Prep for the Week Issue 1808

Prep for The Week Issue Number 1808 16 October 2015 1

Issue Number 1808 – 16 October 2015

Prep for the Week

In this week’s issue… Headmaster's Blog and Commendations Medical Advice from the Health Centre Kingfishers, Lower, Middle & Upper School News Ski Trip for Years 5-8: BOOK NOW! Art Pupils Study Umbrellas Letter from the Library Get Recycling for Gloucestershire Bundles Girls' and Boys' Sports News Bakery and Craft Clubs Calendar, Events and Notices

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Well done to our Prep pupils for an excellent

Half Term. We hope all enjoy an excellent, well

deserved break!

There is a lot Pupils can do over the Half Term - from

spotting criminal spelling and grammar errors with

the Punctuation Police (see page 3), to the

House Art Competition (page 12) and recycling

for Gloucestershire Bundles (page 15).

Don't forget to pop the Friends of The Prep

Fireworks night in your diary - Saturday 7 November.


Headmaster's Blog

Dear ParentsOur final Chapel service of this Half Term covered the theme of “light and dark”. This seemed appropriate as we move into a Half Term when the clocks go back, the nights get longer and darker and we enjoy Halloween. Monday 2 November, the day of our return, is All Souls Day, so I asked the children in Chapel to consider the contrasts that ‘light and dark’ suggest. Here are a few:

• Good and evil• Harry Potter and Voldemort• Chess pieces• Inclusion and exclusion• Interest and disinterest – House Art: are you

going to produce something?• Motivated and demotivated – Year 8: are you

going to revise?• Good and bad• Tasty and foul• Sweet and sour• Positive and negative

I am sure that you can all see the examples, which are linked to how the Prep has started the academic year and to how it should aim to conduct itself in the second. The first half of the term has, on the whole, been spent in the light: it has been a positive one. However, there have been some ‘dark’ moments and I have had to deal with some unpleasantness between a very small minority of children. I reminded the children that life is not always as clear cut as light and dark. What about the shade and the grey areas? Have there been times when their behaviour towards each other and their attitude towards their responsibilities been just on the edge of acceptable?

In the reading, the Bible asked us to look into the mirror and see whether there is light in our eyes, or

do we see dark thoughts? When we gaze into our own eyes, do we see happiness or unhappiness, certainty or doubt, compassion or selfishness, positivity or negativity.

To conclude, I asked the children that over Half Term, they question whether they lurked around in the shadows, in the dark because they had dark deeds to hide? Or did they perform in a way, which deserved a spotlight on them to highlight all the good that they had done.

Support from the touchlineAttendance at our sports events, especially Saturdays, has been nothing short of phenomenal. Thank you so much for your support. I do enjoy the touchline so much and do my best to visit as many pitches on match days. At times, I do detect an edge, not necessarily from either ‘home’ or ‘away’ parents, when enthusiasm spills over into over competitiveness. Can I ask that the Prep sets the standard when it comes to this aspect of parental involvement? Not only is there guidance in our Saturday programme, but I also offer advice below, plagiarised from the Rugby Football Union.

The Good Spectator’s code • Young players are impressionable and their

behaviour will often reflect that of adults around them. In The Prep we welcome spectators on our touchlines who embrace the ethos of the game as one of fun, enjoyment and skill development.

• At The Prep spectators are encouraged to act as positive role models to all young players and respect the school’s policy with regard to spectator behaviour.

• At The Prep spectators should remember children play sport for their enjoyment not yours. Please acknowledge good individual and team performance from all youngsters irrespective of which team they play for.

• Respect the match official's decisions. Remember, they are volunteers providing an opportunity for youngsters to play competitive sport. Never verbally abuse young players, match officials, fellow spectators or coaches. Such behaviour can create a negative environment for young players and their behaviour will often reflect this.

• Acknowledge effort and good performance rather than the 'win at all costs' ethic.

