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Prep for The Week Issue Number 1800 12 June 2015 1 Issue Number 1800 – 12 June 2015 TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON ALL THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE PREP PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE Prep for the Week In this week’s issue… Headmaster’s Blog Saturday Morning update 11+ Assessment update Kingfishers News Lower School News Middle School News Upper School News Art department News Girls' and Boys' Sport Cheltenham Festival Young Scientists' Day Persia House Dinner Headmaster's Commendations Individual Achievements Clubs and Notices Birthday Celebrations The School Week Ahead Our children have been busy this week! Year 2 children created and described the heroes from their own stories after a visit from 'Brett Danger' ! Cheltenham Festival’s Young Scientists’ Day was held on 5 June at the Prep and the day went with a bang!

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Issue Number XXXX – XX September 2014

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Issue Number 1800 – 12 June 2015

TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON ALL THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE PREP PLEASE VISIT THE WEBSITE

Prep for the Week

In this week’s issue…Headmaster’s Blog Saturday Morning update 11+ Assessment updateKingfishers News Lower School News Middle School NewsUpper School News Art department News

Girls' and Boys' Sport Cheltenham Festival Young Scientists' DayPersia House DinnerHeadmaster's CommendationsIndividual AchievementsClubs and Notices Birthday Celebrations The School Week Ahead

Our children have been busy this week!

Year 2 children created and described the heroes from their own stories after a visit from 'Brett Danger' !

Cheltenham Festival’s Young Scientists’ Day was held on 5 June at the Prep and the day went with a bang!

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Headmaster's Blog

We must remember that whilst our children are in their class groups during lessons, opportunities for socialising are minimal. Morning and lunch break, in addition to time spent en route for activities and games are indeed valuable. I feel that too much importance may be being placed on which class a child is in. Whilst they register together and more often than not, move around together, interaction opportunities are greater at other times throughout the day.

Activities Week

Activities Week takes place in the penultimate week of the Summer Term. Please note that this will be the last year in which it will take place in its present form. Whilst some of our children, require an alternative approach to the end of the Summer Term and academic year (particularly Year 8), others benefit from ongoing momentum in academic matters. Of course, one week after Activities Week the long summer holiday begins!

Going forward, a series of voluntary trips, designed to promote a mixture of year group bonding and academic extension, will be run at different times depending on year groups throughout the academic year. This programme will be advertised in advance, in order that parents may plan ahead. Due to the fact that, in all cases, a cost will be involved, trips will be voluntary and a full timetable of lessons will be provided for those who do not wish to travel.

Sports Day

After a dry month, the one wet day forecast over the next two weeks, is due to arrive on Saturday. As the forecast for the severity of the rain changes from hour to hour, a decision about the Lower School Sports Day will be taken by pick up time today.

All children in Middle School and Upper School should come to school as usual on Saturday and a decision will be clarioned to parents between 10.30 and 11.00. If it is necessary to postpone these events, Lower School Sports Day will take place on the morning of Tuesday 23 June and the Middle School and Upper School Sports Day will take place on Saturday 20 June.

Dear Parents

Today , we will be distributing the class lists for the next academic year, using a system called ‘The Hand of Friendship'. By doing so, we can ensure that every child will be in a class with at least one of their five closest friends. Whilst we understand that this will not be enough for every child, some of whom form close attachments to one friend in particular, it is the only fair and mathematically feasible way in which to do this.

There are two reasons for changing the classes over; firstly, we feel that we should encourage children to develop their friendship groups and secondly, we sometimes need to take the opportunity to dismantle classes who have not bonded.

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Saturday Mornings – Autumn Term 2015

Please find below the overview for our Saturday morning plans, beginning this September.

Each week, a Saturday programme will be sent out by clarion giving the fine detail for the morning. The first of these will come out before the end of this term, to give parents a chance to digest the information.

Below is the overview for both the Boys and Girls and accompanying notes (there have been some amendments since before Half Term).

• The Autumn Term’s major sports are rugby for the boys and hockey for the girls.

• Both schedules begin with a pre-season day, further details of this will come out via clarion.

• There will be a sporting club and a creative club every Saturday for Year 2: this is optional, but will be great fun to attend. They will have their fixture against Dean Close on 28 November.

