FRIDAY MAILING
14 Dec 2018
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The Week @NotreDameCobham
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I wanted to share this lovely piece with you this week. It sums up everything I want to say in the final days before Christmas about accepting the gift of God’s love, and unwrapping his presence.
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A Huge THANKYOU for your generous contributions to The BesomTrust this term!
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Festive Day at the Prep: Nursey Sing-a-long; Nursery Nativity & Santa's Grotto
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Congratulations to Cameron S and Natalie S for achieving their pen license in 4W! Well done!
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A huge thank you to everyone for supporting the Prep cake sale on Monday for The Besom Trust.
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Year 5 have been creating their own short stories based on Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book”.
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On Wednesday 5th December Year 10 travelled to London to watch the hit musical Wicked
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Huge thanks to Mandy and her wonderful team for preparing such a delicious Christmas Lunch for us all!
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Year 6 are welcome to wear the Senior school skirt once they have outgrown their Prep school skirt.
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Sports Board
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Prep Sports Round Up: Splash and Dash; Reusable Water Bottle; Sports Clubs; January Fixtures
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Senior Sports Round-Up: Inter-House Swimming Gala; Y7 & 8 Sponsored Swim; Y7 acro gymnastics; Y7 Christmas Netball Tournament
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Performing Arts
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Wednesday evening saw the musical collaboration of over 300 girls and members of staff from the Prep and Senior school.
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An outstanding 35% got distinction, and 20% got merit, meaning 55% achieved higher than a pass!
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Library
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Prep Library News: Waterston'es Gift of The Year; Read on, Get on – reading for pleasure; Dr Seuss Project
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Letters have been sent to parents of students in Years 7 – 9 regarding the Christmas Holiday Reading. The aim of the scheme is to encourage wider reading and exposure to different genres and to help foster a culture of reading for pleasure.
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FoND
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FoNd Weekly Update: Ice Cream Sales, Winter Ball; Empties Please; Black Monday Sale; Quiz Night
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Alumnae
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The picture shows Ruth Wilson, who attended Notre Dame from 1993-1998, and whose latest TV series, ‘Mrs Wilson’, came to a staggering climax this week.
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