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Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1933 – 4 October 2019

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Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1933 – 4 October 2019

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Included in this week’s issue…

• Kingfishers Update • Boarding House Update • Scooby Awards • Sports News • PrepParents • Week 6 Calendar

WEDNESDAY GAMES On Wednesdays, Year 3 should come in PE kit, bringing their school uniform in their sports bags plus games kit if they have a match.

Years 4-8 should come in games kit, bringing their school uniform in their sports bags.

And finally...

Don’t miss Mr O’Sullivan’s take on this week.

His Week 5 blog can be found at the back of this week’s edition.

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Kingfishers Update Healthy Nursery

This week the Nursery children have been thinking about keeping healthy. We have talked about exercise, washing hands, brushing teeth and healthy eating. The children had lots of fun sorting foods into groups of healthy and sweet treats. We tried some of the healthy delicious fruit and vegetables and thought about what they looked, smelt, felt and tasted like.

Reception Art and Handwriting fun Handwriting We have been getting ready for writing by practising all the starting letter shapes. We have used whiteboards, paintbrushes outside and even shaving foam to form the Georgia Pig letter shape.

Art This week we have been looking at Healthy Eating and so we have been exploring the art of Giuseppe Arcimboldo. As you can see we have had lots of fun using fruit to make faces.

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Kingfishers Update Shapes and Cats in Hats Year 1 have been learning all about shapes this week. We sorted objects that Mrs Jones brought in from home.

We also had so much fun listening to The Cat in the Hat! We then created a rhyming web!

Year 2 Fun Year 2 have been looking at the traditional tale, Jack and the Beanstalk. On Wednesday, Mrs David found a note from the Giant in her pigeon hole along with some beans. The Giant gave Year 2 the challenge of coming up with different settings for Jack to visit. Maybe the magic beans would take them to Rainbow World or Candyland. We have also created beanstalks in our classroom to take us to the new, imaginary world.

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Lower School News We have had an exciting week in Lower School with lots of outdoor learning going on. We now have plenty of warm blankets to snuggle in by the fire, as the weather gets colder. These were used this week

by Year 4 to keep out the autumn chills.

In outdoor learning, Year 3 have been learning knife skills and made some fabulous potions based on the year group story of George’s Marvellous Medicine. They loved digging the mud and stirring in leaves to create magic potions.

We celebrated National Poetry day by writing some class poems and reading lots of poems connected with the theme of Truth. Year 3 especially enjoyed listening to Michael Rosen reading his own poem, Chocolate Cake.

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Boarding House Update We were very sad to have to cancel our Boarders Weekend Away, but were pleased to be tucked up in bed on Saturday evening rather than in torrential rain with 45mph winds, in a thin tent!

We made quick plans for an alternative weekend, which seemed to go down well with all involved.

Saturday afternoon saw an outing to watch Cheltenham Town vs Crewe, which was a 1-1 thriller, along with the normal Bath Road, Town and swimming options. On Sunday afternoon we headed to Mr Mulligan’s Crazy Golf down at the Brewery Centre. It was a highly competitive competition with the ‘Big Bears’ coming out on top with the lowest score for their round.

On Thursday evening we hosted our first Boarding House Open Evening for current and prospective parents to come and experience what it is like to be a Boarder here at The Prep. Our Boarders did a fantastic job of taking families on tours around the House and showing them the activities going on around school.

We then enjoyed sitting down together for supper. Thank you to the fantastic tour guides and all the parents that attended: we hope you enjoyed having a bit more insight into the life of the Boarders and Flexi Boarders. We hope to run another event later in the year, so please do sign up if you missed out this time.

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2019 - Our Year of Reading Congratulations to Isabel C who has been named this week’s reader of the week. Great work Isabel, keep it up!

Caught You Reading

Congratulations to Makari D who wins the second Caught You Reading award of the year!

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Sports News Girls’ Hockey Results 1st VII vs Cheltenham Ladies College Won 7 -0 U11C vs Airthrie Lost 0 - 9 Under 11A vs Richard Pate Lost 1 - 2 U11B vs Richard Pate Lost 3 - 5 U10A vs Richard Pate Lost 1 - 2 U10B vs Richard Pate Won 3 - 2

Boys’ Team of the Week - Warriors, Sharks, Panthers and Young Guns On Wednesday afternoon, the Warriors, Sharks, Panthers and Young Guns were all shining examples of one our key Cheltenham Prep values – Challenge.

All these teams played ‘up’, so our B teams against other schools’ A teams and our C teams against their B teams.

The boys more than stepped up to the challenge with some good wins, tight games and a ‘never give up’ attitude.

Very proud of every one of them and we know that they are more than ready for the challenge of Clifton on Saturday.

