Falcons Preparatory School for Boys

Falcons Preparatory School for Boys 22 September 2017 Issue 3

Design Technology at the Falcons

has never before seen such amazing

creations!

The boys have embraced their inner

design and creative abilities to really take

on the challenge of DT this term. From

pop up books in Year 3, to making tuned

and percussion instruments in Year 5,

we have had a glimpse of some of our

product designers of the

future.

“It looks like junk but

you can actually play

it.” Ludo K Y5

Sebastian created this magnificent guitar.

“I love DT at school as my old school didn’t do it

that well!” Sebastian G Y5

“Recreating an aboriginal rain stick

requires precision painting techniques”

Oscar C Y5

“It was fun and at the same

time it was hard because the

paper kept coming out of the

bottle”

Mehul S Y5

The Iron Man came to

the top of the cliff.

How far had he

walked? Nobody

knows…

But he has managed

to arrive at the Falcons

Prep for English / DT.

Jack R Y6 bakes his

interpretation of the

Battle of Hastings

Ludo K Y5 creates the

tuneable ‘Poptar’ Mehul S Y5 designs

marvellous maracas

Oliver V Y6 has a

modernistic take on the

Bayeux Tapestry

“Making the Iron

Man was really fun

and I liked it.”

Felix B Y3

Reminders

Belgium Choir Tour—March 2018

Last call to book your place for Y4-8.

Deadline to reply is Friday 29 September

Ski Trip—December 2017

Last chance to book your place for Y4-8

Deadline date: 2 October 2017.


Important Dates

27 September - Y8 at Bandai Namco

28 September - Y3 Richmond Park Visit

28 September - Y7 Kew Gardens

The PA Executive Committee was officially confirmed at last week’s AGM and planning is in full swing.

Christie Wright has volunteered to be Charity Coordinator and Vanessa Sharp and Angelica Silva to be

5W class reps, thank you! A few initial dates for your diaries:

Friday 13th October – PA Halloween Bake Sale on the Friday before half-term with proceeds to our

charity, Wooden Spoon. We kindly request Years 6 and 8 to provide the goodies for the boys’ break time

– start dreaming up your spooky best!

Tuesday, 31st October – (Possible) Halloween Dress Up Day. As the Prep is due to be inspected this

term, costumes will only be allowed if there is no inspection that week. The school and PA will provide

more information as it gets closer to the date.

Saturday, 2nd December – The all-new PA Christmas Ball at the Clayton Hotel, Chiswick. Pre-Prep and

Prep parents are invited to join us for a festive evening with a fabulous sit-down dinner. More details to

follow.

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Last week’s U10 matches were played on

Thursday afternoon against Wetherby with some

very tight and competitive matches. 3 draws and a

narrow loss separated the two sides with plenty to

work on in the coming weeks.

Sports News

It has been another week full of exciting and nail-

biting fixtures. On Monday our 1st XI went out of the

ISFA Cup 1st round after a 6-3 loss to Brighton

College. The side had a number of chances in this

match and should hold their heads high. Monday

also saw the U11’s visiting Fulham Prep, where 4

wins from 5 matches shows the strength in depth we

have in this year group. There were 25 goals scored

by the Falcons across the five matches which was

pleasing to see. On Tuesday the U9’s put in some

memorable performances against Fulham Prep,

coming away with 2 wins and a narrow loss. This

was a huge improvement from last week with all the

boys performing well. They have clearly worked hard

on the games field which really showed during their

matches.

Wednesday was a great day for our senior boys

against Fulham Prep. The 1st XI ran out 3-0

winners, with the team working hard to eradicate

Monday’s mistakes. The 2nd IX managed a 2-2

draw with huge improvements in their attacking

play, creating a number of chances to clinch the

game. Our 3rd IX for the

second week in a row

had arguably the most

exciting game, narrowly

losing 1-0 but a fine

team performance and

some real positives

from the afternoon.

On Thursday our U10

boys played five very

tough and competitive

matches against

Fulham Prep. It was a tough lesson in finishing

off games and taking your chances. Something

for our boys to work on in next week’s games

lessons. Well done to the boys for their efforts

this week!


Music

Wind and Brass Ensemble

We had our first rehearsal this week however we

are looking for

more

members to

join the

ensemble. We

rehearse on

Wednesday

mornings at

8am in the

Music Room.

Drama

Year 8 Private Peaceful Rehearsals – Tom G, Clement McB, Sam M and Henry L.

Choir Tour to Belgium 2018

It was the choir’s second rehearsal this

week and they are starting to make a

powerful sound. If your son is in Year 4

and above and interested in the choir trip

then please send in your form this week.

We need 30 boys for the trip to go ahead.

Year 4 composing melodies

Year 8 learning to play the 12 bar

blues chord sequence. James B having a piano lesson

with Mr Lyakhovsky


English

On Saturday 16 September, we proudly attended

the Young People’s Poetry Competition

Prize Giving. Our winners were Callum S in Year

8, Sean D in Year 6, Tristan D in Year 5

and ex-pupil Alex W in Year 7.

