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Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1923 – 17 May 2019

That was the week that was...

Prep for The Week Issue Number 1923 17 May 2019

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Prep for the Week

Issue Number 1923 – 17 May 2019

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Included in this week’s issue…

• Kingfishers Update • Lower School News • Boarding House Update • Amazing Achievements • Sport News • Birthday Announcements • Scooby Awards Prep for The Week Issue Number 1923 17 May 2019

And finally...

Don’t miss Mr O’Sullivan’s take on this week. His Week 4 blog can be found at the back of this week’s edition.

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Kingfishers Update Informal Concert It was wonderful this afternoon to witness our Kingfisher boys and girls showing off their musical talents. They surprised us all with their confidence and control. They played and sang with aplomb. The wonderful programme was a mix of solo and class performances and it was lovely to see the result of their hard work in music lessons this year.

After the tension of the informal concert was over, what a treat it was for the children to further impress their parents by showing them their fantastic work and achievements in the classroom.

Globes In Year 1 we are learning about the continents of the world and have made our own pâpier machÊ globes. We enjoyed getting messy and think they are amazing!

Super Saturday Art Attack!

Years 1 and 2 were able to enjoy some awesome art activities with Mrs Parsley in the Art Studio on Saturday. They challenged themselves with some aerial painting and also got to create their own Hedgehog family using clay. What a great way to start the weekend!

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Kingfishers Update Kingfishers French Day

Keep up to date

Quelle journée!

It was such a delight to see everyone in their impressive outfits, an array of ‘bleu, blanc et rouge’, strings of ‘oignons’, ‘des moustaches’, ‘des bérets’ and even a Coco Chanel, a Musketeer and some famous French joueurs de Rugby et de Foot! It was fantastic to see everyone involved and speaking French throughout Kingfishers.

All embraced the day.

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!

All of the pupils enjoyed singing many French songs throughout the day, ordering croissants and pains au chocolat at snack time and some were treated to a new French story read by Mme Carson and another by Mme Allen. Many pupils built huge Eiffel Towers for a competition and painted amazing flags and rainbows to practise their French colours. Some played a game of ‘la pétanque’ outside and others researched the location of famous French landmarks and found many of Paris’ attractions, watching part of Mr. Bean’s holiday adventure.

We were lucky to have some Year 8 French scholars come and teach Year 2 some French playground games outside and some indoor matching animal games too.

Reception pupils also got to meet the scholars and they played a lotto game together, learning new foods. Year 2 also did a quiz and enjoyed learning about many aspects of France’s culture. There was a lot of tasting of new foods and enjoying the relaxing, atmospheric accordion music.

It almost felt like being in France in a café.

At lunchtime the pupils all ordered in French – un sandwich au fromage ou au jambon et des glaces…. au chocolat, à la fraise et à la vanille. C’était délicieux!

We all got to enjoy a little French film and particularly enjoyed watching a slideshow and video of ourselves in an assembly at the end of the day.

Thanks for making it a day to remember.

Merci tout le monde!

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Lower School News Art, English and History This term Year 4 have been practising their powers of arm-twisting, cajolery and coaxing in English, by writing persuasive letters to Mr O’Sullivan and attempting to sweet talk him into letting them have a class pet. They came up with many reasons for having a creature in the classroom, with many focussing on the benefits provided by having an ear that will listen, but will not respond with anything more than a look. Budgies, goldfish and spiders were all mentioned for their contribution to Science topics, but by far and away the favourite was a puppy – methinks Scooby may need to come down and sit in class, in order to be read to.

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!

In Art, we have been printing in Year 4, whilst Year 3 have been busy creating ‘wild’ art.

Finally, in History, whilst the Year 3s look at The Romans in more detail, the Year 4s have begun to undertake independent research into explorers and discoverers with a view to producing booklets of information relating to the men and women who have led the way in exploration. Who knows where this may lead our intrepid nine year olds in the future.

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Year 6 trip to Weston-super-Mare Before we left for Weston-super-Mare the vibe was great as everyone was very excited to go to the beach. The journey was swift and we were all talking, laughing and singing.