• Open Morning will be run slightly differently. The plans we have in place mean it will be just as fun for our children as it is for the visitors. Be prepared for mad science experiments, archery in the Barn, and Mr Dawson dragging visiting parents over to join in rugby drills.

• The Academic Olympiad will be a brain taxing morning, containing everything from spelling tests to wacky quizzes about strange facts and maybe even a treasure hunt with cryptic clues!

• Please note, there will be some afternoon fixtures against Dean Close for Years 6, 7 and 8. The Bonfire Weekend rugby fixture has been such a longstanding tradition that we didn’t want to lose the event. These matches will begin around 13:00, with plenty of time to get ready for the fireworks.

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5 Sept 12 Sept 19 Sept 3 Oct 10 Oct 7 Nov 14 Nov 28 Nov 5 Dec

Upper School

Pre-Season Training

Training Day

Matches v Pinewood

Open Morning

House Matches

Matches v Dean Close (pm start)

Matches v RGS Worc

Academic Olympiad

Matches v The Downs

Year 6 Pre-Season Training

Training Day

Matches v Pinewood

Open Morning

House Matches

Matches v Dean Close (pm start)

Hockey Festival at Bromsgrove

Academic Olympiad

Matches v The Downs

Year 5 Pre-Season Training

Training Day

Matches v Pinewood

Open Morning

House Matches

Matches v Dean Close

Matches v Dean Close

Academic Olympiad

Matches v The Downs

Year 4 HockeyTrials

Matches v Pinewood

House Matches

Matches v Beaudesert

Matches v Dean Close

Hockey Festival at Prior Park

Academic Olympiad

Matches v The Downs

Year 3 Hockey Trials

Matches v Pinewood

House Matches

Matches v St Hugh’s

Hockey Festival at Beaudesert

Matches v Dean Close

Academic Olympiad

Matches v The Downs

Year 2 Clubs Clubs Clubs Clubs Clubs Clubs Matches v Dean Close

Clubs

Girls

5 Sept 12 Sept 19 Sept 3 Oct 10 Oct 7 Nov 14 Nov 28 Nov 5 Dec

Upper School

Pre-Season Training

Training Day

Matches v Pinewood

Open Morning Matches v

Bromsgrove

Matches v Dean Close (pm start)

Matches v Abingdon

Academic Olympiad

Matches v The Downs

Year 6 Pre-Season Training

Training Day

Matches v Pinewood

Open Morning Matches v

Bromsgrove

Matches v Dean Close (pm start)

House Matches

Academic Olympiad

Matches v The Downs

Year 5 Pre-Season Training

Training Day

Matches v Pinewood

Open Morning Matches v

Bromsgrove

Matches v Dean Close

House Matches

Academic Olympiad

Matches v The Downs

Year 4 Pre-Season Training

Rugby Trials

Rugby Festival at Cheltenham

Open Morning

Rugby Festival at Clifton

Matches v Dean Close

Rugby Festival at Prior Park

Academic Olympiad

Matches v The Downs

Year 3 Pre-Season Training

Rugby Trials

Rugby Festival at Cheltenham

Open Morning

Rugby Festival at Clifton

Matches v Dean Close

Rugby Festival at The Downs

Academic Olympiad

Matches v The Downs

Year 2 Clubs Clubs Clubs Clubs Clubs Clubs Matches v Dean Close

Clubs

Boys

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Cheltenham College 11+ assessment procedures are changing for children moving into Year 7 in September 2016.

What’s happening?

Assessment for 2016 entry comprises of an 11+ Entrance Day and an 11+ academic testing day. The tests comprise of four elements: Maths, English, Verbal Reasoning and Non-Verbal Reasoning tests. Pupils will also be asked to complete a short hand-written writing task.

When does this take place?

Cheltenham College 11+ Entrance Day Friday 13 November 2015

Current pupils’ 11+ academic testing November, before the 11+ Entrance Day**Exact dates will be confirmed in the Autumn Term

External candidates’ 11+ academic testing Saturday 14 November 2015

What’s new?

