Preparatory School Summer Review 2018

EWELL CASTLE PREPARATORY SCHOOL Summer Term Review 2018 INTRODUCTION creation of curriculum overviews you will be invited to an information for parents which will be shared in evening. the Autumn Term; the successful Although we are all excited about the appointment of new members of staff summer holidays, we are also sad to and the appointment of Mr Young as say goodbye to some of our staff and the Head of Year 6 from September pupils. We bid a very fond farewell 2018. It was also superb to be to Mrs Rowe who has been at the validated in such a positive way in our School for ten years. We thank her ISI inspection this term. for her dedication to the School and As ever, there have been a number of the children that she has taught. We hugely successful events that pupils, also say goodbye to some of our Year staff and parents have participated 6 children. Not all; the vast majority in and I would like to thank you for will remain with us at the Senior The Summer Term seems to fly by your continued generosity towards School, but we will still miss all of your and yet so much goes on that our our School and our charitable fund personalities here at the Prep School feet don’t feel like they’ve touched the raising efforts. We began this term and wish you well on the next leg of ground in weeks. Both the children with a consultant working alongside your journey. and the staff have been busy reflecting us to investigate ways to develop on the past year and identifying the Thank you for your continued faith ‘positive playtimes’ for the children. It achievements that the children have in us to offer the best that we can was a great day and we have made a made through all their hard work. This for your children. We take our number of changes that we are due is very evident in the excellent reports responsibilities very seriously and we to roll out from September. Thanks that I have been reading and the will be excited to see you all again to the Smarties Challenge and the children should feel very proud indeed in the Autumn Term, ready for new support of the PSFA funding, we have of all they have accomplished. adventures and new challenges to been able to liven up our playground overcome. The Prep School continues to move activities with a range of exciting new forward and a few of the positive equipment which will be monitored Enjoy the holidays and some well- changes made this year include: by our new playground PALS earned family time. Stay safe and be embedding a new assessment system (pupils chosen by the pupils). More kind to each other. that gives us even greater insight into information about this, our current Ms Sian Bradshaw how the children are progressing; practices and the future development Head of Preparatory School a focus on the curriculum and the of the School in September when www.ewellcastle.co.uk @EwellCastleUK YEAR 6 SPANISH TRIP BIKEABILITY On 15th May twenty four Year 6 keyring, fridge magnet and a mosaic In May, Years 4 and 5 pupils pupils and four staff set off on the bull. Before leaving we climbed took their 1 day, Level 1 annual Year 6 Spanish Residential the walls of Avila; the walls go all Bikeability Course and Year 6 Trip. We met early at St Mary’s around the entire town. I could not took a 4 day, Level 2 Bikeability before flying from Heathrow to even imagine how long they must Course. Luckily the sun shone Madrid and setting off for the Gredos have taken to build. Everyone had for all three events and all pupils Centre in mountains North-West a chance to climb up onto the walls who took part passed with flying of Avila. The children’s own words and enjoy the magnific views.” colours and thoroughly enjoyed give a child’s eye taste of our action Abina bringing their bikes into school. packed four days. Mrs B Grierson Year 6 got to take their bikes “It was lots of fun; the activities, on the surrounding quiet roads “After landing at Madrid airport the facilities and the staff were and learnt from our wonderful we went to a town called Avila. perfect; the view astonishing. All qualified instructors about The landscape was absolutely of the activities were amazing and handling their bikes on the road beautiful. There at a restaurant we all led in Spanish. We did omelette but also about all aspects of had chocolate covered churros; they making, T-shirt painting, games with road safety. tasted delicious. Then we visited the Spanish kids, mountain walks, a souvenir shop and I bought a aerobics and of course searching for clues around the village. However, my absolute favourite two activities were the TV programme making and the Adventure Park” Ona “The whole experience was good but my favourite activity was the rope climbing which was on the third day. The instructor explained how to put the harness on in Spanish which was hard to understand but we got what he was saying eventually. Next he did a demonstration on how to put the hooks on the rope to keep safe. When we got started the hardest obstacle was probably the floating logs on a rope. They were small so there was not a lot of foot space and they had these triangles out of the top. The course really fun with a massive zip wire at the beginning.” Alfie 2 we used the Spanish vocabulary we had learnt during the week. I NURSERY AND spoke about a new species of ant found at the Gredos Centre, Semira RECEPTION spoke about the traffic and Lily SUMMER spoke about how to make a T-shirt. It was really enjoyable and we got to EXTRAVAGANZA! watch everyone’s programmes later that evening. I think everyone loved making and watching the movies and learnt loads of Spanish along the “The other fun part was climbing way.” Madeline across the ropes that were shaped “My favourite thing we did was like a spider’s web. The really fun visiting the caves in the valley part was the wall which we got to beside the beautiful mountains. climb and I felt like a king on top of Even though this was towards the the world.” Nicholas end of the trip on the way to the “The whole trip was amazing but airport, I loved this activity because what really stood out for me was I had never done anything like this cooking a Spanish omelette. The before. Once we had walked down On Thursday 24th and Friday cook spoke only in Spanish but we what seemed to be an endless set 25th May the children in Nursery worked it out. First we washed our of stone steps down into the cave and Reception joined forces for hands then went to our chopping we finally reached an opening where two outstanding performances boards and peeled potatoes. we were met by an array of beautiful of the story of ‘Goldilocks and Potatoes are called patatas in stalagmites and stalactites of all the Three Bears’. The audience Spanish and onions are called different shapes and sizes. I was was introduced to a Great big cebollas. We cut them into small also fascinated to learn how they are growly Daddy Bear, a Medium- pieces. Then we cracked eggs, formed by limestone dripping down sized Mummy Bear and a huevos in Spanish, put them in a and creating 1cm of rock every 200 teeny tiny little Baby Bear, and bowl. We whisked it up and added years. Also, I was very interested watched as cheeky Goldilocks a little salt. The cook put it in a pan at how four children were chasing a tested the porridge, the chairs to fry. We had omelette as an extra rabbit down a hole and came across and the three bears’ beds. for dinner and it was absolutely the caves. You could also see visible Narrated by children from both delicious.” Abishan signs of an earthquake because year groups and with a number there were cracked columns. At one “My favourite activity was movie of catchy songs, the show point we were 45m underground. making. We had to make a television demonstrated how confident programme completely in Spanish! Even though this was my favourite even the littlest members of the It was quite hard so we had a bit of activity, the whole trip was amazing School can be. The audience help from a Spanish dictionary and and I would definitely recommend it were clearly enchanted and Mrs Grierson but most of the time to anyone in future years.” Louis very impressed, and it was a fantastic way to round up a very busy half-term’s work in the Early Years. Mrs F Douglas 3 YEAR 5 ISLE OF WIGHT TRIP On a lovely sunny Tuesday morning After an exhausting yet fun filled the children in Year 5 said goodbye three days the children got ready to their parents and set off on an to head back home. The trip was adventure to the Isle of Wight. enjoyed by all and the children left with many stories to tell. The children After a smooth ferry crossing, our were fantastic throughout and it first stop was the IOW Zoo. Here, really was a pleasure to take them the children got to see a variety of away.

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