Prep for the Week - Week 7

Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1904 – 19 October 2018

That was the week that was...

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Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1904 – 19 October 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 • Information on The Reading Challenge • And finally...

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And finally...

Don’t miss Mr O’Sullivan’s take on the last seven days in his feature at the back of this edition.

Have a great Half Term!

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Kingfishers Update Guy Fawkes Fun Children from Year 1 and 2 were challenged to work collaboratively to design and create their own Guy Fawkes models. We think the final models looked great!

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!

Diwali Day Delight Kingfishers enjoyed a visit from Daxa Mehta to celebrate Diwali Day this week. There were a variety of activities on offer ranging from Nursery dressing up in traditional Indian clothes, Reception dancing with sticks to Year 1 making chapattis and enjoying them with a chickpea curry, whilst Year 2 learnt all about Hinduism and its history. A fun morning was enjoyed by all!

Kingfishers Bake Off Years 1 and 2 enjoyed a Super Saturday session making apple crumble! From mixing the crumble to blending the apple, it was a messy and fun experience for all.

They even had a visit from the Headmaster, who rustled up a quick snack for himself!

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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 Complete the booking form or email Mrs Davis via: r.davis@cheltenhamcollege.org

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Lower School News Keep up to date

Nature Art This week, Lower School were using nature as an inspiration for art work, we found textures in nature to make wax rubbings. It was amazing what patterns and textures we could make and we experimented with different media and different natural items; bark, leaves and tree stumps. We worked together to design collages inspired by the rubbings we had made and our finished pieces showed all kinds of creatures and natural inspiration.

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!

Lower School Coffee Morning Friday 9 November 8.00am - 9.00am Everyone Welcome Lower School Middle Room Prep for The Week Issue Number 1904 19 October 2018

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Literature Festival

Last week we embraced the Cheltenham Literature Festival, visiting some of the most captivating and inspirational authors in children’s literature.

Each year group had the opportunity to attend an event, one of the most popular talks being Anthony Horowitz. Anthony, the prolific writer of the Alex Rider series gave an inspirational hour long talk, speaking about how his life influences have impacted his writing.

He explained the ideas and concepts behind his stories and left us with a thought-provoking quote: ‘The thing about a book is that it’s like a door, it’s shaped like a door and you can open it like a door. It has the same purpose, it takes you through to another place.’

We are lucky to have one of the greatest literature festivals on our doorstep and we hope all our pupils enjoyed their visit and feel motivated to pick up a book!

Middle School Craft Club Craft Club enjoyed icing some biscuits in support of World Mental Health Day #HelloYellow as well as carving pumpkins in the build up to Halloween.

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Year 7 Science Year 7 enjoyed using neutralisation to make a rainbow. It’s harder than you might think to make green!

Halloween Fun at Bakery Club!

The pupils who come to Middle School Bakery Club had lots of fun this week decorating cakes with a spooky Halloween theme. They created a witch’s hat and decorated cupcakes with spooky monsters and scary spiders. They also made monster marshmallows on sticks!

Some of the pupils used ready roll icing to create pumpkin decorations. They also worked well as a team afterwards to tidy up.

Happy Halloween!

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Boarding House Update Drayton Manor The Boarders braved the wet weather at Drayton Manor on Sunday, it did not disappoint and they are already asking when we can go again!

We seem to have increased the number of giant cuddly unicorns in the Boarding House significantly, they almost need their own dorm!

Thank you to Miss Ramsay, Mr Patterson and all the Gaps for being awesome and leading the trip with such enthusiasm. We all enjoyed a wonderful roast beef dinner on return with giant yorkshire puddings and cake for pudding, we really are well looked after.

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!

Bush Tucker Trial On Wednesday night we were ‘treated’ to our own Bush Tucker Trial at Tea time by Jake and his amazing catering team, with a wide variety of very unusual menu choices!

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Boys’ Sport Update Boys’ Rugby Team of the Week – U10Cs After spending the last few weeks focusing on rucking, the U10C have had a terrific week. On Saturday they travelled up to Bromsgrove and came through a very tight game 50-45. In somewhat drier conditions the boys took the field against Dean Close on Wednesday and stormed home again 35-20. A great end to the half term for the lads.

Boys’ Rugby Results U11A vs Bromsgrove Lost 15-50 U11B vs Bromsgrove Lost 20-30 U10A vs Bromsgrove Won 20-10 U10B vs Bromsgrove Won 25-10 U10C vs Bromsgrove Won 35-10 U13A vs Dean Close Lost 5-50 U13B vs Dean Close Lost 5-40 U11A vs Dean Close Drew 20-20 U11B vs Dean Close Won 15-10 U10A vs Dean Close

The Davies Cup Thursday 8th November, kick-off 6.30pm Cheltenham Prep 1st XIII Vs. Beaudesert Prep 1st XIII A memorial game for Mr WPC Davies, Cheltenham Prep Head, 1964-1986 and former England and British and Irish Lions rugby player.

