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Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1944 – 31 January 2020

That was the week that was...

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Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1944 – 31 January 2020

To view all of the performances from the Pupil’s Informal Concert on Monday, click the link here.

Included in this week’s issue…

• Kingfishers Update • Lower School News • 100 Stories to Read • Sport News • Birthdays • Scooby Awards

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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.

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Kingfishers Update Measuring Fun This week the Nursery children have been measuring things around the school. How long is it? Is it taller than ...? How many centimetres?

Reception Wellbeing Reception have been enjoying their Wellbeing sessions, especially the story massages that they have given each other.

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Kingfishers Update

African Drums Year 1 are enjoying learning how to play the African Drums. They are using their listening skills to copy rhythms and beats and it sounds magical!

Year 2 Comprehension Skills The children worked collaboratively to write full sentence answers in comprehension this week. They highlighted the important words in the passage and question to help come up with a great answer. They made improvements too by editing.

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Lower School News Ancient Greek Day Last week Year 3 enjoyed their Ancient Greek Day. Although it was a rather cold and frosty January morning, we braved the chill to dress up in chitons and himations. Most of us had to wear boots or shoes with our dress though as sandals were a step too far for our cold toes!

Zeus and Poseidon were also there to keep us all in check. We spent the morning learning about Greek mythical creatures and heroes and created our own mythical stories with our own characters. We painted story stones and used them to retell our myths to an audience. At lunch we enjoyed a Greek banquet of moussaka, tzatziki, pitta bread, Greek salad and Greek yogurt with honey and we definitely needed reclining chairs after all of that! In the afternoon Medusa came to life in the form of snake masks and we also decorated some traditional terracotta pots. It was a fantastic day and Year 3 fully immersed themselves into the role of Ancient Greek citizens.

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English Department - 20 in 2020

** Don’t miss the Clarion that we sent out last week, fully outlining our 20 in 2020 scheme for this year, including tips on how you can help your child with their reading. ** Congratulations to Daniel R who has been named this week’s reader of the week.

Great work Daniel!

This week’s Caught You Reading winner is Jasper S. Keep up the reading everyone!

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English Department - 20 in 2020 dŽƉ ϭϬϬ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĚ ŝŶ DŝĚĚůĞ ^ĐŚŽŽů dŝƚůĞ

ƵƚŚŽƌ

dŝƚůĞ

ƵƚŚŽƌ

ƌŝŐŚƚƐƚŽƌŵ͗ ^ŬLJͲ^ŚŝƉ ĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ tŽůĨ ƌŽƚŚĞƌ tŚŽ >Ğƚ ƚŚĞ 'ŽĚƐ KƵƚ ĞĞƚůĞ ŽLJ ŽLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ dŽǁĞƌ dŚĞ tŽůĨ tŝůĚĞƌ ,ĞŝĚŝ ƌƚĞŵŝƐ &Žǁů dŚĞ tŽŶĚĞƌ 'ĂƌĚĞŶ dŚĞ ƌĞĂĚǁŝŶŶĞƌ dŚĞ ƵƚƚĞƌĨůLJ >ŝŽŶ Charlotte’s Web ůŽĐŬǁŽƌŬ ĂŶŶLJ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ tŽƌůĚ

sĂƐŚƚŝ ,ĂƌĚLJ DŝĐŚĞůůĞ WĂǀĞƌ DĂnj ǀĂŶƐ D͘'͘ >ĞŽŶĂƌĚ WŽůůLJ ,ŽͲzĞŶ <ĂƚŚĞƌŝŶĞ ZƵŶĚĞůů :ŽŚĂŶŶĂ ^ƉLJƌŝ ŽŝŶ ŽůĨĞƌ :ĞŶŶLJ ƌŽŽŵ ĞďŽƌĂŚ ůůŝƐ DŝĐŚĂĞů DŽƌƉƵƌŐŽ ͘ ͘ tŚŝƚĞ WŚŝůŝƉ WƵůůŵĂŶ ZŽĂůĚ ĂŚů

ŽLJ ĂůůĞĚ ,ŽƉĞ /ůůĞŐĂů dŚĞ EŽǁŚĞƌĞ ŵƉŽƌŝƵŵ dŝŵĞ dƌĂǀĞůŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ,ĂŵƐƚĞƌ ŽŐŚĞĂƌƚ dŽ tĞĞ Kƌ EŽƚ dŽ tĞĞ ^ĞĂ E ƌĞŶ dŚĞ ZĂŝůǁĂLJ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ďŽŵŝŶĂƚŝŽŶ Carrie’s War ZĂƐƉďĞƌƌŝĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ zĂŶŐƚnjĞ dŚĞ ƌŽǁƐƚĂƌǀĞƌ ǁĨƵů ŶĚ

