Friday 9th December 2016
The Newsletter of King Henry VIII Preparatory School
Academic Year 2016-2017
HEAD’S MESSAGE
FORTHCOMING PREP SCHOOL EVENTS
As expected, the Reception Nativity performances were
an absolute joy! Tissues were required for tears of awe
and wonder and tears of laughter in equal measure with
my favourite moment being a shepherd with a spinning
headdress! Many thanks to all of the staff involved who
helped our children to give such a wonderful gift to
their friends and families. The same vote of thanks can
be said to our Nursery children who performed with
such confidence to their families at their Christmas sing
-a-long. For many children this is their first opportunity
to begin to develop their self-confidence in this way. A
super achievement.
DECEMBER
Trips to the theatre this week have been hugely successful and in a non-seasonal activity, our Year 6 children have experienced a visiting planetarium in their
science lesson… unless they were trying to follow the
star?!?
JANUARY
Next week is looking like an extremely festive treat!
Parents are very welcome to join us at the Cathedral on
Monday afternoon for our annual Carol Service. Children
will be enjoying Christmas parties on Thursday afternoon and on Friday children are welcome to come to
school in their Christmas jumpers as part of a nonuniform morning. Don’t forget that, in line with all other schools in the Foundation, school closes at 12 noon.
Tues 10
You will be receiving your child’s Autumn Term reports
today. I do hope that you find them to be informative
and helpful.
Kind regards,
Fri 9
Mon 12
Tue 13
Wed 14
Thu 15
Fri 16
Wed 4
Thu 5
Thu 12
Fri 13
Issue 12
Celebration Assembly
End of term reports to parents
Coventry Cathedral Rehearsals in the morning (Year 46 only)
Coventry Cathedral Concert 2.00pm (Years 1-6)
Christmas Lunch Hales
House Swimming Gala pm (Years 4-6)
Christmas Lunch Swallows
Christmas parties, Swallows & Hales pm
Christmas sing-a-long am
Term Ends at 12.00 noon
NO Clubs or Aftercare provision
Senior School Entrance Examination
School INSET Day
Term begins
Clubs and Activities begin
St Martin’s Swimming Gala (Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 girls) (A)
4.00pm
Year 6 France trip meeting for parents & pupils 7.00pm Hales Hall
Celebration Assembly
WORD OF THE WEEK
Words of the week…
Our words of the week are…
Ailurophilia – meaning a love of cats
and…
Ailurophobia – meaning a fear of cats
Mrs G Bowser
Headteacher
Do you know anyone who could be described as having either of these opinions?
Separate note…
Healthy eating
Please note that children should not bring chocolate,
sweets or crisps to eat as a playtime snack. Thank you
in advance for your support with this.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and
goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.”
Calvin Coolidge
NOTIFICATIONS
LAST DAY OF TERM
The school will be closing for the
Christmas holiday at Midday on
Friday 16th December. All children are to
be collected by 12pm.
There will be no aftercare or clubs.
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS FOR THE LAST WEEKS OF
TERM—HALES
The following clubs will not take place on Monday
12th December due to the children being at the Coventry Cathedral:
Chess Club
No 57 SCHOOLWEAR OPENING TIMES OVER CHRISTMAS
The school uniform shop will be closed on Monday 19th
December to Monday 2nd January. The shop will re-open
on Tuesday 3rd January 2017.
Sky Blues Football Club
The following clubs will go ahead as normal on Monday 12th December:
Karate Club
LAMDA
FRIDAY 11TH DECEMBER
HOLIDAY CLUB
Holiday club forms are now
available and can be found at Hales and
Swallows receptions.
All music clubs will finish on Friday 9th December.
There will be no music clubs in the last week of term
as the children have been working towards the Cathedral concert, which is happening on Monday 12th
December.
