Pre-Prep Reflections Week 11 December 2025
Dear parents,
What foul weather we are having! Despite this, the staging is up, rehearsals for the Christmas nativity are in full swing, and the children are enjoying sending and receiving Christmas cards via the school post box. Nursery and Year 2 had their first ‘buddy reading’ session this week, and we also welcomed Mrs Landy to the school office in her new role as school administrator.
Visitors
One of our new piano teachers, Mr Savage, came in on Monday to play the piano in assembly and talk to the children about his lessons. Further details can be found in the article below. On Tuesday, Mrs Van and Mr Bone came over to say hello to the children, and Mr Bone did a special assembly on winter birds and migration. The children have since enjoyed looking for robins and chaffinches in the playground, as well as pretending to be birds and doing lots of squawking!
Class Reps meeting
On Monday morning, I met with the class reps to hear feedback on a range of topics. Thank you for all the positive comments about the school and for sharing constructive feedback on areas where we could improve. We are looking into various suggestions as a team, while others will need to be taken to Exeter School for a decision. I will update you in due course. Many thanks to the class reps for all their hard work.
School Council
Yesterday, I had my second meeting with this term’s school council reps from each class. We talked mainly about the upcoming school disco, which will be slightly different from last year, as we are going to run it in-house during the school day. We are planning to have a Christmas disco in the hall, along with three breakout rooms in the classrooms coming off the hall. These will include a healthy snack bar and drinks, a shop where the children can exchange tokens for glow-in-the-dark items, and a chill-out relaxation room with neon face painting and perhaps even hand massages! The children came up with great ideas and took song request slips back to their classes for everyone to fill out.
Next week
Mrs Smyth will be teaching Reception on Wednesday instead of Mrs Rickard. We also have Mrs Davies, our new piano/singing/violin teacher, coming in to play for the children in assembly on Wednesday morning. And of course, the hotly anticipated nativity performances will take place on Thursday and Friday afternoon from 2.30-3.30pm. Please see the article below for all the details of the final two weeks.
Wishing you all a dry and festive weekend.