• Encourage all youngsters in a positive way. If you do want to shout make sure it is 'for', not


'at', the players.• Condemn bad language, rude behaviour and violence.• Encourage all youngsters irrespective of their ability;

never ridicule any individual player, regardless of the team they play for.

• Remember: it's only a game!

Fixtures v. Dean CloseParents will have noticed that some fixtures against Dean Close start in the afternoon. This is because they still have a full schedule of Saturday morning school. Children involved in these later fixtures who are already at school, primarily Years 7 and 8, will be supervised appropriately until either departure or kick off.

Fireworks – Saturday 7 NovemberI look forward to welcoming you to the Friends of the Prep fireworks event on Saturday 7 November. Tickets are still available from Reception. On the evening, access to the viewing area will be from the area near Lower School and Kingfishers. No access will be allowed from the Sports Hall or past the farm.

Remembrance Service – Sunday 8 NovemberAll parents and their children are invited to attend our Service of Remembrance on Sunday 8 November at 17.00 in the College Chapel. This is a voluntary event. However, considering the sacrifice of over 1,200 Old Cheltonians in two world wars, I would hope that as many as possible attend this moving event. Children attending should report to the Prep Assembly hall at 16.30 whilst parents make their way to Chapel.

Lower School staffingI am delighted that Mrs Julia Evetts is expecting her first child. Mrs Evetts' replacement during her maternity leave will be announced as soon as an appointment is made.

We have begun the process of appointing a successor to Mrs Isaachsen who leaves in December to take up her first Headship. The successful candidate will take up the position in September, and I will announce who this is as soon as possible.

Mr Jonathan Whybrow

Punctuation Police Need You!

Your challenge over the Half Term holi-day is to police the streets of Chelten-

ham (or wherever you are based) and look

out for atrocious punctuation, spelling and grammar.

Have any of you spotted anything as criminal as

this?

Leave no stone unturned!Look at signs, shop names, branding and advertising on leaflets, vehicles, brochures and programmes… any-

where! If you are able, take a photo of the evidence and email it to Miss Massey

at [email protected] or bring it to Room 16 in Day End and

Pluses will be awarded.

Congratulations Mrs Theedom and Miss Griffiths!

We said goodbye to both Mrs Theedom and Miss Griffths in assembly this week and all wish them well for their maternity leave. We can't wait for cuddles with the new babies

when they arrive! Both will be very missed but we know Mrs Mackman and Mrs Trimmer are looking forward to joining the team and taking over these classes after Half Term.


Headmaster's CommendationsRui Palmer and Jasper Norman

for stepping in to provide hospitality to a taster visitor.

William Davey for extra commitment to History - he has brought books in to school, is bringing in a DVD and has also been

to see where Richard III was buried.

Victor Larsen and Freya Woodfor setting an excellent example in Boarding and being a kind and considerate dorm mate. To their great

credit both have kept their heads while others in their dorms have been behaving poorly.

Zeashan Choudharyfor his absolutely outstanding poster that summarises his Physics learning this term. The poster is not only

informative and technically correct, it is also visually lovely to look at.

Isobelle Mace; Alice Bradley and Evie de Quincey Adams for maintaining outstanding reading records in Year 6 (set one) English.

Sasha Fernandes for an outstanding book cover.

Harry Pearsonfor producing an excellent front cover picture for the ‘Read around the World’ display.

Ruby Coull and Freya Woodfor writing excellent and well-structured stories.

A very special sports correspondent was reporting from the Cheltenham Prep U11s rugby match at Bromsgrove this weekend. Here's what he had to say:

"On Saturday 10 October, Cheltenham U11s took on Bromsgrove on a dry, sunny, autumn day. I was a little late as my Dad could not find parking. Bromsgrove got 2 early tries because Cheltenham Prep's defence was a little disorganised (like my Dad's parking!). Cheltenham kept the pressure on the opposition with some very good tackling, forcing them to make mistakes. The game was amazing! Cheltenham struggled to get more tries as Bromsgrove's defence was very good. Cheltenham scored because they were fast at their breaks and were good at turning over the ball but Bromsgrove were bigger and stronger at the breakdown. It was a fantastic rugby match and I really enjoyed it. The final score was 5-2 to Bromgrove.The tries were scored by Ben and Harry. It was a great build-up to the Ireland v France game the following day."

