Godstowe News: Spring Term 17/3

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17 March 2023

A letter from the Headmistress

Well done to our Middle Thirds, who arrived back yesterday with smiles, stories and memories from their music tour to Liverpool What an accomplishment and the pictures from Chester and Liverpool Cathedral are stunning Thank you to our dedicated team who accompanied them, led by Mrs Martin. I was also impressed to receive two postcards from the tour girls, which I thought was a nice touch!

I had a very good meeting with our FoG Chairs on Tuesday this week. It was so lovely to see so many fresh and exciting ideas being put forward and can I take this chance again to rally you ALL to buy your tickets for our Summer 'Greatest Showman' Ball on Saturday 1st July We have a terrific night ahead that evening and we'd love to see as many of you there as possible. In fact, our Summer Term is looking packed with events, workshops, speakers and concerts. We have just finalised the Summer Term Red Diary and the calendar looks full of fun and promise! Godstowe's Got Talent took Main School by storm today with acts across all year groups- more in my end of term letter!

Remember to look out for Monday's 2023 Parent Survey and thank you once again for taking part in our feedback

Have a wonderful weekend ahead and see you all at our final week events ahead of the Easter holidays

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Godstowenews Spring Term
The staff entry for Godstowe's Got Talent

Lodge have had another very busy and exciting week, culminating in our fabulous Wellie Walk in aid of Comic Relief! The children were full of enthusiasm and we were very impressed with their efforts as they completed many laps of Lodge playground Thank you so much for your support of the children and this charity At lunchtime today, we had raised over £800! There are still opportunities to show your support online at the following link: Lodge's Wellie Walk 2023

Lodge also enjoyed an assembly from Robyn (from All Saints Church) on Tuesday There were opportunities for everyone to take part as she spoke about the different signs of Easter. Lodge were also amazed by the 'Maths Magician' on Wednesday, and a great deal of fun was had, whilst learning a few Maths skills!

This week, parents have also had an opportunity to watch the children's swimming lessons Thank you to the PE staff for making this possible, and we hope those of you who were able to attend enjoyed watching your children in the pool

This week has been very busy in Nursery! We've been making Mother's Day cards using a range of materials such as printing with Lego blocks, finger painting, colouring and practising name writing. For the 'b' sound of the week the children loved using water paints and fine brushes to paint butterflies with care and precision. The children found it exciting attempting to use their feet instead of their hands in our art session In keeping with Spring approaching, we made super green spinach and banana muffins.

Another fun and busy week! Beginners’ highlight was our very first school trip to The Speen Horse Trust We loved seeing all the horses and learning about their history. We also loved going on the minibuses. We were pleased to celebrate International Maths Day and have been working on subtraction this week. We have also learnt the ‘oi’ and ‘ ear ’ sounds, can you spot them in any books this weekend?

Kindergarten children have continued to work with enthusiasm, especially whilst learning about Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. This History lesson was also an introduction to time lines - a difficult concept when you are only 5 or 6 six years old! Talking about how old their parents and grandparents helped but there seemed to be several ancient parents and very young grandparents! Our new Maths topic is numbers up to 50, with a focus on place value and counting in 10’s. In Literacy, the children were introduced to similes and went on to use their own ideas in some very special (and secret - all will be revealed on Sunday!) writing. Wishing all mums a Happy Mother's Day - we hope you enjoy our DT

Transition had a wonderful visit to the Chiltern Open Air Museum on Monday, despite the windy conditions. In the morning, they experienced a Victorian school room, with a very strict teacher, who made them work in silence on some Maths questions on slates, and also made them try some handwriting in a copy book. This was particularly tricky for our left-handed students who had to use their right hand! The teacher was especially impressed with the Transition children, saying that they were the best behaved group she had ever taught! In the afternoon, the children learnt how to make drop scones, which were cooked over an open fire We also had opportunities to visit some different houses, meet some sheep, goats and chickens, and of course, play in the new playground!

