Cheltenham Prep Yearbook 2021-22

Cheltenham Prep Yearbook

Cheltenham College Prep School Thirlestaine Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AB Tel: +44 (0) 1242 522 697 Email: prep.reception@cheltenhamcollege.org www.cheltenhamcollege.org

2021-22

Registered Charity No. 311720

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Head’s Welcome

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September Events

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Nursery School

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October Events

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A Year in Reception

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November Events

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A Year in Year 1

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December Events

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A Year in Year 2

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January Events

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A Year in Year 3

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February Events

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A Year in Year 4

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March

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A Year in Year 5

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April

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A Year in Year 6

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May

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A Year in Year 7

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June

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A Year in Year 8

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Year 8 Leavers

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Speech Day

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Headmaster’s Introduction I would like to welcom

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ry special tells a thousand words so this book is very much a pi ctorial journey through just about everything that the prep school had to offer thro ugh the course of the year. It ca nnot, of course, tell any of the myriad of stories of the year in completeness, but mor e it can act as an aide‑memoire, perh aps for when you are ol d and grey, rekindling memories an d feelings of a very spec ial time. I hope you enjoy it. year. They say a picture

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SEPTEMBER

Back to School Extravaganza!

We were thrilled to welcome the pupils back to school in September! They took part in all manner of activities, including wellbeing workshops, team building exercises, chalk drawing and many more linked to our key skills and attributes: Challenge, Participation, Empathy, Resilience and Creativity.

We made the most of the fantastic weather with a BBQ lunch on the fields; it was lovely to see all of our pupils sitting in the shade under the trees with their lunch, smiling and catching up with their friends.

The day proved to be a great success and allowed the children, both returning and new, to re-connect and settle back into school life.

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Wellbeing Workshop in Pre-Prep As part of the activities welcoming pupils back to school this week, Mrs Avery - our new House Parent and Pre-Prep Teacher - ran a wellbeing workshop for the children in Pre-Prep. Here’s what she had to say about the session:

Starting back to school can come with a mixture of different emotions, we spoke about what these might be and started to introduce some skills to help develop resilience and confidence. The children enjoyed practising ‘five fingered’ breathing, different yoga positions in the form of animals to feel strong and we ended the session with some relaxation/massage techniques to start to manage their emotions and feel calm and happy. All of the Pre-Prep children engaged beautifully and I am looking forward to continuing these lessons with the children to build upon their positive wellbeing.

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SEPTEMBER

House Lasertag Competition The competition was fierce once again for the Inter-House Lasertag competition held on the school fields!

Taking Aim Pupils had the opportunity to try their hand at Archery in September. For some, it was their first time ever picking up a bow and arrow, but you wouldn’t have thought it! We were very impressed by how quickly everyone got to grips with how to correctly hold the bow, aim and shoot well.

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A Return to Chapel It was incredible to see all of our pupils gathered together once again for the first Chapel service of the academic year. A strong sense of community was shared by all as we joined together to sing and hear uplifting words and messages about the year ahead.

Launch of The Chadwick Programme Our exciting new leadership programme - The Chadwick Programme – launched this year, with Year 8 taking part in a host of fantastic after-school activities. The programme is named after former pupil and professional racing driver Jamie Chadwick (OJ & Cha, 2016) and encourages pupils to use their initiative, creativity and resilience to succeed. The programme covers various life skills, community projects, organising of events and the development of key leadership skills.

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Nursery

Excited for the New Nursery School Building

World Book Day!

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Toasting ‘Smores’ at Forest School

Meeting Father Christmas

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Visit

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OCTOBER

Cheltenham Literature Festival Pupils across various year groups were excited to explore the Cheltenham Literature Festival! We are so lucky to have this fantastic festival right on our doorstep, and pupils from all year groups spent time off timetable, enjoying various talks from celebrated authors and poets. Whilst at the festival, pupils in Years 5 and 6 were also kindly given a Rowan tree to plant at school from The Woodland Trust!

Full Boarders Settling in!

