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Issue Number 1945 – 7 February 2020

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Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1945 – 7 February 2020

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Included in this week’s issue…

• Kingfishers Update • Lower School News • Boarding House Update • 100 Stories to Read • Maths Challenge • Art News • Birthdays • Scooby Awards

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And finally...

Don’t miss Mr O’Sullivan’s take on this week. His Week 5 blog can be found at the back of this week’s edition.

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Kingfishers Update Brown Bear Brown bear, brown bear what do you see?

This week the children have been focusing on the beautiful Eric Carle book. They retold the story using lots of different props including the fabulous masks they made with Mrs Westgate.

Reception Round-up Coding Reception have had a great time this week learning about code. Can you programme the train to stop, go and change direction? The Kingfishers’ prefects were a great help explaining how everything worked.

DT After a long discussion on safety the children in Reception used real tools to measure, saw and drill. All the parts are ready for construction of their own teddy bears.

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Kingfishers Update

Jack and the Beanstalk Year 1 have been applying their knowledge of traditional story telling this week by acting out the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. Their enthusiasm, participation and creativity were evident for all to see! We now look forward to writing our own version of the story and sharing our wonderful work with everybody!

Kingfishers and Lower School Chess Challenge An afternoon of Chess for Kingfishers took place last Friday when they went off to Lower School to play in the Chess Challenge. For some of the children this was their first time playing in a proper tournament and they all played with great sportsmanship. Well done to Jasmine, the new Lower School champion and to Torin who was the Kingfishers champion. After school on Friday the Kingfishers played even more Chess as they were entered in the national Delancey Chess Tournament too! Keep pushing the wood!

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Lower School News Family Maths Puzzle Last Thursday Lower School celebrated maths with a family maths puzzle afternoon.

We enjoyed solving puzzles, investigating patterns and many favourites including rubiks cubes.

It was lovely to see so many parents and carers enjoying spending time together and facing challenges. Perseverance was the key word for the afternoon and the children soon learned what was required to solve even the trickiest of puzzles. The children should be congratulated for their positive attitudes and for helping to make this such a fun filled event.

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Boarding House Update Last Sunday the Boarders appreciated a relaxed afternoon at the cinema, with a choice of four different films, including the recently released Dolittle! It has been a busy first half of term but lots of fun. We enjoyed supporting the Boarders taking part in the ‘Celebration of the Arts’ event (pictured) and everyone performed brilliantly. Mrs Baird recently celebrated her birthday and shared five caterpillar cakes during our Sunday Night TV Series evening (pictured)!

The Boarders have been fascinated by David Attenborough’s latest production, ‘Seven Worlds, One Planet’, hosted in Mr and Mrs Bairds’ flat, one of three viewing options.

We encourage friendships between all ages, particularly through our ‘Boarding House Families’, which are groups of around six Boarders from a range of different year groups, with a nominated Year 8 who acts as the head of the family. Ewan (Year 3) really enjoys having Boarders’ Tea with Ronan (Year 8) and his friends (pictured), Ronan is head of Ewan’s Boarding House Family.

We spend roughly an hour winding down each evening, with a snack, showers, quiet activities in Dorms and quiet reading before ‘lights out’. This week, the Year 3, 4 and 5 Boarders played a variety of cards games with Mr Kernot (pictured), while also listening to the Football on the radio before some quiet reading! We love the change of pace between the day and evening, week and weekend. We are also very much looking forward to visiting the Harry Potter Studios this coming Sunday!

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English Department - 20 in 2020

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

Congratulations to Joanna C who has been named this week’s reader of the week.

Great work Joanna!

On the following page we have a list of the top 100 books for Lower School pupils to read. How many have you read?

