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Prep Newsletter Friday
5th June 2015
Dear Parents and Friends,
Achievements
We constantly want to celebrate all that is good and each Friday we have a
celebration assembly to recognise the achievements from both inside and
out of school. This is a special time to also celebrate the number of
Commendations and Award Marks each pupil has received and for Lower
Prep to recognise the Star of the Week from each class.
Today, in your daughter’s bag, you will have received a form to complete
as to her achievements this academic year, be they music, dance, drama
exams, competitions entered and clubs attended in and out of school.
Please would you mind completing this form with your daughter and
returning it to the Prep Office by Monday 15th June. The completed form
will help us to recognise her achievements and will then be kept as a
record in her file.
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Chess News
On Sunday 31st
May Scarlet, from Year 3, played in
the Under 8’s Girls Megafinal for North Middlesex,
as part of the UK Chess Challenge. In a field of the
25 best girls, Scarlet came a clear 1st
with 6 out of
6, qualifying for the Gigafinal for the whole of
Southern England. Scarlet received her trophy
from International Master Michael Basman.
Congratulations Scarlet!
Wedding
During half term Sara, our After
School Club Supervisor got
married at the Hare Krishna
Temple. The reception followed
with close friends and family,
including some from America
who flew in especially for the
occasion. The weather was
beautiful, helping to ensure a
perfect day! Congratulations Mr
and Mrs Dainton
Father’s Day
Following our successful Mother’s Day/Special Person Assembly in
March we invite all Prep School fathers to attend our Father’s Day
Breakfast with their daughter on Thursday 18th June 8.00 - 9.00am in the
Upper Prep Dining Room. If you will be attending please let Mrs Daws in
the Prep Office know before next Friday, in order that we know how
many to cater for.
Library Help
I would like to offer the biggest thank you
to all of the parent volunteers who have
helped in the Lower and Upper Prep
libraries this academic year, especially to
Mr Purcell and Mrs Jenkins. Their help has
been invaluable and all books have been
covered, categorised and put onto the
computer system. We are looking for more
volunteers to help in the libraries for next
academic year - this could be for 1 hour per
week, or more, if you are able to offer more
time. If you are interested please would you
let me know, as there would be a small
amount of training involved.
Uniform
June - July = Summer uniform (dress, cardigan (not jumper), white ankle
socks.
Year 6 pupils may continue to wear their winter uniform all term. A short
sleeved school blouse is permissible, as are white ankle socks.
Please ensure that hair is fully tied back and accessories are discrete -
plain navy blue or black.
Watches may be worn by pupils in Years 1 - 6 - small, analogue with a
plain strap. If your child wears a watch she must be able to put it on and
take it off independently.
For PE and swimming please ensure that all jewellery is removed, unless
with prior agreement from Mrs Aisthorpe. Report
At the end of this term on 3rd July your daughter’s end of year report will
be available via your personal online portal. Today you will have received
a letter (sent in your daughter’s bag) with your portal login details. Please
would you try opening your portal and if there are any issues please
would you contact the School’s IT department. We will not be sending
paper copies.
Mrs C Aisthorpe
Head of St. Margaret’s Preparatory School
Sun Safe
We are so blessed by the weather at the moment. Please
would you ensure that your daughter has had the long term
sun cream applied before school, or that she brings in a
named bottle of sunscreen that she can apply
independently. A sunhat is also a necessity to protect her.
Our St Margaret’s sunhat may be bought from D J Uniforms.
If you buy online or on the telephone uniform items can be
delivered to school.
Sports Day starts at 2pm on the Senior School playing field, led by the
Games department, involving every child in the Prep School. The
children will need to bring in sunscreen, wear a sun hat (the weather
forecast is looking to be hot!) and wear their PE kit, but with a plain t-
shirt in their House colour. Water will be provided for the children.
Gordon = blue Nicholson = green Raleigh = red Wesley = yellow
At the end of the afternoon (at approximately 3.30pm) after the prizes
have been awarded the pupils will be directed to join their class teacher.
Lower Prep girls may be taken home from the field. The book bag will not
go home.
Upper Prep girls will return to their classroom where you may collect her.
Any girl who is not collected by a parent or guardian will be taken back to
their classroom and will be looked after until normal pick up time. After
School Activities will continue as usual and if you need to use the After
School Club please use the on-line booking.
In the event of wet weather, it is likely that Sports Day will be cancelled
and lessons will continue as normal. If you are in doubt about this,
please refer to our school website, www.stmargaretsbushey.co.uk, for
information.
June
9th 14:00-15:30 Prep School Sports Day
10th-12th
Year 6 PGL residential trip
11th 14:45-15:15 Informal Concert for Lower Prep children
15th Upper Prep Swimming Gala
16th Year 3 visit to Whipsnade Zoo
Year 6 visit to Reveley Lodge (morning)
Senior School Junior Concert (featuring Years 5 & 6)
18th 08:00-09:00 Father’s Day Breakfast – RSVP please
19th Induction Day
22nd-26th
Year 6 Swimming Survival Week
23rd 08:45-09:00 Year 6 Class Assembly – Parents Invited
24th 14:00-14:30 Wesley Cake Sale (Upper Prep only)
25th 09:30-10:30 Prep Celebration of Achievements Ceremony, Sports Centre
27th 19:00 – late Connections Grand Summer Ball
30th 15:45-16:05 Lower Prep Zumba Show,Upper Prep Hall
16:15-16:45 Upper Prep Zumba Show, Upper Prep Hall
July
1st Upper Prep Summer Picnic & Walk
2nd 10:30-11:30 Year 2 Scooter Training
3rd 14:00 Term Ends
020 8416 4501
Dates
Reception
We have had a lovely first week back in Reception.
Our new topic is ‘Under the Sea’ and we made
some lovely artwork featuring different sea
creatures and made our own Rainbow Fish.
Before the half term holiday Year 1 made grass heads as
parts of our Science topic about growth. Something
amazing happened during the week and when we came
back on Monday our grass heads had hair!
We are going to let them grow a bit longer before we give
them a haircut and bring them home.
Year 1
Year 2 are going on
safari! Safari is the Swahili
word for journey but often
people say they are going
on safari when they go to
Africa and drive round a
national park to see all sorts
of animals. We have found
lots of information about
some safari animals and
over the next few weeks we
will be using our note
making skills to write our
own non-fiction books about
one of these animals.
Year 2
Authors at the age of 7 - how fabulous is that!
Upper Prep
“ I liked to see all the
countries traditional
costumes.” Ishiya
We loved our International Mufti day. It was
wonderful to see so many brightly coloured and
beautiful clothes and very interesting to hear
about the costumes and the countries that they
originated from. Anna’s costume arrived by post
from Russia just in time on Friday morning!
These are some of the things that the girls especially
“ I liked seeing all my friends getting dressed up in
their costumes.” Anya
“ I liked it because it let us see everyone’s cultures.”
Iman
“ I liked all the colours.” Maya
“ I was surprised when I saw everyone dressed up.”
Beatrice