SWALLOWS EVENTS NEXT WEEK:
Monday 12th Years 1-3 to the cathedral on coaches,
with coats and blazers. Please also send back the reply
slip from the letter sent out, so that form teachers know
if your child/children are returning to school or being
picked up at the cathedral
Wednesday 14th Swallows Christmas lunch, included in
fees, normal uniform
Thursday 15th Swallows pupils may wear party clothes to
school with suitable shoes and a coat. School providing
party food
Friday 16th Wear a Christmas Jumper to school non uniform half day. Just for fun, no donation required
PA NEWS— SCHOOL UNIFORM SALE—CANCELLED
The PA school uniform sale on Saturday 21st January
has been cancelled. The next PA uniform sale will be
held on Saturday 18th march. We’re sorry for any
inconvenience caused.
SWALLOWS COFFEE MORNING
The coffee morning at Swallows was a big success!
NURSERY NEWS
The week had an amazing start for the Nursery children when a parent kindly brought in a huge ‘light up
Percy’ which he had spent a long time making with his
son. This was made for the Leamington Lantern Parade and the Nursery children thought it was wonderful. We would like to thank this parent very much for
thinking of us and showing us your wonderful creation.
Christmas
The
children
have
been getting excited
enjoying a range of
Christmas activities in
the run up to the festive season. This has
included a variety of
arts and crafts, including designing and making special cards involving lots
of glitter and sparkles.
The children have
helped to create Santa’s Workshop where
they have had great
fun
independently
wrapping boxes and
presents to play with,
whilst looking at the
various different shapes and sizes.
The workshop has been a big hit with the children and
they have had so much fun dressing up in a range of
outfits such as Santa, his elves and even stars!
Santa letters have been written and posted in the
post-box with children drawing pictures and writing
their special messages to Santa!
The sensory tray in Santa’s Workshop has also proved
a success with the children as they have been busy
exploring colours, textures and sounds by playing with
tinsel, glitter, bells, baubles and shiny bows!
We would like to say a
huge well done to all
our children for their
beautiful singing during
the Nursery Sing Along.
They looked spectacular
wearing their Christmas
hats and have all
worked so hard learning
the words to a variety of songs. Well Done!
Read, Write, Inc.
The children have been looking at ‘g’ and ‘o’ this week.
Once again we have had some wonderful items brought
in from home and the children have enjoyed discussing
and sorting these items into the correct sound boxes. As
this term nears to an end we shall not be looking at any
particular letters next week but revisiting what we have
learnt so far. Our new letter sounds will continue in January.
Please can we ask that any toys and items brought in
from home are for our weekly letter sounds only. Special toys and teddies which are brought in by the children can very often get lost or broken, which can result
in the children becoming upset. Thank you for your support in this.
Our final week of term is due to be very busy once
again. The Nursery Christmas Party will take place during the afternoon of Thursday 15th December. If any
morning children would like to stay on and join us for
this, please let Nursery staff know as soon as possible.
The party should end by 3:00pm.
RECEPTION NEWS
The Grumpy Sheep
I would like to say a huge ‘WELL DONE’ to our Reception
superstars. Our Nativity was incredibly successful and
I’m so proud and each of every little star. To the Reception teachers, teaching assistants and Miss Bawcutt;
you inspired and led the children in so many ways.
Thank you for the brilliant work done, I’m already looking forward to the next production! Mrs Brand.
Theatre Trip
To celebrate the end of our Nativity and the beginning of
our Christmas celebrations, Reception went to see ‘Stick
Man’ this morning. Thank you to Reception for their excellent behaviour and showing off our school proudly to
Warwick Arts Centre. We all had a fantastic time and can
highly recommend the superb show for a family visit….
‘Stick Man, Oh Stick Man, beware of the dog, the girl, the
swan and the sea!’
Sports Kits
Please ensure that your child has appropriate sports kit to
wrap them up warm this winter. They are often outside
and their little legs get chilly. Please also remember to
name every item; 16 pairs of shorts, tshirts and socks can
get mixed up easily. Thank you.
Named Uniform
On a similar note, please ensure that hats and gloves are
named. All children should have them at this time of year
as we like to go out whenever possible. Some top tips…
when your child takes off their coat, encourage them to
put their hat down the sleeve of their coat- this way it
can’t fall on the floor with the other 50! Gloves can be
clipped to coat sleeves or threaded through the arms with
wool. It keeps them handy when they are needed at a
cold play time. Thank you.