By Matthew McGrath (Ollie McGrath's cousin), shown right with the team after the match


Important Medical Advicefrom the Health Centre

Dear Parents

The summer saw the Estates Department updating and remodelling what used to be known as the Medical Centre. With newly painted walls, the addition of an isolation room as well as two multi-function rooms for Pupil Support Services and teaching purposes, the environment is now much brighter and more comfortable for both pupils and staff. The update will continue into next year. Do call in if you’d like to see what has been done.

Please can we remind you of the importance of letting the Health Centre know if your child is taking any regular medication at home, whether they are a Day Pupil or Boarder. In the first instance please do this via phone call or if it’s easier please do come in for a chat. A copy of a GP's or Consultant's letter is always helpful so we have a clear understanding of any specific issues that your child may encounter. Please ensure that you also have a discussion with his or her form tutor, highlighting any potential side effects of the medication so that staff can be vigilant about these.

If they need medication administered during the school day, please deliver it to the Health Centre where a consent form for administration of medication must be signed.

A few reminders for you regarding common childhood complaints:

D & V If your child has had diarrhoea and/or vomiting, they must be kept off school for 48 hours from the last episode. This is to allow recovery and to protect the wider school community and is also in accordance with Public Health England Guidelines.

Impetigo A common and highly contagious skin

infection that causes sores and blisters. Your child must be off school until lesions are crusted and healed, or 48 hours after starting antibiotic treatment.

ScabiesA contagious skin condition caused by tiny mites that burrow into the skin, which is more common in the winter months. After the initial treatment it is fine for your child to return to school.

ChickenpoxChildren must remain off school until all spots have crusted over, this is usually about 5 to 6 days after the start of the rash. Slapped CheekAnother virus mostly seen in winter; the most common symptom is the appearance of a bright red rash on the cheeks. There is no need for the child to be off school, they may however feel unwell and develop a temperature and therefore not be well enough to come to school.

ConjunctivitisNo time off from school required, treatment recommended.

As you are aware, hand washing is one of the most important ways of controlling the spread of infections. Please remind your child of the importance of this simple measure.

If you have any queries regarding the above information or indeed anything else that we may be able to help with please do not hesitate to contact us by phone 01242 265629 or by email at [email protected].

Fiona ParryLead Nurse


Kingfishers

On Friday, Year 1 and Year 2 had the pleasure of watching Nick Sharratt at the Cheltenham Literature Festival. The children were fully engrossed, many of them on the edge of their chair as he retold lots of his fantastic stories. Here is what some of the children had to say:

“He was a very good drawer.” - Daisy, 1J

“It was brilliant.” - Star, 1B

“It was very good, I really liked the stories that he told. The shark in the park was my favourite.” - Michael, 2D

“It was great fun and I learnt that Nick Sharratt wrote and illustrated ‘You Chose’ and that’s my favourite book!” - Octavia, 2S

“He was funny because when he read his books to us, he put on a plastic wig. I liked it when he got Hugo from 1B up onto the stage to pretend to be the little boy from the story. He also did some drawing.” - Emma, 2G

Parents of Kingfishers children were very lucky this week as they were invited in to school to try some of our delicious lunches. The children were delighted to share this time with their families and enjoyed showing off how brilliantly they can share prayers together before eating, how independently they can collect their food and how well they can work together to tidy away after. The parents were then given the opportunity to watch playtime on the Kingfishers Patio, whilst enjoying a hot cup of tea or coffee. The children were very proud to show their parents how well they play together and behave whilst playing outside.