To assess candidates, Cheltenham College (in line with many other senior schools) is replacing written papers with computerised testing. These are standardised Pre-Tests administered by the Independent Schools Examination Board (ISEB). These tests provide reliable data on a pupil’s current attainment level as well as helping senior schools to predict how pupils may develop as they grow older.

Why is there a change?

We have introduced the separate assessment days to ensure the Entrance Day is focused on children experiencing the journey from 11+ through to College, showcasing some of the exciting elements which make up College life. The Entrance Day is meant to be fun and enjoyable, filling pupils with inspiration and aspiration. The online tests move us away from a big examination hall testing day, which can be intimidating and affect candidates’ performance. The range of tests enables us to gain valuable insight into each child’s learning profile.

How should we prepare?

There are no practice tests for the academic assessments. The content of the Maths and English papers are based around what children in Year 6 will have learnt in their syllabus to date. This enables teachers to continue to enthuse pupils following The Prep’s broad curriculum. There is no need to do lots of extra Verbal Reasoning or Non-Verbal Reasoning work in preparation, although we will recommend books if children wish to do more work following on from the sessions they have been having in school.

What about 11+ Scholarship assessments – are they changing too?

The 11+ Scholarship process remains the same as previous years: Academic Scholarship assessments will continue to be held in January of Year 6 and pupils will be invited to sit these if they have scored particularly well in the 11+ assessments in November. The non-academic Scholarship arrangements also remain unchanged and details / application forms will be available in the new academic year.

Mrs V M Jenkins, Deputy Head (Academic)

The New Cheltenham College 11+ Assessments

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Kingfishers

A Special Visitor Comes To Year 2

This week, Class 2S were honoured to have a special spanish adventurer come to visit during their English lesson.

The fearless hero 'Brett Danger’ came in to share stories of his brave quests. This was a lovely coincidence, as the class have been exploring ‘Quest Stories’ and planning their own adventures to be written next week!

Brett was interviewed by the children, who found out about his personality, as well as the obstacles he had faced whilst hunting predators around the world.

Now it is up to the children to create and describe the heroes from their own stories and use the ideas that Brett Danger has given them.

If only Mr Jennings had been there to see our visitor!

Miss O C Sheldon, Deputy Head of Kingfishers

Cottage Sponsored Walk

Children and families from the Cottage came together on Saturday morning to do a sponsored walk in aid of the school charity, TURF. The weather was kind to us and they had fun walking to the ten points around the fields, collecting stamps and puzzle pieces which they then put together on their return.

Mrs D Stovold, Kingfisher Cottage Class Teacher

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KingfishersSports Day

Kingfishers have been very busy! On Friday 5 June, we had our Sports Day. It was an exciting and eventful day; with a mixture of challenges: field events, sprint races, hurdles, egg and spoon and many more.

We were really proud of how professional the children were on the day, starting races in the correct position, and showing great sportsmanship.

The fastest girl and boy received trophies. Congratulations to Matilda and Henry in Year 2 for the their super fast sprints!

As a reward at the end, the children very much enjoyed tucking into their delicious ice creams!

"It was great fun because we got to do lots of activities"Charlie, Year 2

It was as fun as a funfair! Lois, Year 2

Sports day was awesome! Max, Year 1

It was awesome because we got stickers and ice-cream! Flo, Year 2

Sports day was very fun because we got to run a lot! Zangir, Year 2

I loved sports day! It was loads of fun! Jack, Year 1

Everyone was as fast as lightning! Raif, Year 2

Mrs T K Kelway, Kingfishers Class Teacher

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Lower School

Pupil Learning and Achievement Skills

Year 3 have been enjoying outdoor activities this term as part of their Pupil Learning and Achievement Skills (PALS) lessons. Teamwork has played an important role, learning to listen to others and involve everybody.

Lower School Camp Fire

We welcome all Lower School children and their parents to join us for a camp fire on Monday 22 June between 17.00 and 18.00 to celebrate the end of term.

We do hope you can join us!

Lower School Staff

This week they had to get their team across a swamp with a limited number of stepping stones. Some groups managed this quicker then others, realising it would only work if you helped each other. Archie's group was given the challenge to get him across the same swamp blindfolded! An important lesson was learnt, with fun and laughter along the way.