Missing Shoe
We have been missing a boys
shoe since Monday’s Games
lesson. Please check all bags
in case a small shoe is hiding!
It belongs to a child in Mrs
Brand’s class. Thank you!
‘Good as Gold’ book
Each week the children
in Reception have been introduced to a key part of our
rewards system. The ‘Star Charts’ came out first, along
with the gold stars! When the time was right, our ‘Home
Bears’ joined us in our classrooms. Coming next term
shall be our ‘Good as Gold’ book. This is a magical book
looked after by Mrs Brand. Each week, Mrs Parkes will
share names from the book in her Early Years assembly.
If your name appears in the ‘Good as Gold’ book because
you are a star of the week, you shall get three stars on
your star chart!
YEAR 4 GREEK DAY
YEAR 6 NEWS
Year 4 had a fantastic time on Friday when we all
came together to celebrate our 'Greek day'! The children (and grown ups!) looked amazing in their costumes, so a big well done and a thank you to you all
for putting in so much effort. We spent the day immersing ourselves in the world of the Ancient Greeks;
we sampled some delicious Greek food, acted out
scenes from the famous legend of 'Theseus and the
Minotaur', and we even painted our own Greek vases.
A great time was had by all. Children- the funny faces
you pulled when you were trying the olives have kept
your teachers laughing all weekend!
It has been an extremely
busy week in Year 6 this
week!
Last Friday, pupils and
staff in Year 6 visited both
new and old Coventry Cathedrals and Holy Trinity
Church and on Tuesday,
children were treated to a
professional performance
of
Louis
Stevenson's
'Treasure Island' at the Rep
Theatre in Birmingham.
During their visit to the Cathedral, pupils took part in a
range of guided tours with a focus on the Christian
signs and symbolisms that they have been studying this
term in RE. It was also a superb introduction to our fascinating World War II History topic which we will commence in the Lent Term. During a rather chilly hour in
the Old Cathedral, children learnt first-hand about the
night of the Coventry Blitz in 1940, along with the city's
legacy as a city of reconciliation. Pupils were also
treated to the rare opportunity to some real peace and
quiet as they wandered the New Cathedral completing
sketches as a stimulus for stained glass windows which
will be completed during Art lessons next term.
Tuesday's visit to Rep Theatre was the first of its kind.
Traditionally, this has been a trip conducted for Year 7
pupils by the Senior School, but this year, Year 6 from
the Prep were invited
along
what
a wonderful opportunity for the children
to meet Senior School
English staff ahead of
their transition in September! An entertaining afternoon was had
by all and the interval
ice lollies were certainly a hit! A lovely
way to unwind after a
long term of hard
work!
NETBALL FIXTURE RESULTS
U11 Netball v Fairfield Prep – Wednesday
7th December 2106
On Wednesday we had a lovely afternoon at
Fairfield Prep. We were able to take all the Year 6 girls
to play netball matches and the girls played with great
team spirit and commitment. We came away with more
great results too.
‘School Games’ – Primary Schools’ Biathlon
Competition
This year we have registered to be involved with something called ‘School Games’ which has been set up to
provide opportunities for young people across the
country to take part in more competitive school sport.
It is delivered on four separate competition levels.
On Wednesday we competed in our first Level 2 competition and our first Biathlon competition (25m swim
& 400m run). This was a very new experience for KHPS
but we performed very well in our heats. We do not
have the final results just yet but these will be added
to Sagitta as soon as we hear how we did.
Well done to the eight children who competed! Super
team effort.
‘A’ team WON 9 – 8
‘B’ team WON 4 – 3
‘C’ team WON 5 – 0
RUGBY FIXTURE RESULTS
‘D’ team LOST 1 – 3
U11Netball v Bromsgrove School – Saturday 3rd
December 2016
A super morning was had at Bromsgrove with the Year
6 A & B netball teams.
Results:
‘A’ team WON 21 – 11
‘B’ team WON 10 - 7
Year 4 Girls’ House Hockey matches
We have been very fortunate this term that we have
been able to take the Year 4 girls to the Coventry University Astro for some of their games lessons which has
given them the opportunity to play hockey on a proper
astro pitch. The culmination of these lessons was
House Hockey matches on Tuesday. All the girls took
part in these games and played with great effort and
teamwork.
