Friday 9 February: News, Notices and Forthcoming Events

• Songfest rehearsal - selected Year 6 (music room) 4pm-5pm

Monday 19 February

• Year 4-6 Cross Country Peninsular finals @ Pool Academy (A) 2.45pm-5.45pm

• U8 A & B Football @ Polwhele (A) 2pm-3.40pm

• CANCELLED Y3 & Y4 Netball v Polwhele (H)

• CANCELLED after school club: Cross Country 4pm

Tuesday 20 February

• U11 A & B Football & Netball v Plymouth & St Peters @ Plymouth College (A) 12.30pm-

5.45pm (2.30pm kick off)

• CANCELLED after school clubs: Senior Netball & Year 4 Mixed Rugby 4pm

Wednesday 21 February

• Songfest dress rehearsal @ Chacewater Village Hall (selected Year 6) 9.10am-

12.20pm

• Bike & helmet check for 5JL Coast to Coast cycle ride 1.30pm

Thursday 22 February

• 5JL Coast to Coast cycle ride 9.10am-3.40pm

• U11 High 5 Netball qualifier @ Penair School (A) 11am-4pm

• CANCELLED after school club: Hockey @ Truro School astro 4pm

Friday 23 February

• Polwhele House Inter-School Cross Country Event @ Polwhele (A) 9.30am-11.30am

Saturday 24 February

Pre-Prep Achievements

Stars of the Week Work of the Week

Nursery Sophia Clark

RLS Casper Howard

RNM Aubrey Cotgreave

1KM Millie Wakelam Bruce Parker

1SH Henry Lawrence Violet Strongman

2PS Miguel Basta Kai Jones

2SC Rufus Fawcett Lois Angilley

Achievements Head’s Commendations

Ella Meier 4MI for English: for an excellent mulitcoloured mind map

including an exceptional level of detail.

Luke Matthews 4TT for English: for an outstanding explanation of the life

cycle of a ‘flanimal’ of his own invention, called a ‘Buzzvech’. Full of

imaginative ideas, detail and a full range of appropriate vocabulary for the

task, perfectly structured into paragraphs.

Gryff Rom 4TT for English: you have used excellent vocabulary and

unusual word combinations to create a wonderfully surreal poem, inspired

by paintings of Salvador Dali. Well done!

Sophie Dickinson 5SL for Science: for a superb model of a nerve cell.

Simon Nixon 5SL for Science: for a superbly detailed model of a red

blood cell including the structure of a haemoglobin molecule.

Hebe Charles 6AG for English: for a highly original letter of application to

be an artist on the Endurance with Shackleton.

Jessica Howard 6AG for English: for a brilliantly delivered speech, ‘Are

we wild enough?’ at the Youth Speaks competition.

Pax McDowell 6AG for English: for great teamwork as ‘Vote of Thanks’ in the Youth Speaks

competition.

Ella Taylor 6AG for English: for a beautifully structured letter of application to be an artist on

Shacketon’s crew.

Pre-Prep Golden Book Award

Caitlin Wills-Heath

House Point

Form

Champions

Bradley Lawrence 3LL

Matilda Bayliss 3SM

Ella Meier 4MI

Luke Matthews 4TT

Charlie Sim 5JE

Eva Cox, Max Genten

& Cassius Vaardal 5JL

Charlotte Whinney 5SL

Jessica Howard &

Tristan Knowles 6AG

Wilf Bartlett 6JF

Matthew Jones 6SS

Thea Lamboll 6JF for English: for a beautifully structured letter of application to be the main

photographer on the Endurance with Shackleton.

Vasilisa Gerasimenko 6SS for English: for a detailed and highly impressive letter of application to be

an able seaman on the crew of the Endurance with Shackleton.

Matthew Jones 6SS for English: for a dazzling performance as Chairperson of the Youth Speaks

team.

Merit Awards

Bronze Merit Awards 3SM Jessica Chen Lucy Darling Lilly Leigh Ben Meredith Isabelle Weaver 6SS Silas Copeland

Silver Reading Star Award 3SM Lucy Darling

Ben Meredith Oliver McLoughlin

4MI Ella Meier

Maths Times tables challenge certificates were awarded to: 3LL: Maddox Darling, Jack Hare, Sarang Shankar, Jemima Whiteoak. 3SM: Nova Blount, Jessica Chen, Ben Meredith, Tristan Vaughan, Camellia Vickers. 4MI: Alice Hocking. 5JE: Alex Paull, Archie Reid, Miles Townsend. 5JL: Max Genten. 5SL: Sophie Dickinson, Billy Stevenson. 6AG: Jessica Howard, Louis Taylor. 6JF: Sam Bishop, Henry Hocking, Philip Whiting, Sam Worden-Williams. 6SS: George Newman, Thomas Sparks.

Sumdog weekly winners: 1st: Alexander Paull (5JE) 2nd: Jack Chen (5JE) 3rd: Scarlett Crowdy (3SM)

Pool Kayaking Pool Kayaking Stage 1 certificates were awarded to: 3LL Jack Hare William Hawkins Grace Newman

Ayesha Price Amelia Richards Sarang Shankar 3SM Scarlett Crowdy

Aleksander Ferdorchenko Lilly Leigh Harry O’Brien Oliver McLoughlin

Truro City of Lights Parade Certificates were presented to: 6AG Raphi Berger Jess Howard Kathryn Lovett Ysolde Tunstall-Behrens 6JF Sam Bishop Phoebe Bowcock Annabelle Davies Thea Lamboll Elowyn Parris Philip Whiting 6SS Henry Foote Vasilisa Gerasimenko Finn Matthews George Newman

LOST Trystan Vaughan (3SM) has lost his tracksuit top (named). Fred Friedericksen (5JL) has lost his blazer, also named. Please could all parents check at home and inform Reception Office or Mrs Tall if found. Thank You

Prep Head’s Blog – 9 February

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Year 5 have an action packed day learning about the Vikings

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Reception children learn about the Year of the Dog

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Nursery have an exciting morning in the snow

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School Clubs New Lunchtime club James and Sam’s sign-up Lego club for 16 Year 5 & 6 pupils on Thursday lunchtimes will run during February and March. Supervised by Mr Tolkien in P2, each team of four will face a different task each week - for example, ‘build a bridge that can support three Lego figures’, or ‘build the tallest tower possible with your bricks’. At the end of each session, Sam and James will decide on a winner and take photos of all the creations for a Truro School website article at the end of term.

FTS MESSAGES

Save the date - Barn Dance

Back by popular demand, the next Prep School family barn dance will be held on Friday 23 March 2018. The amazing Mr MacQuarrie and his band have agreed to come back and entertain us. Join us for an evening of dancing - great fun for all the family. Tickets will go on sale shortly. Last year was a sell out so don’t forget to book yours early! Gemma, Laura and the FTS team

Regional meetings

West Penwith area West Penwith Regional Group (St Ives, Hayle, Penzance and everywhere in between) will meet for morning coffee at St Ives Brewery (below St Ives Leisure Centre) on Friday 23rd February at 10am. Please come. Sophie Kazan