Girls’ Team of the Week - 1st Team The 1st team faced Cheltenham Ladies’ College on Wednesday 2nd October. The girls dominated throughout and started to show their real class in the second half of the match. Three well taken goals for Maddie A and a wonderfully solid performance by Ava R, who was also voted player of the match by the opposition. A very warm welcome back to Tula L-H, who has just returned to hockey after a long term injury.

Tula marked her return by scoring her first goal of the season after only being on the pitch for a few minutes. Well done to all of the girls and wishing them all the best at IAPS next week.

Boys’ Rugby Results U13A vs Abingdon Won 30 - 20 U13B vs Abingdon Won 35 - 0 U12A vs Abingdon Drew 15 - 15 U12B vs Abingdon Lost 35 - 45 Bass’ Bisons vs Richard Pate Won 10 - 0 Bass’ Bisons vs Kitebrook Won 15 - 0 Wells’ Warriors vs Richard Pate Lost 0 - 1 Wells’ Warriors vs Kitebrook Lost 1 - 2 Clarke’s Sharks vs Richard Pate Won 20 - 15 Clarke’s Sharks vs Kitebrook Lost 20 - 25 Jenkins’ Jaguars vs Pinewood Drew 20 - 20 Patterson’s Panthers vs Richard Pate Lost 25 - 35 Patterson’s Panthers vs Kitebrook Lost 5 - 45 Young Guns vs Richard Pate Won 30 - 20 Young Guns vs Kitebrook Lost 0 - 30

Years 7 and 8 Swim Team vs Monmouth On Thursday evening, our swim team took on Monmouth School.

Unfortunately, the day before the meet, Monmouth had to pull their girls’ team from the event, only sending their boys’ team over. To make it a larger event, we entered a boys’ team, girls’ team and a development team – probably the largest team we have ever put out. The gala was a huge success with our girls’ team scraping home ahead of our boys’ team, both outscoring Monmouth, but the highlight was seeing some of the development swimmers more than meeting the challenge and showing the strength in depth (see the joke!) that we have in the pool at The Prep.

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Riding Success A special mention this week goes to Sofia G who has had an exciting summer competing in Equestrian competitions around the country. Her achievements include a 6th placed finish at the British Dressage Bronze Championships and 4th place in the British Dressage Under 25 Medium Level Championships - an incredible effort from an 11 year old!

This weekend, Sofia finished 6th in the Elementary Area Festival Final, behind College pupil Tom O (pictured here).

On top of other fantastic experiences, Sofia will also now train with Charlotte Dujardin, an Olympic and World Champion!

Well done Sofia and good luck in upcoming events.

Science Fun

This week has seen Year 6 taking part in a heart dissection and Year 7 testing for hydrogen gas in the ‘Squeaky Pop Test’! Here are some of the best pictures...

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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.

• Freddie A • Kyron B-B • Ava B • Henry B • Oliver B • Georgia B • Penelope C • Ewan C • Beatrice C • Emma C

• Agatha C • Peter C-H • Max D • Shannon E • Lily E • Max F • Emily F • Isla G • Scarlett G • Matilda G

• Jasper H • Herbie H • Victoria H • Saif J • Theo J • Sofia J • Nell L • Jean-

Christian L • Ella M

• Amelia M • Max M • Jayke N • Alfie P • Oscar P • Charlie P • Livvie R • Harry R • Preston S • Mikhail S

• Rory S • Clara S • Oscar S • Hector T • Iola W-C • Evie W • Sienna W

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

• William B • Thomas C • Josh C

• Edward D • Star J • Ted M

• Ronan T • Jasmine W • Jerome Y

And finally, well done to Annabelle B and Seraphina D who are the first pupils to reach 75 pluses, an incredible achievement so early in the term.

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Birthdays Happy birthday to all of our pupils who have had their birthday this week: • Sophia W (9) • Charlie B (7) • Matilda B (12) • Teddy C-J (4) • Finlay M-K (12) • Nikita V (13)

• Ava-Grace B-B (11) • Olivia DPO (13) • Ollie G (13) • Frankie G (12) • Amelie L (7)

Tennis - Two courts have been booked from 08151100 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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Thank you to everyone who made this such an enjoyable afternoon; it was lovely to see so many children proudly displaying their dogs’ beauty, talents, obedience, character, and others enjoying the sell-out dog tombola, various obstacle courses, agility equipment and stalls. More than 100 dogs behaved impeccably, taking an interest in all that was going on and greeting each other merrily.

We could not have done this without the support of Sally-Ann and Tom and our top dog Judge Debbie Anderes who officiated 25 classes, awarded 75 rosettes and felt the silky ears and gazed into the eyes of many, many, many dogs!

