Download - Prep Newsletter 22 May 2015
Prep Newsletter Friday
22nd May 2015
Dear Parents and Friends,
This has certainly been a week full of hard work, achievements and a lot of
fun. Before I begin to explain this week I want to celebrate the initiative of
Sarah and Chuwen in Year 4, who a few weeks ago came to see me about
an idea. They had been affected by the plight of those in the Nepalese
earthquake and wanted to help. They decided that selling cakes to the
Upper Prep would hopefully raise money. With help they planned the
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event, prepared the posters, made the
cakes, and organised friends to help sell
the cakes. This was a lot of hard work,
mixed with determination, perseverance
and as a result they raised a magnificent
£132.19. Impressive was Sarah and
Chuwen’s desire and motivation to help
On Tuesday this week we were awed by the wonderful Year 5 assembly
taking us through the achievements, innovations and inventions during
the Victorian era. We are very grateful and appreciative that our lives feel
so much more comfortable compared to the Victorians, many of whom
lived in terrible conditions and were affected by tragedy. The Year 5s had
learned their lines well, spoke clearly, were dressed beautifully and sang
with enthusiasm. This was an excellent, very enjoyable assembly and
thanks go to all of the girls and especially to Miss Caher.
those who are less fortunate. Equally impressive were their
entrepreneurial skills - they are a true inspiration! Well done girls, we are
so proud of you!
At the end of the afternoon (approximately 3.30pm) prizes will be
awarded after which the girls will return to their class teacher. Lower
Prep girls may be collected directly from the playing field, book bags will
not be sent home that day but please take home her PE bag. Upper Prep
girls will return to their classrooms, please collect your daughter from
her classroom as normal. Any girl who is not collected by a parent or
guardian will be looked after until normal pick up time. After School
Activities will continue as usual.
In the event of wet weather, it is likely that Sports Day will be cancelled
and lessons will continue as normal. If you are in doubt about this,
please refer to our school website, www.stmargaretsbushey.co.uk, for
information.
Also on Tuesday all the Lower Prep visited Aldenham Country Park and
despite the awful weather forecast, escaped most of the bad weather.
They had a wonderful day in the fresh air and learned so much through
exciting activities designed to teach them more about our environment
and the importance of the animals and minibeasts in the wild.
On Wednesday PCSOs Esther and Carol visited the
Lower Prep to talk about how they help everyone in
Bushey. The girls explained their understanding of
how the police help us, with examples of how their
families have been supported. They asked many
questions and at the end of the enjoyable session they
certainly understood more about how the police help
us.
Today has been the delightful Year 4 assembly and the Nicholson cake
sale (for the Upper Prep), as well as being Mufti Day, in aid of the Save
the Children Nepal Earthquake fund. More about each of these events in
the next Newsletter.
After half term we have even more events interspersed between all of the
important teaching and learning.
Sports Day An event, starting at 2pm on the Senior School playing field,
led by the Games department, involving every child in the Prep School.
The children will need to bring in their water bottle and wear their PE kit,
but with a plain t-shirt in their House colour.
Gordon = blue Nicholson = green Raleigh = red Wesley = yellow
The Year 6s will be off on a residential to Wiltshire to take part in team
building activities at the PGL camp.
The Informal Concert will involve invited Upper Prep pupils playing their
instrument to the Lower Prep children. Your daughter will have brought
home a letter today if she has been invited to play.
The ‘Big First Aid Lesson’ with St John
Ambulance is a specially designed 1
hour course for primary aged pupils
involving our pupils in Years 3 - 5
participating in a national event to learn
about how to keep safe and teach the
skills how to deal with and treat minor
accidents.
Living Eggs Mrs Walsgrove has organised for a set of live eggs to be
delivered. They will be kept in the Science Room and all pupils will be
able to see them and hopefully see the eggs hatch. This will undoubtedly
be a memorable experience as we are sure that everyone will be touched
to see a chick hatching.
During the whole Prep School Maths Morning all of the children will be
involved in a variety of activities.
The Upper Prep Swimming Gala is always a delightful event with the girls
competing against each other in Houses to score points for their team.
Due to the lack of space we are not able to invite parents to this event.
In the middle of June as part of the Father’s Day celebrations and
following fathers asking if there was an event for them (Mothers, you had
the Mother’s Day/Special Person Assembly in March), we are inviting
fathers into the Upper Prep Dining Room between 8 - 9am to have
breakfast with their daughter. Please e-mail Mrs Daws
([email protected]) to book a place.
Induction Morning is a great morning when the children move up into
their next class to have lessons with the teacher who will be their Form
Teacher in September. This is also an opportunity for those who will be
new in September to join us and to begin forging those friendships that
we hope will last a life time.
Mrs C Aisthorpe
Head of St. Margaret’s Preparatory School
Certificate
CONGRATULATIONS to…
Anna (Y3) Maya (Y3)
Year 6 have a variety of events planned for them to help continue to
develop skills and encourage teamwork and decision making. Events
this year include a visit to Reveley Lodge, a charity bake off and
swimming survival lessons.
