Pre Prep Fieldgate Newsletter 28 March 14

28 March 2014

Dates for your Diary Monday 31 March– 3 April Thursday 3 April

No After School Clubs 09.00

Bring your bike/scooter to school day

14.30

PTA Coffee and cake sale

15.30

Raffle

15.50

Term ends

March Birthdays Lily Bomberg

16.03

Charlotte Anderson

17.03

No After School Care Thursday 24 April

Summer term begins

Merits Toy request If you have any toys suitable for babies or toddlers that your children have outgrown, but are still in good condition, we would appreciate any donations for our

21.3.2014 Chloe Sinclair

PPRa

Beth Miller

PPRb

Ivy Woolley

PP1

Parent, Baby & Toddler group which meets every Friday from 10am-12pm. Donations can be left in either the Nursery or Pre-Prep offices.

The children of PP2a & b were all stars this week, on their much enjoyed trip to Whitwell Hall.

Thank you

After School Care A polite request: if you wish your child to attend After School Care please can you sign him/her up on the sheets in the entrance hall in the morning. This will help us to cater accordingly.

Thank you

Bike safety A gentle reminder: please ensure that your child brings their helmet to school on Thursday 3 April for Bring your bike/scooter to school day.

Thank you

The Pre-Prep’s first residential trip was a resounding success!

26 PP2 children spent a fun filled and action packed three days in Norfolk.

They shared dormitories, showed amazing team-work and organisational skills and had enormous fun in all the activities.

The children slept in one of four dormitories, Foxes, Badgers, Squirrels or Hedgehogs.

Hedgehogs were the quietest and Foxes most definitely the loudest!

Orienteering, tracking and playing in the gardens were great fun! The boggy ground made for some muddy hands and clothes!

Using pooters to collect bugs and counting the rings on a tree stump were challenging!

Craft activities included boat making and t-shirt printing.

Once shelters had been built they were tested in a thunderstorm - to see how waterproof they were!

Some were better than others!

The boats raced in two events; the Whitwell Splash and the Whitwell Regatta. There was fierce competition throughout, especially to beat the Whitwell Wizard. In the Splash knockout event first place went to Mrs Rossiter, second place to Olivia Dearman and third to Miss Trow. In the regatta Joel Littlefair’s boat managed to wend its way through the weeds, mud and capsized boats to cross the finish line in first position.