Prep for the Week - week 14

Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1940 – 6 December 2019

That was the week that was...

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Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1940 – 6 December 2019

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Included in this week’s issue…

• Kingfishers Update • Lower School News • Sports Results • Sporting Success • Scooby Awards • Birthdays • Week 15 Calendar

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And finally...

Don’t miss Mr O’Sullivan’s take on this week. His Week 14 blog can be found at the back of this week’s edition.

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Kingfishers Update

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Nativity The Reception and Nursery children impressed everyone with their fantastic Nativity performance this week. We are sure there were a few tears shed listening to their beautiful singing.

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Christmas Fun Time!

Come and join in the Christmas fun in the Kingfishers Nursery Monday 16 - Friday 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 Year 4 India Day The Year 4 children in Lower School enjoyed the opportunity to celebrate their studies with ‘India Day”. We had such a fun day making Indian sweets and Rangoli patterns in the morning and then performing an Indian dance and dressing up in traditional costumes.

In the afternoon we used Indian carved wood blocks to create printed designs and we finished the day with a feast of Indian food.

The children absolutely loved the dance routine and after a few practices it began to look like a scene from Bollywood. You can see the highlights in next week’s video!

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2019 - Our Year of Reading

Congratulations to Freddie A who has been named this week’s reader of the week.

Great work Freddie, keep it up!

Congratulations to Chloe W who wins this week’s Caught You Reading award!

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Sports News Girls’ Hockey Results 2nd VII vs Hatherop Drew 1 - 1 3rd VII vs Hatherop Lost 0 - 1 4th VII vs Hatherop Won 5 - 0 6th VII vs St John’s on the Hill Lost 0 - 1 U11B vs Pinewood Lost 0 - 4 U11 Jaguars vs Hatherop Lost 0 - 8 U10 Cougars vs Hatherop Lost 0 - 7 U10 Leopards vs Pinewood Lost 1 - 3

Girls’ team of the week - 1st team On Tuesday 3 December the 1st Hockey team took part in the West of England Hockey finals at Millfield. The girls played some excellent Hockey and they narrowly missed out on gaining a place at the National Hockey Finals.

They lost in the semi final on penalty strokes. Mrs McNulty and Mr Williams are extremely proud of the girls and how they all played at the Regional Finals.

Boys’ Rugby Results U13A and B vs The Downs U13A Won 30 - 20 U12B vs The Downs U13B Lost 20 - 30 U11A vs The Downs Drew 15 - 15 U11B vs The Downs Won 45 - 5 U10A vs The Downs Won 45 - 25 U10B vs The Downs Won 50 - 30 U9A vs The Downs Lost 30 - 35 U9B vs The Downs Winners

Boys’ team of the week U11B After an outstanding season, it has to be the Wells’ Warriors again. They have been superb all season and again played some stunning Rugby at the rather cold and windswept Downs. A super end to a brilliant season.

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Sporting Success Congratulations to Theo A was has recently signed with Forest Green Rovers Football Club’s Academy.

Theo earned his spot on the team following a six-week trial with the club’s U10s.

A fantastic achievement, well done Theo and good luck!

Well done to Tennis star Lewis M who competed in the U10 Tennis Winter National Tour Competition in Easton over the weekend. Lewis qualifies as one of the top 32 players in the country due to his successes in recent tournaments. Winning two matches and losing three, Lewis did brilliantly and earned some great experience of competing at the top level.

If your child has had success recently on or off the sports field, we would love to hear about it!

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In Other News Ceilidh Dancing To celebrate St Andrew’s Day, Rome House enjoyed some Ceilidh dancing. The Romans learned the Dashing White Sergeant, one of the most popular and high-paced of the Scottish Reels. Reception children who have been learning a reel joined in and performed their dance.

Middle School Merry Little Christmas A great time was had by all, including the teachers, at the Middle School Merry Little Christmas party earlier this week. With only one week left of term, we are certainly in the Christmas spirit!

