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FRIDAY 2nd may 2014
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Artwork of the Week
Would you trust this man to run your child’s school?
By: Ekaterina Smirnova (IIB) Florence Butler-Adams (IIB) Rebecca Francis (IIB)
Wow, what a cool beginning to the Summer Term, in every sense.We’ve had an awesome day at school today and everyone has gone to a great deal of trouble to hippy up. I just had to dig out a few old clothes and have a hair transplant. I hope you all dig it.
of who might like to come and look at Godstowe, particularly in view of the fact that there are so many waiting lists in year groups at present. Prospective parents would do well to come and see us much sooner rather than later. I promise I will have had a haircut by then.
We’re all really looking forward to next week’s Art Exhibition, Fashion Show and Open Morning and we would urge you all to make a note in your diary. Please do encourage anyone you can think
Enjoy your weekend and boarders please do remember not to come back until Monday evening as school recommences on Tuesday. DG
Lodgenews
Mrs Wylie
Transition have noticed germination in Lodge and Nursery this week – have you at home? Nursery made a wormery this week. They really enjoyed getting messy digging for worms and the children will now be able to look at the tunnels the worms make.
Awards MONDAY BADGE:
Tilly Pearmund (IG)
Upcoming Fixtures 6th May (4.30pm): U12 A & B VI Tennis v Dr Challoners (A) 7th May (4.30pm): U13 & U12 Tennis v Wycombe High (A)
We look forward to seeing many of you at our annual Art Exhibition next Friday 9th May. The exhibition starts at 6.30pm with the Fashion Show at 7.30pm. All of Lodge and Nursery children will have work on display. Poems by Lodge this week:
Beginners very much enjoyed their swim this week. Two towels are required please – one Godstowe uniform towel and one home one. The children have enthusiastically started “The Moon” topic.
Tilly Tadpole has a tangle, Tilly Tadpole is brushing her teeth, Time to stop Tilly. By Arabella Stringer
Kindergarten have started investigating rainforests throughout the world. This week in Design Technology they made orangutan and proboscis monkeys using paper plates, wool and crepe paper. As a follow on from their Matisse topic last term, we created Polynesia. We have discussed the Matisse Exhibition that is currently on at the Tate which covers the period when Matisse began ‘cutting into colour’. They enjoyed taking their poetry books home and have made some good attempts at writing their own poetry using alliteration and copious amounts of adjectives.
Daisy the dolphin dives down deep, She gets dizzy when she dives deep. By Jamie Kane
Please may we remind you that aftercare use the playground in the afternoon from 4pm and ask you to clear the area by that time so they can come out to play.
When I was having my early morning ramble, The ramble by rivers and trees, I saw a robin making a nest, On top of the old oak tree. It stared at me and I stared straight back, Into its deep, brown eyes. It was like we’d been friends all our lives. I’m positive I heard it talk in the breaking of the day, He whispered, come with me I can show you the world, So off we flew into the day. By Lucy Baker
Other useful dates 5th May: Bank Holiday Monday (no school) 6th May: MIII English, Maths and Science Exams 8th & 9th May: Class and team photos 9th May: Art Exhibition (6.30-9.30pm) and Fashion Show (7.30pm) 10th May: Open Day (10am - 1pm)
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Second Hand Shop
Godstowe Rocks Tickets
Many of you will know that the second hand shop has a new home in one of the buildings running alongside Highlands boarding house. The ladies have done a fabulous job sorting everything out and it already looks like they have been in there for weeks! Please do go and take a look and continue to support the shop where possible. Please note the new opening hours:
I cannot begin to tell you how much work is going on behind the scenes of our inaugural festival! Everything is coming together really well and it will truly be a brilliant family day out. The early bird rate is available for just 3 more weeks before the prices increase. So if ‘must buy Godstowe Rocks tickets’ is on your ‘to-do list’ then click HERE now, or you can fill out the forms that came home in prep bags this week.
Monday 8.30am-9.15am Friday 3.30pm-4.30pm
Godstowe Open Day Saturday 10th May, 10am - 1pm
For any further information please contact Anke Exner: ankeexner@web.de Rounders Match Weather permitting (!) FOG are running a rounders match on 22nd May. Final details to be confirmed but if you’re handy with a bat, or have dreams of re-living your time as backstop, then please put the date in your diary. It will be a very laid-back and fun affair with food and drinks included.