We are looking forward to our end of term activities next week, including our Easter bonnet parade and Perris Knight Awards on Thursday morning

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Claire Gillett, Head of Lodge Hannah Smart, Head of Nursery

MainSchool

Early Monday morning, our Middles departed for their music tour to Liverpool. Lots of excited faces, staff included, as all 70 girls boarded their bus Thank you to Mrs Martin, Miss Bennett, Mrs Rycroft, Mrs Bennett, Mrs Lake and Miss Kelly for accompanying them and for keeping up with social media. Make sure you check @GodstoweMusic to see all their activities

We have also had an amazing "Maths Week" with lots of fun organised by Miss Palmer There was a competition, daily staff puzzles, a maths magician and even

Key Dates for next week

20th March

1pm U11 Netball BEE

tournament at Beechwood (away)

4 30pm U9-U11 Swimming vs Pipers Corner (away)

4pm U12A&B Netball District Tournament (away)

Transition Coffee Morning with Miss Bailey

22nd March

Last day of Spring Term Enrichment Curriculum

23rd March

Lodge Easter Bonnet Parade for Lodge and Nursery children

11 30am Lodge Perriss Knight Awards, Recital Hall

12 30pm Lodge End of Term (no aftercare)

2pm Spring Concert in Main School

End of Term

not forgetting practices for Godstowe's Got Talent

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SkiTrip

After months of anticipation 32 of us from Middles, Uppers and Fourths set off on the Godstowe Canada Ski Trip 2023. We were joined by 5 teachers, Mrs Reynolds, Ms De Villiers, Mrs Sloggett, Miss Hearnshaw and Mrs Skinner.

FoGAGM-8thMay2023

The Friends of Godstowe AGM will take place on Tuesday 8th May from 8.30am in the Sports Hall Gallery. All are welcome to attend.

The journey to Mont Tremblant was quite exciting and for some of us a new experience. We left school at 12 00 and headed to the airport. We then split up into groups and took a look around the terminal We were in terminal 5 so all the shops were very nice. The flight left quite late in the evening, so we flew overnight to Montreal where we landed at...more

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Artwork ofthe Week

A big thank you to those of you who have attended one of our Positive Parenting courses. We hope you found them useful

Boarders'Corner

At lots of schools, once the pupils, teachers and office staff have headed home for the weekend the school site is still and quiet But here at Godstowe, Friday evening is when the fun begins! This weekend felt even busier as the three houses had their own activities and trips planned Here is a little round up from each house

After brunch on Sunday, Walker House headed off to The Works where the girls split into their year groups and entered their Escape Rooms After a quick chat with the Games Master, they had an hour to solve the puzzles and find all the clues. All three groups did really well and celebrated with milkshakes, smoothies and an ice-cream cookie sandwich

Turner House donned their green art aprons to learn all about the art of graffiti! They made small individual signs to go on their tuck lockers and a Turner House sign which will go up outside the house They also had a quick trip into High Wycombe and all the girls enjoyed a wander round the shops followed by bubble tea

Highlands House had been looking forward to their house trip for weeksthey were off to KidZania in London! They had great fun at the kid-sized city, trying their hand at car washing, attending Aviation School, training to be spies and climbing through air vents. Each job they completed earnt the girls KidZos and they rounded off their time at KidZania with a visit to the Department Store

Click here to view the boarders' video

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Congratulations to Elise K, Ingrid B and Ai-Li C

SportsSnippets

Our U13 Lacrosse team travelled to Aldershot to play at the National Schools’ Lacrosse Tournament on Tuesday 14th March. All the U13 Lacrosse teams in the country, 32 teams in all, (mostly from large senior schools) meet at this event to battle it out Down to our 3rd goalie, due to injuries, we were on the back foot from the start. Our hero, Scarlett, however, played valiantly in goal and saved a number of shots, keeping our scores close with each opposition The games did not go our way but the girls fought hard and never gave up It was a great experience and the team loved every minute of it

Also on Tuesday one of our U9 netball teams travelled to Pipers Corner to play in a tournament. The girls showed great resilience against some strong opposition, finishing in 5th place and scoring some fantastic goals Well played girls

One of our U10 netball teams attended an invitational 5 aside tournament at Maltman’s Green on Monday We played some great flowing netball and showed strong teamwork to finish in 3rd place The girls all played exceptionally well and a special mention to Hattie who was the MVP of the day.

On Saturday 11th March, our U13 Lacrosse team went to Wycombe Abbey to have their last practice match before the National Schools’ Tournament We played 3 x 15 minutes in preparation for the tournament length matches. Scarlett stepped in at the last minute to play goalie after both U13 and U12 goalies were injured The scores were close for each match with Wycombe Abbey winning by 1 goal in the first 2 matches and 3 goals in the last.

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