As soon as we arrived, we couldn’t wait to go on the sand. At the beginning we were put into groups and were asked measure the wind speed and the temperature at six different points on the beach. To make sure that we were accurate we had to test it three times. Then we had lunch of sandwiches, crisps, fruit and water – delicious!

Once we had finished our lunch we were allowed to play on the sand. It was so much fun. Everyone was playing rugby having a great time. Afterwards we walked over to the sea wall. Mr Newson explained to us about hard engineering, which uses different materials like steel and a sea wall then soft engineering which uses environmentally friendly materials and natural materials. At the very end we had some ice-cream.

We had an educational and fun day, and a very big thank you to Mr Newson, Miss Cox, Mrs Simpson, Miss Sheehan, Mrs Reid and Mr Yiend. Thank you very much for a great day!

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Year 7 girls enjoy Cyber Day Mr Webber, Mr Morton and Mrs Leach took a group of Year 7 girls to a Cyber Day to encourage women into STEM subjects. The girls took part in coding and cyber-related activities involving remote controlled robots, LED cubes and even computers run entirely with marbles. They also had talks from women in STEM including a manager from Raytheon and a member of the Cyber Team from Greater Manchester Police.

Ellie said “It’s amazing that there are so few women in engineering but inspirational to see the efforts to bring so many more into the industry”.

Karly said “I really enjoyed the LED cubes because the coding was interesting” and Daphne thought that the day was “great and I loved the robots!” while Naomi like the Turing Tumble challenge “as it taught me about logic, problem solving and binary”.

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Year 8s stand out at Salters’ Institute of Chemistry A team of our four most able Chemists enjoyed a fantastic day at Bristol University yesterday, competing in the annual Salters’ Institute Festival of Chemistry. The children spent the day in the University labs battling to complete complex Chemistry challenges against 14 other schools from the South West area.

The challenges were designed by the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Salters’ Institute and the teams were judged on their understanding of the principles of Chemistry, practical skills, team work and safe lab practice. Our pupils performed brilliantly and were awarded 3rd prize in the first challenge.

A great, fun day was had by all and they gave a performance to be proud of.

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Boarding House Update The Boarders enjoyed the improved weather over the weekend, with plenty of time spent playing outside. On Sunday lots of Boarders volunteered to play in the Charity Tennis Tournament. It was great fun and a tough competition. Pablo and Ed did brilliantly to make it through to the Final. Well done to all who entered, there was some great enthusiasm as well as tennis on display! Thank you to Dr Gilmour and Mrs Wells for their organisation and running of the event.

Games and football on the field followed and then a walk into town for some Bowling in the afternoon rounded off the weekend nicely.

Thank you to Mr Jenkins for taking the trip. We hope the weather holds for our trip to the Aquapark next weekend.

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Amazing Achievements Congratulations to Claudia H and Helena B who took part in the Cheltenham Drama Festival over the weekend and earned a silver medal. Performing a duologue they had learned during LAMDA lessons here at school, they received excellent comments from the adjudicator and did The Prep proud!

Cricketing Success Congratulations to the following pupils who have been selected to play representational cricket this summer:

Gloucestershire County U11 - Herbie E Cotsold District U10s - Huw R Gloucester and Forest of Dean District U11 - Bertie B, Freddie H, Hector M, Jack S, Monty W

Charity Tennis Fun Last Sunday morning The Prep held its annual charity Tennis Tournament.

Around fifty competitors, comprising of pupils paired with their parents, staff or peers took part in the round-robin competition, followed by knock-out finals. The sunny conditions assisted in everyone having a really enjoyable time and the standard of tennis was exceptional. Congratulations to the overall winners Mirabel Evans paired with, her Father, Richard. The event raised over £250 for The Prep’s charity Winston’s Wish.

