EHPS School Newsletter Month: July 2014 From the Senior Principal… Today we come to the end of our first year at EtonHouse Prep school. This week the children and teachers have been reminiscing about all the wonderful highlights that have happened this year. What an adventurous year it has been. I would like to thank all the people involved in our school community for helping to get the school to where we are today, a fun and successful learning environment for our children—the wonderfully dedicated staff, the supportive parents and our excellent support staff. Our Directors, Nigel and Angela Venning, and myself are excited about the year ahead and know that we will continue along the wonderful learning pathway we all set in place this time last year. I would like to acknowledge the staff we have leaving and wish them all the best for their next professional challenges—James Newling-Ward, Ruth Field, Mayra da Rocha, Karen Song and Hanna Jang. Thank you for the time you have spent with us at EHPS. Have a wonderful holiday everyone and I hope children and teachers come back revived and refreshed, ready to start another great learning year at EHPS 2013—2014 Fun Times at EHPS 68-3 Hannam-Dong Yongsan-Gu Seoul-Si South Korea | T. 82 2 749 8011(3) F. 82 2 749 8017 | www.etonhouseprep.com 1 EHPS This Month Early Year Music Concert The early years children did a fantastic job at the recent Early Years’ Variety Show held on Tuesday June 17. This was a fun event where children sang and danced to their favourite songs that they learned throughout the year. Highlights included Prenursery’s rendition of the Monkey Dance, Pre-nursery’s (Butterflies) action song the Cookie Crumble, Nursery’s Walking in the Jungle and the grand finale with all the students singing and dancing to the popular Hot Potato. We especially enjoyed hearing Nursery children share their favourite learning moments from the year. All of the parents were impressed and proud that their children performed to such a high standard. Donations from the show will go towards the Love North Korean Children’s Charity. Combined Schools Music Festival Children from Reception to Year 3 assembled last Friday June 27 at the EtonHouse Bundang performance hall for their first summer Music Festival. This exciting event was a collaboration between EtonHouse Seoul and EtonHouse Bundang children. The Choir was the main attraction that dazzled the audience with a wide variety of songs, including some challenging repertoire such as Adele’s Someone Like You and the children’s favourite song Let It Go from the very popular movie Frozen. Highlights also included some instrumental solos and duets, a vocal solo and a strong performance by the Musical Theatre children who performed The Toy Shop. The Choir finished the concert and wowed the audience with the song Yellow Submarine, particularly when the children sang the last chorus in Korean. The crowd cheered and even sang along with the singers. The proceeds from the concert will go towards the Love North Korean Children’s Charity. 68-3 Hannam-Dong Yongsan-Gu Seoul-Si South Korea | T. 82 2 749 8011(3) F. 82 2 749 8017 | www.etonhouseprep.com 2 EHPS Renovations School Assemblies During the school holidays we will be doing some small renovations to the school. We are growing bigger and need to accommodate everyone's needs. The Shark Nursery classroom will be divided into two smaller PreNursery classes for the new year. There will be a movable wall between the two classes so it can either be one or two rooms. They will often work together in this new space. Both classes will have doors out onto the outside play area. We will also be turning Duckling Pre-Nursery class into an inside play and sensory area for the PreNursery and Nursery children. It will be a fabulous space for learning. Thursday 3rd July: Last Staff Assembly Reminders Mr. Newling-Ward led a great assembly on Thursday. The children were given watermelon seeds and asked what a seed needed to grow into something larger. They came up with great ideas, soil, water and sunlight. Mr. Newling-Ward talked about nurturing something small to grow into something big. He used this as an analogy for the growth of EHPS this year with everyone helping to nurture it and grow it from the small start back in September 2013 to the great wee school we have today. The children even got to eat watermelon after the assembly. Summer Camp: 28 Jul-1 Aug: Cultural Studies 4 -8 Aug: Science 11-14 Aug: Mathematics *Summer Program ends on 14 Aug as 15 Aug is a Korean national holiday. Friday 4th July: Final School Assembly Today we had our final assembly. It was a happy time and a slightly sad time. We celebrated the successes of the children, had a great time singing and sharing things The children should wear their own clothes for summer camp, not the school uniform. Please don’t let them wear their good clothes as they are likely to get them dirty. They will be given a summer camp t-shirt to wear on the weekly field trips. Orientation Day: Nursery - Year 4 Wednesday 20th August 2014 10 -11:30am Pre Nursery Friday 22nd August 2014 10 -11am Please bring your children to school at 10 am for our orientation session. New students will receive their uniform and school bags. All children will get to meet their teacher and spend some time in their classroom First Day of school: Nursery- Year 4 Thursday Pre Nursery Monday 21st August 2014 8:45am start 25th August 2014 8:45am start We look forward to seeing all our returnees on the first day of school, happy, healthy and refreshed, after a lovely holiday and fun Summer camp. Please make sure the children arrive on time to start the day. Late children are often unsettled and confused. The beginning of each school day is very important to settle children into the day ahead, go over the expectations and the schedule. we had made. Then we said goodbye to some of our teachers and students. It will be sad for us to see some people leave us but we wish them lots of happiness in their new adventures. facebook.com/etonhousekorea 68-3 Hannam-Dong Yongsan-Gu Seoul-Si South Korea | T. 82 2 749 8011(3) F. 82 2 749 8017 | www.etonhouseprep.com 3
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