Results:
1st – Windsor
2nd – Greenwich
3rd – Richmond
4th – Hampton
Friday 2nd December
KHPS U9 A Rugby
v Bablake A
20 – 20
Draw
KHPS U9 B Rugby
v Bablake B
55 – 35
Won
Tuesday 6th December
KHPS U9 A Rugby
v Crackley A 00 – 00
Won
KHPS U9 A Rugby
v Warwick A 00 – 00
Lost
KHPS U9 B Rugby
v Crackley B 45 – 5
Won
KHPS U9 B Rugby
v Warwick B
25 – 30
Lost
KHPS U8 C Rugby
v Eversfield C 30 – 35
Lost
KHPS U8 D Rugby
v Eversfield D 40 – 45
Lost
Wednesday 7th December
KHPS U10 A Rugby
v QEGS Wakefield A 5 – 40 Lost
KHPS U10 A Rugby
v Warwick A
10 – 15
Lost
KHPS U10 A Rugby
v Bedford A
5 – 15
Lost
KHPS U10 B Rugby
v QEGS Wakefield B 00– 00 Lost
KHPS U10 B Rugby
v Warwick B
00 – 00
Lost
KHPS U10 B Rugby
v Bedford B
00 – 00
Lost
MENU FOR CHILDREN AT HALES
DESSERT
St Clements Sponge
Fruit Punch
Festive Chocolate Cake
Apple Crumble with
Custard
Blackberry Crunch
Pasta Bar
Pasta Salad
BBQ Chicken Wrap
Chicken Tandoori
Flatbread
LITE BITE
Pasta Bar
Vegetable Roulade with
Roast Potatoes,
Autumnal Root
Vegetables and Gravy
Vegetarian Lasagne with
Mixed Vegetables
Quorn Roast
Roast Potatoes
Glazed Carrots,
Parsnips, Sprouts
Gravy
Quorn Sausages and
Mashed Potatoes with
Broccoli and Cauliflower
Medley
VEGETARIAN
Pasta Bar
Roast Pork with Roast
Potatoes, Autumnal
Root Vegetables and
Gravy
Cottage Pie with Mixed
Vegetables
Freshly Roasted Turkey
Roast Potatoes
Glazed Carrots,
Parsnips, Sprouts
Gravy
Pork Sausages and
Mashed Potatoes with
Broccoli and Cauliflower
Medley
MAIN
PASTA BAR
THURSDAY
WEDNESDAY
TUESDAY—CHRISTMAS
DINNER DAY
MONDAY
WEEK BEGINNING
12TH DECEMBER
We have included next week’s menu at Hales so that parents are aware of what will be on offer.
FRIDAY—CHILDREN
LEAVE AT 12PM
…...………..…………………..……………………….
Class ………. ….(Nursery and Reception only)
FRIDAY
Salmon Fishcake with Chips
Cheese and Tomato Pizza
with Chips
Peas and Baked Beans
Jacket Potato with a Variety
of Filings
Brownie
THURSDAY
Beef Bolognaise with Pasta
Potato Cakes with Homemade
Sauce
Broccoli and Sweetcorn
Jacket Potato with a Variety
of Filings
Winter Cake with Custard
Fresh seasonal salad and fresh bread available daily.
Fresh fruit or yoghurt available daily as an alternative to the dessert of the day, fresh drinking water available daily.
Menu for week beginning Thursday 7th January 2017.
Full Name
MENU FOR CHILDREN AT SWALLOWS—NURSERY, RECEPTION, YEAR 1, YEAR 2 AND YEAR 3
Parents of children in NURSERY AND RECEPTION ONLY should complete the menu slip below and send back to Swallows with their children on Monday 12th December