Plant Sale for Dundry Nurseries

Following on from last week’s green fingered plant potting activities, here are the fantastic results of the Lower School Plant and Cake Sale.

The children were excellent at setting up the stalls on which they sold both the pansies they had planted and the cakes they had decorated. Then, when the parents arrived, they took it in turns to sell the goods and provide change where required.

A grand total of £130.38 was raised, which we will be presenting to Dundry Nurseries shortly. Well done to everyone who was involved!

Lower School Lego Club

Lego club takes place on a Monday evening and the children have the opportunity to create structures based on different themes, or just to build using their own imaginations. As well as discussing how their construction is put together, they also spend time fabricating stories around them, combining both CDT and English curriculum skills.

Lower School


Middle SchoolYear 6 Writers' Workshop

Grim ghouls, scuttling spiders and beastly beasts were all strongly encouraged last week for the Year 6 Writers’ Workshop at the Cheltenham Literature Festival! Vivian French, author of a vast range of children’s fiction, put five of our lucky pupils through their paces and challenged them to write a story with a gothic/fantasy theme, from scratch.

Inspired by readings from French’s own books (particularly Tales from the Five Kingdoms) Alice Bradley, Monty Dawson, Lily Brown, Jasper Norman and Helaina Lenden produced the most wonderful creations, where good did not always triumph over evil and eerie happenings haunted every line and paragraph. Look out for these children’s spooky stories in their form rooms or ask them to tell you a clever way to come up with names for characters in any story.

"good did not always triumph over evil..."

Visit by Children's Author Tom Palmer

Last Friday, author Tom Palmer came to The Prep to give a talk to Middle School. Tom has mainly written books about football and rugby, however, other themes in his books include WWI, ghosts and international espionage.

Tom told us that he was not keen on reading or school as a child, but he did love sport. His mum encouraged him to read about football in magazines, newspapers and books. Gradually he developed a love for reading.

Pupils were able to ask Tom questions about his books and his career. He then treated us to a sports quiz and each pupil who answered correctly attempted to kick the ball over the rugby posts in the hall. The winner of the trophy was Ben Cunningham, who successfully managed this feat and was awarded a trophy. The teachers were then forced into displaying their rugby conversion skills. Sadly nobody was successful, only managing to kick a few shoes off our feet and over the bar, much to the amusement of Middle School!

"the winner was awarded a trophy"


Middle School English

Year 6 pupils have been working on their non-verbal reasoning skills to help them practise for their upcoming 11+ examinations. We’ve also been looking at solving riddles in algebra and words as well as trying to make up some of our own.

Today we looked at different types of poetry and language and asked ourselves:

What is emotive language?What effects can poetry have on us?Why do poets choose their subjects? What is their motivation?

We looked at Blake’s “Tyger” poem and a comical poem about turkeys. The boys and girls made some really interesting links and observations about the poems and each pupil was asked to explain to the group what they liked, and most importantly, why they liked a different element of each poem.

"I was really impressed with their thoughts, contributions and comments and I look forward to seeing their future progress!” - Mrs Sarah Reid, Director of Upper School

Upper SchoolReading Buddies

“A Reading Buddy is when a Year 8 volunteers to listen to a Year 5 pupil read. If you are a reading buddy, you meet with your ‘buddy’ on certain days. For example, I listen to my buddy during morning registration on Mondays and Fridays.

Having a reading buddy in Year 5 is a great opportunity to help someone with their confidence in reading aloud as well as guiding them with their pace and when to pause. I personally chose to be a reading buddy as I love reading and it gives me a chance to help someone else develop a love of reading too. I also chose to do this because I like working with younger children and helping them.

Overall, I am definitely getting a lot out of Reading Buddies.”

