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Sports Day
at the Prep
Alphas Back in School
We had a change to our annual event this year,
with the introduction of aVirtual Sports Day
2020.Team PE wanted all pupils to be able to
The children will tell you that we usually sing a song
at the start of a new year, or term, that begins,‘Back
in school again, meeting all our friends, here with all of
our teachers...’ It would have been the perfect song to
sing on Monday 22 June when we welcomed back the
majority of our Alpha children. Despite the fact that we
weren’t able to sing it together did not detract from our
excitement at seeing them all again.
It has been so wonderful to have them back for the last
two weeks of term and they have loved it too.When we
asked them what had been the best thing about returning
to school, their response was unanimous: it was seeing
their friends and teachers in real life. Some pupils were
sadly not able to return; they were in the capable hands
of Mrs Kanolik who continued to provide remote learning,
Ms Hayley Pegg, Acting Head of
Girls’ Games
Mrs Laura Dalton, Alpha Year Group Leader
P R E P S C H OO L
enjoy this annual event either at school or at home,
so we asked pupils to try to complete as many of
the activities as they could and earn points towards
the total for their House.
The pupils, whether at home or back in school,
responded well to the new style events. Dhiya from
Manor said,“Although it was different, I still enjoyed
it and found it fun!” Those at home particularly
apprecatied the chance to feel part of the Prep
Community and not miss out. Well done to Manor
who won Bancroft’s Sports Day 2020 overall!
but we really missed them - and her! Our Alphas’ first
year at Bancroft’s has certainly been one that they will
not forget, but they have coped brilliantly, maintaining
their enthusiasm throughout the long period of home
learning, and we could not be prouder of them.