Mrs D J Isaachsen, Head of Lower School

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Middle SchoolYear 5 Geography Trip

On Monday, Year 5 went to Cleeve Hill Common for a Geography trip.

We had to walk from the coach down to the sheep dip, which was very deep. The sheep dip is where the sheep on the Common used to get washed, and closed in 1950.

After looking at the sheep dip, we went on a bit of a hike to find the source of the River Isbourne. It was bubbling out of the ground, as it is a natural spring, and was really rocky.

Then we split into groups for pond dipping and used magnifying cups to scoop up mini water beasts from the water and under stones. We found freshwater shrimps, leeches, dragonfly larvae, slugs, frogs and tadpoles, using charts to identify them. Finally, after the pond dipping, we hiked back to the coach up quite a steep slope where some of the boys kept pricking themselves with thistles.

An excellent trip!

Isobelle Mace and Ollie McGrath, Year 5

Miss Gooch and Mrs Grieves took some of Year 6 girls up to Reeves Field to play a great match of rounders with our guests from Guernsey, ECJS (Elizabeth College).

We had a lovely time , playing a fun and good humoured game, although both teams definitely stepped up the pace and competition in their second innings.

It was a close match, final score 13 1/2 to ECJS, 12 to The Prep.

Clearly our girls enjoyed renewing their friendships with the Guernsey girls and the match was followed by a smashing match tea on the Head Master's Lawn.

Mrs D Bond, Director of Middle School

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Upper School

First Aid Training

On Saturday morning, Year 8 were lucky enough to have a talk and encounter various activities associated with administering First Aid.

We were given a talk about how to treat injured people in various situations with different injuries, and were able to put these techniques in a 'real life' scenario using a dummy.

We practised how to react in different situations, including CPR as well as wrapping each other up in bandages! It was an interesting and valuable experience which I’m sure will come in useful later on in life.

Mrs S X Reid, Director of Upper School

Year 8 Cotswold Way Walk

On Friday June 5, Year 8 walked a 12 mile section of the Cotswold Way.

Although tiring, the experience was entertaining and enjoyable and not one person failed to complete the walk.

There was time to relax and chat after our different exams this term, and we enjoyed the beautiful scenery. We set off at a brisk pace through fields and woodland, and briefly stopped for snacks and drinks. The weather was hot and sunny, and overall, everyone had a great time. Thank you to Dr Gilmour for organising the day for us.

Mrs S X Reid, Director of Upper School

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Thursday 18 June 20156.30pm - 9.30pm

£20 per person To include materials, wine and nibbles

Limited spaces available

All proceeds to TURF Charity

Portrait Master Class with Jacob Sutton

Register [email protected]

Tel. 01242 522697

Art Department

There are still a few places available at the Master Class event on 18 June, please do let Mrs A V Parsley know if you would like to attend.

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Girls' Sport

Tennis Scores

Team Opposition Date Score Result

U10 – 4 pairs Bromsgrove 6

June

5 – 3

matches

WON

U11 – 6 pairs Bromsgrove 6

June

7 – 3

matches

WON

1sts – 3 pairs St Hugh’s 10

June

3 – 6

matches

LOST

2nd – 3 pairs St Hugh’s 10

June

3 – 6

matches

LOST

U12 1st – 3 pairs St Hugh’s 10

June

0 – 9

matches

LOST

U12 2nd – 4

pairs

St Hugh’s 10

June

2 – 14

matches

LOST

Tennis Team of the Week – Middle School

The U10 team split into 2 couples per team with Number 1 & 2 couple playing each other and Number 3 & 4 playing each other. The 1st couple maintained their winning form while the 2nd couple who had not played with each other before began to establish a good partnership, communicating and covering the court well. The 3 & 4 couples won one match each and it was evident that they have all made great progress, serving consistently and making lots of winning volleys from the net. Well done girls!

The U11 girls enjoyed their tennis today, playing very evenly matched opposition. However, our consistency and attacking play from the net became apparent and our 3rd and 4th couple won all of their matches easily. Once again, thanks must go particularly to our 5th couple who stepped in to cover girls who were absent, winning one of their matches. One area for all our Under11 girls to work on is movement around the court, recovering quickly after a shot has been made so they are ready for the next.