>ĂƌĂ tŝůůŝĂŵƐŽŶ ŽŝŶ ŽůĨĞƌ ZŽƐƐ DĂĐ<ĞŶnjŝĞ ZŽƐƐ tĞůĨŽƌĚ WĞƚĞƌ ƵŶnjů WĂŵĞůĂ ƵƚĐŚĂƌƚ ^ĂƌĂŚ ,ŽůĚŝŶŐ ^ŝŵŽŶ W ůĂƌŬ EĞƐďŝƚ ZŽďĞƌƚ ^ǁŝŶĚĞůůƐ EŝŶĂ ĂǁĚĞŶ <ĂƌĞŶ tĂůůĂĐĞ ŝĐŬ <ŝŶŐͲ^ŵŝƚŚ WŚŝůŝƉ ƌĚĂŐŚ

dŚĞ tŚĂƚ ŽŶ ĂƌƚŚ͍ tĂůůŬ dŝŵĞůŝŶĞ ŽĨ ŝŐ ,ŝƐƚŽƌLJ ŝĂůͲĂͲ'ŚŽƐƚ ƌĂŐŽŶ ZŝĚĞƌ ŵŝů ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞƚĞĐƚŝǀĞƐ dŚĞ /ŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ ĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ ŽĨ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŽƌ ƌĂŶĞƐƚĂǁŵ / <ŶŽǁ tŚĂƚ zŽƵ ŝĚ >ĂƐƚ tĞĚŶĞƐĚĂLJ WĞƚĞƌ ŝŶ WĞƌŝů dŚĞ 'ŚŽƐƚ ŽĨ dŚŽŵĂƐ <ĞŵƉĞ ,ĂƌƌLJ WŽƚƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŚĂŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ^ĞĐƌĞƚƐ ,ĂƌƌLJ WŽƚƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ 'ŽďůĞƚ ŽĨ &ŝƌĞ ,ĂƌƌLJ WŽƚƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ Philosopher’s stone ,ĂƌƌLJ WŽƚƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ WƌŝƐŽŶĞƌ ŽĨ njŬĂďĂŶ ,ĞĂƌĚ ŝƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ WůĂLJŐƌŽƵŶĚ dŚĞ hůƚŝŵĂƚĞ ůƉŚĂďĞƚ dŚĞ ,ƵŶĚƌĞĚ ĂŶĚ KŶĞ ĂůŵĂƚŝĂŶƐ dŚĞ /ƌŽŶ DĂŶ <ƌŝŶĚůĞŬƌĂdž ^ĐƌŝďďůĞďŽLJ ^ƚŝŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƵŵƉ ,ĂĐŬĞƌ tŚĞŶ ,ŝƚůĞƌ ^ƚŽůĞ WŝŶŬ ZĂďďŝƚ DŽŽŶĚŝĂů dŚĞ ĞŵŽŶ ,ĞĂĚŵĂƐƚĞƌ dŚĞ tŝƚĐŚĞƐ Bill’s New Frock

ŚƌŝƐƚŽƉŚĞƌ >ůŽLJĚ

&ƌŽŵ ,ĞƌĞĂďŽƵƚ ,ŝůů

DŝĐŚĂĞů DŽƌƉƵƌŐŽ

ǀĂ /ďďŽƚƐŽŶ ŽƌŶĞůŝĂ &ƵŶŬĞ ƌŝĐŚ <ĂƐƚŶĞƌ EŽƌŵĂŶ ,ƵŶƚĞƌ

&ƌƵŝƚ ĂŶĚ EƵƚĐĂƐĞ 'ƌĂŶŶLJ dŚĞ ,Žďďŝƚ Kensuke’s Kingdom

:ĞĂŶ hƌĞ ŶƚŚŽŶLJ ,ŽƌŽǁŝƚnj :ZZ dŽůŬŝĞŶ DŝĐŚĂĞů DŽƌƉƵƌŐŽ

ŶƚŚŽŶLJ ,ŽƌŽǁŝƚnj ,ĞůĞŶ ĂƚĞ WĞŶĞůŽƉĞ >ŝǀĞůLJ :͘<͘ ZŽǁůŝŶŐ :͘<͘ ZŽǁůŝŶŐ :͘<͘ ZŽǁůŝŶŐ :͘<͘ ZŽǁůŝŶŐ ůůĂŶ ŚůďĞƌŐ DŝŬĞ tŝůŬƐ ŽĚŝĞ ^ŵŝƚŚ dĞĚ ,ƵŐŚĞƐ WŚŝůŝƉ ZŝĚůĞLJ WŚŝůŝƉ ZŝĚůĞLJ ůŝǀĞ <ŝŶŐ DĂůŽƌŝĞ ůĂĐŬŵĂŶ :ƵĚŝƚŚ <Ğƌƌ ,ĞůĞŶ ƌĞƐƐǁĞůů 'ŝůůŝĂŶ ƌŽƐƐ ZŽĂůĚ ĂŚů ŶŶĞ &ŝŶĞ

