Northbourne News

Northbourne Park School, Betteshanger, Deal, Kent, CT14 0NW— T: 01304 611215

www.northbournepark.com @northbournepark

Friday 2nd March 2018 Issue 20 Pre-Prep news

The weather this week has certainly caused

a stir amongst the children. As you can see

they have enjoyed a couple of snowy play-

times!

World Book Day on Thursday brought with

it so many fantastic costumes. The children

really enjoyed listening to stories in differ-

ent ‘nooks’ and a

hunt of famous

book characters

posted around the school. Mr Berriman judged the

best dressed of each class and the winners were, Violet

Clayson ‘Violet the Pilot’, Ophelia Savage ‘Lola’,

Digby Steed ‘Peter Rabbit’ and Agatha Hudson ‘My

Little Pony’.

Can we just remind you all to ensure that your child

has a hat, scarf and gloves in school to wrap up in for

outside play. Could we also request that if you have

any outgrown tights or socks they would be gratefully

appreciated in the Nursery as we always need spares.

Message from the Headmaster

The week has, of course, been disrupted by the snow and bad weather but I have to say we have got on with school life as close to normal as possible.

We will look for alternative dates for those events that were postponed. In the meantime stay safe, warm and hope to see you on Monday.

Chinese Visit

On Monday, we welcomed 7 visi-

tors from Greentown Yuhua Pri-

mary School, China. It was a very

successful visit and our visitors

were overwhelmed with the com-

munity spirit of NPS and the quali-

ty of education provided. They

commented particularly on the

care the children receive from all

the staff and they were eager to

learn all about the curriculum and

the many enrichment opportunities.

World Book Day

World Book Day was celebrated in great style at NPS with every child, and many of

the staff, dressing up as literary characters. There were colourful guest appearances

from an Oompah Loompah, Eeyore, Tigger and Winnie the Pooh, and some Harry

Potters. Ivor the Engine chugged in for the day, Dennis the

Menace and Fantastic Mr Fox joined in. Miss Trunchbull

unusually treated all of the Matildas very nicely and Sleep-

ing Beauty and her three Fairy godmothers added a touch

of magic. Superman flew around and Hetty Feather cleaned

up after him.

There are far too many brilliant

characters to mention here but

thank you to all the children and

staff for entering into the spirit of

the day; it was great fun and

wonderful to see such an array of

outfits with some super home-

made costumes and props too.

A very special thanks must go to

the Boarding Team for all their

support of the boarders and, of

course, to all our parents for their

enthusiastic involvement.

Miss Goodall

Northbourne Park School, Betteshanger, Deal, Kent, CT14 0NW— T: 01304 611215

www.northbournepark.com @northbournepark

Dates for the Diary

March

Fri 2 U13 PGL Netball weekend away at Windmill Hill (postponed)

15.00 Informal Concert (postponed)

16.30 Finish. No Prep.

Long weekend begins

WEEK 9

Section Bilingue exams week

Tues 6 Stevens & Wainman Cross Country

Wed 7 Pre-Prep World Maths day

15.30 Uniform shop open

U9 Netball vs Dover college (H)

U10 Netball vs Wellesley House (H)

U11A Netball vs Dover College (H)

U13 Netball vs St Lawrence (A)

U9 Rugby vs Spring Grove (A)

Colts Rugby A vs Wellesley House (H)

1st Team Rugby vs Wellesley House (A)

Fri 9 KET/PET mock orals

09.30 Pre-Prep Mothers Day Service

Sat 10 08.30 Church service in the Chapel

10.00-11.00 Music Club Strings

Boarding

The children have had an exciting week with not only regular snow flurries for them to enjoy but also World Book Day to celebrate on Thursday! In addition we were treated to a bread making session from Holroyde Howe (our su-per catering company!) on Thursday evening too! We are hoping to venture out over the weekend if the weather allows, but have plenty of hot chocolate, movies and indoor games on standby if not!

Girls Netball

The calendar is showing two entries for netball matches on Wed 14th March. Please note that the first en-try is for Wed 7th March not the 14th.

Wed 7th March matches are:

U9 vs Dover college (H)

U10 vs Wellesley House (H)

U11A vs Dover College (H)

U13 vs St Lawrence (A)

Easter Holiday Activities

Super Camps Multi Activity Days are run-ning through-out the Easter and the Sum-mer holidays. Places can be booked online via the school website: northbournepark.com/events.aspx Quote PARENT18 at the checkout to receive your 10% discount.