Junior Reflections

Junior Reflections Week 20 2024

Dear parents,

I hope that you all had a restful half term with your family and friends. It has been great to welcome the pupils back for the second half of the spring term. The staff had two inset days at the beginning of the week with our second education conference being held – WellFest24. It was a day of wellbeing, inspirational speakers, and workshops with guest speaker Alicia Drummond from Teen Tips. A lot of collaborative learning took place, and hearing the whole school community sing, with thanks to Mr Pete Tamblyn, was a highlight.

Fixtures and clubs

Fixtures and clubs started with a bang this week, although the weather was not always on our side. It is always great to see so many pupils involved in the wide range of clubs on offer as well as having the opportunity to represent the school. I know that this half term is going to be a very busy one, so do have a look at SOCS to see if your child is playing in any of the many fixtures.

Informal woodwind concert and New York deli style lunch

I was blown away by our junior school pupils who played in our Informal Woodwind Concert on Wednesday – they were brilliant – and clearly a lot of practise has taken place over the half term. Well done to Evie, Henry, and Sophie. The pupils were also treated to a New York deli style lunch as well, which was delicious, I hope your children enjoyed it as much as the staff. A big thank you to our catering team, who always do a fantastic job of providing a varied and nutritious lunch every day. It puts my culinary skills to shame!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

Playground people of the week

Henry F1H

Elliot F1H

Rupert U2T

Junior Artist of the moment

The art department regularly recognises the achievements of individual pupils in the junior school through the award of the title, ‘Artist of the Moment’. Entries cover a wide range of disciplines, including drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, installation and mixed media.

Form One have enjoyed exploring the themes of friendship and family in Charlie Mackesy’s The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse. Georgina in Form One has used one of the illustrations in her beautiful sketch of the central characters, and added a very fitting quote.

Informal Woodwind Concert

The Music Hall was filled with the sounds of saxophones, flutes and a bassoon on Wednesday after school, at it was the turn of many of our woodwind players to perform in their Informal Concert. With pupils ranging in age from Form One up to Lower Sixth, a pleasing selection of repertoire was selected, with some jazzy sax numbers by Bennett and Buckland, traditional songs played on the flute, including Mockingbird Song,  Hot Cross Buns and Pease Pudding, We’re off to see the Wizard from the musical The Wizard of Oz and the classic Pink Panther. Sixth form pupils Matt, Lucia and Chi were especially inspirational to the younger players with their mature and technically impressive renditions. You can access the audio recording here.

World Book Day

Mark your calendars, everyone! On Thursday, March 7, Exeter Junior School will immerse in the enchanting world of literature for World Book Day. We are delighted to host author Sam Sedgman, who will conduct engaging workshops for each year group. We invite you to join the festivities by participating in our biennial tradition of dressing up as your favourite book character. We would like you to step into the shoes of any one of your most cherished book characters. Let’s make this World Book Day a memorable celebration of the magic found within the pages of a good book! Happy reading, Mrs Hardy.

Junior School News

Junior Sport News

📢 We are on the lookout for an amazing new drama and AV technician to join the school from September. 

Based within the drama department, the post-holder would work across the school to provide a high quality, safe and creative experience for our pupils across drama within the school, in addition to providing high-quality AV support and media creation across the school.
 
Know anyone that might be interested? Check out the links in bio

#hiringalert #independentschoolsuk #dramatechnician #joinourteam #exeterschools #vacancy

📢 We are on the lookout for an amazing new drama and AV technician to join the school from September.

Based within the drama department, the post-holder would work across the school to provide a high quality, safe and creative experience for our pupils across drama within the school, in addition to providing high-quality AV support and media creation across the school.

Know anyone that might be interested? Check out the links in bio

#hiringalert #independentschoolsuk #dramatechnician #joinourteam #exeterschools #vacancy
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We have a gold medallist in our midst! 🥇

Many congratulations to Exonian rower Ollie from Middle Fifth (right), who did extremely well to reach the finals in two other events at the British Rowing National Championships over the weekend. In his single scull (OJ151x) he was placed fourth on Sunday and he topped this off with a gold medal in the OJ15 double sculls on Monday, this time sculling with partner Ethan in a composite crew with Hexham Rowing Club. They won in a tight battle for the finish over the 1000m course, making for extremely exciting racing. 