- Hermione Lloyd-Horton, 8L

“I like having a reading buddy because it

makes me confident with my reading”

- Sky Jamieson, 5S

“I like it when my buddy explains a word I don’t understand. I feel happy having a reading buddy.” - Kitty Dunkerton, 5S


Years 5-8 Ski TripDuring the Easter holidays, Years 5-8 Prep pupils will have the chance to jet off to Ponte di Legno in Italy for a week of fun in the snow! Don't miss out on this fabulous opportunity for your child to travel in Europe and develop adventure sporting skills.

Flying out to the Italian slopes, and staying at the 4* Hotel Mirella, Ponte di Legno, pupils will have the chance to learn new or develop existing skiing skills. In addition, we'll be making the most of the resort's swimming pool, enjoying a movie night and a pizza night - amongst various other entertainment.

"What I love about skiing is the mountain-fresh air! Being in breathtaking surroundings with friends makes this kind of holiday a truly memorable experience!" - Ms Amie Duggan. The trip will take place 19 - 26 March 2016 and will cost £975 per child, with flights, accommoda-tion, food, ski pass and equipment hire included. To secure a place for your child, a deposit pay-ment of £250 will be required by Monday 2 November.

For more information or to book, see the Clarion Email sent to parents on Friday 16 October, see Ms Duggan in classroom 2D in Kingfishers, or email [email protected].


Art

Inspired by our umbrella installation in the art room, Years 5-8 pupils have gone umbrella-mad! Here are some of their pastel drawings.

Anna's charcoal drawing

Josie's pastel coloursYear 7 share their work

Brolly good fun!

Natural Art

This week, Year 1 children were very excited to learn about Andy Goldsworthy and to be given the opportunity to become sculptors themselves! They were challenged to find and use natural materials from around the school to create their own sculptures or land art. It was amazing to see some of the magnificent works of art that they created! Well-done Year 1!

Can you guess which sculptures on the right were done by Andy and which by our Year 1 pupils?


House Art CompetitionOctober Half Term 2015

‘Autumn Leaves’

Open to all children from Year 3 to Year 8. The intention is to encourage everyone to create an original piece

of work entitled ‘Autumn Leaves’.

Children, be inspired by the season, look around you and create something which reflects this time of year.

Choose collage, drawing, painting, photography, mixed media, clay or another medium which allows you to achieve an original

piece of artwork worthy of submitting. There will be prizes for each year group, based on the most creative ideas.

Please don’t feel you have to be an artist to enter, it’s your ideas and commitment we are looking for. All entrants will receive a

point for their House.

The artwork should be no bigger than A3, and must have your full name and age on the back. Please bring your finished piece to the

Art Room at Registration on Monday 2nd November 2015.

Results and prizes will be announced in The Prep for The Week.An exhibition of the work will take place in the House corridor later

that week. Best wishes and good luck! Mrs Alayne Parsley, Head of Art


Letter from the Library

Year 4 were left in stitches by author Steve Cole at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on Friday. In between fits of giggles, pupils listened to his interactive and engaging session which gave lots of ideas about how to write creative stories.

Mrs Isaachsen even managed to grab Steve for a selfie!

It's been a great literary week: Years 1 and 2 also visited Nick Sharratt at the Festival (see page 6) and author Tom Palmer came to visit us at The Prep.

Over Half Term please encourage your children to:• Read a book!• Check their shelves for library books• Enter the book recommendation competition (Years

3-8)

Please also support the Scholastic book fair which will be held in the Library from Friday 6 November until Thursday 12 November (further details have been sent via Clarion email to all parents).

Competition for Years 3-8Prizes to be won!

This competition involves writing a book recommendation.

Christmas is approaching and a book is always a lovely gift to give. People could get ideas from your recommendations.

In your recommendation you should include:• The title and author of the book• What it is about - a brief summary of the

plot• Why you liked it - it could be a particular

character, the style of writing, the pictures etc.

• Who would you recommend it to? Who might enjoy it and why? Decide this by thinking about the type of book it is

• You may want to include a picture of the book, a character or a scene from it

Entries must be handed to Mrs Dawson by Tuesday 3 November.

