Pre-Prep Reflections Week 36 July 2025
Dear parents,
We have had so much fun this week and the children have coped very well with the changes to their usual routines, and lots of new visitors coming and going. Yesterday, we even had a surprise visit from Mrs Wannell and baby Margot who are both doing well.
Sports Week
Our week of sport has been a great success with children across the school enjoying assemblies from a range of visiting speakers on triathlon, trampolining, marathon running and cycling. They have also been taking part in taster workshops in rugby, golf, dance and cycle safety, and they loved bringing in their bikes and scooters! On Tuesday afternoon, members of our Jiu Jitsu club were awarded their new grading belt in a special assembly, and of course this afternoon we rounded the week off with our Sports Day event. Well done to all the children for their excellent participation and team spirit, and congratulations to the winning house, Bridgwater. None of this excitement would have been possible without Mrs Smyth masterminding the whole week – huge thanks to her and the team for making it such an unforgettable experience for the children.
Transition Afternoon
On Wednesday, the children moved up a class for our transition afternoon. They all enjoyed spending time in their new classrooms with their new teachers and TAs, taking part in fun activities and finding out more about next year. We were also joined by new pupils who are joining the school in September. At the end of the day, parents were invited in for informal ‘meet the teacher’ sessions, where we shared copies of the new parent handbook, class timetables, class lists, staff contact lists, and some key dates for the autumn term (also shown below). If you were unable to attend, this information will have been sent home with your child today or emailed to you. Our new Year 2 teacher, Miss Wheller, will be visiting next Wednesday afternoon and spending time with the current Year 1 children.
Junior School Houses
Apologies for any confusion over the new houses for Year 2 children who are moving to Exeter Junior School. We have now clarified this with them, so the children will remain in the same colour house that they have been in at Exeter Pre-Prep, rather than the house they were given on Wednesday afternoon:
- Bridgwater becomes Blake (green)
- Brixham becomes Gilbert (yellow)
- Bideford becomes Grenville (blue)
- Devonport becomes Scott (red)
End of year reports
We hope you enjoyed reading your child’s end of year report this week. Thank you for all the kind feedback we have received. If you have not yet returned the pink feedback slip that was enclosed with the report, please could you do so by the end of term.
School Administrator
We are currently advertising for a school administrator to replace Ms AJ, who is sadly leaving us at the end of this term. If you know of anyone who may be interested in the role, please do let them know. Interviews will take place over the summer holidays and I hope to be able to share news of the appointment before we return to school in September.
Next week
The final three days of term are no less action packed than the rest of them! Please see the article below with further details of our last few events, which we hope to see you at. Remember that the final day of term is now a non-uniform day, and that there will be no after school clubs next week, except for Drama Club on Monday. Late Room will be running every evening as usual. We look forward to welcoming Gillian Hodgetts, Chair of Governors, into school on Monday morning.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