The photos show the number of stalwart helpers on the day, and particular thanks to the reps who planned it and manned it with infectious enthusiasm and good cheer.

We are looking forward to seeing lots of you at Bronwyn’s quiz on Friday… 100 and counting!

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Week 6 Calendar Week 6 7/10/19 - 13/10/19 Mon - 7/10/19 Week 6 (6) 7 - 13 October Assembly to introduce the House Art Competition 09:00 Year 7 visit to Cheltenham Literature Festival 12:00 Kingfishers Parents' Lunch* 12:30 Years 3 and 4 visit to Cheltenham Literature Festival Tue - 8/10/19 07:30 Departure for IAPS Hockey at Abingdon School (A): 1st VII. Start 10:00. Pick up 17:00 09:00 Reception visit to Cheltenham Literature Festival 09:00 Year 3 Trip: Pizza Making at Pizza Express, Cheltenham 09:00 Year 6 visit to Cheltenham Literature Festival 12:00 Kingfishers Parents' Lunch* 17:00 13+ Scholarship Information Evening (College)* Wed - 9/10/19 08:30 Year 8 visit to Cheltenham Literature Festival 11:00 Chapel* 12:15 Departure for Hockey v The Dragon (A): 3rd VII, 6th VII. Start 14:15. Pick up 16:30 12:40 Departure for St Hugh's Rugby Festival (A): U9A VII, U9B VII. Start 14:00. Pick up 17:15 13:00 Departure for Beaudesert Rugby Festival (A): U11A IX, U11B IX, U11C IX. Start 14:00. Pick up 17:00 13:00 Departure for Wycliffe Rugby Festival (A): U10A VIII, U10B VIII. Start 14:00. Pick up 16:45 13:30 Years 1 and 2 Walk to Montpellier Park 14:00 Hockey Festival (H): U10A, U9A, U9B. Pick up 16:20 14:30 Hockey Training: Strength & Conditioning (H): U10B. Pick up 16:00 14:30 IAPS Hockey Training (H): U11A. Pick up 16:20

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Week 6 Calendar 14:30 15:15

Indoor Hockey v Pinewood (H): U11B, U11C. Pick up 16:20 Rugby v Bredon Hill (H): U13A XIII, U13B XIII, U12A XII, U12B XII. Pick up 16:45 16:15 Hockey v Pate's Grammar (H): 4th VII, 5th VII. Pick up 17:30 Thu - 10/10/19 10:00 Bake with Jake: A Pre-4s Experience 12:00 Kingfishers Parents' Lunch* 15:30 Departure for Cross Country League Race 1 at Newlands Rugby Ground (A): Years 4-6. Start 16:15. Pick up 18:00 17:00 Upper School Pizza Making Activity (Dining Hall). Pick up 18:00 18:00 Choral Evensong: Cantabile Fri - 11/10/19 09:00 Fun Friday Pre-3s Stay and Play (Nursery) 09:00 IAPS Hockey at Cheltenham College (H): U11A. Pick up 16:20 11:00 Lower School Mixed House Tag Rugby Training in Games Lessons 12:00 Kingfishers Parents' Lunch* Sat - 12/10/19 09:00 Super Saturday: The Great Kingfishers Bake Off. Pick up 10.30 10:00 Upper and Middle School House Rugby (H). Pick up 12:15 10:00 Upper and Middle School House Hockey (H). Pick up 12:30 10:00 Lower School Mixed House Tag Rugby (H). Pick up 11:30 Sun - 13/10/19 13:00 Boarders' Mountain Boarding

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And finally...

Dear Parents Although the balloon couldn’t actually go up (due to the high winds!) the Around The Prep in 80 Days Open Morning was a huge success. As always, the stars of the show were the children, who acted as guides, demonstrators, Victorian gentlemen and ladies, and even pupils, throughout the morning. The pride and enthusiasm with which they talk about, and show off, their school highlights everything we hope to we could all showcase our pets to achieve here at The Prep. a plethora of sideshows, from face Immediately following our painting (for dogs too) and guess adventures around The Prep, we were the number of bones to checking lucky enough to be treated to ‘Dogs those essential microchips. got Talent’. This was a wonderful afternoon with every dog, child, Mum, Add in the spectacular ‘red arrowsDad or Granny who attended having a esque’ dog display team and the ubiquitous bouncy castle and you brilliant time. had an afternoon for young and old The Prep Parents, masterminded by to enjoy - and not a device in sight!

Rebecca Rudge, had planned and Have a wonderful weekend. organised an afternoon full of fun; from the dog awards (Scooby did win Largest Dog - he’s thrilled and hasn’t taken his rosette off yet!), where

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