Friday 13 October: News, Notices and Forthcoming Events

Sarah Patterson’s Blog – Friday 13

October 2017

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• 6AG St Agnes Walk 9.15am-3.30pm

• U11 A & B Football v Devoran School (H) 3.45pm

kick-off

• Year 3 Parents' Evening, maths, English and

pastoral (form rooms) 4pm-7pm

• Choir rehearsal (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

piece) 4pm-5pm

• CANCELLED after school club: Photography 4pm

Monday 16 October

• City of Lights workshop at Truro School (selected

Year 6 students) all day

Tuesday 17 October

• CANCELLED Pre-Prep all day Light workshop

• Harvest Festival (Sports Hall) parents welcome

10.50am

• Year 5 & Year 6 Hockey v Truro High and Polwhele

Schools @ Truro High Astro (A) 1.30pm-3.40pm

• Year 5 Parents' Evening maths & English (Dining

Hall) 4pm-7pm

• CANCELLED after school clubs: Football and Rugby

Wednesday 18 October

• Diwali workshop (Pre-Prep Hall) 9am-11.45am

• U9 Rugby Tournament @ Plymouth College (A)

12pm-5.30pm

Thursday 19 October

Pre-Prep Achievements

Stars of the Week Work of the Week

Nursery Rosanna Chambers

RLS Teresa Kujawska

RNM Aubrey Cotgreave

1KM Lowenna Osborne Amelia Wakelam

1SH Lucas Edwards Nathaniel Kenward

2PS James Hotston Evelyn Jobling

2SC Ben Stonebridge Rufus Fawcett

Achievements Head’s Commendations

Shamaila Hussain (5JE) for being a kind and helpful sister.

Ava Kew (5JE) for Physical Education: for volunteering to help the

opposition who were short of a player during the hockey fixture with St

Petroc’s.

Max Genten (5JL) for English: for an outstanding oral anecdote delivered

with expression, verve and enthusiasm. Excellent use of figurative

language, repetition, cliffhangers and time-stretching.

Merit Awards

Bronze Merit Awards Lucy Darling (3SM) Trystan Vaughan (3SM) Camellia Vickers (3SM) Joshua Arnold (4MI) Ben Marshall (4MI) Benjamin Osborne (4MI) Charlie Davison (6AG)

Pre-Prep Golden Book Award

Theo Murthy

House Point

Form

Champions

Clara Curran 3LL

Nova Blount 3SM

Joseph Birchall &

Imogen Stamp 4MI

Kayo Price 4TT

Jack Chen 5JE

Max Genten 5JL

Charlotte Whinney

5SL

Tristan Knowles 6AG

Sam Bishop 6JF

Jonathan Taylor 6SS

Maths Times tables certificates were awarded to: 3LL: Natasha Cameron, Freddie Edwards, William Hawkins, Toby Howard, Bradley Lawrence, Grace Newman, Ayesha Price, Amelia Richards, Erin Round, Eva Steel. 3SM: Nova Blount, Jessica Chen, Scarlett Crowdy, Aleksander Fedorchenko, Lilly Leigh, Kes McDowell, Ben Meredith, Oliver McLoughlin, Harry O’Brien, Evelina Vardar, Trystan Vaughan, Camellia Vickers, Isabelle Weaver. 4MI: Alice Hocking, Ben Marshall, Benjamin Osborne, Inigo Quaife. 4TT: Roman Baker, Rafferty Barton-Price, Lowena Wills-Heath. 5JE: Daisy Leigh 5JL: Anna Browning, Anna Fedorchenko, Fred Friedericksen, Max Genten. 5SL: Oscar Ashby, Alice Browning, Meredith Martin, Henry Smithson, William Wang, Charlotte Whinney. 6AG: Jessica Howard. 6SS: Charlie Curran, Kitty Howarth, Evie Hutchin, George Newman.

Swimming On Wednesday 11th October at Truro Leisure Centre, Daisy Leigh (5JE) won two gold medals in the 8 lengths breaststroke and front crawl. In the Truro City Swimming Club Championships in July and October 2017, Charlie Sim (5JE) and Rory Sim (5JL) won the following medals: Rory won gold in 100m individual medley and 50m backstroke, and silver in 50m butterfly, 50m freestyle, 50m breaststroke, 200m individual medley and 200m freestyle. Charlie Sim won bronze in 50m backstroke and 200m freestyle.

AUTHOR VISIT TO TRURO PREP SCHOOL TUESDAY 7TH NOVEMBER

Maz Evans

From the earliest age, Maz Evans was destined to become a writer: she was terrible with money, allergic to early mornings

and always promised that any written work would be delivered tomorrow. Maz is an author, scriptwriter, playwright, lyricist,

journalist, poet, dinner lady and whatever else pays the gas bill.

Maz’s writing career began in journalism as a TV critic and feature writer. She has written for many national titles and is a

regular pundit on The Jeremy Vine Show. After working as a creative writing lecturer, she founded Story Stew, an anarchic

creative writing programme that has visited primary schools and literary festivals around the UK, including Hay and Imagine.

Maz lives in London with her husband and four children.

Maz’s debut children’s novel WHO LET THE GODS OUT was published by Chicken House in February 2017 and was

selected as the Waterstone’s Children’s Book of the Month. It entered the bestseller charts on its first week on sale and to

date has sold to 11 countries worldwide. The sequel, SIMPLY THE QUEST is scheduled for August 2017, with books 3 & 4

in the series to follow from 2018 onwards. Her acclaimed creative writing events have featured at Hay, Imagine, Edinburgh,

Bath, Cheltenham, Latitude, Wilderness and many other literary festivals and primary schools around the UK.

Who let the gods out?

Elliot's mum is ill and his home is under threat, but a shooting star crashes to earth and changes his life forever. The star is

Virgo - a young Zodiac goddess on a mission. But the pair accidentally release Thanatos, a wicked death daemon

imprisoned beneath Stonehenge, and must then turn to the old Olympian gods for help. After centuries of cushy retirement

on earth, are Zeus and his crew up to the task of saving the world - and solving Elliot's problems too?

Simply the quest

Elliot Hooper's troubles are far from over: his mum's health worsens, he's struggling at school, and a bunch of anarchic

Greek immortals have moved into his home - including teen goddess Virgo, who's in trouble with the Zodiac. What's more,

death-daemon Thanatos and his scary mum are at large. As even more immortal allies and enemies emerge, Virgo and

Elliot must learn how to be heroes ...

Book your place now at the Friends of Truro School Quiz and Curry Night It’s not about the winning, of course!

But it is about having a fun evening and meeting others from the Truro School Community.

Friday 10th November from 7-9pm Truro School in the Dining Hall

The event is timed to coincide with the Junior Disco for 1st and 2nd years.

There are 8 in a team but don’t worry if you’re not in a team as smaller groups

can be joined together by the organizers. There will be a choice of chicken or vegetable curry

Bring your own snacks and drink, glasses will be supplied

Cost - £5.00 per person

Email to book your place at fts@truroschool.com Hurry as tickets are limited!