Dates for the Diary May

Sunday 3rd Prep 5& 6 Climbing trip

Mon 4th Normal School day

Wed 6th Fire Safety Talk Prep 2 & 5

Thurs 7th Cricket U9A v Blundells (A)*

U9A Rounders v Blundells (A)

* Please note the above matches are in the

calendar as home matches. They are both

away matches.

Wednesday 13th May—EARLY BUSES FOR

ALL - NO CLUBS

The New Forest

West Buckland Prep School

Welcome Back! We hope you all had a wonderful Easter holiday and have enjoyed the break. We have many exciting events this term including, the Prep 3 and 4 Musical, “Wind in the Willows“ on 20th and 21st May; Sports Day, Prize Giving, the Pre-Prep Sports Day and Prizes, the Year 5 residential trip to Portsmouth, various recitals, our Summer Concert, matches and school trips. By now you should have a school calendar with the majority of the details for the various matches and events. We will keep you informed of events as the term progresses.

Year 5 Visit to the New Forest, Portsmouth Naval Dock-

yard, and Beaulieu Motor Museum The Prep 5 pupils will be away

from school for two days on an

extended field trip to the New

Forest and Portsmouth Harbour.

They are leaving on Thursday 21st

May and returning on Friday even-

ing. The pupils will visit the Beau-

lieu Motor Museum and the Ports-

mouth Naval dockyard with a spe-

cial tour of HMS Warrior and HMS Victory. They will also explore many other

aspects of the dockyard including the Royal Navy museum and ‘Action

Stations’ which is an exciting mixture of physical challenges, simulators and

technological experiments. All Year 5 parents should have received a letter

about this via pupil post and email. You will receive a clothing list and further

details after permission slips have been collected.

Extra Curricular Activities and Travel Hopefully your child has already joined some of the clubs available this term. There is a range of activities and the pupils can try some out, but after the first two weeks the pupils are expected to be committed to that club until the end of term. Should any activity be cancelled for any reason the children should remain at school for the supervised prep session rather than change their travel arrangements.

Reminder - Early Buses—Tuesday 13th May Please note that on Wednesday 13th May all buses will leave school at

4.30pm and there will be no after school activities or clubs on that day.

Please ensure the necessary arrangements have been made for your children

to be collected at the bus stops and from school.

Don’t forget

it’s a normal school

day for us on

Monday 4th May !

Issue 83 Vol. 2

1st May 2015

Parents’ Consultation Evening: Tuesday 19th May The Parents’ Consultation Evening is on Tuesday 19th May. You will receive

an appointment time in the post to see your child’s tutor. If you are unable

to make this time, please let Mrs Mogg know as soon as possible so that an

alternative appointment can be offered. Each appointment will be for ten

minutes and we ask that you keep within your allotted time. There will be

tea and coffee in the Langholme Hall for parents who need to wait between

appointments.

Fire Service in School

On Wednesday 6th May the Fire Service are coming into school

to speak to Year 2 and 5 pupils about fire safety in the home. The

children will be given literature to take home after their talk. In

previous years the children have been very interested in what the

firemen had to say and are given the opportunity to ask lots of

questions afterwards. In many cases, visits to schools from the

Fire Service have a lasting affect on the children and could poten-

tially save lives. We are most grateful to them for sparing the

time to come out and talk with our children.

Outdoor Education Week: 11th May-15th May The week commencing 11th May is our Outdoor Education Week. Each day,

groups of children will be going to the RHS Garden Rosemoor to take part

in workshops in their fantastic new educational centre, to explore the gar-

dens and learn about horticulture. They will spend the day at Rosemoor and

will return to school by 4pm The Pre-Prep will be going on Wednesday 13th,

Prep 3 on Thursday 14th, and Prep 4 on Friday 15th. The children will need to

wear their school tracksuits with shorts and T shirt underneath. They should

also bring a sun hat and wear sun cream if it is a hot, sunny day. Otherwise,

bring wellies and a waterproof coat. They will be provided with a school

packed lunch.

Prep 3 and 4 Play The ‘Fearsome Four’ would like to

invite you all to witness the retelling

of the story of the ‘Battle of Toad

Hall’ (and also events leading up to

it!) There will be two performances

on the 20th and 21st of May, begin-

ning at 6.30pm in the 150 building.

We would love for you to join us!

Yours Sincerely

Ratty, Moley, Badger and Mr Toad

(P.S. watch out for Stoats and Weasels on the way!)

Craft Club

Prep 5 Aboriginal Art