This week at school and home, the children have enjoyed participating in a ‘Skills for Life’ morning and have developed skills such as: organisation, communication, empathy and focus in their quest to earn badges on their return to school.
Following Mrs Ward's assembly last week, based on a poem called 'The A-Z of Amazing', girls in the Prep department were set the challenge to write their own A-Z of Amazing poem, using one positive word to describe themselves for each letter of the alphabet.
We can't wait to take part in British Science Week, from Friday 5 March - 14 March. The week will be jammed packed with lots of exciting activities, from chocolate melting challenges to poster competitions.
I have always loved the emotional power of poetry; the way the words feel on your tongue, the images conquered by the poet’s paintbrush, the deep connection with your soul! Chaucer, Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, Wilfred Owen, Emily Bronte, Philip Larkin – these are the poets of my school days and I can still recite some of their lines! Thanks to my teachers, I have a lifelong love and appreciation of all things literary.
On Wednesday, girls in the Prep department had the exciting opportunity of a live Q & A with Super League netballers, Lucy and Rosie Harris. The sisters gave some inspiring answers and an insight into what it’s like to be an elite athlete. They spoke about various aspects of their life such as their childhood growing up, new ventures with their netball app 'Netu' and barriers they have overcome. They both reinforced the message of being kind to yourself and being a supportive team member, core values for us at Warwick Prep.
Before Half Term, girls in our Prep department had great fun getting creative during their Science lessons from drawing to using a range of materials.
As British Science Week approaches, Warwick Prep pupils are looking forward to a range of fun and different Science lessons, as well as an assembly led by King's High's Café Scientifique club. Mrs Charl is also encouraging pupils to take part in the fantastic opportunity of a national poster competition on the theme “Innovating for the Future.”
As part of Children's Mental Health Week, last week, pupils were encouraged to take part and enjoy our Warwick Prep Mindfulness Squirrel Colouring session. It has been fantastic to see such an array of wonderful pictures. Here are all the colourful masterpieces:
As part of our World Book Day celebrations on Friday 12 March, we will be running a ‘Recreate the Cover’ challenge.
Girls in our Prep Department have been learning about online safety and have been putting together some of their top tips.
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This week has been rather well-timed with a focus on children’s mental health, and it has been wonderful to shine a spotlight on how we can look after our wellbeing as we end the first month of lockdown. The children are working hard in their lessons, but can often need a nudge to keep mentally healthy, as do we, when we are all spinning so many plates. Our school counsellor stresses the importance of learning to accept and tolerate our more challenging feelings such as sadness, disappointment and frustration. And of course there is much around at the moment to trigger these feelings in both adults and children. We can develop our emotional resilience by learning to “sit with” these emotions and also modelling this resilience to our children when we can. We have to recognise that sometimes it is “ok not to be ok”.
As Safer Internet Day approaches girls across the Prep department have been learning all about Online Safety during their Computing lessons.