Other Exonians on the water over the weekend did very well too – well done to Chloe(4F), Evie and Molly (both M5), all of whom raced in a number of different boat categories and reached finals in all their events. 

Well done to everyone who took part! 🚣‍♀️

#schoolofgreatcharacter #exeterschools #independentschoolsuk #inspireandchallenge #sports #exonianlife

We have a gold medallist in our midst! 🥇

Many congratulations to Exonian rower Ollie from Middle Fifth (right), who did extremely well to reach the finals in two other events at the British Rowing National Championships over the weekend. In his single scull (OJ151x) he was placed fourth on Sunday and he topped this off with a gold medal in the OJ15 double sculls on Monday, this time sculling with partner Ethan in a composite crew with Hexham Rowing Club. They won in a tight battle for the finish over the 1000m course, making for extremely exciting racing.

Other Exonians on the water over the weekend did very well too – well done to Chloe(4F), Evie and Molly (both M5), all of whom raced in a number of different boat categories and reached finals in all their events.

Well done to everyone who took part! 🚣‍♀️

#schoolofgreatcharacter #exeterschools #independentschoolsuk #inspireandchallenge #sports #exonianlife
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Our Exonians are busy over the summer holidays! 

Alex (U5) and Ollie (M5) won silver in the J16 double sculls at Nottingham’s National Watersports Centre, representing Exeter Rowing Club this weekend 🚣🏻

This is a brilliant outcome, especially as Ollie is only 15! 

We look forward to hearing about their future races! 🙌

Our Exonians are busy over the summer holidays!

Alex (U5) and Ollie (M5) won silver in the J16 double sculls at Nottingham’s National Watersports Centre, representing Exeter Rowing Club this weekend 🚣🏻

This is a brilliant outcome, especially as Ollie is only 15!

We look forward to hearing about their future races! 🙌
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Good luck to our @exeterschooluk swimmers Evie (L5) James (L5) Harry (M5) and Holly (3) who are competing in Sheffield this summer. James and Harry will race at the Aquatics GB Summer Championships and Holly, Evie and Harry are racing at the Swim England National Summer meet #swimming #exeterschoolsport #nationals

Good luck to our @exeterschooluk swimmers Evie (L5) James (L5) Harry (M5) and Holly (3) who are competing in Sheffield this summer. James and Harry will race at the Aquatics GB Summer Championships and Holly, Evie and Harry are racing at the Swim England National Summer meet #swimming #exeterschoolsport #nationals ...

Cricket leavers 2024. Thank you to our year 13 leavers who played their final match on saturday and have all made a huge contribution to school cricket during their time at the school. Charlie missing from the photo….thank you Charlie! @exeterschooluk #cricket #leavers #commitment #hardwork #friendship

Cricket leavers 2024. Thank you to our year 13 leavers who played their final match on saturday and have all made a huge contribution to school cricket during their time at the school. Charlie missing from the photo….thank you Charlie! @exeterschooluk #cricket #leavers #commitment #hardwork #friendship ...

Well done to the 3 Harrys! 🙌🏻. All awarded their full colours for outstanding contributions and performances for @exeterschooluk cricket #colours #cricket #rolemodels #exeterschoolsport

Well done to the 3 Harrys! 🙌🏻. All awarded their full colours for outstanding contributions and performances for @exeterschooluk cricket #colours #cricket #rolemodels #exeterschoolsport ...

U13 girls are county champions following a superb performance today! Well done girls 🙌🏻 @exeterschooluk @devoncricket @westernstormofficial #cricket #devon #champions #exeterschoolsport

U13 girls are county champions following a superb performance today! Well done girls 🙌🏻 @exeterschooluk @devoncricket @westernstormofficial #cricket #devon #champions #exeterschoolsport ...

Informal Woodwind Concert