All entries will gain a point for their House!


Shakespeare Schools FestivalYear 8 are in full rehearsal for the national Shakespeare Schools

Festival, leading to their performance at Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre on Monday 9 November 2015.

On this night the cast of Prep pupils will perform an abridged version of The Comedy of Errors.

Tickets are available from The Everyman Theatre Box Office and we encourage as many parents and pupils as possible to come

and support us on what will be a very entertaining evening.

National Poetry DayThursday saw National Poetry Day being celebrated in every corner and on every door of The Prep. As pupils moved around the school they were treated to a new and exciting poem, one especially chosen by the occupier(s) of that room. Reception pupils enjoyed an exciting poetry hunt and happily shared with other pupils and teachers the sorts of poems they had encountered. Musical personification poems were on the practice room doors in Lake House, Scottish monsters and geeky numbers were lurking in the Davis block, lonely clouds in the PA’s office, Icelandic inspiration in the Science and Technology block, Latin lingo and Greek gobbledygook in Day End, gruesome jabberwockies lurking near the Deputy Heads, and, not only an ode to a haggis, but two delightful pictures of said Scottish delicacy in Middle School! Lessons themselves were sprinkled with alliteration and rhyming lesson objectives and poems aplenty were being written and performed in a whole range of lessons and age groups. All in all, a plethora of positively pleasing, princely poetry!


Gloucestershire Bundles is a charity providing emergency bundles of childrens clothing, equipment and toys to families who find themselves in a crisis situation.

Raising £ for charity by recycling, please

deposit your donated rubbish into the

recycling bins near the Cottage

EMPTY FOOD POUCHES

= 2P EACH

PLASTIC BOTTLE CAPSPLASTIC WIPE PACKETS

CLEANING TRIGGERS

= 2P EACH

OUTER BISCUIT

WRAPPERS = 2P EACH


Girls' Sports

U8 St Hugh’s Festival

On Saturday 11 October, three U8 teams entered a hockey festival at St Hugh’s Prep School. The Cheltenham Prep Reds were unstoppable, showing great skill in every game. The defence were superb, conceding only one goal in the entire tournament. The midfield and striker worked incredibly hard together, with quick passing and skilful dribbling, to score goal after goal. After five matches, The Prep Reds were undefeated. The Prep Whites and Oranges made huge improvements throughout the morning, bouncing back from some heavy defeats in their first games to manage draws in their later games. Well done girls on your perseverance and determination!

U9 and U10 Invitational Tournaments

On Wednesday, we welcomed 27 teams to The Prep for our U9 and U10 invitational tournaments. We are very lucky that our excellent facilities here at Cheltenham College Prep allow us to host events of this size. Unfortunately our teams did not manage to retain the trophy, but some very exciting matches were played with both competitions coming down to goal difference to determine the semi-finalists. Events of this magnitude take a huge amount of planning and my thanks must obviously go to the coaches, umpires and pitch organisers, but also to the Catering team, the Estates team, the Sports Centre team, our parking marshalls and our admin staff who all played a valuable part in the success of the day.

This weekend was the time for Middle and Upper School girls to compete in hockey for their Houses. They approached this event very competitively and the captains did a fantastic job of organising their teams and ensuring everyone was included. The standard of hockey was excellent, and as always, our girls impressed with their attitude. The winning teams, Corinth and Rome, are pictured above.

Middle School Results Upper School Results1st - Corinth 1st - Rome2nd - Sparta 2nd - Persia3rd - Troy 3rd - Athens4th - Persia 4th - Sparta5th - Athens 5th - Corinth6th - Rome 6th - Troy For news, fixtures and

updates, follow us on Twitter!

@cheltprepgirls


Boys' SportsResult of the Week - Mighty 3rd Team Win

Both matches saw the Thirds produce convincing wins this Wednesday, having to end up with less players on the pitch to make the games competitive.

