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Henry attended Northwood Prep in the post war years, before going on to MTS and then St.John’s Oxford. He served as a Governor in the 90’s at the school and is now Governor Emeritus and a staunch supporter of his old school. Accompanied by another distinguished member of the class of 52, Mr Brian Levy, Henry regaled us with stories from his time at Terry’s. The day was filled with fun and the boys enjoyed the Soccer spectacular that we laid on, including a photo opportunity with the Barclays Premier League Trophy, thanks to the generosity of Mr. Upen Shah. You will no doubt get more insights from the local press who were out in force. A great day was had by all. 

We have also been celebrating another fine year of academic distinction in the 13+ examinations to Senior Schools and we heartily congratulate all our candidates and their teachers on their outstanding results.

Finally, please continue to join with us in our special celebrations as we plan for the grand opening of the New Barn Theatre. We are having a special dinner at the House of Commons on the 22nd April in aid of the Theatre Appeal. There are now only eight tickets left—please speak to the office before it is too late. The final fundraiser will be a night of Eastern Delight, a dinner dance with an Asian theme, to be held in a marquee on the school grounds, on Friday 6th June. This will be the social event of the year and so please put the date firmly in your diary. Finally, please sponsor  Malik Karim, [father of Shakil Karim Y5] who has agreed to run the London Marathon this year. You can sponsor him via 
http://www.justgiving.com/malikandchris                  

 Kind regards

Year 7 have returned to new setting arrangements after half-term to ensure similarly thorough preparation for their transfer in 2009. Congratulations to our musicians, poets and artists who contributed to our Recital, Beale Poetry Recitation and our School Art Competition. Ashil Shah (Y8W) edged out Abbiraam Indran (Y7W) in the  tie-break of the Africa Challenge. Best wishes to our skiers who hope to conquer the slopes of Alpe d’Huez and to our Year 8 journalists for their Guardian News Day entries. Congratulations to Eden Slack & Adam Green who were selected to represent the county at the Hertfordshire Schools Swimming Gala last Friday.

Reminder: Parents are cordially invited to view the Art Competition with their son in the Sir Christopher Harding Building Tues. 18th and Wed. 19th March 3.50–4.45pm.  

The eventual winner of the Year 5 & 6 competition was Alexander McCormick (6J) and the runner up was Gus Machado (5K). Congratulations to everyone who participated and spoke so clearly. The preparation is now well under way for the Year 3 & 4 production of ‘The Lemonade Kid’ and further information will follow regarding tickets and requests for costumes. The recent music recital gave boys the opportunity to boys to show how they are progressing and there was some superb playing by all the boys involved. Well done to all who performed and thanks to Mr Griffiths for arranging this event. Congratulations go to Thomas McAuley (3E) for being voted player of the week for Fullarians U8’s during half term and to Julian Man (6J) and Nikhil Shah (3E) who have achieved 75 house points and their Gold certificate. Chaneil Patel Y6 won the Key Stage 2  Africa Challenge. Well done.

We were also really grateful to the many parents who gave up their time to read stories to the children last week – this is such a worthwhile activity. Our thanks go to: Mrs. Thakrar (Nimai), Mrs. Kapoor (Rohan), Mrs. Speller (Oscar), Mrs. Varodaria (Nikhil-Manav), Mrs. Saunders (Alexander and Harry), Mrs. Manocha (Shobhin), Mrs. Gardner (Christopher), Mrs. Day (Rohan), Mrs. Fernandez (Ishan), Mrs. Morjaria (Anish), Mrs. Mirza (Daanysh), Mrs.  Lalani (Kian), Mrs. Thakkar (Aman) and Mrs. Broomhead (Freddie).
The highlight of the week was our book character dressing-up day on Friday and we were thrilled with the inventiveness and creativity of the costumes. Everyone had obviously worked really hard of their outfits (including the staff) and it really showed. Class photographs should be on display on the school website. This week we have really enjoyed the Sports Hall Opening with the arrival of the Premiership  Trophy and Y2 boys have had a really good visit to the Florence Nightingale Museum (more details to follow). We would like to wish all the mums a very peaceful day this Mothering Sunday!

Please note the new dates for sports days due to the ‘Eastern Delights’ evening on Friday 6 June.

Year 5 to Year 8 is now Wednesday 11th June 2008

Year 3 & Year 4 is now Thursday 12th June 2008

Junior School is now Friday 13th June 2008

To access the photos open the website link below then go to click here to view photos from an event - schools – Northwood Prep- click on password required – 2008 then navigate your way to the required folder. When asked for username and password - they are on the email sent on 29.2.08.

The link for the website to view the photos is

http://www.dephoto.co.uk/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=423

Two authors came to visit us: Nursery-Y5 met the prolific and highly entertaining Tony Bradman on Tuesday, whilst Years 6-8 met RAF pilot and top selling fantasy writer Mark Robson on Wednesday.
On Thursday the amazing Theatre Of Widdershins returned with their latest puppet show 'The Elves and the Shoemaker'. Due to popular demand, we are hoping they will return in the autumn, to perform in the new theatre, with their new production 'Rapunzel' and this time parents will be able to share in the fun as well. The dressing up day on Friday was the best one ever. Every boy from Nursery -Y2 came as their favourite book   character. There were some lovely original ideas and everyone made a real effort. As for the Egyptian masks and hats in Years 3 & 4, almost every boy came in with truly stunning handmade productions. We were in awe at the range of ideas and techniques used.  A huge thank you to staff and parents who helped and support this very busy week including Tessa Douch and team for their refreshments and help at the bookfair. The bookfair sold an incredible £1,500's worth of books and the school has benefitted by receiving £850's worth of free books. It is good to know that almost every boy went home last week with a new book to enjoy. Meanwhile, don't forget the 'Readathon' sponsored read and the tokens from the Nestle cereal boxes. They all need to be handed in by Monday 17th March.

Congratulations go to Rishav Shah (6J) for passing his final module of the ECDL and becoming the  second boy this year at NP to have completed the course. This is an outstanding achievement.

Also congratulations go to the following boys for passing these modules.

Sachin Kucharia (5T) Module 6 & Alistair Parker for passing Module 7 and achieving the BCS Level 1 Certificate for IT.

The day was an integral part of the History studies both classes have been undertaking this term about Vikings. First there was a talk from Thorulf about Viking seafarers, raiders, explorers and traders, followed by the opportunity to learn from Gudrum about home life in Viking times. The boys also took part in a Viking quiz and the morning ended with Thorulf giving a demonstration of how to make Viking chain mail armour and also how to mint Viking coins.
In the afternoon Thorulf talked to the boys about a range of Viking armour and weapons including the spear, sword and battle-axe. He demonstrated his skill with a sword and battle-axe, attacking a melon with great gusto! Some of the boys had the chance to try on Thorulf’s chain mail armour and to find out just how heavy it was!
The day ended with the boys trying their hand at Viking spear wrestling and finally a mock battle. Both Forms faced each other in a shield wall and on the given command attacked each other with tremendous war cries and much enthusiasm. However, it was decided that despite their best efforts the battle honours were even and it was a draw. The boys all declared the day a great success and are now busy writing their own reports of the day for their  Viking Project Books.

Highlights from this period include the Under 9 teams enjoying three victories out of five against Haberdashers. Azaan Kassam helped himself to a hat-trick for the D’s who recorded the most comfortable of the victories. On the same afternoon Aurele Armstrong scored four goals in the 2nd XI’s 4-3 win over Chesham. Elsewhere the Under 10A team were highly impressive in beating Haberdashers’ 1-0. We look forward to seeing how they fare in the Tournament we host on Sunday 9th March.