October saw the return of the Full Boarders, a Boarding House of many nations, but a family of one. The Full Boarders enjoyed settling into the new routine and spent the first weekend enjoying a trip to Naunton Park, take away pizzas in the Boarding House, Movie Night, a trip to Bath Road and finished with a Sunday afternoon of inflatable fun.

Harvest Festival At The Prep, we celebrated two Harvest Festivals in October - one for Nursery and Reception, and the other in Chapel with Years 1 to 8.

The children in Nursery and Reception were so excited to welcome their parents into school for their Harvest Festival. They learnt all about Harvest by acting out the story of the Enormous Turnip. Both the Nursery and Reception groups sang a harvest song beautifully and there were many parents with a few tears in their eyes.

Pupils in Years 1 to 8 celebrated in style in Chapel by singing hymns including a rousing rendition of ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’, and learning all about Harvest and why we should be thankful for what we have and share what we can with others.

It was wonderful to see all of the food items that pupils had brought in to be donated to local foodbanks, which will help those in need within our local community.

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English Symphony Orchestra Workshop October was an extremely exciting month for our Music department in Lake House, as pupils from various year groups were joined by the English Symphony Orchestra for an entire day of workshops.

During the String workshop, our pupils had the opportunity to learn more about conducting an orchestra, with some of them even giving it a go. Others got to experience a Double Bass workshop and had so much fun creating an impromptu Jazz piece together!

It was great to see some of our Year 8 string players helping out in our Lower School string group. Year 8 pupils have been learning the importance of being good role models in their Chadwick Programme sessions, and to see this in action was fantastic.

Year 8 Jewellery Making It’s great to see our Year 8 pupils getting creative in the Art studio. Here they are making some beautiful pieces of Jewellery.

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OCTOBER

NSEA Success In the first Equestrian Club of the year pupils enjoyed learning about the different colours of horses in the stable management session and taking on jumps in their first riding lessons of the term! Very impressive!

We also had a fantastic weekend competing at the Schools’ Championships - a great turn out again by our Prep Equestrian Team with superb weather.

Highlights of the day included; • Individual 9th place in the 40cm out of 42 competitors for Grace (Y4) • A fantastic team 6th Place in the 40cm with riders Francesca (Y2), Grace (Y4) and Willa (Y3) • An incredible, speedy round for individual 8th place in the 50cm out of 33 riders for Martha (Y6) • Team 3rd Place in the 60cm for riders Elizabeth (Y6) Maud (Y7), Olive (Y7) and Aggie (Y4 ) • Individual 9th place out of 33 in the 60cm for Maud (Y7) • A fabulous Team 4th place for Cheltenham Prep in the 70cm for Elizabeth (Y6) Aggie (Y4), Maud and Olive (both Y7).

A huge amount of effort and training is undertaken by the girls in the run up to these events. A huge thank you as always to the parents for logistics and support.

October Hockey Festival On Sunday 12 September, it was a delight to welcome pupils from over eight local schools to Cheltenham for the Hockey Festival. Our girls played well, and it was wonderful playing Hockey fixtures once again after so long!

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India Day in Lower School Year 4 enjoyed a ‘journey to India’ as part of their Geography topic. To celebrate and learn about the Indian culture, they dressed up in traditional clothing, learned to dance ‘Bhangra Style’, made diva lamps, created rangoli patterns and finally, ate a delicious array of Indian food.

Cheltenham to Tokyo Year 5 have been writing to Grade 6 pupils at Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo, following a successful penpal project last year. They have been greatly enjoying finding out all about Japan in recent weeks, and to give them a further taste of Japanese culture and cuisine, the children were treated to some lovely fresh sushi, courtesy of Kibou Cheltenham.

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Reception

Colour Mixing French Day

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Learning about Space

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NOVEMBER

Muddy Fun in Tag Rugby

STEM Club

Pupils in Lower School got out in the fresh air and enjoyed many fabulous games of Tag Rugby during November. Here are some of the very happy, and slightly muddy(!) faces.