ŝnjŽƵ ŽƌĚĞƌ ZŽďĞƌƚ tĞƐƚĂůů 'ĂƌLJ ƌĞǁ DĂƌĐƵƐ ^ĞĚŐǁŝĐŬ ^ŽƉŚŝĞ ŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ ůŝnjĂďĞƚŚ >ĂŝƌĚ /ĂŶ ^ĞƌƌĂŝůůŝĞƌ ĂǀŝĚ ůŵŽŶĚ :ƵĚLJ ůƵŵĞ :ĂĐƋƵĞůŝŶĞ tŝůƐŽŶ WĞƚĞƌ ŝĐŬŝŶƐŽŶ ^ƵƐĂŶ ŽŽůŝĚŐĞ :ĂŵŝůĂ 'ĂǀŝŶ ͘^͘ >ĞǁŝƐ DŝĐŚĞůůĞ DĂŐŽƌŝĂŶ DŝĐŚĂĞů DŽƌƉƵƌŐŽ DĂƌLJ EŽƌƚŽŶ ƌĞƐƐŝĚĂ ŽǁĞůů ůŝnjĂďĞƚŚ >ĂŝƌĚ <ĂƚĞ ŝ ĂŵŝůůŽ

dŚĞ DŽƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ ,ŝƐ ŚŝůĚ dŚĞ ůŽĐŬ dŽǁĞƌ 'ŚŽƐƚ dŚĞ ^ŚĞĞƉͲWŝŐ <ŝŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ůŽƵĚ &ŽƌĞƐƚƐ dŚĞ WŚŽĞŶŝdž ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƉĞƚ

ZƵƐƐĞůů ,ŽďĂŶ 'ĞŶĞ <ĞŵƉ ŝĐŬ <ŝŶŐͲ^ŵŝƚŚ DŝĐŚĂĞů DŽƌƉƵƌŐŽ ͘ EĞƐďŝƚ

dŚĞ ^ĐĂƌĞĐƌŽǁ ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ^ĞƌǀĂŶƚ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ ŽĨ hŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞ ǀĞŶƚƐ tŽŽĨ͊ >ĂƵŐŚƚĞƌ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŐŐ dŚĞ &ĂĐƚŽƌLJ DĂĚĞ ŽLJ ƋƵŝůĂ

WŚŝůŝƉ WƵůůŵĂŶ >ĞŵŽŶLJ ^ŶŝĐŬĞƚ ůůĂŶ ŚůďĞƌŐ :ŽŚŶ ŐĂƌĚ ŚƌŝƐƚŝŶĞ EŽƐƚůŝŶŐĞƌ ŶĚƌĞǁ EŽƌƌŝƐƐ

>ŝŽŶďŽLJ dŚĞ DĂĐŚŝŶĞ 'ƵŶŶĞƌƐ dŚĞ sŝĞǁĞƌ DLJ ^ǁŽƌĚŚĂŶĚ ŝƐ ^ŝŶŐŝŶŐ dŚĞ 'ŝƌů tŚŽ ^ƉĞĂŬƐ ĞĂƌ dŚĞ &ĂƐƚĞƐƚ ŽLJ /Ŷ dŚĞ tŽƌůĚ dŚĞ ^ŝůǀĞƌ ^ǁŽƌĚ ^ŬĞůůŝŐ ^ƵƉĞƌĨƵĚŐĞ ZŽƐĞ ZŝǀĞƌƐ dŚĞ tĞĂƚŚĞƌŵŽŶŐĞƌ tŚĂƚ <ĂƚLJ ŝĚ dŚĞ tŚĞĞů ŽĨ ^ƵƌLJĂ dŚĞ >ŝŽŶ ƚŚĞ tŝƚĐŚ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ tĂƌĚƌŽďĞ 'ŽŽĚŶŝŐŚƚ DŝƐƚĞƌ dŽŵ tŚLJ ƚŚĞ tŚĂůĞƐ ĂŵĞ dŚĞ ŽƌƌŽǁĞƌƐ dŚĞ tŝnjĂƌĚƐ KĨ KŶĐĞ Oranges in No Man’s Land dŚĞ DŝƌĂĐƵůŽƵƐ :ŽƵƌŶĞLJ ŽĨ ĚǁĂƌĚ dƵůĂŶĞ dŚĞ ^ŝůůLJ ŽŽŬ ŽĨ ^ŝĚĞͲ^ƉůŝƚƚŝŶŐ ^ƚƵĨĨ &ŝǀĞ ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ŶĚ /ƚ There’s a Yeti In The WůĂLJŐƌŽƵŶĚ͊ dŚĞ WĂƌĞŶƚ ŐĞŶĐLJ dŚĞ /ŶǀĞŶƚŝŽŶ ŽĨ ,ƵŐŽ ĂďƌĞƚ