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Sport News Boys’ Team of the Week - The 1st XI The 1st XI have gone through a tough schedule of four games in six days and come through with four great wins. It started on Friday night with an evening T20 against King’s Gloucester on College Field with the boys winning by eight wickets. On Saturday they beat Pinewood by 41 runs. Tuesday saw the first round of the County Cup with a dominant win over the Cup holders The Crypt by nine wickets, meaning we play the Cotswold School on Monday in the Quarter Finals. The boys saved their best to last and yesterday pulled off a stunning last ball victory over a much-fancied Dean Close side. A great week for the boys.

Special tip of the helmet this week to some of the big scores recently - Herbie E (U11A) who hit 100 n.o. v Dean Close. Monty W (U11A) who hit 54 n.o. v King’s Glouc and 50 n.o. v Dean Close. Jack S (U11A) for his 54 n.o. v Beaudesert. Cody W (2nd XI) for his 88 n.o. v Pinewood.

Girls’ Team of the Week The Severnside Cricketers On Wednesday a group of Year 6 girls travelled off to Chepstow to take part in the Severnside Cricket event. Many of the schools in the tournament had been playing cricket for more years than our girls, but our team more than played their part. They played with real determination and went down to a few tight losses before finishing the day with a dominant win over Wycliffe. Well done Girls.

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Girls’ Cricket Results U13A vs Pinewood Lost by 92 runs U13B vs Pinewood Lost by 21 runs U13C vs Pinewood Lost by 14 runs U11B vs Pinewood Lost by 22 runs U10B vs Pinewood Lost by 39 runs U9 Blue vs Pinewood Drew U9 White vs Pinewood Lost 253 runs U8A vs Pinewood Won by 3 runs U9 White vs Dean Close Won by 9 runs U9 Blue vs Dean Close Lost by 10 wickets U8A vs Dean Close Drew

Girls’ Tennis Results 4th VIII vs Pinewood Drew 8 - 8 U11A vs Pinewood Won 11 - 5 U10A vs Pinewood Won 55 - 24 1st VIII at Severnside 6th U11A at Severnside 2nd U10A at Severnside 2nd 1st VIII vs Dean Close Lost 2 - 7 2nd VIII vs Dean Close Lost 0 - 9 3rd VIII vs Dean Close Lost 4 - 5 4th VIII vs Dean Close Lost 1 - 8 5th VIII vs Dean Close Lost 1 - 10 U11A vs Dean Close Won 3 - 1 U10A vs Dean Close Won 38 - 26

Boys’ Cricket Results 1st XI vs King’s Gloucester Won by 8 wickets 2nd XI vs King’s Gloucester Won by 6 wickets 1st XI vs Pinewood Won by 41 runs 2nd XI vs Pinewood Won by 38 runs 3rd XI vs Pinewood Lost by 4 wickets 4th XI vs Pinewood Won by 5 runs U11A vs Pinewood Lost by 7 wickets U11B vs Pinewood Lost by 30 runs Wanderers XI vs Pinewood Lost by 60 runs U10A vs Pinewood Lost by 5 wickets U10B vs Pinewood Won by 2 runs U9A vs Pinewood Won by 3 runs U9B vs Pinewood Lost by 11 runs U8A vs Pinewood Lost by 35 runs 1st XI vs Crypt Won by 8 wickets 1st XI vs Dean Close Won by 5 runs 2nd XI vs Dean Close Won by 16 runs 3rd XI vs Dean Close Won by 65 runs 4th XI vs Dean Close Lost by 5 wickets U11A vs Dean Close Won by 89 runs U11B vs Dean Close Won by 23 runs Wanderers XI vs Dean Close Lost by 15 runs U10A vs Dean Close Lost by 42 runs U10B vs Dean Close Lost by 30 runs U9A vs Dean Close Won by 39 runs U9B vs Dean Close Lost by 14 runs

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2019 - Our Year of Reading Congratulations to Thomas S, our first AR Silver Award winner with over 500 points on his book quizzes!

Silver Award ______________________________________________________________________________ __

Congratulations on earning

500 Points on AR Book Quizzes

_________________________________________________ Head Teacher

Caught You Reading Winner

Harris C

Congratulations to Evie W who has been named this week’s Reader of the Week!

