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Important dates for your diaries:
you to ensure name tapes are secure in cos-
tumes. Please do not use pen as the water is
not forgiving and it makes it hard for staff
distributing costumes.
Mobile Phones
In the interests of courtesy and our children's
safety, we politely request, that mobile
phones are not used within the building.
Change of Clothes
Please remember to return any borrowed
clothing. Any unwanted items to assist us
would be gratefully received to ensure we
have spares in school.
Child illness
Whilst we encourage children to be in school
as much as is possible we do ask that if chil-
dren need to have calpol in the morning that
you do not bring them to school. Recently
this has happened and when the calpol wears
off the children have not been well enough
to enjoy being in school.
General Notices Please take time to read the bulletin published each week it does contain important pieces of Pre-Prep information
Early Birds
Early Birds sessions are offered to those
working parents who need to drop their
child earlier than 8:30am. Please note
that due to limited space Early Birds
places must be booked in advance and
are for Pre-Prep children only. A
prompt 8:10am drop off is appreciated.
Main Entrance
Please do not switch the buzzer off by
the main glass door on exit.
Nail varnish
Nail varnish should be removed for
school.
Swimming
Please can you ensure all temporary
tattoos are removed prior to swimming
lessons.
Children in Years 1 & 2 will need a
towel in a named bag for using when
we swim in the school outdoor pool.
The holidays are a good opportunity for
Car parking
It is sad to report, despite our pleas in
the last publication, that we are still
receiving complaints about lack of
courtesy in the car park. One car was
very badly damaged with no admis-
sion of fault. Please be careful.
Permission for absences
Please could all permissions for
absences of 1 day or part of a day,
including for appointments, be di-
rected for the Pre-Prep to-
If the absence is for longer than 1 day
or includes Upper School siblings,
permission should be sought from
Mrs Goldsmith via Mrs Blake -
All schools have a legal obligation to
record any absence, along with the
reason, when children miss any part of
the normal school day.
Wednesday 20th April Return to School
Monday 25th April Coffee and Croissants in the Reading Room 8:45-
10:00am
Friday 29th April EXEAT & Friends Cake Bake sale 12:00 noon
Colour Run on top pitches 12:00 noon.
Tuesday 10th May No activities today except for Ballet
Wednesday 11th May Reception French Breakfast 10:00 - 10:40am
Friday 13th May Years 1 & 2 Chartwells Healthy Living
Saturday 14th May WHS May Ball
Whole School Open Morning 10:30am - 1:00pm
Tuesday 17th May Nursery Come and Play 10:30 - 11:45am
Monday 23rd May Pre-Prep Parents Forum 11:30am in the reading
room
Thursday 26th May Year 2 Sleepover camp
Friday 27th May Come & Share 11:30am
Half Term starts at 12:00noon
Friday 10th June Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th Birthday
Thursday 23rd June E Safety Talk by Karl Hopwood for parents. 5:30-
6:30pm
Friday 24th June Pre-Prep Sports Day 1:30pm
Tuesday 5th July Move up morning for current children. Taster
day for new children.
Meet the Year 2 teachers for current Year 1
parents 3:15pm
Friends Extravaganza 2:30-3:30pm on the lawn
Wednesday 6th July Year 2 ‘Moving on Ceremony’ School Hall.
Year 2 Parents Welcome 2:30pm
Thursday 7th July Fabulous Finish Fiesta (children only)
Friday 8th July End of Term 12:00noon
Monday 27th June EXEAT
Tuesday 28th June Taster afternoon for new Reception children for
Sept 2016 1:30 - 3:45pm
Thursday 30th June Taster afternoon for new Reception children for
Sept 2016 1:30 - 3:45pm
Meet the Reception teachers for current Nursery
parents 3:15pm
Monday 4th July Meet the Year 1 teachers for current Reception
parents 3:15pm
Thank you for your
donation to Water
Aid following the
Fabulous Finish.
The amount raised
was £62.77!
At the start of the Lent Term
we were wondering where our
journey would take us. All the
children have had a fantastic
term learning as they have
visited places locally, abroad
and even on other planets.
You can read more about their
topic work inside this
newsletter.