STEM club members learnt how to code using a BBC:microbit in order to move a buggy whilst others built working wind turbines from Lego!

Odd Socks Day Odd Socks Day was again a visual delight from the little feet of the Nursery children to the crazy combos of so many others - even Scoobie joined in! The whole school really did unite to celebrate their individuality, whist showing that we are all united against bullying behaviour and support kind, positive behaviours not just for one week, but every week.

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Pre-Prep Art Competition Pre-Prep were invited to participate in an Art competition during Half Term. The theme was Autumn. We had over 30 entries - they were all wonderful. Mrs Parsley had the tricky job of choosing the three winners!

Here are photos of the three winners and their wonderful creations.

Well done to all who entered!

Messy Firework Painting The children in Nursery and Reception didn’t need to be asked twice to don their overalls and get messy with paint! To get into the spirit of bonfire night, pupils had the opportunity to experiment with paint in lots of different ways by using their breath, pipettes, tea bags and glitter to create a firework inspired explosion of colour! Pupils also spent time learning about firework safety and how to be safe and sensible around a bonfire or at a firework display.

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NOVEMBER

Supporting the Poppy Appeal Pupils and staff have been helping to raise money all week for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.

We Will Remember Them Every pupil and member of staff at The Prep gathered together at 11 o’clock to remember all those who gave their life in the World Wars and later conflicts. Following a two minute silence, William J (Y7) played ‘The Last Post’ whilst pupils stood in quiet contemplation. We also heard readings from Jemima P (Y8) and William G (Y8) alongside a short prayer led by Mr O’Sullivan.

Our younger pupils in Pre-Prep observed a two minute silence and the children also spent time creating beautiful artwork to mark the event.

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The Shakespeare Experience After a break of nearly two years, live theatre once again made its way to The Prep stage, with some of our Year 8 pupils performing a dramatic piece from Richard III. Their unity and energy were great to see and clearly, they are a strong ensemble to watch in the future. Learning Shakespeare is never easy, but using shorter, half hour scripts of the major plays enables the younger actors to access the plots and experience the language.

The main event of the evening was a combined group of Year 5, 6 and 7s who performed Romeo and Juliet. For some, it was the first time in front of an audience and nerves were running high, but the children all To watch the full conducted themselves superbly event, click here and presented a play that saw ‘two households, both alike in dignity’ eventually realising that their animosity against each other led to far greater sorrow for all.

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Year 1

French Day

Handwriting Practice

Draw This!

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Floating and Sinking Experiments

Finding Colour in Nature

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Trip to Gifford’s Circus

Taking Photos of Nature

Twosday Tuesday (2.2.22)

In-Class ‘Frozen Performance’

Playing Checkers

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Autumnal Poetry Walk

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DECEMBER

So Many Christmas Trees!

Did you know that around the whole of College, there were 23 Christmas trees...? Wow! Take a look at the photos below... can you guess where each of these trees were located around school?

Year 8 Final Projects Our Year 8 artists used wax and ink to create a Batik effect and some have used potatoes to make a repeat pattern on their own fabric design.

The Season of Giving A huge thank you to all of our wonderful families! As a school community, we collected 313 Advent calendars this year, which were donated to the following three charities; Cheltenham Open Door, Maggie’s and Family Space.

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U13 County Hockey Academy Following on from their selection to the U13 County Hockey Academy, our Year 8 girls won their first caps for Gloucestershire, at a tournament held at Clifton College.

Nativity Performances December is always a magical time of year at The Prep – here are photos from the various Nativity performances that took place.

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DECEMBER

Christingle Service What a way to finish the year... our magical Christingle Service took place in the Chapel and it was wonderful to welcome all of our pupils and families to school once again.

‘A Christmas Carol’ Lower School pupils put on a fantastic performance of 'A Christmas Carol', by Charles Dickens. The children had worked incredibly hard learning their lines and rehearsing throughout the term, and it certainly showed. The performance was incredibly professional and was enjoyed by all in the audience. A big thank you to all of the parents, guardians and families who took the time to come and watch. A huge thank you also goes to all involved with the rehearsals and the brilliant costumes, hair and makeup - the children really looked the part.

