J C Prep School
Friday 10th March 2017
Dear Parents, Family and Friends of JC Prep
Swimarathon success
Well done to all of the girls in KS2 who took part in the Swimarathon this morning. The girls swam
incredibly well, swimming over 400 lengths of the pool. They also raised £2,000 in sponsorship money
for local charities. A special congratulations to the JCP staff team who also took the plunge!
Eco News
Thank you for all of the wonderful Fairtrade cakes that were brought in for our Fairtrade 'Bake Off'
today. The staff had a really tough decision sampling (and re-sampling!) the cakes at lunch time and
whittling it down to 5 finalists. The winners will be announced in assembly on Monday! The 'Bake Off'
concludes our Fairtrade Fortnight celebrations, but look out for news of our next exciting campaign
next week!
'It's Cool to be an Eco-School'
Mrs Du Feu
Eco Coordinator
Music News:
Congratulations to Cassie Graham who was awarded a distinction for her Prep test viola.
A huge well done to everyone who took part in the House Music Competition last week. Results are as
follows- Vocal Class 1st Honor Toudic, joint 2nd Grace Voisin and Jaz Harley, 3rd Lucinda Morgan.
Brass Class 1st Lottie James, 2nd Freya Berry, 3rd a trio: Maddy Le Cornu, Lottie James and Freya
Berry. Piano - 1st Isabel Clark - Hutchison and Fern MacFirbhisigh, 2nd Maddy Le Cornu, 3rd Isabella
Godfrey. Drum Class - Joint 1st Scarlett Birtwistle and Hannah Dunlop, 2nd Maddy Le Cornu, 3rd Flo
Tanguy. Woodwind Class 1st Amiy Mabbs, 2nd Abigail Chambers, joint 3rd Tsipporah Monro and
Sarah Chambers. String Class 1st Lucinda Morgan, joint 2nd Amber Smith and Sophie Le Sueur. Joint
3rd Erin Hardman and Solene Bishop.
The winning house choir was Du Pre and the winning ensemble was Gilbert. The overall winning house
was Le Sueur for the first time since 2009, 2nd place was Du Pre, 3rd place Grandin and 4th place
Gilbert. Congratulations to you all.
Mrs E. Smith
Sports News:
Fixtures/clubs next week:
Monday 13th March
- A & B team Netball matches at home to Beaulieu
- Year 5 & 6 Netball club - 3.00-4.15pm on the school playground
Wednesday 15th March
- A & B team Football matches against Grands Vaux at Grainville (travel arrangements as per normal
for Football club).
- Year 5 & 6 Football club - 3.15-4.15pm at Grainville
Thursday 16th March
- Year 4 Netball club - 3.00-4.15pm on the school playground
Friday 17th March
- B team Netball Tournament - 1.30-3.50pm at Les Ormes
Saturday 18th March
- Rathbones mini Hockey tournament - 9.00-12.30 at Les Quennevais
Tinathon:
The Shelter Trust for the Homeless in Jersey is holding its 9th Annual “TINATHON.” Once
more Shelter is asking anyone and everyone to donate just one tin of food (although, of course, they
are delighted to accept more!) We feel this is a very inexpensive way to engage youngsters and raise
their awareness of the need to support the less fortunate in our Island. We are sure most people will
have a spare tin of something or other in their cupboards!
The event also involves offices, banks, lawyers, accountants, etc., as well as individual members of the
public. If you feel able to participate, perhaps you could kindly let us know by replying to the designated
e-mail <[email protected]>.
The event takes place on Friday May 19th in West’s Centre between 07.30am and 3.00pm, where all
the tins are sorted, ready for use either in one of the four Shelter residences or to be distributed in food
parcels to those who may be struggling.
Although some choose to deliver the tins on the day, which is very helpful, we are more than happy to
collect a few days before, if you let us know.
Please let us know if you can support this simple and inexpensive event. Posters will be available
shortly. Please don’t hesitate to contact us by e-mailing me or the designated site
[email protected] or on 07797760578 (Michelle) if you have any questions or queries.
Many thanks.
Kind regards,
Michelle Cuthbert
Dates for Your Diary:
If new diary dates have been added, they will be highlighted in red. (Thank you for this suggestion from
one of our Parents.)
13 Mar
16 Mar
20 Mar
21 Mar
21 Mar
23 Mar
23 Mar
24 Mar
24 Mar
30 Mar
31 Mar
Yr 5 Durrell Visit
Yr 3 Ancient Greece Assembly to Parents 9am
Bentley Panoramic Photograph 11am
Rec S Manor Farm Trip, 9:30-11:00am
Yr 3/4 Swimming Gala pm – Langford
Rec D Manor Farm Trip, 9:30-11:00am
Yr 5/6 Swimming Gala pm – Langford
Rec C Manor Farm Trip, 9:30-11:00am
Comic Relief Day
JC Prep Open Day 2-6pm (children collected at 12pm and return at 2pm for Open Day)
Last Day of Term (finish at 3pm)
18 Apr
19 Apr
9 Jun
14 Jun
w/s 26 Jun
10-14 Jul
5 Jul
6 Jul
7 Jul
17 Jul
18 Jul
19 Jul
Staff Inset Day – School Closed
First Day of Summer Term- Children return to School
PTA School Fete 12pm (children to be collected at 12pm and supervised at the Fete).
New Parents Evening 7pm
Year 6 Production – (2 prod during the week, Wed 28th & Thurs 29th June)
Year 5 Scouts Centre Trip
KS2 Sports Day - 9.00-11.30am, FB Fields.
Transition Day
Transition Day
KS1 Sports Day - 9.30-11.30am, Heathfield
Year 2 Leavers Assembly - am
Year 6 Leavers Assembly – pm
As always if you have any comments, concerns or queries please do get in touch.
Gill Grieve
Headteacher