The Flagpole

Sunday 10 December 2023 - 2.00pm to 4.30pm

The PTA Christmas Fair will take place on Sunday 10 December 2023 - a fun, festive event for all ages including:

• Christmas shopping market – choose from a range of artisan crafts, jewellery and gifts
• Christmas craft room – make a Christmas table decoration
• Refreshments – mince pies and mulled wine, hot drinks and cake
• Bottle and chocolate tombolas
• Princethorpe student stalls
• Pre-loved school uniform stall
• Many other fun stalls 

Please note the PTA can now take card payments on their refreshments and pre-loved uniform stalls.

You can also participate in the Christmas Raffle with fantastic prizes to be won including: £250 cash, £150 cash, Fortnum and Mason Hamper - plus many more...

Many thanks for all of your bottle, chocolate and uniform donations.

Tuesday 12 December 2023 - 6.00pm to 7.30pm

The STEAM Ambassadors warmly invite you to join us for this year's Science Christmas Lecture on Tuesday 12 December.

The evening begins at 6.00pm, with a Science themed Christmas quiz in the Refectory with festive refreshments, music and some close-up Science magic.

The lecture will be held in the Clarkson Theatre from 6.30pm and will conclude at 7.30pm with an online quiz (bring your mobile phones!) to test how much you have learned.

Our theme is "A sustainable Christmas" and we look forward to seeing you on 12 December. Please book your free tickets via MySchoolPortal or by clicking the link here. 

Thursday 14 December 2023 - 4.00pm to 5.00pm

During the last week of each month, the English Department puts on an enrichment session after school to enhance the study of English and to enlighten students about the diverse range of careers that the study of English can lead to. In September we enjoyed a lecture on forensic linguistics and in October a streaming of the National Theatre’s production of Othello. In November, two very great friends of Princethorpe – former English teacher Jonathan Washington and former Deputy Head of Pastoral Margaret-Louise O’Keeffe – joined us to talk about the world of publishing. Lower Sixth English student, Joshua Mogg, recounts the evening:

"On the 29 November Princethorpe College was visited by two authors who gave us an informative tour on the path of writing and publishing books. The first to speak was Jonathan Washington, who has written a non-fiction book about the British army’s operational use of horsed cavalry in combat in World War II; no other book has ever dealt with this subject matter in quite this way before. Jonathan gave us a deep insight into the trials and tribulations of publishing and how lucky he was with his own publishing experience.

"Our second guest was the researcher of the book As We Were, called Margaret-Louise O’Keeffe. She helped put together a weekly chronicle of the global events from August 1914 to November 1918. Margaret-Louise took these 223 weeks into separate chapters and gives us an insight into the powerful testimonies of people during the First World War."

Our next English Enrichment session will be on Thursday 14 December, and will be a practical workshop on creative writing. It will be held in the Sixth Form Lecture Theatre from 4.00pm-5.00pm. We hope to see you there!

We would very much like to support Jonathan Washington and Margaret-Louise O'Keeffe in their endeavours and to this end, encourage you to consider purchasing their books. Please follow the links below for more information:

Fighting Vichy from Horseback | Military History Book | Helion & Company

Fighting Vichy from Horseback with Jonathan Washington - YouTube

Margaret-Louise O'Keeffe books and biography | Waterstones

Tuesday 19 December 2023 - 7.00pm 

Places are strictly limited to 24 Year 10 pupils 

• Subject areas: Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology and Project Management 
• Target pupils: Those interested in pursuing a career in Science based subjects, healthcare, chemical industry or further research 
• Sign up: Pupils are to sign up via their Science teacher (message via Teams or email) 
• What will pupils learn: An introduction to the concept of pathogens, infection and the control of it – practical lab experience, with a potential for a site visit to the RBT lab and work experience 
• About RBT: RBT is a global developer, formulator and manufacturer of hygiene and infection control products. Their products are equally as effective as harsh chemicals but are biodegradable, alcohol-free and water based. Based locally, they work with distributors across the globe to distribute their products for a range of uses across human and animal health. For more information please click here.

Friday 23 February 2024 – 6.30pm to 10.00pm

Our popular Farmers' Networking Supper is returning to Princethorpe College next year on Friday 23 February 2024.

Offering past and present Foundation families who work in or are connected to the farming and agribusiness sector the chance to meet up, foster new connections, exchange ideas and build relationships.

Further details will be shared shortly but do please put the date in your diary.

For further information please contact, Steve Kowal, Development Director at stevekowal@princethorpe.co.uk.

Wednesday 13 December 2023 - 7.00pm to 8.30pm

Our last Parents' Book Club meet gave a resounding thumbs up to the novel Remarkably Bright Creatures by Katherine Rundel - a novel about unusual friendships, loss and hope. After a huge debate on the emotions an octopus may feel and whether a middle-aged woman could form such a deep attachment to the sea creature; we agreed that this was a book with heart. A bit of fun and escapism, highly recommended. 

As we head into the winter months we are now reading Tangerine by Christine Mangan. In this novel we meet two roommates: the emotionally fragile Alice Shipley and the seemingly confident and assured Lucy Mason, who become very close to one another during their time at Bennington College in Vermont - that is until tragedy strikes and the pair become alienated from each other. 

We look forward to our last meet of 2023 in the Library, on Wednesday 13 December. Do join us for a little literary discussion and debate. Never dull, always warm. We hope to see you joining us, if not this year, in the new year. 

Fr Teddy O'Brien MSC, the Parish Priest for St Anne's Catholic Church, Wappenbury and the Chapel of Our Lady of the Angels, Princethorpe College, warmly invites you to attend any or all of the services over the Christmas season at the churches indicated below:

Monday 11 December 2023
7.00pm      Carol Service
                 St Anne's, Wappenbury, CV33 9DW

Sunday 24 December 2023
5.00pm      Family Mass
9.00pm      First Mass of Christmas
                 Princethorpe Chapel

Monday 25 December 2023  
9.30am      Christmas Day Mass
                 St Anne's, Wappenbury, CV33 9DW  
 
Sunday 31 December 2023
8.30am      Mass
10.30am    Mass 
                 St Anne's, Wappenbury, CV33 9DW

Sunday 7 January 2024          
8.30am      Mass
10.30am    Mass
                 St Anne's, Wappenbury, CV33 9DW

For any further information or to read the Parish newsletter please visit the link to St Anne's website here

Thank you
 
 

Thursday 25 January - 7.30pm onwards

Don’t miss this fabulous night out in support of our Malawi 2024 project.

Celebrate Burns Night with a traditional Burns three course meal whilst enjoying live music from Knitter’s Jig Ceilidh Band.

Individual tickets are priced at £40, two tickets for £70 or book a table of ten for the incredible price of £300.

Please click here to secure tickets.

Ben Collie
Head of Sixth Form