prep for the week issue 1827

Prep for The Week Issue Number 1827 6 May 2016 1

Issue Number 1827 – 6 May 2016

Prep for the Week

In this week’s issue… Headmaster's Blog and Commendations Welcome to Our School! Kingfishers and Lower School News Support for War-torn Bosnia New Farm Friends Bakery Club Girls' and Boys' Sports Updates R360 Rugby Camp Calendar and Notices

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The themes of the conference, which I attended this week, concentrated on the care of children, their physical safety and their mental resilience. I travelled up to the conference venue on the day that hundreds of thousands of children were kept at home to avoid sitting tests. On the following day, we were addressed by one of the ministers, Nicholas Gibb MP, responsible for those tests. As a headmaster responsible for putting children through the rigour of academic and other types of examination, I daily ask that the staff not only strive for excellence, but also, as importantly, I demand that they support the children, all of whom will react to pressure in different ways. And, you as parents, will also be a critical part of this equation, offering your own different styles of encouragement. Essentially, together we must prepare our children for the stresses and pressures of adult life and, testing in the classroom, on the stage, on the field and in a variety of social situations is central to this preparation.

One of the 'stages' on which children are tested is House Sports Day. This event has evolved from a day for just the athletic stars to one in which all are included. As much care as possible is taken to ensure that races are 'handicapped' to offer all a chance of winning at some stage without sacrificing the integrity of competition. Much of the children's effort is centred on their house and much organisation goes into reconciling the house effort with individual wishes. Therefore, please can I emphasise that all children in Years 3 to 8 are expected to attend and withdrawals, at any stage, undermine the integrity of the event.

Further to my last mention of classes for next September, I would like to confirm that details will be published in the week beginning 13 June. In the interim, we will be continuing with the relevant discussions.

I am pleased to announce the appointments of Mrs Conner and Mrs Reeves to the positions in Kingfishers of Deputy Head (Pastoral) and Deputy Head (Academic) respectively. Mirroring the structure used by the Prep School as a whole, these positions will support Mrs Buttress and, in effect, replace Miss Sheldon who is moving on to a Deputy Head role at St Gregory's in Cheltenham.

Jon Whybrow

Headmaster's Blog

Headmaster's Commendations

Sienna Baggiolifor creating an independent piece of art work based

on another child's exhibit

Izabella Sneyd for coming 22nd out of 463 entrants in the

Gloucestershire Young Photographers competition

Tillie Dessalles for Spanish speaking in costume


Prices: 1 Mug: £7.99 2 Mugs: £14.99 4 Mugs: £28.99 8 Mugs: £56.99

Any extra donations are welcome as all the money we make does go to charity.

What: We are selling Fine Bone China Seaside themed Cheltenham Prep mugs.

Who: We are doing it for the school charity ‘Gloucestershire Bundles’. You can contact us by emailing Mrs Conner at [email protected]

When: They will be available to order over the next few weeks, but also available to buy at the school fete.

Why: It is just one of the many projects we are doing as part of our post-scholarship programme. However its main purpose is to help Gloucestershire Bundles.

All mugs can be viewed outside the Drawing Room.

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Welcome to Our School!We have been lucky to welcome lots of friends and neighbours, from schools around the area, to The Prep this week! Art pupils of various ages pupils from Airthrie School, Berkhampstead School, Moreton-in-Marsh Primary, St James' Primary, Holme Grange, The Downs Malvern and Christ Church have enjoyed creative workshops held in the SATIPS Art Exhibition which opened at The Prep last week.

“The SATIPS exhibition is always fantastic, and this year’s display has been no exception,” said Head of Art at Cheltenham College Prep, Alayne Parsley. “We've thoroughly enjoyed hosting workshops and art lessons with a number of local schools, and I hope the visiting pupils have been impressed and inspired by their visit to the exhibition!”

22 pupils from Gloucester Road Primary School in Cheltenham also visited The Prep to have fun in the new, university-standard Science labs and learn about electricity.