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Notices Happy birthday to the following pupils who have their birthdays this week:

• Jason R (13) • Oliver B (12) • Poppy C (7) • Oliver L (13) • Alfie C (12) • Oliver L (4) • Harriet W (4) • Naomi H (12) • Yasmeen A (10)

• Ella B (5) • Kate O (12) • Harry C (7) • Jayden D (6) • Keisha B-B (10) • Mikhail S (9) • Sophia G (11) • Saif J (8)

Scoobys Congratulations to following pupils who have already earned their 25 plus of the term and therefore haved earned a Scooby Award. th

• Keisha B-B • Ava B • Hattie L • Ella M • Lawrence Y • Jerome Y

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And finally...

Dear Parents A question often asked of Prep School Heads is ‘what makes your school different?’. There are any number of answers to this question, but all Heads will talk (hopefully!!) about incredibly happy children, a stimulating learning environment and dedicated teachers who provide the highest possible academic and pastoral care to the children. Now clearly all schools will do these things to a greater or lesser degree and

As I then left my office I was ‘accosted’ by some Year 7

the proof of the pudding really is in the eating. Talk is

girls who had just taken part in a Cyber Security Day, and

cheap and parents will make their own judgements on

done brilliantly, and some Year 8s who had just finished

whether any particular school walks the walk.

3rd in the highly acclaimed Salters Festival of Chemistry.

Anyway, a couple of meetings I had earlier in the week

So, I spent half the time discussing how our ‘Country

got me thinking about how The Prep really is different.

Prep’ school feel was giving our children this amazing

The first was discussing how well the outdoor learning

Swallows and Amazons outdoor education experience

programme was going with the new classroom, and

whilst then spending the rest of the afternoon ensuring

how it could be developed. We all agreed that is was

we took full advantage of the extraordinary opportunity

vital to make the most of our fantastic grounds (the

that ‘Festival Cheltenham’ provides. I have thought long

lake, the woods, the fields etc) and also agreed that a

and hard about it since and I really can’t come up with

measure of the success of this programme would be

another school that can offer the same ‘Country Prep

that the next outdoor classroom should be built by the

in Town’ experience. As a result I now have my answer

Year 7 and 8 children as part of their curriculum, rather

about what makes our school different!

than by an outside company.

Our ‘Wild at The Prep’ open morning is looking to be a

Immediately following that I met with the team working

very busy event with over 60 children being welcomed

on our sponsorship of the Cheltenham Science Festivals

to enjoy The Prep experience. Scooby is very excited

and we agreed how The Prep would be heavily involved

about meeting some of the ‘wild animals’. I hope to see

this year. Two of our children will be presenting and

many of you there too.

introducing Helen Sharman, the UK’s very first astronaut, at her main festival appearance. They will then interview

Enjoy the weekend.

her using questions submitted by children from every year group in the school.

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Cheltenham College Prep School

Family Camp Out

16.00 Saturday 15 June to 9.00 Sunday 16 June 2019

•Pitch your tent on the school grounds for £30 (charged to your end of year account).

•A fun camping experience for the whole family.

•Wood fired pizzas freshly cooked for you, £6 each or 2 for £10.

•Gas Barbecues for you to use.

•Your children will have their friends to play with, inflatable slide, kids disco.

•Bathroom facilities in tennis changing rooms.

•Swimming pool.

Please reserve your pitch with Reception or your Year Rep and booking instructions will be emailed to you.

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•Sunday morning bacon butty and tea included.

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Summer Term Week 5 Calendar Week 5 20/5/19 - 26/5/19 Mon - 20/5/19 Week 5 (32) 20 - 26 May Team Photos in Games Lessons Year 6 Play: 'The Canterbury Tales' - Rehearsal (Assembly Hall) 09:30 Nursery Trip to Cotswold Farm Park 13:15 Departure for Hockey v Dean Close (A): Year 2. Start 13:35.

