Prep for the Week - Week 15

Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1910 – 14 December 2018

That was the week that was...

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Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1910 – 14 December 2018

Get involved! Make sure you are following us on social media (@CheltPrep) for all of the latest goings on around school!

Included in this week’s issue…

• Kingfishers Update • Lower School News • Boarding House Update • Sports Update • Scooby Awards • Birthday Announcements • Spring Week 1 Calendar Prep for The Week Issue Number 1910 14 December 2018

Merry Christmas Don’t miss Mr O’Sullivan’s take on the week in his feature at the back of this edition...

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Kingfishers Update We were busy little elves this week in the new woodwork area in Nursery!

Keep up to date Make sure you’re following Kingfishers on twitter (@CheltKingfisher) to keep up to date with all of the latest activities we’re getting up to!

The Kingfishers Christmas Party!

We had a wonderful afternoon partying after our surprise Santa visit.

The children enjoyed a variety of activities from dancing in the Groovy Disco Room, enjoying party games, decorating gingerbread men and creating wonderfully festive pieces in the Art room.

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Kingfishers Update Year 2 Netball and Rugby fixtures against Dean Close.

Year 2 got to showcase their Rugby and Netball skills against Dean Close in their very first fixture. There was much excitement about this sporting event and especially enjoying their inaugural Match Tea!

Kingfishers carol singing on the Bath Road.

The Bath Road was very festive on Tuesday afternoon when the Kingfishers brought in the crowds for their annual carol singing event.

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Christmas Fun Time!

Come and join in the Christmas fun in the Kingfishers Nursery: Monday 17 - Thursday 20 December 10am - 4pm each day

Open

to chil 41/2 an dren aged d unde r

There will be lots of fun activities to take part in and games to play with the Nursery staff To book your place email Mrs Davis via: r.davis@cheltenhamcollege.org

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Lower School News It has been a final week full of excitement and drama for Lower School. Years 3 and 4 excelled themselves in their performance of ‘The Tailor of Gloucester’. What an ambitious and beautiful production. We all enjoyed ourselves immensely putting on this show for our audiences.

Keep up to date Make sure you’re following Lower School on twitter (@CheltPrepLower) to keep up to date with all of the latest activities we’re getting up to!

This week, Lower School were out and about carol singing, we raised a massive £185 for Winston’s Wish, the school charity.

Everyone had great fun at the Lower School Christmas dinner. We loved all the turkey, crackers, singing and raffle prizes.

We still had enough energy to put on a wonderful concert on Wednesday afternoon. It was full of great music and wonderful singing.

Lower School wishes everyone a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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Boarding House Update The Boarding House enjoyed a final festive weekend; the highlights being the Boarders Christmas Feast, the Santa Fun Run and a trip to the cinema. The Boarders have done themselves proud over the last few weeks and we were really impressed by the effort the Year 8 Feast Committee put into helping with the brilliant evening of food and entertainment on Saturday.

Congratulations to Polina and Olivia’s families who won the Task Master Challenge and Pablo’s table for winning the quiz.

Keep up to date Make sure you’re following the Boarding House on twitter (@CheltPrepBoard) to keep up to date with all of the latest activities we’re getting up to!

Thank you to everyone who has helped the Boarders to have a fantastic term, to all the Matrons, Tutors, Gaps, Mr and Mrs Theedom, as well as all the catering and cleaning staff who look after us and the House so well. We say a massive goodbye to Miss Ramsay, Miss Cant, Miss Roberts and Miss Shephard, thank you for all you have done in your time here, you will be much missed.

Goodbye also to George (Johnson) who has run a brilliant Media Club this term, the product of which we very much enjoyed watching on Wednesday night. Goodluck to you all in the New Year.

Merry Christmas everyone and we look forward to seeing everyone back after a good rest!

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Sport Update Wednesday saw the annual running of the Upper School House Football event. This has taken the traditional last week of term slot, but despite tired bodies the boys were brilliant. All the Houses, each with a selected Captain, brilliantly balanced the tight line between being inclusive and being competitive. There were some great goals scored and it was an excellent afternoon.

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House Football Results 1st - Corinth 2nd - Troy 3rd - Rome 4th - Sparta 5th - Athens 6th - Persia

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The Scooby Awards The Scooby Awards are presented to pupils when they reach each increment of 25 pluses.

Congratulations to Allegra S who has received her 25th this week.

And congratulations to the following pupils who have

• Sarah A • Octavia D • Jack F • Naomi H • Xanthe H • Imole A • Jacob A • William B

received their 50th plus this week:

• Seren H • Millie J • Nell L • Zara L-H • Tula L-H

• Ted M • Raif N • Angela N • Bella O • Cindy P

• Jason R • Ava R • Charlie S • Rafferty T • Sian V

• Finlay M-K

Congratulations also to the following pupils who have received their 75th plus this week:

• Helena B • Monty C-B • Matilda C

• Alice D • Ollie G • Freddie H

• Georgina H • Ginny M • Jean-Christian • George M L • Harry R

Congratulations to the following pupils who have received their 100th plus this week:

• Domi A • Isabelle C • Shannon E • Star J • Helena B • Amelia D • Mariia G

Well done to Freddie A and Ava B who have earned their 125th and 150th plus respectively.

Congratulations to Fenella P and Jerome Y who have earned their 175th plus this week.

Finally, a big well done to Henry B who has achieved the remarkable landmark of 225 pluses this term!