Working with Cheltenham Prep Science staff to carry out experiments, the Year 4 boys and girls built fruit batteries, used the Van de Graaff machine to investigate static electricity and had balloon races. “They had great fun using the Van de Graaff generator and took turns to use the flow of electrons to make their hair stand on end or ‘shock’ their friends, which proved to be great fun!” said Mrs Faye Wells, Head of Science at The Prep. Cheltenham Prep enjoys a longstanding relationship with Gloucester Road Primary School, and looks forward to welcoming its pupils to The Prep in the future.


KingfishersKingfishers opened the Cheltenham Performing Arts Festival on Tuesday morning with two fantastic songs. They performed Sporting World (a set piece) and our chosen song Hear the Wind.

The children competed along with five other schools from around the local area. The comments they received were fantastic and the children were particularly commended on their enthusiasm and energy when singing. As this was the Kingfishers' first time entering a choir into the festival, all were extremely pleased with coming second overall! We very much look forward to entering the festival again next year. "I was very excited to be told that we came second, especially as I wasn’t expecting it." - Flo"We sung our hearts out and it was epic!" - Tiger"We sang Sporting World and it was great fun. I really liked holding a cricket ball and Gennaro held the bat." - Evie"It was fun because we got to hear other schools sing and hear how they sang." - Emma"I really like singing in front of a crowd." - Ryan

We've been enjoying the

brilliant weather this week with sack races and egg and spoon

races!


Lower SchoolOn Wednesday, Year 3 welcomed Year 2 into Lower School so they could share a break time. This was their third visit to Lower School and is part of a series of events to introduce life in Lower School to the children in Kingfishers. The Year 3s enjoyed seeing their Year 2 buddies again and spent a happy half hour showing the Year 2s around the Lower School play area and talking to them about what is is like to be in Year 3. The weather was very kind and it was lovely to see everyone, including the teachers, joining in with tag games and generally having a relaxing and social time.

In the fabulous weather, all the Lower School girls headed up to Reeves Field armed with rounders equipment, sunhats and water bottles this week. Our opponents were Wycliffe School and, before they arrived, the girls warmed up carefully and took time to practise throwing, catching and batting. The matches were hard fought, especially in Year 3, which ended in a draw. The Year 4 girls played two matches and came out on top in both. The teachers were especially pleased with how the girls fielded as a team and batted with determination. Afterwards, all the teams enjoyed a match tea on the Headmaster’s Lawn in the spring sunshine.


On Tuesday 3 May, Simon Evlyn-Bufton gave a presentation to his Year 7 classmates on his participation in his father’s charity work in Bosnia. Mr Evlyn-Bufton served as part of the British Army on behalf of the United Nations in helping the people affected by the Bosnian War. After this tour of duty finished, Mr Evlyn-Bufton set up a charity that is helping the children of Gorazde, a town that was involved in the conflict.

Simon told the audience about his father’s involvement in the area, both as a soldier and now doing charitable work. Simon explained that the charity aims to help the children, particularly at the local school, but also exists to help remember four young British soldiers who sadly died whilst on service with Mr Evlyn-Bufton, protecting the townspeople of Gorazde.

During the Summer Term last year, The Prep collected a large number of old books, largely unused textbooks, for the charity. Mr Evlyn-Bufton took these out to Gorazde, for the school. Simon showed the amazing journey that the books took in order to arrive safely and the

Year 7s were able to see pictures of where The Preps’ books are now housed.

Simon revealed the excellent work that the charity has been involved in at the school, providing new classrooms and a playground. He also read the personal thanks of the Headmistress to The Prep for the impact that their donations have made.

It was fascinating to hear about Simon's own experiences, particularly the charity run that he took part in. Simon’s father ran a marathon which ended in Gorazde and Simon, a keen runner himself, joined in for the last 8 miles: a fantastic achievement. There was a great picture (above) of Simon running across the bridge of the town during the final stretch.

It was an incredibly informative presentation and Simon spoke very well, with an obvious passion for the charity work

that he has been involved in. Year 7 were full of questions and Simon fielded these with great skill. The conversations continued well after the presentation ended and there was a real interest displayed by the pupils, eager to find out more. It was a superb experience for the audience and we look forward to hearing more about the charity and Simon’s involvement in the future.