The game will be under floodlights at Newlands, Cheltenham Tigers Rugby Ground, for who he was once Chairman, on their brand new 4G field. The Davies Cup will be presented by Mr Davies’ daughter and the game will be officiated by Phil Watters, Premiership official.

Won 25-5 U10B vs Dean Close Won 35-5 U10C vs Dean Close Won 35-20 The Under 12s and 9s were involved in festivals this week, however we do not keep scores from festivals as the main focus is the development of the children rather than the short term result.

All parents are invited to come along and cheer on the boys.

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Girls’ Sport Update

Girls’ Hockey Results 1st VII vs Hereford Cathedral

U11 IAPS

Won 7-0

The U11A team finished 3rd in the regional IAPS competition. They were unlucky to so narrowly miss out on a national spot, but should be proud of their performances in the torrential rain. A 3-0 victory over Richard Pate secured them the bronze medal.

Won 4-0

2nd VII vs Hereford Cathedral 3rd VII vs Hereford Cathedral Won 5-0 4th VII vs Hereford Cathedral Won 2-0 U9A at Severnside Tournament Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 2 U9B at Severnside Tournament 2nd Place U11A vs Berkhampstead Won 7-0 U11B vs Berkhampstead Lost 3-4 U9A vs Berkhampstead Lost 1-6 U9B vs Berkhampstead Won 3-0 U8A vs Berkhampstead Won 2-1 U8B vs Berkhampstead

Keep up to date Make sure you’re following the Sport department on twitter (@CheltPrepSport) to keep up to date with all of the latest action from the sport fields!

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Won 4-2 Middle School House Hockey Standings 1- Troy 2- Rome 3- Persia 4 - Corinth 5 - Sparta 6 - Athens Upper School House Hockey Standings 1 - Athens 2 - Rome 3 - Persia 4 - Troy 5 - Sparta & Corinth

Congratulations to the 1st VII and 3rd VII who complete the Half Term unbeaten!

The 4th team finally found their winning ways, keep it up after Half Term girls!

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Acting Success Well done to Jasper P who this week has performed in the touring production of An Inspector Calls at the Everyman Theatre. A fantastic achievement for the budding young actor!

Cricket Success Congratulations to the following pupils who have been selected for the Gloucestershire District Cricket squads: Tom H, Oscar M, Will M, Oliver S, Ben M, Thomas S, Bertie B, Freddie H, Freddie H, Hector McP, Monty Wh, Jack S and Jules H

It’s not just the boys who have had success on the cricket pitch, congratulations to Verity C who has been selected for the Gloucestershire Girls U11 County Squad. Well done Verity!

Congratualtions also to Herbie Evans who has been selected for the Gloucestershire U11 County Squad.

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Building Powerful Learners Event An Information Evening for Parents Join us on Monday 5 November, from 7.00pm

Discover how our cut ting edge Building L earning Power initiative is und erpinning the curriculum ...

Learn m ore about the skills and attributes being fostered from Nursery through to Year 8...

Find out why th is m at ters a nd how you ca n h elp at home .

To register your attendance, please complete our RSVP form, the link for which can be found in the email you were sent containing Prep for the Week.

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The Scooby Awards The newly named Scooby Awards celebrate pupils who have received 25 pluses so far this year. Congratulations to the following pupils:

• Ben A • Sam A • Jocasta A • Freya B • William B • Helena B • Eva B

• Elizabeth C • Morgan D • Ollie E • Sebastian F-D • Scarlett G • Freddie H • Naomi H

• Xanthe H • Seren H • Claudia H • Tim I • Riley J • Star J • Nell L

• Olivia L • Finlay M-K • Diana M • William M • Ted McQ • Kate O • Maxi PdC

• Matthew S • Iola W-C • Oliver W • Catherine W

And congratulations to the following pupils who have received their 50th plus this week:

• Jacob A • Nina B • Georgia B • Apollinaire C • Bella C • Isabel C • Eva C And

• Ellianna C • Beatrice C • Kitty C • Matilda C • Edward D • Amelia D • Lily E

• Jack E • Tobias E • Sofia G • Evie L • Ted M • Max M • Trinnie N

• Elsie P • Flo P • Evie P • Joey R • Jack S • Thomas S • Polina S

congratulations to the following pupils received their 75th plus this week:

• Ava-Grace B-B • Eve L

• Pablo RB

• Taylor S

• Eva T • Tia V • Evie W • Brencis Y • Laurence Y who

have

• Jerome Y

And finally, congratulations to the following pupils who have now received their 100th plus, a fantastic achievement!