On Tuesday evening the Year 8 Academic Scholars and Mr Newson visited Cheltenham’s Chapel Arts centre to listen to a lecture on biodiversity and conservation by Ian Redmond OBE, as part of the Scholarship enrichment programme.

Ian is an eminent field biologist who specialises in tropical biomes, gorillas and elephants. He has worked closely with Sir David Attenborough on a number of BBC projects spanning 40 years; most famously, Ian was the scientist who introduced Sir David to the mountain gorillas in Rwanda - as shown in the iconic scene from ‘Life on Earth’, back in 1979.

Biodiversity and Conservation Talk

The Year 8 students were enthralled by his stories of working with not only Sir David but also Dian Fossey, the American primatologist whose life and work inspired the movie ‘Gorillas in the Mist’ - and who also gave her name to one of the Prep’s Science labs.

It was a terrific talk and all of the students were inspired by Ian’s stories about the natural world around us - especially when he told them about his close encounter with a cave-dwelling elephant in Uganda.

Perhaps one day we will be reading about one of our Year 8 Scholars working closely with the natural world in the same way - watch this space...!

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Scooby Awards Congratulations to the following pupils who have reached the 25 plus mark this term and have earned a Scooby Award.

• Lucille K • James K

• Ellie M • Hayato O

• Maxim PDC • Thomas S

• Catherine W

Congratulations to the following pupils who have now reached the 50 plus mark and have earned their second Scooby Award of the term.

• Finn C • Emma C • Matilda C • Jack F

• Archie H • Jasper H • Ralph K • Callum K

• Nell L • Samuel L • Ben M • Oscar M

• Zac M • Valentine M • Henry M • Flo W

• Kevin Y • Ethan Z • Jiren Z • Benj Z

Congratulations to the following pupils who have now reached the 75 plus mark and have earned their third Scooby Award of the term.

• Charlie A • Archie C • Harry C • Agatha C

• Daisy dQA • Octavia D • Shannon E • Olivia H

• Thomas H-C • Saif J • Buse K • Oscar L

• Josh M-K • Cameron M • Resul N • Harry R

• Kate U

Congratulations to the following pupils who have now reached the 100 plus mark and have earned their fourth Scooby Award of the term.

• Freddie A • Thomas C

• Penelope C • Isla G

• Sofia J • Hattie L

• Amelia M • Livvie R

Congratulations to the following pupils who have now reached the 125 plus mark and have earned their fifth Scooby Award of the term.

• Yasmeen A • Josh C

• Edward D • Amelia D

• Emily F • Lula R

• Lawrence Y

Congratulations to Georgia B who has now reached 150 pluses, great work!

A big well done to Verity C and William B who have now earned their 175th plus of the term, great work!

And finally, well done to Annabelle B and Jasper S who become the first pupils of the year to reach 225 pluses, an incredible achievement!

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Birthdays and Notices Happy birthday to all of our pupils who have had their birthday in the last week: • Victoria H (11) • Sofia J (11) • Lily F (10) • Toby C (8) • William G (11)

• Theo J (9) • Seren A (8) • Zandra G (8) • Daphne G (13) • Torin D (7)

Tennis - Two courts have been booked from 0815-1100 on a Friday for Prep parents to play tennis. Please visit the Sports Hall Reception for the code to enter the courts. Availability will be on a first come first served (pardon the pun!) basis.