Year 7 have also been given the wonderful opportunity to follow up this talk with a visit to the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, kindly organised by Mr Evlyn-Bufton. It promises to be a brilliant extension of Simon’s presentation.

Many thanks to Simon and Mr Evlyn-Bufton for the time spent preparing the presentation and for their outstanding charitable work.

Support for War-torn Bosnia


Bakery Club This term we welcome a new group of Middle School pupils to Bakery Club. We started off by making pastry for giant jam tarts! Baking the pastry ‘blind’ before adding the filling ensured the pastry base was well cooked. We used unsalted butter to give a delicious flavour to the pastry; although breaking the butter down took quite a lot of effort. It was worth it! Many pupils decorated the top of their jam tart with lattice work or cut out pastry shapes. We have also made some tasty looking cheese scones with fresh herbs. Beaten egg mixed with some milk was used to give a glaze on the top of the scones and some pupils sprinked extra cheese on too, before baking them. Pupils could add fresh Rosemary and chopped Chives to the mixture for added flavour. These scones prove very popular each time we make them. A gentle reminder: please can all Bakery Club pupils bring a tupperware box or tin and an apron each week, thanks.

New Farm Friends!Welcome to our new four-legged friends on the Prep Farm: this family of sheep! Have you been over to say "baaaa!" yet?


Girls' Sports

Team of the Week – 1sts Tennis

Our three pairs of U10 girls travelled down to Wycliffe for their first tennis fixture of the summer term. Training had gone well, between hail showers and baltic conditions, and the girls felt prepared. After a quick recap of the scoring system and tennis etiquette, the matches got under way. It was clear our girls have been working hard on their over arm serves, with quite a few hitting the target and many exciting rallies happening on each court. Over the course of the three matches each pair took part in, the improvement was clear to see, and our girls finished the victors overall, with an accumulative score sheet of 6 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw. Things to work on, but the girls obviously had a great time and should be proud of their first venture in the unchartered seas of competitive tennis. We face Bromsgrove on Saturday. Bring it on!

Girls' Rounders ResultsTEAM OPPOSITION DATE SCORE RESULTU13 Wycliffe 4 May 11.5 – 7 WONU11 Wycliffe 4 May 14.5 – 16 LOSTU10 Wycliffe 4 May 14.5 – 16 LOSTU9 A Wycliffe 4 May 16 – 6.5 WONU9 B Wycliffe 4 May 13.5 – 2.5 WONU8 Mix 1 Wycliffe 4 May 7.5 – 7.5 DREWU8 Mix 2 Wycliffe 4 May 3.5 – 3 WON

Girls' Tennis ResultsTEAM OPPOSITION DATE SCORE RESULT1sts – 4 pairs Wycliffe 4 May 4 – 11 LOST2nds – 4 pairs Wycliffe 4 May 12 – 3 WON3rds – 4 pairs Wycliffe 4 May 14 – 1 WON4ths – 4 pairs Wycliffe 4 May 12 – 1 WONU11 – 5 pairs Wycliffe 4 May 2 – 9 LOSTU10 – 3 pairs Wycliffe 4 May 6 – 2 WON

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Cheltenham Prep 3rd XI (61)lost to Abberley Prep 3rd XI (62-8) by 2 wickets

In a 20/20 format Abberley won the toss and elected to field. Abberley had just beaten Bromsgrove by seven wickets in their previous fixture and they proved formidable opposition with tight bowling complimented by sharp fielding. In the thirteen overs faced by our batsmen - eight players scored two runs or less whilst three players carried the team by scoring double figures. Four run outs did not aid Cheltenham's cause and they were skittled for 61 after just thirteen overs.

In reply Cheltenham decided to follow England's tactics in the 20/20 final and open with spin claiming a wicket with the first ball bowled of the Abberley innings! Indeed, after just seven overs, Abberley were 25 for 5! Game on! However, our pace attack could not replicate the success of our spinners and Abberley reached their target in the fifteenth over with eight wickets down.

It was a close and exciting game. Both sets of players carried themselves correctly on and off the field and both umpires agreed that it was a super afternoon's cricket played in great spirit.