Return 15:00 16:15 Lower School Pupils' Informal Concert (Lake House)* 18:30 Year 6 Play: 'The Canterbury Tales' - Performance (Assembly Hall)* Tue - 21/5/19 09:00 Years 1 and 2 Trip to Weston-super-Mare 11:00 Year 5 College Experience Day Wed - 22/5/19 08:30 Informal Coffee Morning with Prep staff for parents of current pupils (Library)* 09:30 Gloucestershire Schools' Archery Competition for selected pupils (Tewkesbury Secondary School) 13:00 Departure for Cricket v St Hugh's (A): 2nd XI, 4th XI, U11A XI, U11B XI. Start 14:00. Pick up 18:15 13:00 Departure for Tennis v The Dragon (A): U13 6 pairs, U12 6 pairs, U11 4 pairs, U10 4 pairs. Start at 14:30. Pick up 17:30 13:30 Departure for Rowing Squad. Return 16:20 13:45 Departure for Cricket v The Richard Pate School (A): U10B. Start 14:15. Pick up 16:30 14:00 Cricket v St Hugh's (H): 1st XI, 3rd XI, U10A XI, U10B XI. Pick up 17:00 14:15 Cricket v The Richard Pate School (H): U11B. Pick up 16:20 14:15 Cricket v St Edward's (H): U9s, U8s. Pick up 16:30 Thu - 23/5/19

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Summer Term Week 5 Calendar

09:00 10:00 13:00

Reception Trip to We The Curious (@Bristol) Bake with Jake: A pre-4s experience Departure for St Edward's Athletics Festival (A): Years 3-6.

Start 13:00. Pick up 17:15 17:00 Prep School Decathlon Week 5 (Upper School only). Pick up 18:00 18:00 Choral Evensong: Schola Cantorum Girls' Voices. Pick up 18:30 (Chapel)* Fri - 24/5/19 09:00 Fun Friday Pre-3s Stay and Play (Nursery) 13:20 Chapel: House Music Rehearsal 15:00 Transition Meeting for parents of children in Year 2 moving to Year 3 (Library)* 15:30 Half Term begins for pupils in Kingfishers 16:00 Half Term begins for pupils in Lower School 16:20 Half Term begins for pupils in Middle and Upper School

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Mr O’Sullivan invites you to join in the fun at the...

PARENTS’ CRICKET AND TENNIS TOURNAMENT

SUNDAY 9 JUNE If you would like to enter the Doubles Tennis tournament, please contact Lucy Hill on lucy24bennerley@yahoo.co.uk Don’t worry, you don’t need to have a doubles partner - this is a friendly tournament where partners swap after each match!

If you are a cricketer and wish to participate, please contact Andrew Hill on hillbilly67@me.com A delicious match tea will be served at 15.30.

Thank you and we really hope you can come, the event will be a lot of fun!

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Invites you to

THE CHELTONIAN SOCIETY REGATTA Bring a picnic and enjoy a Summer’s day by the river Rowing Crews: Cheltenham College, Old Cheltonians, AB Severn Rowing Club & Wycliffe Boat Club

Saturday 1st June 2019 Cheltenham College Boat Club, Lower Lode Lane, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 7DP 11.30am – 5.00pm

To Book Card Payments: 01242 265694 Online Booking: cheltoniansociety.org r.creed@cheltenhamcollege.org

Price: £10pp (Under 16s free) First Race: 1.30pm Prizes: 4.30pm

Invites you to drinks on the terrace at

THE ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB on

Thursday 13th June 2019 The Royal Automobile Club, 89 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5HS

To Book Card Payments: 01242 265694 Online Booking: cheltoniansociety.org r.creed@cheltenhamcollege.org

Time: 7.30pm – 10.30pm Price: £40pp Includes: Welcome drinks & canapés Dress: Smart Casual Cash Bar

Invites you to

THE COACH HOUSE GARDEN on

Thursday 20th June 2019 The Coach House Garden, Ampney Crucis, Cirencester, GL7 5RS 2.30pm - 4.30pm To Book Card Payments: 01242 265694 Online Booking: cheltoniansociety.org r.creed@cheltenhamcollege.org

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Price: £30pp 2.30pm: Introductory Talk and Garden Tour with Mel Tanner ‘The Generous Gardener’ 3.45pm: Afternoon Tea

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