Our first match against Prior Park saw the thirds play very well towards the end of the first half, with some great rucking, quick ball handling and passing out to the wing, resulting in many tries. After weakening the team we ended up winning 29 - 5.

In the second match the boys showed even greater dominance than in the first and score 3 break away tries, displaying great handling and support play. The boys were really enjoying their rugby and are an exceptional third team. They won the second game 34 - 5.

Boys' Rugby FixturesTEAM OPPONENT RESULT SCORE1st XV Bromsgrove U12A Won 53-211st XV St John’s 1st XV Lost 29-102nd XV Bromsgrove U13B Lost 10-432nd XV Prior Park 1st XV Lost 14-313rd XV Bromsgrove U13C Lost 0-293rd X Prior Park 2nd X Won 29-53rd X St John’s 2nd X Won 34-5U11A Bromsgrove U11A Lost 10-30U11A Beaudesert Festival Festival N/AU11B Bromsgrove U11B/C Won 35-25U11B Beaudesert Festival Festival N/AU11C Beaudesert Festival Festival N/AU10A Bromsgrove U10A Lost 15-25U10A Wycliffe Festival Festival N/AU10B Bromsgrove U10B/C Drew 15-15U10B Wycliffe Festival Festival N/AU10C Bromsgrove U10D Won 55-15U10C Wycliffe Festival Festival N/AU9ABC Clifton Festival Festival N/A

For news, fixtures and updates, follow us on Twitter!

@cheltprep_boys

Well done to all our boys who have been selected to attend Gloucestershire County Cricket training over the winter – Harry Dawson, Ross Broughton-Johnson, Finlay Hurst and Ollie Elliott.

After Half Term a Clarion email will go out to parents regarding the October 2016 U12 and U13 rugby tour to Barcelona.


Bakery Club

Craft Club

This week Bakery Club was transformed into a meeting of many witches and wizards to celebrate an early Halloween! The pupils thoroughly enjoyed

making chocolate covered witches' hats, gruesome edible eyeballs, scary spider cakes with dangly legs and chocolate button owl cakes. Many pupils were very creative and enjoyed designing their own monster creations too.

As you can see, the results were very impressive. Happy Halloween!

Pupils at Craft Club had the challenge of carving a pumpkin to celebrate Halloween. First, we sliced off the top to act as a lid, then came the hard and messy work of scooping out all the slippery seeds and stringy pulp!

The pupils designed and drew on scary witches' faces and also a very effective cat’s face. We then carefully cut out the designs to reveal the

carvings. Mrs Barrett and Mrs Buxton designed a monster face, which is on display in Coach House foyer. All the pumpkins looked excellent and

very scary! Happy Halloween!


CalendarSunday, 1 November 201519:00 Boarders return, latest return 19:30

Monday, 2 November 2015 Week 9, 2 - 8 November Year 8 Examinations (All day) House Art entries returned to Dining Room08:00 School resumes

Tuesday, 3 November 2015 Year 8 Examinations (All day)06:30 Departure for IAPS Hockey at Ashfold School (A): U11A VII. Pick up 18:3016:00 Parents' Evening for parents of children in Cottage and Reception Classes (Classrooms)

Wednesday, 4 November 2015Fixtures Year 8 Examinations (am)12:45 Departure for Rugby v Clifton College (A): 2nd XV, U10A VIII, U10B VIII, U10C VIII, U9B VII, U9C VII, U9D VII. Start 14:30. Pick up 17:4513:00 Departure for Hockey v St Hugh's (A): U9B VII. Start 14:15. U9A VII. Start 15:00. Pick up 17:0014:15 Hockey v St Hugh's (H): U10A VII, U10B VII, U11A VII, U11B VII. Pick up 16:1514:30 Rugby v Clifton College (H): 1st XV, 3rd XV, 4th X, U11A IX, U11B IX, U11C IX, U9A VII. Pick up 16:3015:15 Hockey v St Hugh's (H): 1st VII, 3rd VII, 4th VII, 5th VII. Pick up 16:45

