Stowe School Choral Festival
Last Monday afternoon members of the Chamber Choir once again set off down to Stowe. The choir stayed in a hotel on the outskirts of Buckingham and enjoyed two evenings relaxing over a long supper! The whole of Tuesday 29thApril was spent rehearsing with other schools in Stowe’s new Music School, practising the music for Choral Evensong. The choir sang some beautiful music, much of which was quite challenging, but last term’s rehearsals in school certainly paid dividends and the Director of Music at Stowe was once again greatly impressed with the standard of our choir. There were a few breaks when the children could be outside soaking up the sun in the magnificent grounds of Stowe School and many of them made a lot of new friends. The service was at 4.00pm in the beautiful Stowe Chapel. The sound was splendid and, as always, it was a truly uplifting experience. Mrs Ford, Mr Vale and all the choir members thoroughly enjoyed the trip and look forward to next year!
A fluffy treat for Pre-Prep
This week Pre-Prep had the opportunity to see some chicks hatching. Mrs Wick kindly brought in her incubator and a selection of different hens eggs ranging from Lavender Pekins, Welsummers, Aracanas and Golden Selkies. The children enjoyed watching the chicks hatch and by the end of the week we had seventeen chicks. Everybody had the chance to hold the chicks and listen to the beautiful cheeping. Thank you Mrs Wick.
Thank you Charlie
Mrs Cooke would like to say a hugethank you to Charlie Banksin Form 3 for showing her support of the charity she supports, the Little Princess Trust. The Trust provides wigs and hair pieces to children who have lost their own hair through cancer treatments. All the wigs are made using real hair and the Trust relies on donations of hair from the public. Charlie was so moved by the work of the Trust that she took the very brave dedication to have her own very long and beautiful hair cut in support of the charity. Anyone else (children or parents) who would like to follow Charlie’s wonderful example should see Mrs Cooke for full details of how to go about making a donation.
Hearing dogs visit
On Thursday 1stMay Pre-Prep had the privilege of meeting the volunteers from Hearing Dogs for the Deaf. They brought along Faith the black Labrador and Dylan the Spaniel who are both in their puppy training phase. The children learned about how the volunteers train the dogs and the difference between altering their owner to a sound or an alarm. They also heard that the dogs can learn to wake up their owners in the morning and pull the duvet off children that don’t want to get out of bed! The volunteers also explained the phases of training and how Dylan and Faith had both got their first star. To end the session the children were all lucky enough to pet Faith and Dylan and ask their trainers some questions. It was a great session enjoyed by all the children and staff. Thank you very much to the three volunteers who gave up their time to come and talk to Pre-Prep.