Alice’s ĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ ŝŶ tŽŶĚĞƌůĂŶĚ ,Žǁ ƚŽ dƌĂŝŶ zŽƵƌ ƌĂŐŽŶ dŚĞ tŽŶĚĞƌĨƵů tŝnjĂƌĚ ŽĨ Knj DĂƌLJ WŽƉƉŝŶƐ dŚĞ ,ŽƵƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŝĐŬĞŶ >ĞŐƐ ŽLJ /Ŷ ƚŚĞ ĂĐŬ ŽĨ dŚĞ ůĂƐƐ

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ŶĚLJ ^ĞĞĚ ͘ EĞƐďŝƚ WĂŵĞůĂ ƵƚĐŚĂƌƚ ĂǀŝĚ ĂĚĚŝĞů ƌŝĂŶ ^ĞůnjŶŝĐŬ

>ĞǁŝƐ ĂƌƌŽůů ƌĞƐƐŝĚĂ ŽǁĞůů >͘ &ƌĂŶŬ ĂƵŵ W͘>͘ dƌĂǀĞƌƐ ^ŽƉŚŝĞ ŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ KŶũĂůŝ Y͘ ZĂƵĨ

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English Department - 20 in 2020 dŽƉ ϭϬϬ ƐƚŽƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĚ ŝŶ hƉƉĞƌ ^ĐŚŽŽů dŝƚůĞ

tĂƚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ŽǁŶ dŚĞ 'ŽůĚĨŝƐŚ ŽLJ dŚĞ /ƐůĂŶĚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŶĚ ŽĨ ǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ

ƵƚŚŽƌ

dŚĞ tŽůǀĞƐ ŽĨ tŝůůŽƵŐŚďLJ ŚĂƐĞ WĞƚĞƌ WĂŶ dŚĞ ĂƌŬ ŝƐ ZŝƐŝŶŐ tŽůĨ

ZŝĐŚĂƌĚ ĚĂŵƐ >ŝƐĂ dŚŽŵƉƐŽŶ <ŝƌĂŶ DŝůůǁŽŽĚ ,ĂƌŐƌĂǀĞ :ŽĂŶ ŝŬĞŶ :͘D͘ ĂƌƌŝĞ ^ƵƐĂŶ ŽŽƉĞƌ 'ŝůůŝĂŶ ƌŽƐƐ

^ŽŵĞ WůĂĐĞƐ DŽƌĞ dŚĂŶ KƚŚĞƌƐ dŚĞ ^ĞĞŝŶŐ ^ƚŽŶĞ ŽLJ ĂŶĚ 'ŽŝŶŐ ^ŽůŽ dŚĞ ŝĂƌLJ ŽĨ Ă zŽƵŶŐ 'ŝƌů dŚĞ tĞŝƌĚƐƚŽŶĞ ŽĨ ƌŝƐŝŶŐĂŵĞŶ DŝŶĚĞƌƐ tƌŝŶŬůĞ ŝŶ dŝŵĞ

ZĞŶĞĞ tĂƚƐŽŶ <ĞǀŝŶ ƌŽƐƐůĞLJͲ,ŽůůĂŶĚ ZŽĂůĚ ĂŚů ŶŶĞ &ƌĂŶŬ ůĂŶ 'ĂƌŶĞƌ ŝĂŶĂ ,ĞŶĚƌLJ Madeleine L’EngůĞ

ĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ĂƌƌŝĐĂĚĞƐ dƵŐ ŽĨ tĂƌ tĂƌ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ƚŽŶĞ ŽůĚ EŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ >ŝŐŚƚƐ dŚĞ ^ƵďƚůĞ <ŶŝĨĞ dŚĞ ŵďĞƌ ^ƉLJŐůĂƐƐ dŚĞ /ŶĚŝĂŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƵƉďŽĂƌĚ ůĂĐŬ ĞĂƵƚLJ dŚĞ ĂŐůĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ EŝŶƚŚ dŚĞ ĂLJ dŚĞ ^ĞĐƌĞƚ ŝĂƌLJ ŽĨ ĚƌŝĂŶ DŽůĞ ŐĞĚ ϭϯ в ƵĞ ĨŽƌ dƌĞĂƐŽŶ dŚĞ ĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞƐ ŽĨ ,ƵĐŬůĞďĞƌƌLJ &ŝŶŶ ůŝƚnjĐĂƚ dŚĞ ^ǁŽƌĚ ŝŶ dŚĞ ^ƚŽŶĞ ZĂƉƚŽƌ dŚĞ ,ƵŶŐĞƌ 'ĂŵĞƐ WŝŐ ,ĞĂƌƚ ŽLJ &ƌĂŵĞĚ dŚĞ 'ƌĂǀĞLJĂƌĚ ŽŽŬ dŚĞ 'ĂƌďĂŐĞ <ŝŶŐ tŽŶĚĞƌ dŚĞ ŽŽŬ dŚŝĞĨ WĞƌĐLJ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ >ŝŐŚƚŶŝŶŐ dŚŝĞĨ dŚĞ Ždž ŽĨ ĞůŝŐŚƚƐ

