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MRS KNOLLYS
KNOLLYS
FROM MRS
Thursday 26th February
NEXT WEEK’S EVENTS & FIXTURES
Dear Parents
BOOK WEEK
11+ Results
I am simply bursting with pride for our Y6 girls, they
are in receipt of some fantastic offers for senior
schools and our scholarship tally once again this
year is stunning. The girls have won 14 scholarships/
awards outright (7 Academic, 6 Music and 1 Art)
and 2 waiting list scholarships - which is a first for
me! (Academic and Art). I attach a list of our most
up to date list of offers, final decisions will be made
by Thursday 5th March. Special congratulations
must go to:
Cheltenham Ladies College (Academic) – Alexandra
Hewett
Francis Holland NW1 (Art) – Maria Sophia Dyer
Francis Holland NW1 (Art w/l) - Roberta Tan
Francis Holland SW1 (Academic) – Dilia Thovez
Francis Holland SW1 (Academic w/l) – Sophie
Wisden
Francis Holland SW1 (Music) – Kitty Farrell
Godolphin & Latymer (Music Exhibition) – Kitty
Farrell
Lady Eleanor Holles (Academic) – Sara Varma
Latymer Upper (Music) – Kitty Farrell
Latymer Upper (Music) – Sophie Wisden
Queen’s College (Music) – Kitty Farrell
Queen’s Gate (Music) – Kitty Farrell
Putney High (Academic) – Nandini Agarwal
South Hampstead (Academic) – Dilia Thovez
Wycombe Abbey (Academic) – Sara Varma
St Mary’s Ascot (Academic) – Virginia van Geyzel
Kelaart
These wonderful scholarship results and all our
other offers reflect the hard work put in by our Y6
girls during their time at Glendower and also the
high standards of teaching from my brilliant staff.
From the moment that your daughters arrive here,
we prepare them gradually and carefully for the 11+
process and I strongly believe that this preparation
is now more comprehensive than ever.
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MONDAY
TUESDAY
3.45-6.15 LS & Y3 Parents
Meetings (by appointment)
4R Assembly
U11 Netball vs Putney High
Y4 Netball at Orchard House
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
2G Assembly
3.45-6.15 LS & Y3 Parents
Meetings (by appointment)
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
NOTICES
NEXT WEEK’S LUNCH WILL BE FROM MENU 1
Fair Trade Fortnight
From 23rd February – 8th March the Glendower
catering staff are participating in a ‘Fair Trade
Fortnight.’ Along with getting some great fair
trade goodies for the girls such as bananas in their
packed lunch bags and on the counters, along with
all the fair trade produce the kitchen can get their
hands on, us teachers are also going fair trade, we
have tea, coffee and chocolate! Not only is this
food delicious it is also for a great cause!
Dogs
Please could I remind you, and your daughters, not
to bring dogs/puppies into the playground for H&S
reasons (this includes them being carried).
Thank you for your co-operation.
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CELEBRATION OF ACHIEVEMENTS
Congratulations to the following girls who have
received their Bronze House Point Certificates:
BOOK WEEK
Monday 2nd March – Friday 6th March
Please see below the schedule of exciting events
that have been planned for Book Week this year:
Caroline Robert Victoria Ponte
Selina Lit
Monday 2nd March
Freshwater Theatre drama workshops for Lower
School
Eva Nagle
Congratulations to the following girls who have
received their Silver House Point Certificates:
Amaia Burke
Antoinette Bates
Amaya Sharma
Clementine Bennett-Whitcombe
Hannah Stiles
Clementine Wheeler
Sasha Myshkina
Stella Stern-Ouakil
Thursday 5th March
Illustrator Workshop for Upper School
West End in Schools dance workshop for Lower
School
Friday 6th March
WHOLE SCHOOL CHARACTER DRESS UP DAY!
Honor Eastwood India O’Donohoe
Congratulations to Sabrina Bet-Mansour who
passed her ETOILE D’OR ( GOLDEN STAR) at
E.S.F, Ecole de Ski Francais in Megeve.
Next time, Sabrina will be joining, “Initiation
Competition”.
Congratulations to one of our old girls, Ella
Connors, who performed at the “Young Musician
of Latymer” finals which she had qualified for, and
won her category playing the piano.
Congratulations to
Natalia Milakovic who
won a medal for the
downhill skiing race in
Kitzbuhel, Austria on
Thursday 19th February.
Wednesday 4th March
Illustrator Workshop for Upper School
Author visit – Sita Brahmachari (Years 5 and 6)
In addition to these events, parents have been
invited to come and visit their child’s class at
selected times throughout the week to read their
favourite children’s book. Please look out for an
invitation from your child’s teacher!
Miss Mellor
CHARACTER DRESS UP DAY
Friday 6th March
Please ensure that your daughter arrives dressed
as their favourite book character on Friday to
celebrate Book Week. Try to bring the book they
appear in if you can!
Nathalie like some
other girls from
Glendower went skiing
this half term and
successfully achieved
level 3 on the Swiss Ski
League in St Moritz,
receiving the title of
Queen of The Blue Star.