Charitynews
Mrs Buckland
On Monday we were visited by Mrs Maria Price, who spoke in Main School Assembly about Tujatane School in Zambia. We are supporting this school by our Mufti Day, which took place today, and also hope to set up more of a link in the future. Maria showed us a short film about the school and the children who attend. It was a sobering thought that some children will not eat from Friday until Monday, so a vital part of the school’s work is feeding the pupils, apart from equipping them for a brighter future. It is a wonderful opportunity to support a charity where the workers in this country are volunteers, so every pound that we give will be used to help those who need it most. Each form could potentially feed three children for a month. I do hope you will be interested enough to visit the Tujatane website, which will not only give you further information, but also shows a ‘wish list’ of items which we could collect and send out via one of their volunteers - www.tujatane.com. We will soon be installing a large collection box at Godstowe for contributions - items such as coloured pencils (they don’t have to be brand new) and paper are always valuable. Please watch this space for further information! For Mufti Day, girls and staff dressed up as hippies. There were some fantastic costumes photos can be seen on the Godstowe website in the Photo Gallery.
Art Exhibition and Fashion Show on 9th and 10th May Godstowe School’s annual Art Exhibition will take place next Friday and Saturday (9th and 10th May) in the JK Theatre. Art by every pupil in the school - from Nursery to Fourth Form - will be on display for parents and visitors to view. On the Friday evening at 7.30pm, the Fourths will walk down the catwalk in dresses designed by themselves. The Fashion Show will be held again on Saturday 10th May at 12.30pm, during the school’s Open Day. Open Day runs from 10am - 1pm. If you know of anyone that you think might be interested in looking around the school, please encourage them to come along! We would be delighted to welcome them.
Art Exhibition and Open Day 9th and 10th May
Please also remember that it is compulsory for all Uppers and Fourths to be in school for Open Day. Any Middles that are interested in coming in to help with tours should speak with Mrs Kenyon.
Costumes for Upper Division Oliver! production The Upper Division will be performing Oliver! in July and some help is needed gathering costumes. We need some old boy’s dark trousers, shorts and white shirts - they can be in any condition. Please bear in mind that these will not be returned.
Iceland Trip photographs Photographs from the Iceland Trip are now up on the Godstowe website please see the Photo Gallery. The albums have been split into days so parents can see what the group got up to on each day of the trip.
We will also need small waistcoats for “Fagan’s Gang”. If you would like these to be returned to you afterwards please label them clearly. As these outfits are for the Upper Division, adult clothes will not be suitable. If you can help provide any clothing it would be hugely appreciated. All items of clothing should be handed in at reception as soon as possible. Thank you in advance.
Keep collecting Sainsburys School Vouchers! So far we have collected 3629 Active Kids vouchers which is absolutely fantastic. However, there is still time to collect some more. Active kids vouchers can be collected at all Sainsbury’s stores, petrol stations and when ordering groceries online up until 20th May. Godstowe aims to collect enough vouchers to purchase some new equipment for the playground. A collection box can be found in Reception in Main School, and for Lodge please hand your vouchers to Mrs Armstrong.
Poetry competition Godstowe girls will be entering the Foyle Young Poets Award poetry competition this summer. The English Department will be asking classes to enter this competition - for 11 to 17 year olds - and they will work on their poems this term and submit them on 4 July. If you daughter is submitting a poem, please have a look at the following websites for more information about the competition.: www.foyleyoungpoets.org www.poetry.society.org.uk/education
Davenies Summer Camps
Quiz of the week Week Nine
1. What do the initials NA SA stand for? 2. What sort of creature is a bongo? 3. Who wrote the Alice in Wonderland stories? 4. What are layers of coal called? 5. Where would you find a ligament? 6. Which London bridge opens to let ships through? 7. What does ‘love’ mean in tennis? 8. Which precious stone s are found in oysters? 9. Which vitamin do we get from the sun? 10. Who has just resigned as Manchester United’s manager? Answers revealed next wee k
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