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Prep Newsletter Friday 15th May 2015 Dear Parents and Friends, Travelling Book Fair Throughout this week the Travelling Book Fair has been with us, causing excitement and the sharing of our passion for books and reading. The children have loved seeing the brightly coloured, enticing front covers, seeing „old favourites‟ and passionately expressing their views on particular authors. Thank you for buying the books as with the commission we will buy nonfiction books for our libraries. Visits out of school This week Years 4 and 5 visited St Albans Abbey and Reveley Lodge respectively to consolidate and develop their learning of their History topics. As usual, and as expected, the girls‟ behaviour was exemplary. Next week all of the Lower Prep are going on an adventure in Aldenham Country Park to take part in workshops based on a Bear Hunt or life cycles. Class Assemblies Yesterday Year 3 led an excellent assembly about rubbish and recycling. They were all amazing, spoke clearly and confidently to give us information, figures and advice. A delightful assembly with every pupil being a true credit to Mrs Franklin. Please read their full report and see the photos on the Year 3 page. Next Tuesday it is the turn of Year 5 and then on Friday, Year 4.

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Prep Newsletter Friday 15th

May 2015

Dear Parents and Friends,

Travelling Book Fair

Throughout this week the Travelling Book Fair has been with us, causing

excitement and the sharing of our passion for books and reading. The

children have loved seeing the brightly coloured, enticing front covers,

seeing „old favourites‟ and passionately expressing their views on

particular authors. Thank you for buying the books as with the

commission we will buy nonfiction books for our libraries.

Visits out of school

This week Years 4 and 5 visited St Albans Abbey and Reveley Lodge

respectively to consolidate and develop their learning of their History

topics. As usual, and as expected, the girls‟ behaviour was exemplary.

Next week all of the Lower Prep are going on an adventure in Aldenham

Country Park to take part in workshops based on a Bear Hunt or life

cycles.

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Class Assemblies

Yesterday Year 3 led an excellent assembly about rubbish and recycling.

They were all amazing, spoke clearly and

confidently to give us information, figures

and advice. A delightful assembly with

every pupil being a true credit to Mrs

Franklin. Please read their full report and

see the photos on the Year 3 page.

Next Tuesday it is the turn of Year 5 and

then on Friday, Year 4.

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Mrs C Aisthorpe

Head of St. Margaret’s Preparatory School

Mufti Day is next

Friday 22nd May. In

the last School

Council assembly, led

by Amita and Caitlin,

our Head and Deputy

Head Girls, the

children voted to

decide the theme of

the outfit for Mufti

Day. The majority vote

was for International

Costume. Please do

not go out and buy a

costume. Please feel

free to wear a costume

from a particular

country, or if this is

not possible, select a

country and wear the

colours of their flag

Certificate

CONGRATULATIONS to…

Lucy (Y4)

e.g. Switzerland = red and white. Please ensure clothes worn are

appropriate for school including safe, sturdy shoes and a coat. For this

Mufti Day we are accepting donations of £2 (or more) which will be sent

to the Save the Children Nepal Earthquake Relief fund.

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May

19th 08:45-09:00 Year 5 Class Assembly – Parents Invited

Lower Prep visit to Aldenham Country Park

22nd 08:45-09:00 Year 4 Class Assembly

Mufti Day – Save The Children

14:00-14:30 Nicholson Cake Sale

15:30/16:00 Half-term begins

June

1st 08:30 Term resumes

1st-5th

Upper Prep Exam Week

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)

30th 15:45-16:05 Lower Prep Zumba Show

16:15-16:45 Upper Prep Zumba Show

Dates

020 8416 4501

[email protected]

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Reception

This week all the

animals escaped

from the zoo! We

enjoyed making

special masks and

“wanted” posters.

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Year 1 have been

fascinated by the growth of

the cress during the past 2

weeks. Some of the girls

clearly have very green

fingers and their cress is

now ready to harvest.

Although all the cress was

sown under the same

conditions and placed in a

sunny position some seeds

have grown much better

than others. We have been

hypothesizing about the

possible reasons for this.

The girls drew some

fabulous pictures of their

cress and looked really

carefully to notice the

shapes of the leaves.

On Tuesday the girls chose

the best cress growers and

after totalling the votes Sia,

Tara, Saanya, Meghana and

Ariana were all voted

winners.

This week we planted grass

seeds and will report on its

progress in due course.

Year 1

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Year 2 Year 2 were very excited this morning when we

received an e-mail all the way from Australia! In our

ICT lesson on Monday we sent an e-mail to Ariana,

who returned to Australia at the end of last term, and

eagerly awaited her reply.

Ariana says she is happy to be

back at her school but misses us

lots. She and Kiara have got 2 ten

week old kittens whose names are

Jammie and Dodger; named after

the Jammie Dodger biscuits they

enjoyed while over here but can't

get in Australia.

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On Thursday Year 3 presented their assembly to the school and their parents. It was all about rubbish and litter. In our Geography lessons we have learnt about the impact that litter can have on wildlife. It can cause injuries, cuts, suffocation and some small things can be swallowed. If we take more care with our rubbish we can prevent these sad things from happening. It is also important to re-cycle and re-use rubbish and things that we no longer want. Glass, plastic, cans, paper and card are just some of the things that can be re-cycled.

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The girls showed everyone the posters that they have made in ICT, some of them acted out a little scene about bargains at the charity shop and everyone sang a beautiful song called Wonderful World. We do live in a wonderful, beautiful world and we should all try to appreciate it and take care of it.

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Year 4

On Tuesday Year 4 went to St Albans. During the day we

learnt about the Dissolution of the

Monasteries, Tudor Dance and Music,

and some facts about Saint Alban

and the Abbey. Overall it was a

great day with lots of interesting

information.

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To follow

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When we arrived at the lodge there were audible gasps from the girls as they admired the beautiful gardens and conservatory, where goldfish swam in the fountain. We were greeted by a group of museum volunteers who gave up their morning to engage the girls in a complete Victorian experience - examining beautiful art-work; working as a laundry maid to do the washing; examining the furniture from that period; learning some of the houses secrets; and learning about Eila Chewett and her life.

Year 5 An ex-St Margaret‟s girl, Mrs Eila Chewett lived in Reveley Lodge until her passing. At this time it was bequeathed to Bushey museum so we were delighted to be able to take advantage of this little historical gem

right on our doorstep.

On our walk, Mrs Thomson pointed out a number of Victorian places of interest dotted around Bushey, including a water trough previously used for Metropolitan Police horses and another water pump on Elstree Road.

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This was followed by an informative tour of the garden

which has been lovingly restored to reflect its heritage. It even includes a

„human‟ sundial so we were lucky the sun was shining

down on us!

Our day was rounded off with

a delightful afternoon tea

where the girls were introduced

to the correct etiquette from

the period.

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History

Year 6 have been given the task of writing a presentation, to give to the whole

class, about The Role of Women in World War ll. They will present them next

week.

Did you know?

Women did not earn the same wage as men at the start of the war.

Queen Elizabeth actually worked during World War ll. After months of begging

her father to let his heir pitch in, Elizabeth—then an 18-year-old princess—

joined the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service.

This week we visited the book fair and most of the girls found some exciting new books to read. Year 6 have really enjoyed reading this year and I am amazed at how keen they are to discover new authors and explore new titles. Some of them have read up to 30 books this year which is a huge achievement. When we finish a book we write a short review. Others can read the reviews and try a book that they may not have previously considered. Our Year 6 book worms use the new vocabulary in their work and some of their creative writing is imaginative, well-structured and mature.

Year 6

Women who

worked in the land

army earned

only £1.60 per week!

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