Boys' Cricket ResultsTEAM OPPONENT RESULT SCOREU9A St Hugh’s U9A Won Won by 47 runsU9B St Hugh’s U9B Won Won by 48 runsU9C St Hugh’s U9C Won Won by 6 runs1st XI Abberley Hall 1st XI Won Won by 6 runs2nd XI Abberley Hall 2nd XI Won Won by 2 wickets3rd XI Abberley Hall 3rd XI Lost Lost by 2 wicket4th XI Abberley Hall 4th XI Won Won by 28 runs5th XI Abberley Hall 5th XI Friendly FriendlyU11A Abberley Hall Colts A Lost Lost by 4 wicketsU10A Abberley Hall Colts B Won Won by 2 runsU11B Abberley Hall Colts C Won Won by 9 wicketsWanderers Abberley Hall Colts D Lost Lost by 4 runs


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HEADMASTER'S XI CRICKET MATCH

With a BBQ at 15:30 To take part in the Tennis, email Lucy Hill on [email protected]

If would like to participate in the Cricket, contact Tim Buttress on [email protected]

If you are interested in playing Netball, call Amy Mills on 07507 847012

DOUBLES TENNIS TOURNAMENTNETBALL MINI-TOURNAMENT


CalendarSunday 8 May 201610:00 Charity Tennis Tournament open to Parents, Pupils and Staff (Tennis Courts)13:00 Mr Baird's Movie Outing (Full and Regular Flexi-Boarders Only)

Monday 9 May 2016 Week 5 (30) 9 - 15 May15:30 Departure for Severnside Tennis at Dean Close (A): U13 2 pairs, U11 pair, U10 pair. Pick up 18:00

Wednesday 11 May 201610:30 Year 2 Trip to Brunel Workshop and Tour of the SS Great Britain. Pick up 16:0012:30 Departure for Cricket v Monmouth (A): 2nd XI, 4th XI. Start 14:30. Pick up 19:0012:30 Departure for Cricket v RGS The Grange (A): U10A XI, U10B XI. Start 14:15. Pick up 18:3013:00 Departure for Tennis v Clifton (A): U13 11 pairs. Start 14:30. Pick up 17:3013:00 Departure for Rounders v RGSW The Grange (A): U11A, U11B. Start 14:30. Pick up 17:0013:45 Departure for Tennis v CLC (A): U13 11 pairs. Start 14:30. Pick up 16:1514:00 Ready for Reception for Prospective Parents14:15 Cricket v RGS The Grange (H): U11A XI, U11B XI, Wanderers XI. Pick up 17:4514:15 Cricket v Dean Close (H): 5th XI. Pick up 17:3014:30 Cricket v Monmouth (H): 1st XI, 3rd XI. Pick up 18:0014:45 Rounders v Richard Pate (H): U10A, U10B. Pick up 16:3015:00 Departure for Rounders v Richard Pate (A): U9A, U9B. Start 15:45. Pick up 17:30

Thursday 12 May 201609:00 Andrew Jeffrey The Maths Magician: Separate Workshops for Lower, Middle and Upper School09:30 Kingfishers Experience for Prospective Parents15:15 Departure for Athletics v St John's on the Hill (A): Years 3-4. Start 16:30. Pick up 18:4518:00 Troy House Dinner. Pick up 20:00

Friday 13 May 2016 Departure for District Athletics Championships at Prince of Wales Stadium. Years 7-8.14:15 Chapel (parents welcome)15:15 Cricket v St Edward’s (H): U9A VIII, U9B VIII, U9C VIII. Pick up 17:30

Saturday 14 May 201609:30 Departure for Cricket v Dean Close (A): U8A VIII, U8B VIII. Start 10:00. Pick up 13:0012:00 Departure for Severnside Athletics at Beaudesert (A): Years 4-8. Start 13:30. Pick up 17:30

Sunday 15 May 201613:00 Boarders' Fun in The Sun 1 (Full and Regular Flexi-Boarders Only)

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


Chloe Gifford Nash 5Maya Forde 8Edward Lait 9Grace Ren 9Aleki Jeveons 10Lily Brown 11Georgia Turner 12Caitlin Brister 13Imogen Cutts 13Emer Hughes 13

Happy Birthday to the following pupils this week!

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