Father Kevin Morris, the vicar of St Michael & All

Angels presented the prizes for the Chiswick Book

Festival Young People’s Poetry

Competition. James Priestman, the chair of judges

introduced the winners and commented on all of

their poems.

Now in its 7th year, the competition attracts entries

from many local schools and is supported

by ChiswickW4.com and Trotters.

The Falcons boys’ poems were all displayed in the

ceremony marquee and it was a delightful

occasion to see such talent celebrated. Each of

our prize winners received a certificate and a

goodie bag from Trotters.

The winners were also awarded in last Friday’s

assembly their ‘Poetry Award’ badge to wear all

year as our poet laureates.

http://www.chiswickw4.com/

Maths

ICT

Science

Week 3 has seen

the return of the

Problem of the

Week. Pupils have

been trying their

hand at the upper

and lower school problem both in lessons and

during their free time. The winners will

announced during assembly on Monday and the

rumours are flying on what the prize is going to

be. Speedboat, Jet Ski, cuddly toy, who knows!

Only time will tell…

Year 8 are developing their

programming skills using a language

called Processing. It’s free to down-

load and easy to use - visit https://

processing.org/ to start your own

projects at home!

Year 4 visited Richmond Park this week and built habitats. They also visited a Victorian Pharmacy and

experience how to make medicine from that period.

Maths ICT


https://processing.org/

https://processing.org/

Geography


History

Religious Studies

Fantastic creativity from Year 6 this week. A wide

variety of cakes and models to represent the

Battle of Hastings. Well done boys.

Alex C-D creating a

poster on the five K’s

of Sikhism

Year 6 – The Creation

Account Genesis 1

(Pie charts and story

boards)

The hard work in Geography progresses in all are-as and across all year groups although there are few examples of homework where the understanding that both time and effort are required for best results, is not fully employed. Also, as the week’s homework is written on the board in the classroom all week, absence from a lesson is no excuse for it not being in homework diaries or not done!

That aside, the ‘Geography Club’ noticeboard is up and running in the classroom with two photos of locations in the world that the boys need to identify. This is an introduction to what will become a competition in the coming weeks.

But I thought that parents may also like to join in with some trickier ones. Can you identify these places?


Latin

French

This week we learnt about Heracles and his tortured heroic life. Nevertheless, he never gave up and he never stopped struggling to survive and

go against the odds. “NON DESISTAS

NON EXIERIS” Never give up Never surrender.. That quote inspired us for the long journey of knowledge and achievement.

A cross-curricular activity this week for Year 7 in

their French lesson!

The boys put their Drama skills into action,

pretending to be at the bookshop buying different

types of books:

J’adore les bandes dessinées comme Tintin!

Finn SS, Richard B, Artie D, Rory H, Oliver T

Pupil News

Josh C and Eshaan C mother won the Woman of the Year at the Asian Business Awards on 19 September.

Proud Josh and Eshaan

holding their mother’s

award.

Congratulations from

us all.


Pupil News Pupil News GCSE Success

GCSE Success from the Year 8 Class of 2014

Falcons Boys

This August our Year 8 class of 2014 celebrated their GCSE results and bells of great success rang out as the boys collected an array of A*-C grades in a plethora of subjects.

Drew S (Epsom) Geography: A*, Art: A, Design & Technology: A, English Lit: A, Maths: A, Physics: A, English Language 6, Biology B, French: C, Chemistry. Drew will be stud-ying Maths, Physics and Design Technology at A-level and is part of the Epsom College Young Enterprise group.

Gus B (Reeds) Gus achieved six A*s and three A grades including two A* in English Language and Literature. Gus was awarded a Drama Scholarship to Reeds when he left Falcons in 2014 and since his GCSE success has achieved the prestigious Academic Scholar-ship at Reeds.

Alexander S-N (Wellington) Alexander took 11 GCSEs in the summer and got 6 A* (Geography, History, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Design Technology) and 5 A's (or

equivalent). He is now studying for the IB International Baccalaureate Diploma with Geography, Biology and Business & Management as his Higher Level subjects.

Plus French, English & Maths Studies at Standard level. Alexander continues to enjoy rugby, is working towards his Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award and has recently been promoted to Lance Corporal in the CCF.

Christopher L (St Paul’s) Christopher achieved 10 A* and 1 A grade at GCSE. Christo-pher will remain at St Paul's School to study A Level Maths, Further Maths, Chemistry and Physics.

Patrick C (Westminster) ended the term on a high, winning the History Prize, and then getting an A for Drama, 9s for Maths and English and A* for everything else! He also got a distinc-tion for Spoken English. He is studying History, English, Latin and Economics for A level and hopes to go on to read History at university.

