UPPER SCHOOL
Townsend Warner Printing Inspiration Year 8 pupils have been enjoying Art this term: the theme is printing. In class, they History Prize have researched, sketched and coloured graffiti lettering designs to inspire their The Townsend-Warner History Prize is over 125 years old and one of the oldest institutions in the preparatory school world! Consisting of two papers, one a demanding list of 100 questions with one-word or one-sentence answers from world history, and one two-hour paper in the form of essay questions.
reduction prints on lino. The designs were very colourful, requiring the pupils to remove sections of their lino using a cutter, stage-by-stage, printing with different colours of ink for each part of the process.
After a relaxed Christmas break and a quiz devised by former candidates Duncan Pinchen and Maximus Morris, 22 Cheltenham Prep Upper School candidates sat Paper 1 in January. Staff can only commend their dedication to the challenge: pupils met during break times over the last term, learning about different parts of History that the syllabus does not cover and practising their historical general knowledge. 17 of the candidates did extremely well and will receive certificates of participation. Congratulations to: Charlie Anton-Smith, William Bradley, Seb Burden, Tom Buxton, Dekhan Dodo, Fionnuala Dowling-Membrado, Holly Ellis, Anna Forde, James French, Jessica Hale, Peter Marstrand, Francesca Pinchard, Oliver Schallamach, Denis Solovyev, Rory Southall, Anabelle Wells and Grace White. Three candidates scored highly and just missed out on an invitation to sit Paper 2: George Hardy, Molly Krauer and Rory Maddinson. However two exceptional candidates qualified to sit Paper 2: Louis Dessalles was placed 201st nationally with a score of 46/100 in Paper 1; Charles Hellens was placed 16th nationally with a score of 71/100. In a particularly difficult year of the competition (this year, 250 pupils nationally qualified from Paper 1 to sit Paper 2), these are incredibly impressive scores! Louis and Charles sat Paper 2 the following week, and both boys gained significant places as a result of their hard work. Louis rose from 201st to 137th and Charles rose to finish in the Top 10, finishing 9th overall after being placed 16th after Paper 1. These are both superb achievements and a reward for their hard work and dedication towards the subject.
Careers Talks To help Year 8 pupils relate the subjects and skills that they learn in school to those that they may require in their future career, they had the opportunity to listen to and question a range of speakers talking about their jobs and the skills they require. Teamwork, good communication skills and to enjoy what you do was a recurring theme from all. 10
Prep News Summer 2016