:ŽĂŶ >ŝŶŐĂƌĚ ĂƚŚĞƌŝŶĞ &ŽƌĚĞ DŝĐŚĂĞů DŽƌƉƵƌŐŽ ZŽďĞƌƚ ^ǁŝŶĚĞůůƐ WŚŝůŝƉ WƵůůŵĂŶ WŚŝůŝƉ WƵůůŵĂŶ WŚŝůŝƉ WƵůůŵĂŶ >LJŶŶĞ ZĞŝĚ ĂŶŬƐ ŶŶĂ ^ĞǁĞůů ZŽƐĞŵĂƌLJ ^ƵƚĐůŝĨĨ dŚĞŽĚŽƌĞ dĂLJůŽƌ ^ƵĞ dŽǁŶƐĞŶĚ 'ĞŽĨĨƌĞLJ dƌĞĂƐĞ DĂƌŬ dǁĂŝŶ ZŽďĞƌƚ tĞƐƚĂůů d͘,͘ tŚŝƚĞ WĂƵů ŝŶĚĞů ^ƵnjĂŶŶĞ ŽůůŝŶƐ DĂůŽƌŝĞ ůĂĐŬŵĂŶ &ƌĂŶŬ ŽƚƚƌĞůů ŽLJĐĞ EĞŝů 'ĂŝŵĂŶ ůŝnjĂďĞƚŚ >ĂŝƌĚ Z͘:͘ WĂůĂĐŝŽ DĂƌŬƵƐ ƵƐĂŬ ZŝĐŬ ZŝŽƌĚĂŶ :ŽŚŶ DĂƐĞĨŝĞůĚ

dŚĞ Ăůů ŽĨ dŚĞ tŝůĚ WƌŝǀĂƚĞ WĞĂĐĞĨƵů ,ŽůĞƐ dǁĞůǀĞ DŝŶƵƚĞƐ ƚŽ DŝĚŶŝŐŚƚ ZĂŐ͕ Ă ŽŶĞ ĂŶĚ Ă ,ĂŶŬ ŽĨ ,Ăŝƌ EŽƵŐŚƚƐ ĂŶĚ ƌŽƐƐĞƐ ůĞdž ZŝĚĞƌ ŚƌŽŶŝĐůĞƐ ŽĨ ŶĐŝĞŶƚ ĂƌŬŶĞƐƐ ŽŐ ŚŝůĚ dŚĞ >ŽƌĚ ŽĨ dŚĞ ZŝŶŐƐ

:ĂĐŬ >ŽŶĚŽŶ DŝĐŚĂĞů DŽƌƉƵƌŐŽ >ŽƵŝƐ ^ĂĐŚĂƌ ŚƌŝƐƚŽƉŚĞƌ ĚŐĞ EŝĐŚŽůĂƐ &ŝƐŬ DĂůŽƌŝĞ ůĂĐŬŵĂŶ ŶƚŚŽŶLJ ,ŽƌŽǁŝƚnj DŝĐŚĞůůĞ WĂǀĞƌ ^ŝŽďŚĂŶ ŽǁĚ :͘Z͘Z͘ dŽůŬŝĞŶ

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dŝƚůĞ

ƵƚŚŽƌ

DĂĚĂŵĞ ŽƵďƚĨŝƌĞ tĞůĐŽŵĞ ƚŽ EŽǁŚĞƌĞ ŶŝŵĂů &Ăƌŵ

ŶŶĞ &ŝŶĞ ůŝnjĂďĞƚŚ >ĂŝƌĚ 'ĞŽƌŐĞ KƌǁĞůů

ŚŝŶĞƐĞ ŝŶĚĞƌĞůůĂ dŚĞ ŽƌĂů /ƐůĂŶĚ ŽƌĂŵ ŽLJ dŚĞ ƵƌŝŽƵƐ /ŶĐŝĚĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ EŝŐŚƚͲdŝŵĞ dŚĞ ĂLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ dƌŝĨĨŝĚƐ &ůĂŵďĂƌĚƐ dŚĞ &ůĂŵĞ dƌĞĞƐ ŽĨ dŚŝŬĂ 'ŽŐŐůĞͲ LJĞƐ dŚĞ ,ŝƚĐŚŚiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ^ŵĂůů ^ƚĞƉƐ dŚĞ ,ŽƵŶĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂƐŬĞƌǀŝůůĞƐ

