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FRIDAY 1st may 2015
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Artwork of the week
Photograph: The election candidates in the “Godstowe Consituency”
The Constituency of Godstowe is photographed above and my thanks and congratulations to the five candidates who so eloquently sought the support of other girls in assembly this morning. Following their speeches girls were invited to drop their straw into one of five ballot boxes upon leaving the JK Theatre.This was duly done and the results are: Conservatives - 212 Green Party - 38 Labour 35 UKIP 35 Liberal Democrats - 18
no responsibility for this outcome and is in no way promoting anything by announcing the results. Everyone had great fun, the speeches were well prepared, balanced and interesting and they have learned a great deal from the experience. I fully anticipate that the result next week will be somewhat different.Thank you girls. We have enjoyed a very busy beginning of term and I hope you are looking forward to Bank Holiday weekend, which, its name would imply, will probably mean rain. Be sure not to bring day girls to school on Monday - they may be rather lonely. See you on Tuesday. DG
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Nursery have enjoyed learning about parties and celebrations. They have written invitations, thank you cards and party planning lists. They have also setup their own picnic party in the woods.
By: Rosie Hanlon, Dayeon Go and Megan Pagett; Lois Logan, Georgia Pana and Beatrice Barker; Annie Townsend, Lyla Mulcahy and Ava Hill
Beginners had their first swimming lesson this week and showed how confident they are in the water. Yesterday they went to the woods to join Winnie the Pooh and his friends for a picnic of honey sandwiches. They have learnt where honey comes from and about the life cycle of bees.
Awards Monday Badge:
Isabella Butler Tia Southwell
As part of their science topic, Kindergarten identified, named and described common plants and trees during their walk in the Lodge garden this week.
Transition H have been working on money this week. To reinforce their learning it would be beneficial to play shops with them, encouraging them to give change for a purchase! Transition W have been learning about mass and weight. Again, some practice at home would be beneficial. We will be holding our own Election Day on Thursday as the children will vote to choose their favourite British Bird. Mrs Cuatrecasas is organising a collection of clothing and blankets to be sent out to Nepal. If you have anything you can spare there is a collection box outside the staff room in Lodge. Thank you.
Please can all Transition be sure to bring their yellow spellings books in to school on Fridays. Several children were without them today.
Upcoming Fixtures 6th May (4.30pm): U13 V1 & U12 A, B & C V1 Tennis v Wycombe Abbey (away) 7th May (4.15pm): U9, U10 & U11 Athletics v Highfield (home)
Other useful dates 1st May: Long Fixed Exeat weekend (no school on Bank Holiday Monday) 8th May (6.30pm-9pm): Art Exhibition & Fashion Show 9th May (10am-1pm): Open Day
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Open Day Saturday 9th May 10am-1pm Spread the word!
Looking for a nanny? An experienced nanny is looking for a nanny position from 25th May 2015. She lives in Lacey Green, Princes Risborough, and is Ofsted registered and CPR/first aid certified. If you would like more information, please contact Mrs Sarah MacSwiney, a current Godstowe parent, who is a friend of the family - sarah.macswiney@ hotmail.co.uk or 07964 668357.
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Star Spangled Ball
emailing friends@godstowe.org.
Thank you to all of you that have booked your tickets for the Godstowe Star Spangled Summer Ball on Saturday 4th July. If you have completed the form but not quite got round to making payment please could we ask you to do so now to confirm your tickets. Tickets are selling fast so for those of you that are acting as table host and have told us who is on your table, please can you encourage your guests to complete the ticket and payment forms. For those of you that are planning to come along but have not yet booked tickets please can I ask you to get in touch as we do not want to disappoint anybody! Click here for the forms or please login to the Parents’ Area of the Godstowe website and under Friends you will find the details and forms.