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‘The Worst Kids in the World’ The Year 6 (and Year 1 and 2) children entertained large audiences in Big Classical, the College Theatre, with their production of ‘The Worst Kids in the World’.

They produced two great performances and clearly loved every minute, as did the audience!

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Year 2

2D and 3D Shapes

Dividing Sweets in Maths

Acting Out a Story in English

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Becoming ‘Noun Detectives’ Finding Nouns Around School

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JANUARY

Mysterious Footprints On their first day back at school, our Reception pupils discovered some mysterious dinosaur footprints leading from their classroom towards the outdoor learning area. The intrepid explorers followed the mysterious tracks and after searching the area found two enormous eggs, which they took back to their classroom and cared for until they ‘hatched’!

Making Mathematics Fun Pupils in Year 2 had a fantastic time learning all about different coins and their value during one of their Mathematics lessons in January. The children decided on suitable prices for various items in their Mathematics shop, before playing ‘shops’ and challenging themselves to add up the cost of their shopping. Who knew that Mathematics could be so cleverly disguised as a game...?

Call the Pre-Prep Brigade!

Pupils in the Nursery School and Reception were treated to a very exciting visit from the Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service! The children then got to try on pieces of uniform, sit in the fire engine and even have a go at holding the hose. It was lovely to see all of their excited faces and hear things such as ‘wow, this is the best day ever’, and ‘I’ve never seen a real life fire engine before!’

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Getting Better Every Year!

One of our favourite activities in the Art Studio has to be the pupils drawing a trainer every year. Pupils are given the same task each year and can look back over their progress, seeing how their artistic talent has developed year on year! Here are some of our Year 5 pupils giving it a go.

A Visit from the Wilson Gallery Years 1 and 2 were lucky enough to welcome the Wilson Gallery to the Pre-Prep Department in January. They learnt all about the famous explorer Edward Wilson, who was not only local to Cheltenham, but also attended Cheltenham College!

The children got into the spirit of the time in which Wilson lived by dressing in Victorian outfits and playing with some traditional Victorian toys.

Award Winning Author Visits The Prep The Prep warmly welcomed award-winning author Tom Palmer in January. A hugely successful day included fun, engaging and informative sessions enjoyed by all pupils in Years 5 to 8. We learned a huge amount about his wonderful storytelling through books such as ‘Arctic Star’ and ‘After the War’, teaching our children how historical events can inspire narrative fiction. Tom proved to be a very popular visitor to The Prep with many pupils eager to meet him and have their newly-acquired books signed.

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JANUARY

U13A Netball Success Congratulations to the U13A Netball team who won their tournament at Clifton in emphatic style!

Here are their impressive results: 9-1 v Downs 12-2 Beaudesert 5-2 Dean Close

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100 Things To Do Before Leaving Lower School Years 3 and 4 always enjoy the fresh air during their Outdoor Learning lessons and in January, the children were introduced to ‘100 Things to do before leaving Lower School’. The list brings out the fun in life and the children absolutely loved ticking off the activities throughout this month.

A Change of Sports Some January sunshine arrived just in time for our boys to begin playing Football and Hockey during their Games sessions and fixtures.

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Year 7 Science

SFX Workshop

In their Biology lessons Year 7s prepared their own plant cell (onion) slides and cheek cell slides to view under the microscopes. They had to take their own cell swabs, stain and mount their specimens and then try to get a good image. So much fun!

Year 7 Advanced Drama pupils and Middle School were treated to talks and live demonstrations of practical special effects (SFX) by two professionals from the SFX company, KM Effects (www.kmeffects.com), who have worked on films such as ‘Detective Pikachu’, ‘Venom’, ‘The Avengers’ movies, ‘Wonder Woman’, ‘Aquaman’, and others!