ĚĞůŝŶĞ zĞŶ DĂŚ Z͘ ĂůůĂŶƚLJŶĞ :ĂŵŝůĂ 'ĂǀŝŶ DĂƌŬ ,ĂĚĚŽŶ

,Žǁ / >ŝǀĞ EŽǁ / ŵ ĂǀŝĚ :ŽďLJ :ŽƵƌŶĞLJ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ZŝǀĞƌ ^ĞĂ <ĞƐƚƌĞů ĨŽƌ Ă <ŶĂǀĞ >ŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ :: >ŽƌĚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ &ůŝĞƐ KĨ DŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ DĞŶ dŚĞ dƵůŝƉ dŽƵĐŚ dŚĞ WůĂŐƵĞ ŽŐƐ dŚĞ Ăŵ ƵƐƚĞƌƐ dŚĞ 'ŝǀĞƌ ƌŝĚŐĞ ƚŽ dĞƌĂďŝƚŚŝĂ dŝŐŚƚƌŽƉĞ I’m the King of the ĂƐƚůĞ dŚĞ tŽŵĂŶ ŝŶ ůĂĐŬ dŚĞ ^ĞĐƌĞƚ 'ĂƌĚĞŶ hŶďĞĂƌĂďůĞ͊ dƌĞĂƐƵƌĞ /ƐůĂŶĚ dŚĞ 'ŝƌů ŽĨ /ŶŬ ĂŶĚ ^ƚĂƌƐ ĨŽƌ ĂĐŚĂƌŝĂŚ ^ŚĂĚŽǁŵĂŶĐĞƌ dŚĞ ŽŶĞ ^ƉĂƌƌŽǁ dŚĞ tŚŝƚĞ 'ŝƌĂĨĨĞ ^ŬƵůĚƵŐŐĞƌLJ WůĞĂƐĂŶƚ Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar ŚŝůĚƌĞŶ ^ŝƐƚĞƌ͕ DŝƐƐŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ dĂůŬ DŽŶƐƚĞƌ ĂůůƐ dŽ <ŝůů Ă DŽĐŬŝŶŐďŝƌĚ dŚĞ KƚŚĞƌ ^ŝĚĞ ŽĨ dƌƵƚŚ ^ǁĂůůŽǁƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂnjŽŶƐ dŚĞ ŽLJ ŝŶ dŚĞ ^ƚƌŝƉĞĚ WLJũĂŵĂƐ dŚĞ ^ƚĂƌ KƵƚƐŝĚĞ DLJ tŝŶĚŽǁ ϭϯ dƌĞĂƐƵƌĞƐ dŚĞ <ŝƚĞ ZŝĚĞƌ

:ŽŚŶ tLJŶĚŚĂŵ <͘D͘ WĞLJƚŽŶ ůƐƉĞƚŚ ,ƵdžůĞLJ ŶŶĞ &ŝŶĞ ŽƵŐůĂƐ ĚĂŵƐ >ŽƵŝƐ ^ĂĐŚĂƌ ƌƚŚƵƌ ŽŶĂŶ ŽLJůĞ DĞŐ ZŽƐŽĨĨ ŶŶĞ ,Žůŵ ^ƚĂŶ ĂƌƐƚŽǁ ǀĂ /ďďŽƚƐŽŶ ĂƌƌLJ ,ŝŶĞƐ ŶŶĞ ĂƐƐŝĚLJ tŝůůŝĂŵ 'ŽůĚŝŶŐ :ŽŚŶ ^ƚĞŝŶďĞĐŬ ŶŶĞ &ŝŶĞ ZŝĐŚĂƌĚ ĚĂŵƐ WĂƵů ƌŝĐŬŚŝůů >ŽŝƐ >ŽǁƌLJ <ĂƚŚĞƌŝŶĞ WĂƚĞƌƐŽŶ 'ŝůůŝĂŶ ƌŽƐƐ ^ƵƐĂŶ ,ŝůů ^ƵƐĂŶ ,ŝůů &ƌĂŶĐĞƐ ,ŽĚŐƐŽŶ ƵƌŶĞƚƚ WĂƵů :ĞŶŶŝŶŐƐ Z͘>͘ ^ƚĞǀĞŶƐŽŶ <ŝƌĂŶ DŝůůǁŽŽĚ ,ĂƌŐƌĂǀĞ Robert O’BrŝĞŶ '͘W͘ dĂLJůŽƌ ĂŶĂ &ƌĂŝůůŽŶ >ĂƵƌĞŶ ^ƚ͘ :ŽŚŶ ĞƌĞŬ >ĂŶĚLJ ZĂŶƐŽŵ ZŝŐŐƐ ^ŽƉŚŝĞ DĐ<ĞŶnjŝĞ ĂŶĚLJ 'ŽƵƌůĂLJ WĂƚƌŝĐŬ EĞƐƐ ,ĂƌƉĞƌ >ĞĞ ĞǀĞƌůĞLJ EĂŝĚŽŽ ƌƚŚƵƌ ZĂŶƐŽŵĞ :ŽŚŶ ŽLJŶĞ KŶũĂůŝ Y͘ ZĂƵĨ DŝĐŚĞůůĞ ,ĂƌƌŝƐŽŶ 'ĞƌĂůĚŝŶĞ DĐ ĂƵŐŚƌĞĂŶ

