Pre-Prep Reflections Week 7 November 2025
Dear parents,
Welcome back to the second half of the autumn term, and a very warm welcome to Nathan, Ottilie and Robin who started in the Nursery class this week. There has been lots of firework-related learning taking place this week, as well as great excitement about playing with the abundance of autumn leaves outside!
Visitors
On Monday afternoon, we hosted Exeter School governors and senior leaders for an education committee meeting in the hall. These meetings take place every term and we try to host one per year here at the pre-prep. The children were extremely respectful and courteous to our visitors! We were delighted to see Mrs Lawrence-Jones and baby Marlowe on Wednesday afternoon. Both mum and baby are doing well, and Mrs Lawrence-Jones couldn’t believe how much the children had grown up since she has been away. And this afternoon, both Mrs Van and Mr Bone came over to say hello to everyone.
Tapestry
Thank you to those of you who got in touch with us about difficulties accessing Tapestry, our online learning journal for Early Years, last week. This issue has now been resolved and please rest assured that it was nothing to do with online security. If your child is new to the school, we will be setting up your accounts shortly. Please let me or Mrs Rickard know if you have any further issues.
Poppy appeal
Thank you for your support with the poppy appeal this week. The children have been full of excitement to buy and wear their poppies and wristbands. Our remembrance assembly will take place on Tuesday 11 November and we will once again be attempting a minute’s silence with the whole school! Former pupil Ali, now in Year 4 at the junior school, will be returning to us to do a special assembly about the history of the poppy next Thursday. Poppies and wristbands will be available to buy from my office until the end of the day on Tuesday.
Entry to Year 3 parent information meeting
Following on from last year, we will soon be holding an information meeting with Exeter School about entry to Year 3. This will be in the school hall at 2.15pm next Thursday, 13 November. All Year 2 parents are welcome to attend and there is no need to book. Leah Hardy, Head of Lower School at Exeter Junior School, and Liz Williams, Director of External Relations, will be coming over to speak about the 7+ assessment morning and transition arrangements for pupils progressing to Year 3. There will also be an opportunity for parents to ask questions.
Next week
Next week is anti-bullying week across most UK schools and we will be joining in with the celebrations throughout the week – please see the article below for further details. We are also holding interviews for a visiting music teacher on Monday afternoon. I look forward to sharing the outcome with you in due course, with a view to relaunching individual piano lessons in January.
Have a fantastic weekend and enjoy the fireworks!