Thursday, 5 November 2015 Year 8 Examinations (am) Year 5 Examinations (am)08:30 Coach House and EAL Coffee Morning (Coach House)09:30 Kingfishers Experience for Prospective Parents14:00 Departure for overnight stay before IAPS Hockey: 1st VII17:00 Swimming Gala v Dean Close (H): Years 3-5. Pick up 18:15

Friday, 6 November 2015Year 5 Examinations (am)08:15 Scholastic Book Fair09:00 IAPS Hockey at Epsom (A): 1st VII. Pick up 19:0014:15 Congregational Practice14:15 Kingfisher and Lower School Chess Challenge

Saturday, 7 November 2015Fixtures08:30 Departure for Beaudesert Park Hockey Festival (A): U8A VII, U8B VII. Start 10:00. Pick up 13:0009:00 Departure for Rugby v Dean Close (A): U10A VIII, U10B VIII, U10C VIII, U8A VI, U8B VI, U8C VI. Start 10:00. Pick up 12:0010:00 Hockey v Dean Close (H): U9A VII, U10B VII, Pick up 11:1510:00 Rugby v Dean Close (H): U9A VII, U9 B VII, U9C VII, U9D VII. Pick up 11:4512:00 Departure for Hockey v Dean Close (A): 1st VII, 2nd VII, 3rd VII. Start 12:45. Pick up 14:3012:15 Departure for Rugby v Dean Close (A): 1st XV, 3rd XV. Start 13:15. Pick up 14:4512:45 Hockey v Dean Close (H): U11A VII, 4th VII, 5th VII. Pick up 14:00

All changes and additions to the School Calendar appear in pink.


13:15 Rugby v Dean Close (H): 2nd XV, 4th X, U11A IX, U11B IX, U11C IX. Pick up 14:3018:00 Friends of The Prep Firework Display

Sunday, 8 November 201514:00 Boarding House with the Everyman Theatre (Full and Regular Flexi-Boarders Only)17:00 Remembrance Service (voluntary attendance)

Bobby Stubbert 4

Emily Faulkner 5

Maria Choudhary 6

Charles McKee 6

Franchesca Flexer 7

Sienna Baggioli 9

Max Callon Hine 9

Abdelrahman Sallam 9

Michaela Ogbobine 10

Archie McNeill 11

Jasper Norman 11

Joseph Tagg 11

Isaac Tagg 11

William Speke 12

Dekhan Dodo 13

Billy Mayes 13

Rory Southall 13

Jemima Bailey 7

Finn Merheim-Kealy 11

Hugo Ladkin 12

Monty Graveney 13

Happy Birthday to the following pupils, who celebrate a birthday during the Half

Term holiday!



Bath Road, Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 7LD T: 01242 265600 E: [email protected]

www.cheltenhamcollege.org

Cheltenham College Chamber Choir presents

Duruflé Requiem MassLiturgical performance and Eucharist for All Souls’ Day Directed by David McKee, Organist Alexander Ffinch

Monday 2 November at 8.00pm Cheltenham College ChapelFree Admission


NOTICES

School Uniform Shop

Please note that the School Uniform Shop will be closed during the October Half Term

holiday.

Julie Tague and Irene Jones

Santa Family Fun Run 11.00 - 12.00

Sunday 6 December 2015Save the date - more details to come!

Events to look forward to next Half Term!

Friends of The Prep Firework NightRemembrance Service

Shakespeare Schools FestivalRugby Training with Tom Palmer

The Cheltonian Association and Society Christmas FairYear 3 Egyptian Day

Year 4 India DayAdvent Carol Service and Nativity Performances

Christingle Service at ChapelCarol Singing on the Promenade

Documents

Prep for the Week Issue 1808