Celebration of the Arts At this fantastic event, the audience were treated to the best that The Prep School Year 8 Art, Drama and Music Scholars had to offer. Just days before these children take the Scholarships at their chosen school, they performed and displayed what amounts to months of preparation before a large and enthusiastic audience.

Year 4 had great fun studying the Vikings this month!

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Year 3

Pizza Making (and eating!)

Pilley Nature Reserve Cattle Country

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Learning about the Romans

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‘Ourboretum’ Project In February, Year 1 had an amazing opportunity to walk to Cox’s Meadow and get involved in the ‘Ourboretum’ project, which is being run by BBC Radio Gloucestershire. ‘Ourboretum’ is a project started by the BBC to replace the many trees lost through Ash dieback and the earlier Dutch Elm disease. It involves growing and replacing native English trees such as Beech, Oak and Hazel.

‘X’ Marks the Spot!

The Nursery children undertook the job of creating treasure maps to locate the pirate ‘booty’. They used 2D shapes to resemble the different landmarks and then decided on the best route to travel on. Once they had created the outline, they then used a tea bag dipped in water to make them look old and rustic. The children loved using their own maps to support their independent play!

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Happy New Year!

Current Parent Jiji He visited Reception today to talk about Chinese New Year. The children discovered the traditions surrounding the lunar new year and received red envelopes, known as hóngbāo. These are usually filled with money, but in this case contained chocolate coins!

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3D Printing Year 6 impressed us with their use of the CAD system and 3D printer in their Design and Technology lessons.

Their simple and effective design for a phone holder was a great example of our pupils creative vision becoming a reality.

Informal Concert A fantastic Informal Concert took place in Lake House featuring pupils from Year 3 to Year 8. For many of the children this was their first ever concert and we are pleased to report that they all delivered superb performances! The concert featured pupils playing a variety of instruments including the flute, saxophone, violin, cello, piano and voice. These concerts provide the children with the perfect introduction to playing in front of an audience alongside some of our older, more experienced musicians.

Diversity Talk As part of our Thrive (PSHE/RSE) programme, we invited in a visiting speaker to give a talk to our Year 7 and 8 pupils about Diversity, Inclusion and Racism. Mrs Danielle Babatunde is herself a teacher, who runs a consultancy firm that seeks to ‘Educate and Inspire’ young people on a wide range of issues, including those covered in the themes of Diversity, Inclusion and Racism. The children were all really engaged in the topics throughout, asked lots of insightful questions and enjoyed discussing various ‘scenarios’.

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Cheltenham College Annual Mathematics Competition Some of our Middle School pupils were really challenged to use their problem-solving skills as they competed in the Cheltenham College Annual Mathematics Competition. Well done to all of the pupils for their teamwork and in particular to our Year 5 team, who came third overall.

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The Woman in Black

It was lovely to welcome parents into school and hear from our Pre-Prep pupils all about what they have been getting up to this term! Amongst other things, the children were very excited to tell their parents all about their dinosaur topic and how they found a dinosaur egg here at The Prep!

A group of our Year 8 pupils had a great time in London in February on their trip to the West End to see ‘The Woman in Black’ at the Fortune Theatre. Having studied the text in their English lessons, it was fantastic to see the play brought to life on stage. Before the show, pupils were also treated to sushi in Covent Garden!

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A Busy Half Term in the Boarding House!

In the first half of the academic year, our full boarders enjoyed weekend trips to the Cotswolds Wildlife Park, Cinema, Bowling, and who could forget the weekend park takeovers, town trips and the legendary Bath Road tuck run.

Viking Day Year 4 had a fantastic time taking part in all manner of activities for Viking Day! Pupils used the firepit to do some outdoor cooking, including heating up mushroom soup, baking apples and making bread. Other activities included making braids, using trollen wheels and creating dragon heads out of clay to put on the front of model long boats.

Ancient Greece Day Year 3 celebrated their most recent History topic in style!

Our pupils looked brilliant in their Ancient Greek outfits, and enjoyed getting stuck into various activities, including preparing (and eating!) a classic Greek salad, and making masks based on mythological creatures such as Medusa.

