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Prep Newsletter Friday 26th June 2015
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Prep Newsletter Friday
26th June 2015
Dear Parents and Friends,
This week…
We welcomed back Mrs Carter from her maternity leave. We are very
pleased that she is back with us and will be teaching Year 1 in September
with Mrs Dealey. I know that last Friday during Induction Morning all of our
current Reception girls had a great morning with both ladies.
Mrs Siddiqui (Zahra‟s mother - Year 6) gave a talk to the Upper Prep in
assembly on Monday based around the what the law is; the characters
involved - police, dogs, judges lawyers, prisoners; how the law is relevant
to the children in terms of rules as well as liability under the national law
from the age of responsibility set today at approximately age 10, with
emphasis on aggression (assault) theft and property damage.
Mrs Siddiqui emphasised that education is key to success in various
careers and especially law with its varied application. Those working in
the field of the law need to be articulate and eloquent. Many of the girls
were so inspired that over ⅔ of pupils are now considering a career in an
aspect of the law.
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Year 6 has had a great week with harvesting
their home grown produce and taking it
home to eat. They have also had a swim
survival session - please see their report.
Also they gave a wonderful assembly on
Tuesday to their parents and the Upper
Prep girls. It was so lovely to hear about
their memories of St Margaret‟s Preparatory
School and see photos from their recent
PGL residential. This Newsletter celebrates
Year 6‟s year 2014 - 2015.
Next week…
The Upper Prep House Plays continue and will be performed. Each
House Captain and Vice House Captain has written a play for every Y3 -
6 pupil in their house and have been rehearsing with their group over
the last couple of weeks. The plays are all amazing with thoughtful
scripts and a well-chosen song. The girls have also directed and
produced their plays and we are very much looking forward to seeing
each House Play performed next week.
On Monday Lower Prep will participate in an Environmental Day. Timings
for the day are as usual. Please would:
● your daughter come to school wearing her full PE kit, with
shorts under the jogging bottoms and trainers. The school coat will
be needed, especially in the morning.
● you apply sun cream on your daughter before she comes to
school.
● bring in a few small coins for the „hedgehog‟ coin trail.
● continue to donate products in our Tiggywinkles box.
On Tuesday the Lower Prep will have a visitor from „Perform‟ to teach
each class a drama lesson focussing on circus skills. There is nothing
that you need to do for this.
Also on Tuesday there are Zumba performances in the Upper Prep Hall
after school for parents to see your daughter‟s Zumba skills and the
dances she has been working on throughout the term. Please see the
dates page for timings.
Miss Pam‟s Ballet shows are on Wednesday - again please see the dates
page for timings.
Term finishes at 2pm, after lunch. Your
daughter‟s end of year report will be
available via your personal online portal
from lunchtime. We sent you a letter (in
your daughter‟s bag) on 05.06.15 to remind
you of your portal login details. If there are
any issues with accessing the report
please would you contact the School‟s IT
department. We will not be sending paper
copies.
The end of the school year is always a happy one with good weather, the
end of topics, exams and many exciting events planned. The end of this
year has been no exception with visits out of school, speakers in school,
Year 6 activities, cake sales and yesterday‟s Celebration of
Achievements Ceremony to name just a few. The end of the year is also a
time of reflection, especially for those who have been here a while and
will be moving on into the Senior School.
On Wednesday Upper Prep will participate in a walk
and picnic. Timings for the day are as usual. Please
would:
Your daughter come to school wearing her full
PE kit, with shorts under the jogging bottoms
and trainers.
You apply sunscreen on your daughter before
she comes to school. (Year 6 – as your daughter
will be swimming before the walk please can she
bring a bottle of sun screen to apply at school.)
wear a sun hat/cap.
bring her water bottle.
bring an empty carrier bag.
Next Friday, our final day, is Mufti Day when the girls can come into
school in their home clothes. Please ensure your daughter wears
sensible footwear and hair is school regulation, no make up or nail
varnish.
Mrs C Aisthorpe
Head of St. Margaret’s Preparatory School
The children have learned much from each of their teachers and have
spent so much time in each other‟s company. They have grown to know
each other‟s strengths and what makes each laugh or be frustrated; they
have tapped into each other‟s sense of humour as well as their sore
points. Your daughter‟s Class Teacher has come to know her well and
watched her develop personally into a more confident, more mature,
wiser young lady. She must have been asked hundreds, if not
thousands, of questions and pupils, I am sure, have regarded her as a
fount of wisdom.
We have been reminiscing with cries
of, “Do you remember,” and
“...remember when…”. We have
been reminding ourselves of the
learning that has taken place this
year, including the trickier topics of
algebra, historical timelines,
learning new times tables, where to
place semi-colons and the
definitions of this year‟s „WOW‟
words.
It is a known phenomenon that teachers miss their pupils before they
move onto a new class. We are blessed with such lovely girls and will
miss each one over the summer. However, we will look forward to the
new academic year in September too. I imagine in the final assembly
next Friday morning there will be a mixture of excitement and also
sadness as we all then head off to different corners of the world on
holiday.
I wish everyone good fortune for the summer, and for the few of you
moving onto pastures new - good luck. I hope over this year your
daughter‟s life has been enriched, because the girls have certainly
enriched ours!
June
29th Lower Prep Environmental Day
NO Rounders Club
30th 16:05-17:05 Upper Prep Science Club, last lesson
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
No Swimming Training
2nd 10:30-11:30 Year 2 Scooter Training
3rd Mufti Day
14:00 Term Ends
Dates
End of Term Ballet Display
Year 1 - Wednesday 1st July -12.40 - 1.30
Year 2 - Wednesday 1st July - 3.30 - 4.30
Year 3 - Wednesday 1st July - 4.30 - 5.30
Reception - Thursday 2nd July - 12.40 - 1.30
Years 4 & 5 - Thursday 2nd July - 4.10 - 5.10
020 8416 4501
Celebration of Achievement
Gardening Club
The gardening club have had a bumper year! They have successfully
grown: radish, strawberries, potatoes, onions, shallots and beautifully
perfumed sweet peas. A very big thank you to Mrs Hilton and Mrs
Thomson.
Celebrating Year 6
Bake Off/Enterprise Day
Last week Year 6 were learning about
profit and running their own small
business. Miss Letchet kindly agreed to
teach the girls how to make batches of
cupcakes and decorate them, so that
people might buy them. The girls listed
the costs (excluding their own labour)
and from that worked out the price-
points of selling the cakes. It was
agreed that they should sell for no less
than 30p per cake.
Afterwards the girls set up their stall,
just like a real business would, and
sold the cakes to the Upper Prep girls.
The result of all of this effort was that
the girls decided that: making cakes
took a lot of effort for the reward; that
they could have made even more from
the raw ingredients and that it is quite
hard work running a small business.
The total profit was nearly £30,
however, and the girls have decided to
donate their earnings to charity.
Swimming Survival Year 6 have started their swimming survival course, which is a timely event given that it is National Drowning Prevention week. Did you know that around 400 people in the UK drown every year? Year 6 will learn how to have fun around water whilst keeping safe, as well as learning a number of method for saving drowning people from the sea. Shelley makes the lessons such fun as well as practical.
Year 6 Assembly
On Tuesday Year 6 invited their parents to join us for assembly
where photographs from the PGL trip were shown for all to
enjoy. Each girl in Year 6 then shared their favourite memory of
their time here in Prep, it was wonderful to hear the girls speak
so confidently and a very special moment for all of us, thank
you girls, you were all absolutely fantastic!
My Friends