BROMSGROVE PREPARATORY SCHOOL Headmistress Worcester Road Mrs J Deval-Reed BEd Bromsgrove Worcestershire B61 7DU Tel: 01527 579679 Email: [email protected] 15th May 2015 Dear Parents and Guardians Year 6 play Tonight is the final performance of the Year 6 production “Around the World in 83 ½ minutes” I look forward to welcoming as many of you as possible this evening to Cobham Hall which will be a wonderfully entertaining evening of music, drama and song. Years 3 and 4 Sports day I warmly invite all parents of pupils in Years 3 and 4 to their Sports Day next Thursday 21st May commencing at 1.30 – 3.45pm at the Prep School. Please park at the Senior School at walk across to the Prep School for this occasion. Swimming Success On Saturday we had some outstanding results at the National IAPS swimming finals at the K2 leisure centre in Crawley. Bromsgrove Prep were represented by three teams in five relay races. The U13 and U12 girls in both the medley and the freestyle relay, where we came 3rd in both U13 races, 4th and 5th in the U12 relays and the U10 girls in the freestyle relay achieved 2nd place overall.. Many congratulations to everyone who participated and special congraultions to the following swimmers who all qualified through their heats to the final top eight swimmers in the Country and achieved the following placings: Jemima Vaughan-Hawkins was 8th in 25m butterfly, Alice Oliver 7th in 50m backstroke, Elizabeth Aston 7th in 50m breaststroke, Grace Dieppe 7th in 25m butterfly and Ruby Hanke 5th in 50m freestyle. Top performances were given by Kitty Luscombe who was ranked 8th going in to the competition and finished 3rd overall, Euan Vaughan Hawkins was 2nd in the 50m backstroke, Kate Morrice 2nd in the 50m freestyle and Louise Osbourne gave the performance of the day by winning the U10 25m freestyle becoming IAPS National Champion. Bromsgrove prep is now ranked second in the countery, after Millfield, for awimming; a truly remarkable achievement. History of the School Mr Bowen’s third evening entitled ‘A History of Bromsgrove School’ 1939 to 1953 plus postscript will be held on Thursday 18th June at 7.30 pm in Routh Hall. Everyone is welcome to attend this fascinating and entertaining evening about our school’s history. Christian Aid A huge thank you from Mrs Leather to those of you who have contributed to the Christian Aid appeal so far. If anybody else would like to bring their red envelope back, she will ensure that the contents are sent to Christian Aid who will use the money to help those in need. Please fill in the Gift Aid slip if you are able to do so. Bromsgrove School is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England & Wales. Company No. 4808121. Registered Charity No. 1098740 Charity Cycle Ride Mr Widdop would like to pass on his thanks to everyone who supported this charitable event last week. He is delighted to announce that the Cycle Ride raised over £900 for the Nepal Diasaster Fund. Absence/Medical Appointments Good attendance and time keeping are very important. It helps to settle your child into school routines and to develop good attitudes to work. If your child is absent from school please notify us before the start of the school day and keep us regularly informed of their progress. If your child will be absent from school due to a medical appointment could you please inform Mrs Taylor in the office either by email or telephone. f your child is absent from school due to illness you must inform the office by 8.30 am. Bromsgrove Preparatory School aims to encourage and assist all pupils to achieve high levels of attendance and punctuality. We do not expect children to attend school when they are clearly unwell, but absence should be kept to a minimum. The Department for Education states parents and schools should aim for a 95% school attendance record. The Persistent Absence (PA) threshold is set at 15%. Please do not book family holidays during term time as these will always be recorded as unauthorised absences in the school register. The School has very generous holiday periods of which families are informed well in advance, so that flights and holidays can be booked within these dates. These periods are already longer than maintained schools are given. Headmistress’ Commendations this week were awarded to: Sofia Hodges, Imogen Thomas, Robbie Bayliss, Henry Hoare, Ellen Kitchen, Jake Lowe, Thomas Chapman, Catrin Carter, Shams Ali Baig and Katie Burke. Fine Diners Congratulations to this week’s Years 3 and 4 Fine Diners: Fraser Jones, Honey Bo Luscombe, Tom Fullard, Daniela Graham Marti, Bobby Riley, Isobel Miskin, Yannis Schell, Amy Pinfield, Thomas Griffiths, Jenny fallows, Libby Rolph, Tavan Biran. Credit Badge Awards Boulton - Serisha Sunner, Poppi Fryer Watt - Megan Langford Sports Results Aquathlon On Saturday we took part in the 7th Malvern College Aquathlon. Participants swim 100 metres then run approximately 1000 metres around the College grounds. Bromsgrove came first overall in the team event with Orla Walker coming 3rd in the U13 girls age group. Congratulations to everyone involved. Athletics On Tuesday we won the first round of the National English Schools’ track and field cup and should now progress through to the Midland A Final. On Thursday evening a large group, primarily from Page House, took part in an Open Meeting at Loughborough University. Sam Roberts broke two Year 7 boys records in the 80 metres Hurdles and long jump and Nicolas Jakobsen broke his own Year 8 boys discus record with the 1.25 kg implement. Boys On Wednesday nine cricket teams played against Foremarke Hall and The Down’s Malvern College with most of our teams winning. On an individual level, William Upton scored a century for the U13B team while Elliot Evans scored 54*, retired, for the U10A team also versus Foremarke Hall. Bromsgrove School is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England & Wales. Company No. 4808121. Registered Charity No. 1098740 Girls On Wednesday, 16 rounders teams represented Bromsgrove against three schools from Malvern: The Elms, The Downs and Malvern St. James. The Senior teams played against Moor Park and Cheltenham Ladies College. Well done to the U13A, C and D, the U12A and C, the U11A, B and C and U10A teams who all won their matches. Playing five separate schools gave record numbers of girls the opportunity to represent Bromsgrove. Well done to everybody involved. Pupil News Daisy Clements has been offered a new contract to play for Birmingham City Ladies Centre of Excellence U15 squad for the 2015/2016 season, which she has signed. This is an impressive achievement due to the stiff competition for places in this elite squad. Assembly Theme Gentleness, Kindness and Understanding – Pentecost Sunday May 24th Pastoral Focus Final Assessment Week – silence please Yours sincerely Jacqui Deval-Reed Headmistress, Bromsgrove Prep School Bromsgrove School is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England & Wales. Company No. 4808121. Registered Charity No. 1098740 .