• Henry B • Jerome Y

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Birthdays

Happy birthday to the following pupils who have their birthdays over the next three weeks:

• Franchesca F (10) • Irona N (5) • Betty W (4) • Max CH (12) • Tia V (13) • Grace S (6) • Eva N (3) • Callum K (7) • Will N (4) • Eva B (9) • Robyn B (8) • Ludo C (7) • Livvie R (11) • Ollie S (5) • Finn C (13) • Tulliah S (12) • Matthew D (3)

Have a fantastic Half Term!

www.youngminds.org.uk

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Since introducing Accelerated Reader for all pupils in Years 5-7 at the start of this term, there has been a real buzz about private reading here at The Prep! In just over six weeks, pupils in these three year groups at the Prep have collectively read over 21 million words and

successfully passed nearly 450

book quizzes between them. Mr O’Sullivan has already presented over 70 certificates to pupils who

have achieved reading milestones, and we have two members of the prestigious

‘Millionaires Club’, for those pupils who have

individually read over a million words since the start of this term.

The contest to see which House is meeting the most reading targets is also well underway, and as we approach the half term break, Athens House holds a slender lead over Persia, closely followed by Troy House.

It has been a fabulous response to Accelerated Reader across all three year groups, ably supported by the efforts of the English department in engaging our young readers. We would also like to thank all those parents who have been encouraging their children at home with their reading: the success of Accelerated Reader very much depends on a successful partnership between the school and home.

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The October Half Term Reading Challenge To maintain this excellent progress with reading over the two-week break, we are encouraging all our pupils from Year 3 right up to Year 8 to continue to read as much as possible in their spare time, and for this to be recorded in their Reading Record booklets, which all pupils have been given. Each member of the English department and the Lower School team will have some special prizes to award to the pupils in their classes who have made the most progress with their reading over the holiday.

How Can Parents Help?

1. Firstly, do please continue to support your children with their reading whenever possible. The more they read, the better!

2. Secondly, please do ask to see your children’s Reading Record on a regular basis. Talk to them about the reading, and even better, read with them, or allow them to read aloud to you.

3. Lastly, please sign your children’s Reading Record before they return to school after half term.

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And finally...

Dear Parents It really has been a whirlwind seven weeks. They have been hugely enjoyable, rewarding, tiring and satisfying and, at the end of them (my first half term), I feel very much part of The Prep team. Whilst there are definitely some things that we need to work on, what is clear is that The Prep is a thriving and happy school with children who love their days and get as much as possible out of everything we do. They will all be tired and will enjoy a rest over half term!

Those who won’t be resting, initially at least, are our senior girls and boys who are off on hockey and rugby tours to Holland and Scotland respectively. I know they will learn a lot from the experience but also have the most amazing time.

be allowed to make their own mistakes on the pitch and to learn from them), nor is it to scream and shout at either the players or the referee - all are doing their best and deserve nothing but your support. I would urge you all

One slightly disappointing aspect I must touch on relates

to come and watch your sons and daughters, to enjoy

to our afternoon of sport on Wednesday. What, in general,

both their successes and their failures and to support and

was a fantastic afternoon of children representing their

encourage them equally regardless of the result.

school with both great effort and enthusiasm resulted in me spending much of yesterday dealing with the aftermath of a number of incidents. Whilst all have now been cleared up none enhanced the reputation of The Prep.

It’s definitely worth watching Ray Winstone on the subject, the link for the video can be found in the email you were sent containing Prep for the Week. Apologies for the moan, but for the enjoyment of the children, as well as the reputation of the school, it is essential we get

What makes it worse is that none of these incidents involved the children. They all involved parents who had become ‘over enthusiastic’ in their support of their children. The children love having family supporting them

this right.

Thank you all for your support and have a relaxing and enjoyable half term.

when they represent the school in fixtures, however they, and other parents, get embarrassed when this is not done in the right way. The role of the parent is to offer support and congratulations to children (of both teams) who are trying their hardest on the sports field; it is not to coach (the children are very well coached here and must

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SKI EQUIPMENT & CLOTHES SALE

Wednesday 7th November 2018 3pm Cheltenham College Prep Assembly Hall

If you have equipment and clothes to sell, please register at Reception for a sellers number.

Please label your items with your seller’s number and a sale price and deliver them to the Homfray room on Tuesday 6th November 2018.

You will receive half of the sale price and the other half will be donated to the school charity.

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