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Birthdays Happy birthday to the following pupils who have their birthdays over the holidays: • Nico H (5) • Sean D (10) • Oliver S (13) • Felix D (11) • Ray Y (6) • Catherine W

(12) Freya B (9) Eva S (6) Jack S (11) Ellianna C (13) Tula L-H (12)

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• Zara L-H (12) • Florence P (13) • Harry R (10) • Monty W (11) • Harris C (11) • Ronan C (13) • Shamil I (13) • William D (12) • Jerome Y (12) • William B (9) • Demeli A (9) • Elisa B-D (4)

Charity Champions Well done to everyone in Lower School who, whilst singing beautiful carols outside of John Lewis in town, managed to raise £185 for the school’s charity Winston’s Wish.

Well done also to the Middle School ladies for organising such a brilliant bake sale, also for Winston’s Wish.

Their cakes were in high demand, selling out in just 15 minutes! The girls managed to raise £71.53 and will be returning with an even bigger bake sale next term... watch this space!

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Christmas Cards Congratulations to the two artists whose designs were chosen for the front of The Prep’s 2018 Christmas Cards.

Registered Charity No. 311720

T: +44 (0) 1242 522 697 F: +44 (0) 1242 265 620 E: theprep@cheltenhamcollege.org www.cheltenhamcollege.org

Nina B

Cheltenham College Preparatory School Thirlestaine Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL53 7AB

Years 3 - 8 Winning design

aratory School am, Gloucestershire GL53 7AB

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Harry C

Kingfishers Winning design

Full list of winners Kingfishers - Harry C Year 3 - Nell L Year 4 - Iola W-C Year 5 - Hattie L Year 6 - Aoife M Year 7 - Zara L-H Year 8 - Nina B Prep for The Week Issue Number 1910 14 December 2018

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Spring Term Week 1 Calendar Week 1 7/1/19 - 13/1/19 Mon - 7/1/19 Week 1 (16) 7 - 13 January Tue - 8/1/19 17:00 Boarders return, latest return 17:45 18:00 Boarders' Tea Wed - 9/1/19 Years 1 and 2 Topic Launch Day: Royals Rule!

Thinking and Learning Day 08:00 Term begins: normal collection times and after school care available until 18:00 08:15 Years 3-8 children report to classrooms 08:40 Kingfishers children report to classrooms (Nursery 09:00) 14:00 Middle and Upper School Hockey Trials. Pick up 16:20 14:00 U9 Hockey Trials. Pick up 16:00 14:00 Middle and Upper School Netball Trials. Pick up 16:20 14:00 U9 Netball Trials. Pick up 16:00 Thu - 10/1/19 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Orchestral Day for members of the School Orchestra and invited orchestras from local schools Activities start today 08:30 Building Powerful Learners: A Parent Information Workshop (Library)* 18:00 Preparation for Common Entrance: A Study Skills and Wellbeing Workshop for Year 8 Parents and Pupils (Assembly Hall)*

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Spring Term Week 1 Calendar Fri - 11/1/19 Nursery and Reception Topic Launch: Roarsome Dinosaur Day 08:00 Friends of The Prep Coffee Morning (Homfray Room)* 14:00 Upper School Townsend-Warner History Prize Paper 1 (Assembly Hall) 14:20 Chapel* 18:00 IAPS Skiing Championships Information Meeting (Library)* Sat - 12/1/19 08:00 Departure for Winchester House Hockey Tournament (A): 1st VII, U11A VII. Start 10:00. Pick up 14:30 08:30 Departure for Hockey v The Down's Wraxall (A): U8A VII, U8B VII. Start 10:00. Pick up 12:00 08:45 Lower School and U11 Netball Trials. Pick up 10:15 09:15 Departure for Hockey v The Downs Wraxall (A): U9A VII, U9B VII. Start 10:45. Pick up 12:45 10:00 Departure for Hockey Triangular at Dean Close (A): U10A VII, U10B VII, U10C VII. Start 10:00. Pick up 12:00 10:00 Hockey Skills Session (H): U11C VII. Pick up 11:00 10:00 Hockey Skills Session (H): U8A VII, U8B VII. Pick up 11:00 10:00 Hockey v The Downs Wraxall (H): 3rd VII, U11B VII. Pick up 11:15 10:00 Internal Hockey Fixture (H): 6th VII, 7th VII. Pick up 11:00 10:15 Upper School Netball Trials. Pick up 11:45 10:30 Cheltenham College Netball Festival (H): U10s. Pick up 13:30 11:00 Hockey v The Downs Wraxall (H): 2nd VII, 4th VII, 5th VII. Pick up 12:15 Sun - 13/1/19 13:00 Boarders' Trip to the Trampoline Park

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And finally...

Dear Parents Well everybody made it!

The last couple of weeks have been both enormous fun and incredibly tiring for children and staff alike.

Christmas at Prep School is a truly magical experience and whilst everyone will have their own favourite event of recent weeks (plays, carols, Christmas lunches, Boarders’ feasts and so on) Christmas 2018 will live long in the memory.

On a personal note, I would like to thank the entire school community for making me feel so welcome and for making my first term so rewarding and so much fun. Our parents, staff and children all clearly love this place and it is a real privilege to have become a part of it.

Have a wonderful Christmas.

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Don’t miss the Friends of The Prep Coffee morning at 8.00am on Friday 11 January.

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