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English Department - 20 in 2020 Top 100 stories to read in Lower School Title

Stig of the Dump Charlotte’s Web Kensuke’s Kingdom The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark Swallows and Amazons The Iron Man The Midnight Folk Journey to Jo’burg Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh Around the World in 80 Days The Famous Five (series) The Wind in the Willows The Worst Witch All Roald Dahl books Mr Majeika Bridge to Terabithia The Hodgeheg The Whipping Boy Treasure Island Black Beauty Winnie the Pooh Peter and Wendy The Butterfly Lion The 13 Storey Treehouse War Game The Demon Headmaster The Box of Delights Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones The Borrowers Here Comes Charlie Moon Lassie Come Home The Jungle Book The Secret Seven (series) The Great Elephant Chase Gentle Ben The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Dragon Rider Doctor Dolittle Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief The Firework Maker’s Daughter A Series of Unfortunate Events (series) The Sheep Pig Carrie’s War Flat Stanley The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone The Spiderwick Chronicles Mrs Pepperpot Operation Gadgetman!

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Clive King E B White Michael Morpurgo Jill Tomlinson Arthur Ransome Ted Hughes John Masefield Beverley Naidoo Robert C. O’Brien Jules Verne Enid Blyton Kenneth Grahame Jill Murphy Roald Dahl Humphrey Carpenter Kate Paterson Dick King-Smith Sif Fleischman R.L. Stevenson Anna Sewell AA Milne JM Barrie Michael Morpurgo Andy Griffiths Michael Foreman Gillian Cross John Masefield Will Mabbitt Mary Norton Shirley Hughes Eric Knight Rudyard Kipling Enid Blyton Gillian Cross Walt Morey C S Lewis Cornelia Funke Hugh Lofting Rick Riordan Phillip Pullman Lemony Snicket Dick King-Smith Nina Bawden Jeff Brown Michael Morpurgo Gene Kemp JK Rowling Tony Diterlizzi Alf Proysen Malorie Blackman

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The City of Ember The Battle of Bubble and Squeak The Death Wood Letters Dragons at Crumbing Castle A Bear Called Paddington Bill’s New Frock Mary Poppins The Midnight Fox The Akimbo Adventures The Indian in the Cupboard Mr Popper’s Penguins Revolting Rhymes Beowulf Why the Whales Came Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland My Family and other Animals The Snow Walker’s Son The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Beaver Towers Dinner Ladies Don’t Count The Railway Children The Tale of Greyfriars Bobby The Little Prince The Secret Garden 100 Brilliant Poems for Children Lost Magic: The Best of Brian Moses Amazing Grace How to Train Your Dragon Secret of the Sirens The Sword in the Stone The Uncommoners (series) Stuart Little Just William A Christmas Carol Aesop’s Fables The Shakespeare Stories collection The Mousehole Cat The Accidental Prime Minister Pippi Longstocking Five Children and It The Magic Faraway Tree The War Next Door The Wonder Garden The Thieves of Ostia The Wizard of Oz The Phoenix and the Carpet The Factory Made Boy Flights of Fancy The Selfish Giant The Wreck of Zanzibar

Author

Jeanne DuPrau Phillipa Pearce Hazel Townson Terry Pratchett Michael Bond Anne Fine P.L Travers Betsy Byars

Alexander McCall Smith

Lynne Reid Banks

Florence & Richard Atwater

Roald Dahl Rob Lloyd Jones Michael Morpurgo Lewis Carroll Gerrard Durrell Catherine Fisher Joan Aiken Nigel Hinton Bernard Ashley E Nesbit Lavinia Derwent

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

F Hodgson Burnett Paul Cookson Brian Moses Mary Hoffman Cressida Cowell Julia Golding T H White Jennifer Bell E.B White Richard Crompton Charles Dickens Aesop (oral stories)

Andrew Matthews & Tony Ross

Antonia Barber Tom McLaughlin Astrid Lindgren E Nesbit Enid Blyton Phil Earle Jenny Bloom Caroline Lawrence L. Frank Baum E Nesbit Christine Nostlinger Various authors Oscar Wilde Michael Morpurgo

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Cheltenham College Maths Challenge This week four pupils from Year 5 and Year 6 represented The Prep in the annual Cheltenham College Maths Competition.

Working collaboratively in their teams of four, our mathematicians had to use a wide range of skills to solve a variety of challenging problems. The Pupils really excelled with the Year 5 team coming second, and the Year 6 team coming 3rd.

Well done to all the pupils for their impressive achievement.