Finally, we are looking for donations of vouchers for our Balloon Bonanza for local experiences maybe from your very own business or your local restaurant, hairdresser, beauty salon or retailer. Vouchers will be attached to balloons for purchase at the ball at £20, £30 and £50 price points. Next week there will be a ‘ball balloon bonanza’ box in Lodge and main reception for vouchers to be collected.
We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of parents coming forward wishing to sponsor various aspects of the ball - a big thank you to them. There are still a few areas that are available for sponsorship or if you have an item that could be put up for auction, please do get in touch by
Get your kids sailing If you and/or your children fancy learning to sail, there is a launch event tomorrow Saturday 2nd May at the Cookham Reach Sailing Club from 2pm. You can drop in, learn to sail and have fun at the same time. For more details please email crop@sailcookham.com. Cake Sale Thank you to the Lowers and Middles for organising the cake. The money raised will go towards the relief effort in Nepal.
Conservatives win election at Godstowe! In this morning’s assembly, pupils from Godstowe took part in an election debate and vote. Five girls represented each of the parties Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, the Green Party and UKIP - and put across their main points as to why their party should win pupils’ vote. Every pupil and member of staff was handed a piece of straw to drop into a ballot box on the way out of the JK Theatre. Once the straws were counted up, it was announced that the Conservative party won by a majority vote of 212.
The results were as follows: Conservatives - 212 Green Party - 38 Labour 35 UKIP 35 Liberal Democrats - 18
A Heavenly skiing trip to America for the girls We met at Heathrow airport at 10am on 27th March. After checking in, we headed through passport control to wait for our flight. We got settled on the plane and enjoyed 10 and a half hours of movies, food and sleep! We arrived at San Francisco Airport, collected our bags and headed straight to the bus for our transfer journey to Lake Tahoe.
On the first day we got up went to breakfast, and then drove to Heavenly, excited to spend the next five days skiing! The weather was warm and sunny and it wasn’t long before we were taking our jackets off and eating lunch in the sun. Our instructors were good fun and we had 5 hours of tuition every day. The view from the Gondula ride to the slopes was spectacular and allowed us to see both California and Nevada. After a wonderful five days skiing, we left Lake Tahoe for San Francisco, excited about our new adventure and looking forward to both the sightseeing and the shopping. On our way to San Fran we stopped at an outlet, where we had lunch, and shopped till we dropped! San Francisco looked beautiful in the sunshine and we really enjoyed our open-top bus tour although it was very windy crossing the Golden Gate bridge! After a wonderful few days of sightseeing, dinner outings to Pier 39 and some last minute shopping in Westfield, we left San Francisco and headed home for some much needed rest! We would to thank all the staff and girls who made this trip a success! By the three Ski Captains: Joanna Kelly, Clara O’Doherty and Aisha Edwards
Poem of the week This week in English, girls in Year 8 have been sharing their work inspired by the poem The Lady of Shalott. Pictured below is some work by 8L, including a cracked mirror by Ariel Mo By Ariel Mo On the Island of Shalott, There’s the Lady of Shalott, People passing by, Cannot see her with their eye. It is a strange thing To hear her sing. She uses the mirror reflection To see the world perfection, But on a strange night, She saw this attractive knight. She broke the curse by looking out the window, But realised it in the middle. She escaped from the tower, To see the trees and the flower. Now she’s beautifully dead, In her lovely flower bed. And what about Lancelot? Of course, he likes her a lot.
Quiz of the week Week One
1. How many players has
a beach volleyball team?
2.What are the three parts 3.What organ in the body
of an insect called?
is divided into four chambe
rs? 4.Which one of these cou ntries is an island: China, Ch ile, Cuba or Canada? 5. If 32 sweets are divided equally between 8 people, how many will each perso n get? 6.What is a female fox cal led? 7.What makes bread rise? 8. In which book does a pu
ppet become a little boy?
9.What was the first letter of the Ancient Greek alphabet?
10.What was the magnitu de of the first earthquake that hit Nepal last week? Answers revealed next we
ek!
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