Pre-Prep Reflections Week 23 March 2025
Dear parents,
It has been a busy week as usual and it has been lovely to see some spring sunshine. One of the highlights for me was Thursday’s star of the week lunch in the office. Spring reviews were sent home on Monday and we hope you all enjoyed reading them.
Assemblies
In Monday’s assembly, I introduced British Science Week which is taking place this week and there is more information on this below. It was lovely to see Mrs Van on Tuesday, who joined us for a fun assembly on the topic of honesty. On Wednesday, we talked about the International Day of Mathematics and the children enjoyed a fun quiz.
British Science Week
British Science Week is taking place from 7 to 16 March and the theme is ‘Change and Adapt’. We celebrated this in school with experiments during the week, with each teacher demonstrating a different experiment to all classes. Mrs Dray looked at how adding soap to a bowl of pepper and water can change the water’s surface tension and make the pepper move. Mrs Rickard explored the density of different liquids and showed how objects float and sink. Mrs Lawrence-Jones used skittles and hot water to demonstrate the process of diffusion and show how sugar and food colouring dissolve and spread. I shared an experiment involving soap, milk and food colouring where soap helps to separate the water and fat in the milk and ends with a colour explosion. It was lovely to hear lots of “wows” from the children throughout the week!
Phone lines and internet
The internet and phone line were down on Tuesday morning, so please accept our apologies to anyone who was unable to phone the school before we were able to redirect calls. Hopefully it won’t happen again!
Miss Moore
Our lunchtime assistant, Miss Moore, will be out of school from next week for a planned operation. We will miss her and wish her a speedy recovery. School staff will be helping Mr Heath with the daily lunch service for the next couple of weeks. We look forward to seeing Miss Moore back in school soon.
Next week
Next Wednesday is parents’ evening and we look forward to seeing many of you there. Apologies for any confusion regarding Red Nose Day, which is, in fact, next Friday 21 March. As usual, it is a non-uniform day for all children. The suggested donation for this is £1-2.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