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In Other News History Bee and Bowl Championships On Sunday 2 February, six Upper School historians went to London to take part in the History Bee and Bowl Championships, the first time that Cheltenham College has taken part in this event. The day involved history quizzing as a team and individuals through various rounds, using a ‘buzzer system’ not unlike ‘University Challenge’. The team did fantastically against some of the best schools in the country and older pupils.

Despite being completely new to the format, they finished the day by winning their fifth group match and earned a stop off at Beaconsfield Services on the way home (pictured)! Despite not getting through to the finals, the team did a superb job and should be very proud of their efforts. It was a great day out and the pupils were great ambassadors for the school. Well done to Thomas (captain), Felix, Carys, Matilda, Ngonie and Taylor for some excellent history quizzing!

Radio Star Drummer Well done to Jean-Christian L who was on the ‘Show and Tell’ segment of the Zoe Ball BBC radio 2 show on Wednesday morning. He played the drums from Lake House along to a backing track and chatted to her briefly before playing. Very exciting!

Art News Congratulations to the following children who have had artwork selected for the ‘Junior Schools’ Art Exhibition 2020.

Taking place at Malvern St James. For details, please see the poster on the following page.

• Emma H • Kiara P • Alia T • Maryam N • Herbie H

• Jasmine W • Amelia D • Agatha C • Star J • Freya B

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• Iola W-C • Flora M • Georgia B • Penelope C • Diana M

• Amelia M • Freddie A • Chloe W • Joanna R • Rosie P

• Finlay M-K • Jiren Z

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Art News

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Sport News Boys’ Hockey Results

Boys’ Team of the Week - U10C

1st VII vs St Hugh’s Won 3 - 0 2nd VII vs St Hugh’s Won 4 - 1 3rd VII vs St Hugh’s Lost 1 - 2 4th VII vs St Hugh’s Drew 0 - 0 5th VII vs St Hugh’s Lost 0 - 1 6th VII vs St Hugh’s Won 2 - 0 7th VII vs St Hugh’s Drew 1 - 1 U11A vs St Hugh’s Won 4 - 2 U11B vs St Hugh’s Drew 1 - 1 U11C vs St Hugh’s Won 2 - 1 U10A vs St Hugh’s Won 2 - 1 U10B vs St Hugh’s Lost 1 - 2 U10C vs St Hugh’s Drew 2 - 2

After a slow start to the term, the U10C hit the headlines this week with two excellent draws in both Football and Hockey with St Hugh’s. Mr Moore is very proud of their efforts.

Boys’ Football Results U11A vs St Hugh’s Won 5 - 0 U11B vs St Hugh’s Lost 0 - 2 U11C vs St Hugh’s Lost 0 - 2 U10A vs St Hugh’s Won 6 - 1 U10B vs St Hugh’s Lost 1 - 5 U10C vs St Hugh’s Drew 1 - 1 U9A vs St Hugh’s Lost 1 - 5 U9B vs St Hugh’s Won 1 - 0

Girls’ Netball Results U13A vs The Dragon Lost 19 - 21 U13B vs The Dragon Won 12 - 6 U13C vs The Dragon Lost 4 - 17 U13D vs The Dragon Lost 3 - 11 U12A vs The Dragon Winners U12B vs The Dragon Won 9 - 5 U12C vs The Dragon Won 15 - 4 U11A vs Berkhampstead Won 6 - 5 U11B vs Berkhampstead Won 21 - 0 U10A vs Berkhampstead Lost 7 - 11 U10B vs Berkhampstead Drew 5 - 5 U9A vs Berkhampstead Won 10 - 1 U9B vs Berkhampstead Lost 2 - 6 U8s vs Berkhampstead Won 12 - 8

Congratulations to the Boys’ 1st team who have finished runners-up at the IAPS Hockey Qualifier and are now through to the U13 National Finals later this term. Look out for a full report next week.

