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Artwork of the Week
Time rattles on. It occurs to me that we are hard on the heels of an Open Morning which takes place next Saturday the 12th October. Firstly, please may I remind you that all of the Uppers and Fourths are required at school as is always the case for Open Mornings. If anyone really cannot attend then please could this information be submitted in writing to me or to Mrs Kenyon. The girls are always very busy and generally very much enjoy Open Mornings themselves. This will also be a fabulous opportunity for all of you to come and see the Sports Hall and the Theatre, both recently completed. Everyone
here is really excited about these wonderful facilities and we want to share them with you next Saturday. Please do your best, as ever, to persuade others to come and see the school. It is always your recommendation that is so much appreciated by Godstowe. It might interest you to know that our list of pre-booked people proposing to visit Open Morning is already over 40. Many others appear on spec. I look forward to seeing some of you tomorrow at St Barts. Have a good weekend. DG
Lodgenews
Mrs Wylie
Kindergarten had an enjoyable and productive visit to Hughenden Manor. They explored the woods and identified and named a number of different species of plants and fungi. They were introduced to various Victorian artefacts found in a typical home. Nursery thoroughly enjoyed their playtime on the castle this week. They have made harvest soup and have been practising their songs for the Harvest Festival next Friday.
Friendsnews
Please may we ask that if your child’s hair is below their shoulder that it is tied up and away from their faces. This is especially important for PE lessons. We are looking forward to our very busy Book Week next week. The competition to ‘Illustrate your favourite Fairy Tale Character’ will be sent home this afternoon in your child’s prep bag.
Joelle Granwal: friends@godstowe.org
Hoodies/Varsity Jackets Hopefully by now most of you will have seen the samples of this year’s Hoodies and Varsity Jackets on display in both Lodge and Main School reception - please note that there are some different colours in each area. They are available in a whole array of colours and sizes, from 3-4yrs right the way through to XXL. Prices start from £16 and this year we have a convenient online order form, one for day pupils and one for boarders, which have been really well received by parents who have used it this week. Here are the links to the order forms again:
www.godstowe.org/hoodies2014 www.godstowe.org/hoodies2014boarders The deadline for orders is 4pm Monday 21st October. For any queries please contact Jackie Davey at jacquelinedavey@btinternet.com or Caroline Taylor-Smith at caroline.taylorsmith@ hotmail.com
Photographs Deadline
Harvest Festival
Claire Podesta: Don’t forget the deadline for day girls’ photo orders: this Monday, 7th October. Details of how to order are on your proofs. Boarders will take their proofs home at half term and their order deadline will be 5th November.
Mrs Buckland: A reminder that on Tuesday, 8th October, Main School will be celebrating Harvest in their Assembly (girls and staff only). This year we are supporting Chiltern Food Bank and ‘One Can Trust’ (onecantrust.org.uk), the Mayor of High Wycombe’s charity of the year. We hope you will join us in helping those in crisis by providing items from their shopping list.
Parents’ Services Directory
By Eleanore Debs (left), Talia Balogun and Sasha Korovkina
Awards boarders of the week: WALKER: Emiliya Alieva TURNER: Arah Elombi READER of the week: Charlotte Hems THE MONDAY BADGE: Emma Miles COLOUR TEAM SHIELD: The Red Team
Results NETBALL: v Queen Anne’s U13A lost 8-16 U13B lost 10-11 U13C won 10-7 v Eagle House U11A lost 8-11 U11B won 11-0 v Wycombe Abbey U12A drew 9-9 U12B lost 7-16 U12C won 17-9
Autumn Plants Offer This offer is running for another 2 weeks.You can print off your order form here and then please drop it into one of the FOG boxes with your cheque for payment. Cake Sale Thank you so much to everybody who participated in last week’s cake sale. We raised a total of £401.40 for Macmillan Cancer Support! £124.91 from Lodge and £276.49 from Main School, a really great effort.
Claire Podesta: Take a look at our new Parents’ Services Directory which is is up and running in the Parents’ Area of the Godstowe website. If you would like to advertise your business, there is a link at the top of the page.
Extreme Reading Winners Mrs Evans: Thank you to everyone who entered my summer holiday photo competition. Congratulations to the winners - Manon Ludwick and Gabriella Palmer - and also to the runners up - Emma Lamb, Olivia Fennell and Marjolein Hewlett. All the entries will be displayed around the school next week as part of our celebrations for Children’s Book Week. You will also be able to take part in a quiz and contribute to a list of Godstowe’s 100 Best Books. Godstowe Preparatory School, Shrubbery Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP13 6PR. UK. Tel: +44 (0)1494 529273 Registrar Tel: +44 (0)1494 429006 Email: schooloffice@godstowe.org Registered Charity Number 310637. Company Number 68471.