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Sport News Boys’ Hockey Results 1st VII vs Dean Close Lost 1 - 3 2nd VII vs Dean Close Won 7 - 1 3rd VII vs Dean Close Lost 0 - 1 4th VII vs Dean Close Won 3 - 2 5th VII vs Dean Close Won 11 - 1 6th VII vs Dean Close Won 5 - 0 7th VII vs Dean Close 6th VII Won 2 - 1 U10A vs Dean Close Won 3 - 1 U10A vs The Elms Won 5 - 0 U10B vs King’s Gloucester U10A Drew 0 - 0 U10C vs King’s Gloucester U10A Lost 0 - 4 U9A vs King’s Gloucester Lost 2 - 3 U9B vs King’s Gloucester Drew 0 - 0

Boys’ Team of the Week - 5th VII An 11-1 win against Dean Close means there can be no-one else in the running this week. Simply outstanding fellas!

IAPS Swimming On Tuesday the school hosted the Midlands’ Qualifier for IAPS Swimming. We entered the largest team we have ever sent to an event and put in a huge number of superb performances. We won’t find out for a few weeks who has swum fast enough to qualify for the national finals in the London Aquatic Centre… but will keep our fingers crossed !

Girls’ Team of the Week - U12B This group of girls demonstrated some super court play at the St Hugh’s invitational tournament on Wednesday. They finished as runners up overall.

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Girls’ Netball Results U13A in the Cricklade Tournament 4th U13B vs St Hugh’s Lost 1 - 7 U12A in the St Hugh’s Tournament 3rd U12B in the St Hugh’s Tournament Runners-up U12C in the St Hugh’s Tournament Runners-up U11A vs St Hugh’s Lost 5 - 9 U11B vs St Hugh’s Lost 6 - 10 U11C vs Airthrie Lost 3 - 16 U10A vs St Hugh’s Won 13 - 9 U10B vs St Hugh’s Lost 5 - 7 U9A vs St Hugh’s Won U9B vs St Hugh’s Lost U9C vs St Hugh’s Lost

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In Other News Brilliant Ball Girls Our U12A Netball team, who won the Severnside tournament last week, had the opportunity over the exeat weekend to be ‘ball girls’ for the Severn Stars Netball team. Our Director of Netball (Miss Sam Cook) is also coach to the Severn Stars Netball team.

Rome House and Haggis Hunting...

In recognition of Burns’ Day, Rome House had a light-hearted introduction to The Haggis. We found out about the habitat of these Scottish creatures, about them having two legs shorter than the other two (to enable them to round hills without falling over!) and that a group is known collectively as a ‘Gaggle of Haggii’. We were introduced to The Great Selkirk Haggis Hunt and of course finished with sampling this delicacy served on oatcakes. Unfortunately there was no vegan option on this delicacy!

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Birthdays and Scooby Awards

Happy birthday to all of our pupils who have had their birthday this week: • Freddie T (12) • Noah H (12) • Joey R (11) • Theodora W (9) • Charlie A (8) • Oliver M (6)

Scooby Awards Congratulations to the following pupils who have reached the 25 plus mark and have earned a Scooby Award.

• Yasmeen A • Keisha B-B • William B • Annabelle B • Henry B • Penelope C

• Victoria H • Max F • Buse K • Sam P • Ella M • Zac M

• Almo P • Livvie R • Jasper S • Amelia T • Flo W

Congratulations to Georgia B, Shannon E, Hector T and Jerome Y who have now received their second Scooby Award after earning 50 pluses.

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Notices Saturday Fixtures and Sports Training Match Information Team Sheets, which include comprehensive information including, meet times, match starts, return/pick-up times and match locations can be found through our sports webpage via the following link: https://www.cheltenhamcollegeprepsports.org/Fixtures_Teams.asp?Id=922

Important Notice Drop-off Times - Please do not drop off children before the allotted meet time as they will be unsupervised until the member of staff comes on duty. With such a busy car park, we must ensure the children are safe and therefore ask that if a family arrives early, parents remain with their children until the meet time.

Pick-up Times - Please ensure your child is picked up at the appropriate time and is signed out.

Uniform Pupils to arrive in their games kit, wearing their full tracksuit and have their games bag with them. After sport all children must sign out with their team coach.

Absences A reminder to parents that if your child needs to miss a Saturday event, permission must be obtained from Mr O’Sullivan with a week’s notice. If your child is unwell and therefore unavailable for a Saturday event, please email Mr Simpson or Mrs McNulty the night before, or telephone the school on 01242 522 697 between 08:15 and 08:45.

Siblings If you have a child in Year 7 or 8 and others in Years 3, 4, 5 or 6 there will be an option to drop your younger child at “Sibling Club”.