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Saturday House Matches House Match Information Boys LS House Football – Start: 10:00 Location: Prep pitches Pick up: 11:00 (Prep pitches) MS House Hockey – Start: 10:00 Location: Linton Astro Pick up: 12:30 (Linton Astro) US House Hockey – Start: 10:00 Location: Cotswold Astro Pick up: 12:30 (Cotswold Astro)

Girls LS House Netball - Start:10:00 Location: Sports Hall Pick up 11:00 (Sports Hall) MS House Netball - Start: 09:45 Location: Sports Hall Pick up 12:20 (Sports Hall) US House Netball - Start: 09:45 Location: Sports Hall Pick up 12:20 (Sports Hall)

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 House shirt and full tracksuit. It is important that pupils have all of their playing equipment and a filled water bottle with them. After sport all children must sign out with their Housemaster/mistress.

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 522697 between 08:15 and 08:45.

Siblings If you have a child in Year 7 or 8 and other 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.

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Birthdays and Scooby Awards Happy birthday to all of our pupils who have had their birthday this week:

• Oliver M (6) • William M (6) • Jemima P (11) • Reuben S (11) • Miaolu J (7)

• Guy S (4) • Ronan T (13) • Harry R (13) • Poppy K (12) • Ted M (3)

• Agatha C (10) • Jacob S (4) • Oscar P (12) • Ed C (13) • Rafe M (7)

Scooby Awards

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

• Imole A • Seren A • Theo A • Freddie A • Nell A • Olive A • Imam B-A • Freya B • Kyron B-B • Robyn B • Freddie B • Helena B

• Ava-Grace B-B • Poppy C • Joanna C • Thomas C • Archie C • Ollie C • Ewan C • Ludo C • Beatrice C • Emma C • Sean D • Samuel D

• Jack E • Lily E • Tobias E • Zandra G • Isla G • Scarlett G • Olivia H • Seren H • Nihad J • Sofia J • Theo J • Martha K

• Josh M-K • William M • Sophia M • Lewis M • Max M • Clara N • Freddie O • Alfie P • Lulu P • Lula R • Jasmine R • Preston S

• Clara S • Matthew S • Kate U • Theodora W • Evie W • Oliver W • Sienna W • Lawrence Y

Congratulations to the following pupils who have reached the 50 plus mark and have earned a Scooby Award.

• Keisha B-B • William B • Ava B • Isabel C

• Harry C • Penelope C • Verity C • Agatha C

• Max F • Sofia G • Star J • Saif J

• Buse K • Nell L • Nick N • Hayato O

• Daniel R • Jasper S • Eva T • Jiren Z

Finally, a huge well done to Hector T and Noah H who have done brilliantly to earn 75 pluses and their third Scooby Award of the term.

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Would you like to become a host family?

Next April, Gakushuin Prep School from Japan will be visiting Cheltenham College Prep school for 9 days. The pupils will be joining in on lessons and sharing Japanese culture with the Cheltenham College Prep pupils. As part of the experience, Gakushuin Prep would like their pupils to stay at the homes of Cheltenham College Prep pupils.

We are currently looking for host families for these Japanese pupils (aged 11 to 12, Boys and girls). The new Japanese Emperor and other members of the Imperial Family were all educated at Gakushuin school.

If you are interested in Japanese culture, would like the opportunity to participate in this cultural exchange, and help the Gakushuin pupils make the most of their stay in the beautiful Cotswolds, please do not hesitate to contact us. It will be an educational, fun and rewarding experience for the whole family! 【Details】 Monday to Friday the students will be attending Cheltenham College Prep School or partaking on excursions. At the weekend the pupils are free to spend time with their host families.

Sat 25th April – Sun 3rd May 2020 (2 students per family) 8 nights To compensate for hosting the pupils we will pay £512 per family

【Organizer: Cotswolds Wind Academy】 We are a specialist Japanese travel agency that has over 40 years of experience running homestay programs in the Cotswolds. We are working with both schools to organize this cultural exchange.

For more information and details , please get in touch: MIDORI ENDICOTT Mob: 07760 222676 E-mail: midoriendicott@googlemail.com

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And finally...

Dear Parents Poor Sally-Ann never finds it easy to decipher what I have scrawled down for this blog.