World Book Day was a terrific
success. The children had
clearly enjoyed thinking of
who they would be dressing
up as, we had many easily
identifiable characters turn up
for the school day. A great
effort from everyone who
joined in. All the Pre-Prep
children enjoyed the
opportunity of story time in
Brackley Library.
On 11th March the children
were invited to come into
school in sportswear and take
part in an obstacle course in
aid of Sports Relief. Each
year group took it in turns to
complete laps of the circuit
which encompassed all of the
outdoor space available to us.
There were some very brave
children who overcame their
fear of the spidersweb on the
climbing frame. Well done!
Year 1 and 2 were perfect
ambassadors for WHS when
they visited Juniper House
nursing home to share some
songs and poems with the
residents. Their behaviour
was impeccable.
We have enjoyed our final
assembly for the term. Father
James visited to talk to us
about Easter and the
I N S I D E
T H I S I S S U E :
Lent Term 1
Moving Along 2
The Winchester
House Way
2
Near and Far 3
General Notices 4
Important Dates 4
Mini Winnies
Issue 2015-2016 #6
Date March 2016
P A G E 1
We are collecting the Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers.
Last year we had enough to buy the Jenga blocks for the
playground which the children enjoy playing with. There
are collection boxes in the main corridor and in the Year
2 building and we can collect until 3rd May. Thank you
for helping with this effort.
significance of the eggs we
will be eating on Sunday.
During the assembly Mrs
Goldsmith awarded the
Team Point Cup - well done,
Red Team!
The Easter Egg hunt was as
always a real joy to behold.
Thank you to the friends for
organising this activity.
We would like to extend a
warm welcome to Mrs Jan
Read who is working with us
in Learning Support.
We finish the term saying
goodbye to Clover Levine
and Freddie Cunningham.
We wish you well as you
move on from us.
Moving along
This Half Term Early Years have been sailing the
seas in pursuit of pirates, building ships in the
outdoor area, creating ‘Wanted’ posters and
wonderful images of pirates using their own choice
of art materials.
Following this they have been flying high
in the Science lab with Miss Dodd,
making hot air balloons and watching
them float in the air with a little help from
the heat of some hairdryers!
For the past couple of weeks they’ve been exploring space, creating alien profiles, perfecting recipes
for alien slime, building shape rockets and singing songs about the man in the moon.
Each Half Term we will be focusing on one of the val-ues of our Winchester House Way.
Next Term our value will be:
Be Honest
Please support these values at home.
The Best Self Board is in the main corridor where we celebrate the children's
achievements.
Treat others as you would
be treated
Forgive
Share
Listen
Be honest
Be kind and helpful
Be gentle
Do your best to be your best
self
P A G E 2
The Winchester House Way
P A G E 3
Near and Far Year 2 have been enjoying their travels in India having flown by aeroplane just before the Half Term holiday. Mrs Jandhyala came in to talk about how indian clothes are different to ours. She showed us her wedding photos and told us all about what happens during an indian wedding. We looked at some of Sofia’s different saris and Sofia and Scarlett tried them on. Thank you to Mrs Jandhyala for coming to talk to us.
In the DT room we made indian rickshaws with Miss Politowski. She showed us how she cut the templates using a laser cutter and then we worked together to create the rickshaws. During our time in India, we have been busy making lots of different indian food and crafts. Using different coloured sand, we made Rangoli patterns which Hindus create as part of their Diwali celebrations. We made indian roti and tried it with some traditional mango chutney. We made tie-dye T-shirts using elastic bands, string, marbles and cotton reels to create different effects. Having dyed the T-shirts using special ink we untied them and were amazed at how different they looked.
After the Half Term holidays the Year 1 children brought in their amazing take home projects which helped us to learn more about our own solar system. We have investigated light and the children had fun making and testing their black out glasses. We made and launched rockets with the help of Miss Dodd taking us on a solar system adventure. The star that fell at the start of term was carefully put back in to the sky before the children came home, realising just how special Planet Earth is. We saw how materials change when they are heated and thought about the different properties of materials with the help of Think Tank who came to do a workshop with us. The children have read the story of
The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark.
Plop the owl had huge eyes which let
in lots of light to help him hunt in the
dark. The children used pastels to
draw owl faces.