Mrs J Upton, Games Teacher

Rounders Scores

Team Opposition Date Score Result

U9 MIX 1 Beaudesert 6 June 7.5 – 10 LOST

U9 MIX 2 Beaudesert 6 June 9.5 – 11.5 LOST

U9 A St Hugh’s 10 June 14 – 15 LOST

U9 B St Hugh’s 10 June 19 – 9 WON

U10 A St Hugh’s 10 June 14.5 – 25.5 LOST

U11 A St Hugh’s 10 June 12.5 – 22.5 LOST

U11 B St Hugh’s 10 June 11.5 - 18 LOST

U11 C St Hugh’s 10 June 15 – 25.5 LOST

U13 St Hugh’s 10 June 15 – 21.5 LOST

Upper School Mixed House Tennis

The Upper School boys and girls split themselves between tennis and cricket on Saturday, to play some fun co-educational sport. The tennis competition was very enjoyable, with mixed doubles pairs, all girl pairs against all boy pairs, as well as some simultaneous singles matches. We were even treated to a very exciting and high level tie-break singles match, between two of our excellent male tennis players, while the results were being tallied up.

Well done Monty and Louis. At the end of three different round robin tournaments, the overall results were as follows:

1st – TROY2nd – ATHENS3rd – PERSIA4th – SPARTA

5th eq – CORINTH and ROME

Miss S E Ramsay, Head of Girls' Sport

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Boys' Sport

Cricket Results

Team Opposition Result

1st XI Clifton College Won by 9 wickets

2nd XI Clifton College Lost by 50 runs

3rd XI Clifton College Won by 3 wickets

4th XI Clifton College Won by 7 wickets

5th XI Clifton College Lost by 51 runs

Colts A Cardiff District Side Lost by 23 runs

Colts B Clifton College Won by 13 runs

Colts C Clifton College Won by 9 wickets

Colts D Clifton College Lost by 46 runs

Colts E Clifton College Lost by 50 runs

U9A Clifton College Lost by 51 runs

U9B Clifton College Won by 1 run

U9C Clifton College Won by 25 runs

Where to begin, after so many adventures over the last few years ? Last Friday opposing sides travelled to Wycliffe, to take part in the annual six a-side cricket tournament.

Following a very tight win over Dean Close in the semi-final, our boys beat Llandaff Cathedral in the final, to bring home the trophy. An outstanding achievement from all concerned!

On Saturday, we held the Upper School House Sports event, where each house sent out a mixed cricket team of boys and girls to take to the field. The event was nothing short of fantastic; our girls threw themselves into the event and our boys undertook it in marvellous spirit, resulting in a great day for all. Persia came away with the win, following a very tight final game against runners-up Corinth. Well done to everyone!

Sunday was the annual cricketing battle between our Staff and Parents. Following last year's win by our parents, the pressure was on our staff to perform... and they certainly did. After a strong performance in the field, it came down to Mr Whybrow to hit the winning runs (which he duly did) and the trophy came back to the School Staff for another year.

Monday saw the arrival of our friends from Beechwood Prep, Guernsey. Following our visit to them for the Year 6 Hockey Tour, it was our turn to be host and play a match against them on Monday and then again in a small festival with Richard Pate on Tuesday. Once again, the children and staff who came over from Beechwood Prep were lovely, and great fun was had on the field. Many thanks to all those involved.

On Wednesday we took part in a large block fixture against Clifton and a Colts A game against the Cardiff and the Vale District side. There were great performances throughout the school, led by an outstanding win from the 1st XI.

My heroes of the week were the 4th XI team, who battled home to a strong win, despite having a team with many children who had only taken up cricket at the start of the term.

As you can see, there has been an awful lot of cricket over the last week and it continues. Thursday saw The Prep hosting the District Primary Schools Girls Cricket Competition and on Friday the 1st XI played Farmors School in the County Cup Semi Final.

I would like to take this final line to thank our groundstaff. In 13 years of Prep School cricket, I have not played on wickets as good as the ones here at The Prep; all the credit for this must to go to the groundstaff team.

Mr D E Simpson, Head of Boys' Sport

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Cheltenham Festival’s Young Scientists’ Day was held on 5 June, and the day went with a bang!