Normally she manages to make a pretty good fist of it. Today, I’m afraid, the writing is even harder to read than normal - the reason, my hands are still in a semi-frozen state! I popped out three or four hours ago for a few minutes to catch the Boys’ U13 Hockey team play a match in the Regional IAPS Championships we have been hosting today. With no coat or hat or gloves I was totally unprepared for the biting wind and generally freezing temperature but didn’t expect to be out for too long. However…the boys were playing fantastically well and kept winning very tense, exciting games so clearly I couldn’t leave. After every game Sally-Ann got a phone call saying I would be at least another half an hour - and I got more and more excited, but also colder and colder. After thrilling wins against Dean Close in the quarter finals and Bromsgrove in the semi finals the boys ended up runners up to a strong Dragon team - qualifying for the National Finals, which we are also hosting, in a month’s time. Huge congratulations to all involved - and my hands are currently going through the pins and needles stage of warming up! Hence the terrible writing and my apologies to my very long suffering PA!

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For those of you driving to school on Wednesday morning you may have been lucky enough to be listening to Show and Tell with Zoe Ball on Radio 2 around 0740. The star of the show was our very own Jean-Christian L from Year 5 who chatted to Zoe for a few minutes about his musical ambitions before dazzling everyone with his fantastic drumming - all live from Lake House.

When he is a rich and famous “Rock God” we can all say we were there for his first nationwide performance - well done!

With the House Cross-Country being ‘enjoyed’ as I look out of my window writing this and a busy morning of House matches tomorrow there is the spirit of healthy competition in the air. Hopefully you can come and share in it tomorrow.

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Week 6 Calendar Week 6

10/2/20 - 16/2/20 Mon - 10/2/20

Week 6 (21) 10 - 16 February 16:30

Parents' Evening for parents of children in Lower School (Lower School)*

17:00

LAMDA Showcase (Lake House)* Pick up 18:00

18:00

Parents' Evening for parents of children in Year 6 (Surnames A-L)

Tue - 11/2/20 Kingfishers Puzzle Day 16:30

Parents' Evening for parents of children in Lower School (Lower School)*

18:00

Parents' Evening for parents of children in Year 6 (Surnames M-Y) (Assembly Hall)*

Wed - 12/2/20 09:00

Reception Assembly (Assembly Hall)*

12:40

Departure for Hockey v Dean Close (A): U11C VII, U11D VII, Start 13:15. Pick up 16:20

12:40

Departure for Severnside Hockey Festival at Clifton (A): 1st VII, 2nd VII, U11A VII, U11B VII, U9A VII, U9B VII. Start 14:00.

Pick up 18:00

13:00

Departure for Hockey v The Dragon (A): U10C VII. Start 14:15.

Pick up 16:20

13:00

Departure for Netball v Abberley Hall (A:) U11A, U11B. Start 14:30. Pick up 16:30

13:15

Alternative Sporting Activity - Quidditch (H): U8,U9A, U9B, U10A, U10B, U10C, U11C, U11D. Pick up 16:20 (16:00 for U9s)

14:00

Severnside Hockey Festival (H): U10A VII, U10B VII. Start 14:00. Pick up 16:20

14:30

Football v Berkhampstead (H): U8A VII, U8B VII. Pick up 16:00

14:30

Football v Clifton (H): Upper School Boys. Pick up 16:20

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Week 6 Calendar 14:30

Netball v Abberley Hall (H): U13D, U12A, U12B, U12C. Pick up 16:20

15:30

Netball v The Downs, Malvern (H): U13A, U13B, U13C. Pick up 16:30

Thu - 13/2/20 Year 4 Viking Day 08:00

13+ Academic Scholars Breakfast

16:15

Cross Country League Race 3 (H): Years 4-6. Pick up 17:30

18:00

Choral Evensong: Schola Cantorum Boys' Voices (Chapel)* Pick up 18:30

18:30

Years 6-8 Grand Masquerade Ball (Assembly Hall). Pick up 21:00

Fri - 14/2/20 County Hockey Finals at Dean Close (A): 1st VII 08:15

Lower School Open Door Morning until 09:00 (Lower School)*

09:00

Fun Friday Pre-3s Stay and Play (Nursery)

15:30

Half Term begins for pupils in Kingfishers

16:00

Half Term begins for pupils in Lower School

16:20

Half Term begins for pupils in Middle and Upper School

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