Summer Term Newsletter Friday 27th June 2025
Bowbrook Newsletter
Music. Drama and Art to start off with this week:
Summer Concert:
We are very excited to welcome you to our Summer Concert on Wednesday (2nd July). Our evening performance begins at 7pm. Please could musicians arrive at 6.25 to tune their instruments and the school to be seated no later the 6.45 in full school uniform, thank you.
There will be a full days’ rehearsal on Wednesday. Students do need to look to the rehearsal schedule and excuse themselves from their lessons at their rehearsal time and make their way to the marquee. Please cam all musicians remember to bring their instrument and music to school on Wednesday.
Music Stars of the Week:
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Congratulations to Ayana Govin in Year 11 who has won the ISA Composition Competition Award 2025. This is a wonderful achievement showcasing some beautiful compositional skills. Ayana will also be onstage performing several compositions at the 'Sunshine Festival' in Upton Upon Severn in August.
Good luck Ayana! - Congratulations also go to Theo Worth in Year 9 and Summer and Sienna Comens in J5 who have all passed their Grade 1 piano exams. What a wonderful achievement. Very well done to both!
Mrs Izod
Drama News:
A reminder that pupils have one week left to sign up if they want to perform in our Whole School Show next year. Mrs Ford introduced the show, which will be Annie Jr, in Assemblies last week and sent information to parents via engage parent portal. There are a variety roles for pupils of all ages as well as fun ensemble opportunities. Anyone wanting to perform in the show, as a main part or in the ensemble should complete the online form to sign up for auditions in September – including any Infants who would like to be involved. We’ve had a really positive response so far but would particularly like to hear from more pupils currently in M9 (going into S10!) The deadline is next Friday (July 4th)
Art Room News
We warmly invite all Bowbrook families and friends to the GCSE Art Exhibition for 2025, taking place during the senior school’s Sports Day and Speech Day on 9th July.
An opportunity for our year 11 students to showcase their huge efforts and talents and for you to experience their creative journeys and outcomes. In addition, year 10 Art students will be giving you a glimpse of their current ‘work in progress’. It is sure to be a feast for the eyes! Current Year 9 (and 8) should come along to see what GCSE Art is all about at Bowbrook!
Year 10 Workshop:
A reminder that the last Year 10 GCSE Art club for this academic year will take place on Thursday 3rd July and is an extended session, from 4-6.30pm. Letters to confirm attendance have been sent home with students.
@BowbrookArts
Prep School News:
It was lovely to welcome our Nursery and Reception children in for their Taster morning with Miss White and Mrs Geisler. They had a super morning. They shared a story, Sharing a shell and made their own crabs to take home. The children went for lunch in our dining hall with the other Prep children too!
As part of their PSHE lessons this term on Years 5 and 6 had a workshop on Periods by Emily from EmPower. The children sent through questions to Emily a week earlier via google so that she could tailor it to their needs. She was very impressed with how mature and engaged they were and they took so much from the session with her. Both boys and girls took part in this session, with girls having the opportunity to stay behind to chat to Emily. Her goal is, “to enlighten everyone about the intrinsic differences in women’s biology. Understanding these differences is not just a game-changer; it is essential for every single human being as they will interact with women, be it a mother, sister, daughter, friend, or colleague.”
Infants have been whipping up a storm by preparing a ‘matunda’, which is Swahili for ‘fruit’ (salad). The children have been comparing life in a part of Kenya with one in the UK, as part of their Geography curriculum.
Year 5 have achieved some certificates this week. A huge well done to Sienna and Summer Comens for receiving their Grade 1 Piano Certificates. Also well done to Olivia, Summer and Sienna for reaching their reading targets and Aadil for super effort in reading this term.
Mrs Mills kindly invited both the Year 5 and Year 6 classes up to the Art rooms this week (on separate days) for a really fun Art lesson. The Year 6 children came back very excited about their Art lessons next year – I must admit I do love the space up there – so I can see why. Mrs Mills also commented on how well behaved the Year 6 children were, so very well done to them.
We have had a Coding League in Year 6 – the children are in pairs and have to complete coding challenges as quickly as they can. Our current champions are Willow and Fabien. Runners up are Sally and Adam. Watch this space..!
Next week is Level 2 Bikeability for Year 6 – a reminder email to all Year 6 parents has gone out again today. Groups are on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday – please see the email for the day your child is down.
On Monday we have Prep School Council representatives going to meet Sir Nicholas and Lady Georgia Coleridge. Sir Nicholas is the Chair of the Historical Royal Palaces and ex-Chair of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. We invited both him and Lady Georgia to our recent Night at the Museum event, via theirs and our neighbour, Ms Saint. Unfortunately they were unable to make it, but have invited us to visit Wolverton Hall instead. We are sharing our lovely photos from our recent event.
Finally, all the children have been busy preparing for the Summer Concert next week and are looking forward to performing in the marquee on Wednesday evening. We look forward to seeing you there.
Also we have our final Stay and Play session next week for the year and, of course, our Prep Sports and Speech Day to look forward to!
Have a lovely weekend all.
Mrs Mao and Prep team
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