This years’ theme was Space, and the pupils experienced an exciting carousel of Science and Design Technology lessons:

In the Biology activity, pupils investigated what astronauts need to survive in space. They conducted a range of experiments to test for glucose, starch, protein and fat, and then had to decide which foods they would take on a mission to Mars! Pupils worked in the Science labs and thoroughly enjoyed the practical experiments, looking like real scientists wearing safety goggles and white lab coats.

In Chemistry, the pupils were treated to an exciting experience as they investigated, in particular, the use of hydrogen. Balloons with hydrogen went off with a bang, bubbles erupted in flames, chemicals bubbled ferociously and the pupils also made a real comet! They also conducted different experiments to see if they could get that ‘squeaky pop’ to show hydrogen was present. Altogether, an explosive and memorable session!

Cheltenham Festival's Young Scientists' Day

The Design Technology activity allowed the pupils to build their own rocket, using recycled materials.

They then had the opportunity to fire their rockets using compressed air. The challenge focused on distance and direction travelled, whilst at the same time controlling the release of compressed air. Rockets were whizzing up the corridor!

The exciting day finished with a fascinating talk by pyrotechnician Matthew Tosh and a large slice of a delicious space themed cake!

My thanks go to Cheltenham Festivals for giving us the opportunity to host this special day, designed to promote Science to our young and enthusiastic learners. The pupils had an amazing day!

Mrs G Barrett, Director of Learning

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Roll up! Roll up! The circus came to town on Friday night, as Persia House celebrated their bi-annual House Dinner.

The theme of the evening was the circus, with entertainment provided by the Great Theedomo!

His juggling skills were legendary, but many had yet to see the man in action. We were treated not only to balls and clubs, but also KNIVES and FIRE!

Amazing!After a delicious fry up and super puddings, our children were given the opportunity to juggle for themselves (with the slightly less dangerous bean bags and scarves!!). Balloon animals and balancing skills were also on offer.

A big 'Thank You' to the catering staff, for their lovely meal and to the children, who were great hosts to their guests. Everyone had a lovely evening.

Miss D M M Anderes, Head of Persia

Persia House Dinner

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Well done to the following pupils who have been awarded Headmaster's

Commendations• Charles Hellens in Year 7, for outstanding additional

research on 'The Crusades'

• Rory Southall in Year 7, for outstanding additional research on his family history

• William Speke, Annie Carter, Laura Bingham, Ian Chakravarti, David Noble and Minette Tombleson, in

Year 6, and Denis Solovyev, Katelyn Morton and Peter Marstrand in Year 7, for being helpful, welcoming and

polite to our visitors

Violet Bailey received an offer from Birmingham Junior Conservatoire after her successful audition earlier this week. She is looking forward to starting in September.

Charlotte Bailey

Individual Achievements

Well done to Henry Watkinson, who won the trophy for the fastest boy in Kingfishers during Sports Day!

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ClubsArchery

The Archery team achieved Third place in an event that took place on Friday of last week.

Andy Griffin, Archery Leader

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Notices

Saturday June 13

Transition meeting for Year 6 into Year 7 in the Library at 12.00

Drugs education talk for Year 8 pupils and their parents from 09.45 until 11.45 in the Assembly Hall. Year 8 pupils should come into school at the usual time.

Why not take advantage of our Activity Camps during the holidays?

There is a 10% discount for all children that attend The Prep, email Gemma on [email protected] for your discount code.

Thank you to everyone who brought in cakes for our Cake Sale today, the grand total of £162.30 was raised in aid of our charity TURF !

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Friends of the Prep Headmaster's X1 Tennis and Cricket event

The staff regained the annual trophy with a close fought victory last Sunday. This excellent cricket match was complemented by a close competition on the tennis court with Mrs Hughes (for the second year running!) and Mr Aylott running out worthy winners.

My thanks to Emma Graveney for co-ordinating a special day!

Mr Jonathan Whybrow, Headmaster

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Cheltenham College Prep School

16.00 Saturday 20 June- 9.00 Sunday 21 June 2015

Family Camp Out

• A camping experience for the whole family

• Pitch your tent on the school grounds for £30

(charged to your end of year account)

• Organised barbecue (or Indian takeaway from the Bath Road!)