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Year 4 Building Circuits

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Rugby at Beaudesert Oboe and Bassoon Workshop

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A ‘Fabulous Production’ In March, the fabulous production of ‘The Lion King’ was played to delighted audiences of both “children and parents. I know that Heads can be prone to “superlatives-itis”, but this show really was breathtaking. From the amazing masks and costumes to the fantastic singing and acting it really shone. It took us all on a journey through tears of sadness and tears of laughter and pretty much everything in between. What really stood out though was the incredible energy coming from all the performers. They gave it their all and they clearly loved being on stage. A triumph all round - and huge thanks must go to all those involved for creating such a memorable end to the term.

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World Book Day To celebrate World Book Day, pupils from all year groups dressed up as their favourite character from a book. The annual ‘World Book Day Catwalk’ took place in the Assembly Hall and our pupils had great fun showing their costumes off to their friends!

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Year 5 Analysing Data from Race Times

Art Studio Lessons Adopting a Turtle from WWF (5Y pupils named it Trevor!)

Physical Theatre Showcase

Receiving Letters from Japan Pen Pals!

French Fashion Show

Learning About Forces in Science

Sculpting Clay

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A Clean Sweep at Clifton The Prep Fields were transformed during Easter in readiness for Cricket Season to begin! It was great to see pupils at The Prep making use of the Cricket Square and looking forward to a sunny term of Cricket ahead! To get us started, our U9 Boys and Girls, and U12 Girls played at Clifton and all came away with a victory!

U13s Win at Rosslyn Park

Regional Hockey Winners

Congratulations to the U13 Rugby team who had a fantastic win at Rosslyn Park over the Easter holidays. The boys won their group in style, playing brilliantly under the coaching of Mr Dawson and Mr Crook.

Congratulations to our pupils who won the U10 Regional Hockey Finals for the West of England over the Easter break!

The boys were representing Cheltenham Junior Hockey Club and played brilliantly, helping their team to land the first place position.

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Enjoying the School Grounds Our boarders take every opportunity to get outside and enjoy the school grounds, and in April we were lucky to have some lovely sunny evenings.

Down on the Farm Year 8 had a fantastic visit to a working farm courtesy of The Northmoor Meat Company. The day started with a tour of the farmyard and an introduction to the herd of Ruby Red Devon cows by James and Fi Florey, who own and run the farm. A wonderful farm walk gave opportunities for the children to learn more about regenerative farming principles which focus on ways to farm that not only sustain the environment but give back to the ecosystem and are far more environmentally friendly. A picnic by the river gave time for the pupils to plan their responses to debate titles such as ‘Oxfordshire County Council are right to provide only vegan food options at their council meetings’ and ‘Farmers should be encouraged to take land out of food production and put it into environmental schemes’ - real life issues that farmers like Fi and James have to grapple with on a daily basis. Finally, lots of lamb feeding and cuddles provided the end to a wonderful day!

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The Big Sing (Zimbe and other songs) On Tuesday 26th April, a really exciting event took place at The Town Hall - ‘The Big Sing’! All pupils in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 joined with Year 7 and 8 members of Cantabile Choir, singers from the Third Form at College, all Year 5 pupils from Naunton Park Primary School, Warden Hill Primary School, Gloucester Road Primary School, St. John’s Primary School and an adult choir made up of parents and staff from the various schools to perform a concert called ‘The Big Sing (Zimbe and other songs)’. Accompanied by a band (piano, bass, guitar, sax, drums and percussion) made up of professional musicians, the 450+ performers on stage performed to a packed audience of 700+ raising the roof singing a variety of pieces ranging from Gospel music, through to pop items like ‘Fix You’ (Coldplay) and ‘Sing’ (Gary Barlow) and ‘Zimbe’ (a collection of fun, lively, African music). The event also raised money for charity (UNICEF – supporting the Ukrainian crisis), and raised almost £1,000.

Well done to everyone involved. It was an amazing community event bringing a huge number of people together – old and young – to celebrate both the power of music and community.

