Spring Term Newsletter Friday 9th February 2024

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Key times and dates:
I have received the full itinerary from PGL and would like to hold a meeting for parents and students in the school hall on Tuesday, 20th February, 4.15 pm to go through full itinerary, further information and questions.

In the meantime here are key times;

Coach pick-up at Bowbrook House; Friday, 22nd March, 3.00 am.
Return to Bowbrook; Monday, 25th March, 11.00 pm (approx)
Apologies for the early start. This is to allow ample time for us to arrive in Dover for the coach check in time of 8.00 am, with a driver change and some time in case of traffic problems.

If there are any urgent questions, please contact Mr Whittingham by email. Otherwise, there will be time for individual questions at the meeting on Tuesday

News from the Prep School

Wow what a week we have had! We are all incredibly proud of the Prep pupils who have taken part in our school play, their commitment to learning words, songs and dances is highly commendable. We hope that you all enjoyed the show as much as we did putting it on.

We started the week on another high with some fantastic TTRS news. Last Friday, Mrs Stephens entered us into a national competition. Pupils arrived at 8am to school and spent an hour completing times tables. The results were fantastic and once again we are so proud of the pupils. See below for the results:

National TTRS results: Bowbrook House School

8th in the entire country

2nd in the West Midlands!

Pupil Results
West Midlands Winners:

8th Will Rush
15th Anna Judge
16th Rosalie Bolt
20th Violet Williams
34th George Haydon
40th Maria Parkes
42nd Summer Comens
49th Ayla Wood

Some awesome results 🙂 Thank you all for your efforts and support with the competition.

This week our Star Pupils are:

  • N/R - Max Taylor for super work in Phonics.
  • I1 - Eretria Bolt for great use of exclamation and question marks.
  • I2 - Adam Haines for writing a beautiful poem.
  • J3 - Eva Parkes for always working hard and trying her best.
  • J4 - Summer Comens for excellent results in her assessments.
  • J5 - Will Rush for showing resilience in Maths.
  • J6 - George Haydon for his enthusiasm and hard work in English.

Congratulations to everybody and have a well earned rest over the half term holiday.

Mrs Sarah Ridge
Head of Prep
Bowbrook House School

Music news

Congratulations to all of our performers this week. There were some outstanding performances on stage and some lovely solo singing. Very well done to all involved in ‘Charlie’

Instrumental Lessons: New instrumental timetables have been distributed this week with the exception of the Drum timetable; to follow shortly. As always, please support your child in ensuring that they write down the times and dates of each lesson into their planner to keep up attendance.

Some of our instrumentalists are repeatedly forgetting to bring their music books to their lessons which makes the lesson somewhat slower and difficult. Please, please can students bring their music books to their lesson.

Music Extra-Curricular: All music extra- curriculars activities will resume after the half term. Please see the timetable below:

Monday: Lower Chamber Choir Yrs 5-7 (venue tbc). 4-5pm
Tuesday: Orchestra (Music Rm) 4-5pm
Wednesday: Upper Chamber Choir (Music Rm) 4-5pm
Upper Junior Recorder/Flute Choir (Music Rm) 12.30
Lower Junior Recorder Club (Miss White’s Classroom Rm – Years 2-5) 12.30
Thursday: GCSE Composition Sessions (Macsuite) 4-5pm
Junior Samba Drumming Club – (Music Rm) 3.30 – 4pm starting date tbc

Music Stars of the Week:

Georgie Dicken

In J6 for her rapid progress in violin. After Mr Neville's recommendation, Georgie has now been invited to join Orchestra. Well done Georgie!

Kieran Wall

S10 and Syon Ghosh-Bhatt M9 have both passed their Grade 1 Drum exams with a Merit. This is fantastic news; congratulations to both.

There were many strong solo performances in ‘Charie and the Chocolate Factory’ this week; congratulations to all our performers.

Prep School Music Stars of the term:

Reception: Skye Worth

I1: Eretria Bolt

I2: Elena Svancara

J3: Ruth Drakeley and Harry Stephens

J4: Benjamin Rowe

Thank you
Mrs Izod

See you all on the 19th …