• Your children will have their friends to play with, under your supervision

• Swimming pool

• Bacon sandwiches served on Sunday Morning

• Bathroom facilities in the Sports Hall

Please reserve your pitch with Reception by Friday 12 June

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Finlay Anderson Age 5Joshua Adams Age 6Harry Whitney Age 6Oscar Isaachsen Age 9Isabella Mills Age 11Seb Burden Age 12Megan Message Age 13

Happy Birthday to the following pupils next week!

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Sunday, June 14, 2015 - Sunday, June 21, 2015

Sunday, 14 June 2015Boarders' Big, Big Day Out. (Full and Regular Flexi Boarders Only)09:00Departure for Year 8 Trip to Bude (until Friday)11:00Year 7 24 Hours Experience at College starts11:00

Monday, 15 June 2015Week 10 (35) 15 - 21 JuneYear 8 in Bude00:00No after school clubs or activities this week. Late stay available.00:00Year 5 Animation Day00:00Year 3 Overnight Experience08:30Year 6 Trip depart for Rookesbury Park, Hampshire (until Friday)08:30Kingfishers Dress Rehearsal14:00Year 7 24 Hours Experience at College ends16:30

Tuesday, 16 June 2015Year 8 in Bude00:00Year 5 Animation Day00:00Year 6 at Rookesbury Park00:00Year 7 depart for @Bristol08:30Kingfishers Years 1-2 Summer Performance 1 (Assembly Hall)14:00Transition Meeting for Parents of children in Year 1 moving into Year 2 (Library)14:45Normal pick up for Years 3-416:00

Wednesday, 17 June 2015Year 8 in Bude00:00Year 6 at Rookesbury Park00:00Year 4 depart for Bushcraft Residential Trip (until Friday)08:30Year 5 depart for Legoland08:30Year 7 Geography fieldwork on microclimates (Leckhampton Hill)08:30Year 3 Trip to Cattle Country09:00Kingfishers Cottage and Reception Summer Performance (Assembly Hall)14:00Transition Meeting for Parents of children in Cottage moving into Reception (Library)14:45

Thursday, 18 June 2015Year 8 in Bude00:00Year 7 Outdoor Experience at The Prep (overnight camp at school)00:00Year 6 at Rookesbury Park00:00Year 5 depart for The Imperial War Museum08:30Kingfishers Summer Performance 2 (Assembly Hall)14:00Charity Event for TURF: Early Evening Portrait Master Class for Parents with Jacob Sutton (Art Room)18:00

Friday, 19 June 2015College Council Day00:00Year 7 Outdoor Experience continues. Pick up 16:3000:00Year 5 Art Workshop with Jacob Sutton08:30Flying into Year 3 Morning for Year 2 pupils11:00Year 8 return from Bude15:30

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Cheltenham College Preparatory SchoolThirlestaine Road

CheltenhamGloucestershire GL53 7AB

Tel - 01242 522 697Fax - 01242 265 620

Email - [email protected] - www.cheltenhamcollege.org

All changes and additions to the School Calendar are highlighted in yellow.

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Sunday, June 14, 2015 - Sunday, June 21, 2015Year 4 return from Bushcraft Residential Trip16:00Year 8 Leavers' Dinner. Pick up 22:0018:30

Saturday, 20 June 2015No school for Year 8 pupils00:00Departure for Rounders Festival at Down's Wraxall (A): U8A IX. Start 10:00. Pick up 13:3008:30Normal morning school for Years 5-708:30Year 2 Cricket and Rounders Internal Matches. pick up 12:0010:00Year 5 Animation Project Display to parents (Assembly Hall)11:30Friends of The Prep Family Camp Out14:00

Sunday, 21 June 2015Friends of The Prep Family Camp Out ends00:00Boarders' Fun In The Sun 213:30

Duty Mobiles:MS/US 07867 505721, LS 07789 938512, Kingfishers 07789 938514

Please email [email protected] you need to inform us of any absence from school

Cheltenham College Preparatory SchoolThirlestaine Road

CheltenhamGloucestershire GL53 7AB

Tel - 01242 522 697Fax - 01242 265 620

Email - [email protected] - www.cheltenhamcollege.org

All changes and additions to the School Calendar are highlighted in yellow.