Children should be dropped at The Prep School Reception at 08.15. They will be registered by the Reception staff and directed to the club where they will be supervised until their meet time. There is no post-match childcare available for siblings.

Cheltenham College Open House Event Cheltenham College is hosting an Open Houses event on Saturday 7 March during the Prep exeat. If you are keen to see our Boarding or Day Houses during this event, we would be delighted to welcome you; to book a place or find more details please sign up on our website here.

If you would like to experience a full tour of College, we are also hosting a Small Group Visit on the same day, for 20-25 families. To sign up for this event, or for a similar event on Saturday 2 May, please get in touch with the Tours & Events Team at visits@cheltenhamcollege.org.

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And finally...

Dear Parents The school is filling with snow globes, giant Olafs and snow covered fir trees as we prepare for our ‘Frozen’ Open Morning. I’ve been practising my rendition of the classic song ‘Let it Go’ for months now, but sadly, I fear I won’t quite make the grade! Open Mornings are important events for us and the children always showcase the school brilliantly. They really enjoy talking about their school and showing Prospective Parents and children what it is like to be a pupil here. I’m sure it will be a tremendous success.

Speaking of successes, we found out yesterday that Morgan has won the ‘Farmvention’ competition for his age range. The prize includes being presented with his award at the Houses of Parliament, a farm trip for his year group, and £600 of robotics equipment for the school! With over 2,000 entries he has done amazingly well, and we are both very proud and very grateful!

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The school has recently formed an Eco-Committee with the goal of improving our overall eco‑profile.

There will be lots more to come from this Committee but one immediate plea is for all our drivers to turn off their engines whilst waiting for their children. This will make for a much more pleasant environment for everyone standing outside waiting.

Many thanks and have a good weekend.

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Week 5 Calendar Week 5

3/2/20 - 9/2/20

Mon - 3/2/20 Week 5 (20) 3 - 9 February Lower School and Middle School Boys' Football Trials in Games Lessons 16:30 Building Powerful Learners: a workshop for parents (Library)* Tue - 4/2/20 14:00 Departure for Severnside Cross Country at Wycliffe (A): U13 and U11. Start 15:00. Pick up 17:30 Wed - 5/2/20 09:00 Year 2 Assembly (Assembly Hall)* 12:40 Departure for Hockey v St Hugh's (A): 2nd VII, 3rd VII. Start 14:00. Pick up 16:30 13:00 Departure for Football v St Hugh's (A): U9A VII, U9B VII. Start 14:30. Pick up 16:45 13:30 Departure for Netball v Berkhampstead (A): U11A, U11B. Start 14:15. Pick up 16:20 14:00 Training Session: U8s. Pick-up 16:00 14:00 Hockey v St Hugh's (H): 4th VII. Pick up 16:20 14:15 Football and Hockey Matches v St Hugh's (H): U11A VII, U11B VII, U11C VII, U11D VII, U10A VII, U10B VII, U10C VII. Pick up 16:30 14:15 Departure for Netball v Berkhampstead (A): U10A, U10B. Start 15:00. Pick up 16:20 14:15 Netball v Berkhampstead (H): U9A, U9B, U8. Pick up 16:20 14:15 Netball v The Dragon (H): U13A, U13B, U13C, U12A, U12B. Pick up 16:20 14:30 Departure for Hockey v St Hugh's (A): 1st VII. Start 15:30. Pick up 18:00 14:45 Hockey v St Hugh's (H): 5th VII. Pick up 16:20 15:15 Netball v The Dragon (H): U13D, U12C. Pick up 16:20 15:30 Hockey v St Hugh's (H): 6th VII, 7th VII. Pick up 17:00 Prep for The Week Issue Number 1944 31 January 2020

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Week 5 Calendar Thu - 6/2/20 17:00 Boarding House Open Evening for Prospective Parents 18:00 Choral Evensong: Cantabile (Chapel)* Pick up 18:40 Fri - 7/2/20 08:30 Flying Start Challenge Regional Qualifiers for selected pupils in Year 8 09:00 Fun Friday Pre-3s Stay and Play (Nursery) 10:00 IAPS Regional Hockey at Cheltenham College (H): 1st VII. Start 10:00. Pick up 16:20 11:40 Lower School House Cross Country 14:00 Middle School House Cross Country 15:00 Upper School House Cross Country Sat - 8/2/20 09:00 Super Saturday: Outdoor Learning with Mrs Reeves. Pick up 10:30 09:45 Middle and Upper School House Netball (H). Pick up 12:20 10:00 Middle and Upper School House Hockey (H). Pick up 12:30 10:00 Lower School House Football (H): Pick up 11:00 10:00 Lower School House Netball (H): Pick up 11:00 13:00 Year 8 Academic Scholars trip to "The Woman in Black" at the Fortune Theatre, Covent Garden. Pick up 23:55 Sun - 9/2/20 10:00 Boarders' Trip to Harry Potter Studios

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