Pre-Prep Reflections Week 21 2024
Dear parents,
It has been another busy (and rather wet!) week in school. It has been quieter than usual in the office without Mr Ayling, Mrs Furniss and Ruffles in school on Thursday and Friday, but it has certainly been business as usual! A highlight of this week has been the delivery of beautiful daffodils from the junior school gardening club which have brightened up the school and classrooms.
Governors meeting
As history subject leaders, Miss Lawrence and Mr Evans presented to the governors on Monday afternoon on how we teach history in the pre-prep and junior schools. Much work has taken place over the past two years to align the curriculum across the two schools, removing repetitive content and ensuring that skills and knowledge are carefully sequenced as children move through the year groups. There are also exciting plans to further develop trips, visiting speakers and links with the senior school in the future.
Class reps meeting
On Wednesday, Mr Ayling met with the class reps to discuss feedback on Tapestry in Early Years, the new house system, ideas for future parent workshops, and involvement in the new Exeter School family society. Thank you for all your feedback, which will be shared with staff in the first instance, and to the class reps for collating this and giving of their time.
Key Stage 1 science workshops
On Wednesday, Years 1 and 2 welcomed Hannah Farnie from the Devon Education Team at Resource Features to lead two science workshops on materials. Hannah was an engaging and enthusiastic speaker and the children (and adults!) thoroughly enjoyed her sessions. The children took home some mementos of her visit and hopefully they have been able to share what they learnt with you.
Torbay Music Festival
Congratulations to Louisa, Alex and Alicia in Year 2 who took part in the Torbay Music Festival last weekend. They each played the piano and received excellent scores and feedback from the judges. Good luck to Louisa who is playing the violin in another music festival this weekend!
Next week
A reminder that next week is Book Week. The theme this year will be adventure stories and we have a number of exciting activities planned throughout the week. We will be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 7 March, when children (and staff!) are invited to come into school dressed as a book character of their choice. Forest School sessions will take place as normal with a World Book Day theme. Please note that Mr Ayling is away on an inspection next week from Tuesday to Thursday. Please do not hesitate to contact me in his absence – I will be in school on all three days.