To watch the full event, click here

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An ‘Eggciting’ Arrival!

In April, pupils were very excited by the arrival of an incubator with 10 eggs all ready to hatch! Whilst learning all about life cycles, some of the pupils were lucky enough to actually witness the eggs hatching during lessons. Everyone was amazed at how wobbly and vulnerable the chicks looked but then how quickly they fluffed up and started to walk about. The children really enjoyed holding them and learning about how they feed.

St George’s Day – Celebrating in Style Pupils (and staff!) in Pre-Prep had a brilliant time dressing up as St George, dragons and princesses in order to celebrate for St George’s Day. Mr O’Sullivan even joined in with the fun and said that the costumes were some of the best he had ever seen!

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Year 6

How well have you brushed your teeth? (Science lesson)

Singing ‘Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ in French

Playtime Fun

Researching Pizza Toppings

Library Time

Investigating Indicators

Investigating PH Levels in Science

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Shakespeare Festival

Science Festival Trip Creating a Dramatic Tableaux in Drama

Tasting Omani cuisine

Trip to Malvern Theatre

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Sharing Their Skills 15 Lower School string players were treated to an outstanding performance from some of our most experienced and talented College musicians. This was followed by a workshop led by College pupils, coaching our Year 3 and 4 violinists and cellists through Pachelbel’s famous Canon in D.

Around the Maypole Our Nursery School pupils had so much fun learning how to dance around the maypole, and they loved performing in front of their parents

Visit from Lauren St John Pupils in Year 5 to Year 8 were fascinated to hear about Lauren St John’s life as an author, journalist and animal conservation specialist.

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Busy Boarders

Working in teams, our Upper School pupils had to use their Building Learning Power skills to solve a variety of puzzles, all led by The Happy Puzzle Company.

Our boarders are always keeping busy and having lots of fun here at The Prep. Some of the highlights in May included a visit to an escape room, a competitive ‘Boarders Bake Off’ and lots of sports around the school gardens.

A Very Musical May The Music Department is always a hive of activity – here are a few May highlights including informal concerts, a Summer Serenade and the Pre-Prep Concert.

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Swimming Finals

Cheltenham Festival Stars

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Prep pupils took part in the Cheltenham Festival and were delighted to be awarded 2nd place for their duologue in a Year 7 and 8 class.

Congratulations girls.

pupils qualify for the IAPS National Swimming Finals, which were held at the London Aquatic Centre on the 11 June. This is the first time that The Prep has ever had so many pupils qualify for the Finals in a single year.

The Olympic Torch Event ‘The Olympic Torch’ invitational Athletics event included a mix of Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 children.

Over £5,000 Raised for Ukraine Thank you to all of the Prep families who supported the charity concert in Chapel in May. The concert raised over £5,000 for humanitarian charities in Ukraine.

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Jubilee Extravaganza!

Today The Prep was alive with activities as we celebrated the upcoming Jubilee at the Queen’s Jubilee Extravaganza! There were stalls across the fields including ‘Pin the Tail on the Corgi’, ‘Fashion Through the Decades’ and ‘Beat the Goalie’, traditional summer games such as Rounders, and all the fun of the fair with ‘Hook a Duck’ and ‘Whack the Mole’.

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Year 7

Ninja Warrior

One Point Perspective Art Lesson

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Masquerade Ball

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Sports Days

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Colomendy Activity Centre

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Investigating Energy in Science

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Creating Illustrated French Storybooks

Parents Banquet

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Scholarship Independent Projects

Mini Regatta Identifying Plants

Art Workshop

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Year 8 Leavers…

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… The Adventure Continues

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Speech Day

Left to Right: Bill Straker-Nesbit (President of the Council), Rose Dyson (Guest Speaker) and Tom O’Sullivan (Head)

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Cheltenham Prep Yearbook

Cheltenham College Prep School Thirlestaine Road Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7AB Tel: +44 (0) 1242 522 697 Email: prep.reception@cheltenhamcollege.org www.cheltenhamcollege.org

2021-22

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