Dear Parents

I hope that this finds you well - contained within this year's March newsletter are details of your children's achievements, which have been considerable as you will see.

CELEBRATION ASSEMBLY

On Friday 25 February I was able to congratulate the children on their success. Our Year 6 produced an excellent set of entrance and scholarship results for Year 7 entry to their next schools in September. The following gained awards (mainly academic, with sport and music to the fore):

Charlotte Nott - 2 awards!
Freddie Duncalf
Courtney Dowinton
Ned Rae
Joel Sugarman
Lani Harker
William Broadway

The vast majority will head on through to our Senior School and the Principal commented that this was one of the best set of results that he had seen from the Prep School.

Congratulations to Year 6 for their successes and to my colleagues for their input.

SPORT

The Girls' Netball team remains unbeaten and they recently won the Eryri Schools' title, held at Bangor on
23 February - they did not concede a goal! Well done to them and their coach Mrs Collins,

TEAM: Charlotte Nott (Captain); Beth Stevens; Catherine Davies; Anna Stevenson; Lydia Parry; Amelia Dunton; Ellen Kirby; Olivia Ward and Sophie Elliott.

The boys have picked up silverware as well, as they have won the local Hockey League and the Cup Competition, again, their coach: our parent Mr Wynn Pritchard states that "the boys play a very structured quality passing game. They work very well as a team, all playing positional hockey". Congratulations to them and a big thank you to Mr Pritchard who coaches them.

TEAM: Harrison Holmes; Adam Scarff; George Nott; James Frost; William Pullman; Sam Pritchard (Captain).

Our ski team has just come back from the British Prep Schools Championships in Glenshee, Scotland, where there was excellent snow. Our team came 3rd out of the schools from south of the border (who have less time on snow) and received medals. Mrs Elson and Mrs Collins ably led the trip with support from several parents who were with their children. I hope they all enjoyed it

Overall the team came 9th out of 18 schools, which is a fine achievement considering that this is an U13s event.
The squad consisted of: James Frost (Captain); Sophie Elliott; Daniel Washington; Harrison Holmes; Max Edwards and T J Edwards.

Our dancers have gone to the IAPS Area 7 Dance Celebration, having been choreographed by Caroline Bell.
My thanks to Mrs Harding and Miss Chan for taking them to Cheshire (and other parents who have gone to support the dancers).

Congratulations are also in order to Adam Scarff who has been selected to play for the Senior School U13s tennis team - well done.

THANK YOU

A massive thank you to children, parents and colleagues who have helped raise over £4000.00 for UNICEF with part of the monies raised going to long-term projected around the Indian Ocean.

It is Red Nose Day this Friday and details have been sent to you - your generosity is used to benefit so many children.

INVITATION

You are invited to see "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Years 5 & 6 in the school hall at 6.30pm on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 March. Please contact Mrs Jesse in the school office for tickets.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Prep Department Interim Reports will be with you at the end of term.

Details of our interschool chess final will follow: thank you to Mr Arthur Jones.

Also: well done to those in Circus Skills who demonstrated their talents to friends and parents last Friday. Thank you to Mr Phil Gardiner who runs the club, and Mr Roebuck and Mrs Bendall for supporting the club.

YEAR 4 DYSLEXIA SCREENING

As part of our monitoring of your children we are proposing to test our Year 4, using the NFER Dyslexia Screening,
by Half Term of the summer term. We shall send out a letter in due course giving parents the option of whether they wish their child to be screened.

FOLPS

FOLPS have asked me to give you advance notice of their summer events: a Barn Dance on Friday 13 May and a Summer Fair on Friday 10 June at school.

Best wishes

Matthew Collins MA - Headmaster

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