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Week 15 Calendar Week 15

9/12/19 - 15/12/19

Mon - 9/12/19 Week 15 (15) 9 - 15 December 14:30 Lower School Christmas Performance 2 (Assembly Hall)* 18:00 Upper School Jingle Bells Christmas Party. Pick up 20:30 Tue - 10/12/19 09:00 Christmas Concert Rehearsals (Assembly Hall) 15:00 Lower School Christmas Concert (Assembly Hall)* Pick up 16:00 18:30 Middle and Upper School Christmas Concert (Assembly Hall)* Pick up 19:30 Wed - 11/12/19 09:30 Lower School Mixed House Hockey (H) 11:00 Chapel* 12:30 Kingfishers and Lower School Christmas Lunch (Assembly Hall) 13:30 Kingfishers Christmas Party (Library) 13:30 Upper School House Football (H). Pick up 16:20 14:00 Middle School Hockey Training (H). Pick up 16:20 14:00 Middle and Upper School Fun Christmas Challenges (H) Pick up 16:20 14:00 Middle and Upper School House Netball (H). Pick up 16:20 Cancelled 14:30 Lower School Christmas Party (Lower School) 16:30 Staff v Year 8 Hockey (H). Pick up 17:45 Thu - 12/12/19 Christmas Mufti (in aid of the School Charity) 08:00 Friends of The Prep Cake Sale and Staff Carol Singing (outside Davies Block)* 12:30 Middle and Upper School School Christmas Lunch (Assembly Hall) Fri - 13/12/19

10:30 11:30 14:00

Carol Service for Years 1-8 (Chapel)* after which Term ends Term ends for children in Nursery and Reception Cheltonian Society Christmas Carol Service

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Saturday Fixtures and Sports Training Sport Information Upper School – Come in wearing kit for morning lessons as per a normal Saturday. There will then be Upper School Co-Ed House Hockey competition, starting at 10am. This is a new initiative, but should be good fun and very competitive. There will be an A team XI-a-side event on Cotswold and a B team VII a-side event on Linton, both worth the same points. Could all pupils please bring in shin pads, gumshields, sticks and their House Shirts. Pick up for this event will be 12:30 from Day End. Middle School Boys – Meet on Prep Fields at 09:50. They will have a short training session and will then split into teams to play an internal Football tournament. Please can all pupils bring in shin pads and boots. Pick up will be 12:00 from Day End. Middle School Girls – Meet at the Sports Centre at 09:40. They will have a short training session and will then split into teams to play an internal Netball tournament. Please can all pupils bring in their indoor trainers. Pick up will be 12:00 from Day End. If you have any questions, please feel free to make contact – d.simpson@cheltenhamcollege.org

Important Notice Drop-off Times - Please do not drop off children before the allotted meet time as they will be unsupervised until the member of staff comes on duty. With such a busy car park, we must ensure the children are safe and therefore ask that if a family arrives early, parents remain with their children until the meet time.

Pick-up Times- Please ensure your child is picked up at the appropriate time and is signed out.

Sign Out After sport this week all children must sign out with their team coach or Head of House.

Absences A reminder to parents that if your child needs to miss a Saturday event, permission must be obtained from Mr O’Sullivan with a week’s notice. If your child is unwell and therefore unavailable for a Saturday event, please email Mr Simpson or Mrs McNulty the night before, or telephone the school on 01242 522 697 between 08:15 and 08:45.

Siblings If you have a child in Year 7 or 8 and others in Years 3, 4, 5 or 6 there will be an option to drop your younger child at “Sibling Club”. Children should be dropped at the Prep School Reception at 08.15. They will be registered by the Reception staff and directed to the club where they will be supervised until their meet time. There is no post-match childcare available for siblings.

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And finally...

Dear Parents When good old Roy Wood, and the rest of Wizard, penned the immortal lines, ‘I wish it could be Christmas every day’ I’m pretty sure he must have had prep schools foremost in his mind!

Three nativities, Christmas concerts, the Lower School Christmas play, carol singing in town, Christingle, the Middle School Christmas Disco and any number of other Christmassy events have happened in the last few days - and that’s just the warm up for the final week of term culminating in our Christmas Carol Service next Friday. All of that whilst keeping the normal busy life of the school going.

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A quiet, relaxing weekend, for all will allow the children to be fully refreshed and really enjoy the magic of prep school at Christmas, accompanied by the dulcet tones of Roy Wood in the background.

I look forward to seeing you at various events over the next week.

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