Prep for the Week Issue Number 1789 – 27 February 2015
In this week’s issue… Headmaster’s Welcome Notices Kingfishers News Lower School News Middle School News Upper School News Girls’ and Boys’ Sport
Music Day Year Five Print Workshop House Chef Marvllellous Maths Clubs Get to know our GAPPIES Birthday Announcements The School Week Ahead
Townsend-Warner History Prize 2015
Max’s Amazing Skiing Acheivement
The Townsend-Warner History Prize has been in existence for over 125 years and is one of the oldest institutions in the Preparatory School world. The Prize consists of two papers. The first has 100 questions demanding answers from World History, with a strong emphasis on British History. Some are straightforward, however many are more obscure. Two hundred candidates qualify from Paper 1 to sit Paper 2. This is in the form of essay questions, allowing candidates a very wide choice so that they can write on what they know, demonstrating analytical skill and historical imagination.
During half term, Max took part in the 2015 English Championships in Italy which saw him racing U14 Slalom, Giant Slalom and Super-G .In March, he will be repeating a similar race programme for the British championships in France. He is committed to his training , competing in local races throughout the winter in Austria and summer in Italy. Max’s goal is to qualify for the Great Britain Children’s Ski Team, leading on to represent Great Britain. Well done Max. Keep up the good work!! Miss S E Ramsay, Head of Girls’ Sport
This year, nine Cheltenham College Prep Year 8 pupils entered the competition, who met during break times to learn about different parts of History that the syllabus does not cover and practice their Historical general knowledge. After the ‘Townsend-Warner Christmas Party’ and a little revision over the holidays, the candidates sat Paper 1 in January. Seven of the candidates did extremely well and received certificates of participation; Allison, Beth, Charlotte, Maja, Megan, Sophie and Benjamin. Two candidates have qualified to sit Paper 2. Maximus was placed 149th nationally and Duncan was placed 15th nationally. It has been a lot of fun and the results are all fantastic achievements of which the pupils should be very proud. Mr R D W Baird
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