularly

on lucy24bennerley@yahoo.co.uk

delighted to say we will also be opening up the lake area

I hope you all have a wonderful white weekend!

once again and adding an outdoor classroom. Every OJ I ever meet, and many older parents, ask me about the lake area and tell me of all the fun things that used to happen around there. It will be very exciting to have it not only useable, but significantly enhanced, and will allow us to develop our outdoor learning curriculum.

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Mr O’Sullivan invites you to join in the fun at the...

PARENTS’ CRICKET AND TENNIS TOURNAMENT

SUNDAY 9 JUNE If you would like to enter the Doubles Tennis tournament, please contact Lucy Hill on lucy24bennerley@yahoo.co.uk Don’t worry, you don’t need to have a doubles partner - this is a friendly tournament where partners swap after each match! If you are a cricketer and wish to participate, please contact Andrew Hill on hillybilly67@me.com A delicious match tea will be served at 15.30. Thank you and we really hope you can come, the event will be a lot of fun!

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Week 5 Calendar Week 5 4/2/19 - 10/2/19 Mon - 4/2/19 Week 5 (20) 4 - 10 February Kingfishers Speaking and Listening Week 17:00

Hockey v College U14A VII (H): 1st VII. Pick up 18:00

Tue - 5/2/19 15:15

Departure for Severnside Cross Country at Wycliffe (A): Years 5-8. Start 15.15. Pick up 18:00

Wed - 6/2/19 07:30

Departure for IAPS Hockey Qualifier at Rugby School (A): U11A VII. Start 10:00. Pick up 17:30