Our annual Celebration of Achievements Ceremony is on Thursday 26th
June 9.30 - 10.30 am in the Sports Hall. After the ceremony parents are
invited to stay for refreshments before the girls resume lessons. We
would be delighted for you to attend to share in your daughter’s
celebration of her achievements this year. There will be a letter about
this nearer the time.
At the end of term we are organising environmental walks and picnics
for the Lower and Upper Prep separately. These are annual events
celebrating the summer environment and wildlife and are always hugely
enjoyable.
The Year 2 Scooter lesson was such a success last year that we decided
to organise the event again for this year. The Y2 children will need to
bring in their scooter and helmet. Please do not go and buy one if you do
not have one as we do have some in school. There will be a letter about
this nearer the time.
My goodness, what a wealth of opportunities in addition to all of the
classroom and Co-Curricular experiences! I hope that you have a
wonderful half term.
STAR AWARD
for 120 commendations Afrah (Y4) Ishiya (Y3)
Kaiyana (Y3) Melina (Y3) Sienna (Y4)
June
1st 08:30 Term resumes
1st-5th
Upper Prep Exam Week
9th 14:00-15:30 Prep School Sports Day
10th-12th
Year 6 PGL residential trip
11th 14:45-15:15 Informal Concert for Lower Prep children
15th Upper Prep Swimming Gala
16th Year 3 visit to Whipsnade Zoo
Year 6 visit to Reveley Lodge (morning)
Senior School Junior Concert (featuring Years 5 & 6)
18th 08:00-09:00 Father’s Day Breakfast – RSVP please
19th Induction Day
22nd-26th
Year 6 Swimming Survival Week
23rd 08:45-09:00 Year 6 Class Assembly – Parents Invited
24th 14:00-14:30 Wesley Cake Sale (Upper Prep only)
25th 09:30-10:30 Prep Celebration of Achievements Ceremony, Sports Centre
27th 19:00 – late Connections Grand Summer Ball
30th 15:45-16:05 Lower Prep Zumba Show,Upper Prep Hall
16:15-16:45 Upper Prep Zumba Show, Upper Prep Hall
July
1st Upper Prep Summer Picnic & Walk
2nd 10:30-11:30 Year 2 Scooter Training
3rd 14:00 Term Ends
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Dates
Lower Prep
Lower Prep had an
absolutely amazing day
out at Aldenham Country
Park on Tuesday.
Some of us went on a bear
hunt, while others were
finding bugs and looking
carefully to find the three
body parts: the head,
thorax and abdomen.
We had great fun on the monkey nets seeing how far up
we could go, fed the chickens, were licked by calves,
loved the baby bunnies (which are called kittens),
spotted reindeer and 'aaghed' at the lambs, all before
lunch!
After we had eaten we set out for the 100 Acre Wood to
play Pooh sticks on the bridge, hunt the heffalump, have
tea at Pooh corner, play in Roo's sandy pit and go on an
expedition to the North Pole; all between rain showers.
What a lot to fit into a day, it's
no wonder some of us fell
asleep on the coach on the way
back to school!
Thank you Mrs Jolley for
organising such a great day out.
Year 3 As the half term comes to an end it is time to celebrate many more achievements and successes. We have worked very hard to develop our story writing. We have been typing up our Easter Chick stories and we are going to make a class book of them all. When it is finished and ready to read it will be exciting to see them all. We have been enjoying our Art lessons and have been learning to draw faces. We have been paying attention to the position of the features and practising drawing them. We all know that practice makes perfect! We have to look carefully and draw what we see. We will continue with this after half term and keep working to improve our skills. It is exciting to see how much we are improving.
Happy half term everybody.
Year 4
On Friday some girls from Year 4 decided they would have a Cake Sale.
The aim was to raise money to give to people in Nepal who have been
affected by the earthquake. The girls put up posters, talked to classes,
and made a lot of cakes! Altogether the total amount raised was £132.19
which was an amazing achievement.
Well done to the following girls who contributed to the cake sale: Chuwen, Sarah, Sienna, Elif, Anais, Lucy and Afrah. You should all be very proud of yourselves. Thank you too, to all the parents who beavered
away, making cakes.
Year 5 This week Year 5 had the opportunity to perform their assembly piece in front of girls in Upper Prep and their parents. We took the audience on a journey through the Museum of Victorian Childhood where they could see what life was like for a range of young people from that era. The girls acted each part to a very high standard; managed scene changes with great professionalism; and sang the accompanying songs beautifully.
How this term is flying by!
The girls have been presenting their ‘Women during
World War 2’ talks this week and we have even more to
enjoy next week. Well done to those who have already
presented their work; we have learned just how women
took on some of the more traditionally male jobs and then
often had to hand them back, when the war came to an
end. Very interesting.
We have also been learning how to write play scripts, and
after half term we may get a chance to perform them to the
class.
Much of our week has been taken up with maths revision,
so the girls should be able to enjoy the half term sunshine,
confident that they have put in the hard work this year.
Year 6