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Y5 & 6 AUTHOR VISIT
STORYTELLER VISIT
Storyteller visit – Friday 27th February
As an introduction to Book Week this year, we are
lucky to have a visit from Chris Connaughton, an
actor and storyteller with twenty eight years of
experience in all forms of theatre, television and
radio. Chris is a superb storyteller and will be
working with the whole school throughout the day
in the following workshops:
Author
Sita Brahmachari
Will be visiting Glendower Prep School on
Wednesday 4th March
Sita Brahmachari’s books will be for sale on the
day and students can have their books signed
personally by Sita. Please pay with cash or
cheques made payable to Kew Books Ltd.
Artichoke Hearts
£6.99
Jasmine Skies
£6.99
Red Leaves
£6.99
Reception – ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’
Years 1 and 2 – ‘Tales from the Tall Tower’
Years 3 and 4 – ‘The Tinderbox’
Years 5 and 6 – ‘Good Morning Mr Dickens’
Chris is also the author of the ‘Beltheron’ series of
fantasy novels for 9 year olds and upwards and the
girls in Y4-6 will have the opportunity to purchase a
signed copy of his books if they wish. Chris will be
selling all three of his books and each one will cost
£7. If your child is interested in purchasing a book,
please ensure that they have the correct money in
school on Friday 27th March. Alternatively, you can
purchase his books at the below website.
More information about his books can be found at:
www.thebeltheronpathway.com
Miss Mellor
Please note this is for Y5 & 6 ONLY.
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Y2 TRIP - THE HORNIMAN MUSEUM
Year 2 had a fantastic trip to the Horniman Museum
this week! As part of our learning in Design and
Technology, we took part in a workshop about
traditional toys around the world. In this workshop
we explored the design, function, technology and
creative re-use of available materials. We also got
hands on with the toys and tried them for ourselves!
The Museum had many displays such as the Music
Gallery, where we saw an enormous collection
of musical instruments (1300 objects!). We also
enjoyed walking around the Natural History Gallery,
packed full of skeletons and fossils of many animals
and plants and took a journey through rivers, seas
and oceans in the Horniman’s Aquarium.
One of our favourite parts of the day was ‘Plantastic’!
This interactive exhibition allowed us to explore
the miniature world of plants on a massive scale.We
had a fantastic day and would highly recommend
this visit to others!
Y2, Miss Sykes and Miss Greenlees
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Y4 TRIP -NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
On Friday,13th February, Y4 went on a school trip
to the Natural History Museum.
We first visited the ‘Wildlife Photographer of the
Year’ Exhibition, where we could choose a picture
and answer a questionnaire on it, for example,
where does it live? What does it eat? What species
is it?
We could then sketch a photo in the new sketch
books we were given by Miss Tattersfield.
After that we went to the Mammals Hall where we
could continue sketching the animals. I sketched a
maned wolf, a jaguar and a scorpion.
It was a great trip. Thank you to Mr van Rooyen,
Miss Tattersfield, Miss Paton and Miss Semple for
taking us.
Maddie Limpenny
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FRENCH VIDEO CLIPS
ON FAIT DES SANDWICHS
Thank you and congratulations to the many girls
who sent me some really impressive short video
clips over the holidays. I was thrilled to see how
confidently you could all speak French in front of a
camera and how well you could use the vocabulary
we had learned in class.
Well done for having a go and for some impressive
results:
Reception: Daphne and Ava Slesinger (La grosse de
neige, la piscine et à la boulangerie) Wellington
Year 2: Laeticia Gibbs (Mon igloo) Marlborough and
Estefania Rodrigo-Rajiyah (Je fais les courses pour
mon anniversaire) Gordon
Year 3: Ines Hansen (Je me présente) Gordon
Year 4: Eva Nagle (Mes vacances de ski) Wellington,
Maddie Stoll (Le dejeuner, L’étoile de bronze et sur
les pistes) Marlborough and Eleanor Hill-Wood
(mon poème) Gordon
Year 5: Tia Patel (Mes passe-temps préférés)
Wellington, Allegra Slesinger (La grosse de neige,
la piscine et à la boulangerie)/ Wellington, Asyah
Heidar (J’aime la mode) Marlborough
Year 6: Dilia Thovez (Je fais une réservation)/Gordon
Please note it is still possible to send a short clip to
earn points for your house during the next holidays.
The short video clip has to be between 45 seconds
and 2 minutes and can relate to any topics that we
have learned about in class. The girls should speak
French only and not read a script. It does not have
to take place in a French speaking country.
House points (up to 2 for one video) will be granted
for the performance, I will be looking for: flow, use
of facial expression, props, voice, pronunciation and
content.
Bonne chance
Madame Metro
In our French lesson last Friday,Y3 made sandwiches
and we had to talk for 1 minute, in French, about
how we made them. After we made our sandwiches
we got to eat them! We had to list our ingredients
and Madame Metro videoed us. It was really good
fun and we all wore chef hats! Most people enjoyed
a savoury sandwich.
Melissa Wright
Y2 BAKE SALE
On Friday, 27th February at 3pm,Y2 will be holding
a bake sale in the playground. Please do come along
and support them.
Y2 Team
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STARS OF THE WEEK
LOWER SCHOOL CERTIFICATES
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