We would like to congratulate all the

boys on their impressive GCSE

results and all of the boys in the Year

8 class of 2014; we continue to be

very proud of all of their

achievements.


Falcons Preparatory School for Boys

22 September 2017 Issue 3

Trips

Postcards from Winchester Cathedral

‘A fun and informative day had by all in Year 5.’

Exploring Gothic architecture and the medieval art of calligraphy and ‘frottage’.


House Captain

Each week we will be profiling the House Captain

of the four boy’s houses.

Name: Sam Owen

House: Molesey

Hobbies / interests: Velodrome cycling,

football, cricket and treking.

About me: I am quite an adventurous person.

Three of my best qualities include being creative,

loyal and helpful.

What I will do to lead Molesey house to

success: I would like to think I would

encourage the younger students in different as-

pects of school to try to do their very best. I would

like to be an inspiring captain, a role model in not

just sports but all around the school. I aim to help

anyone who might need help and be the best

house Captain I can be to help Molesey be

successful.

House President’s thoughts from Mr Leighton

-Bond: I am sure Sam will be a strong and confi-

dent leader to all the boys in Molesey House.

Sam is not just a sportsman but also a good role

model to others in terms of his hard work, helpful-

ness and resilience. I look forward to seeing Sam

lead his house to success in all competitions this

year, good luck!

Harvest Festival has been changed to Friday

29 September at 9am

We have brought our Harvest Assembly forward

one week. It will now be on Friday 29 September

at St John the Divine and Reverend Summers will

be addressing the boys.

A list items that the Richmond Foodbank is

running low on is below. Any of these items would

be very much appreciated.

Contributions can be

brought to school on

29 September and the boys

will take them to the church

for collection.

Long life (UHT) or powdered

milk

Long life fruit juice

Tinned potatoes

Instant mashed potato

Tinned custard

Tinned rice pudding

Biscuits

Tinned peas

Coffee

Tea bags (including fruit, mint)

Pasta sauces/ curry sauces

Toiletries: ie shampoo, conditioner, body wash,

soap, deodorant, shaving foam, razors, sanitary

towels and tampons

Harvest Festival


Staff News

Email Reminders

Please note the new email address:

[email protected]

To make an appointment to visit Falcons Prep, please email

[email protected]

Name Mr Donaghey

Favourite sports Football and Gaelic Football

Sporting highlights Football has always been my main passion. Up until I was 15 years old I played for Brentford FC. Since then I have been in a few different teams such as Hillingdon Borough however my most recent achievement would have been competing at varsity level for St Mary’s University 1st team. Aside from football, my next sporting highlight would come from Gaelic Football, which is actually the highest level of sport I have competed at. Coming from an Irish background my parents were always keen to see me involved with our heritage. Playing for my local club I was chosen to go on and represent London as a county, where a squad of 20 boys were chosen out of the UK to contest with the likes of Dublin, New York and many more teams on a national scale.

Hobbies outside of sport My biggest hobby outside of the sporting field would have to be my love for Art, I am an avid painter and drawer, and visit exhibitions in my spare time. The artists that first grew my passion are Andy Warhol, David Hockney and Roy Lichtenstein.

Coaching profile With my keen interest in sport and teaching I embarked on a Physical and Sport Education degree at the University of St. Marys. I have always been interested in coaching football so after graduating, I was offered a chance to work within Queens Park Rangers FC Academy which has been fantastic for my cognitive learning and dealing with elite level players.

Favourite sporting quote “Champions behave like champions before they are champions” Bill Walsh

Each week we will introduce one of the Sports’ Coaches

Richmond F.C. Update

Emelie Hellgren, School Nurse who plays for Richmond FC will be competing in the first home game of the season this Saturday. Kick off time 17:00 at Richmond Athletic Ground.

mailto:[email protected]


Thought of the Week

Every child has….

…the right to be respected

…the right to dream

…the right to be loved and cared for

…gifts that should be recognised and valued

…the right to achieve their God-given potential

…the need for unconditional love.

In the words of Nelson Mandela:

‘Our children are our future and one of the basic

responsibilities is to care for them in the best and

most compassionate manner possible…

There can be no keener revelation of a society’s

soul than the way in which it treats its children.’

PSHEE

Jeans for Genes Thank you all so very much for your donations and

support of Jeans for Genes day; each contribution

makes such a difference.

The money that we have raised £213.00 can help

disorder-specific charities and patient groups to deliver

inspiring projects and support services for

children affected by a genetic disorder in the UK.

NSPCC Visit

The NSPCC visited Year 3-6

boys today to deliver their

Speak out. Stay safe

assembly and workshops.

The boys found this very in-

formative session.

A separate letter for parents has been attached to

this edition of the Flying Falcon.

If you would like to know more about the NSPCC’s

work, or take a look at the wide range of information

and advice which is available for parents and carers,

please visit their website www.nspcc.org.uk/

preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/

http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/

http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/

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