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Junior Reflections

Junior Reflections Week 28 2024

Dear parents,

Houses

The week kicked off with house assemblies on Monday morning where the pupils met in their houses to talk about the summer term and to discuss the ways they can support each other in what is a particularly busy time of year. Each house learnt how they link to the new house system at the pre-prep school: Bridgwater, Brixham, Bideford and Devonport are the birth towns of our explorers – your child should be able to tell you more information about this. The house systems across both schools will allow for greater consistency for the pupils, especially for those joining us from the pre-prep in the future.

Learning this week

It has been a busy week in the classrooms with Upper One studying the instruments of the orchestra and their different families. They looked at the brass family, and made their very own instruments out of plastic bottles, hose pipe and duct tape! I have enjoyed hearing their musical sounds outside my window! Form One have been consolidating their learning in English and drama with some fun filled โ€˜parts of speechโ€™ raps, some of which are available to view below. Using the โ€˜flipโ€™ app has been a great way for them to share their performances with each other and to add a little extra personality to their work. We have some great musical talent in the school. The Form One pupils have also been learning about conductive materials in computer science to link to their topic all about sequences and programming. They created a human circuit with a Makey Makey controller connected to a Scratch program. When they touched the play doh, it played a different sound. They tested out Mrs Morganโ€™s cardboard guitar and will be making their own programmable musical instruments in their next lesson.

Club news

Our junior school librarians have got off to a great start showcasing the fantastic collection of books that have been nominated for the Carnegie award for Illustration, all of which are available to borrow from our library. This week they reviewed Erika Mazaโ€™s beautifully illustrated book: a powerfully, timely and beautifully illustrated story exploring the journey of two refugee children in search of safety. We are looking forward to seeing the masks they create in library club inspired by this wonderful book. Meanwhile, our green fingered gardening club pupils have been really enjoying the planting stage of the growing cycle. They have been deciding what to plant where, preparing the soil and carefully placing the seeds or new plants into the soil beds. So far, the pupils have planted broad bean, potato, onion and beetroot plants and tomato seeds. We can already see the plants getting bigger and taller! A huge thank you to Simon Lee, head groundsman, who has even created a fabulous sink for the pupils to wash their hands in.

Safeguarding reminder

Just a gentle reminder that when entering the junior school building, please always report to reception who will then be able to point you in the right direction with your enquiry. In line with our safeguarding policy, all visitors and parents need to be escorted around the premises by a member of the Exeter School staff.

Have a lovely long weekend.

Playground people of the week

Daniel F1H

James F1H

Lizzie L2P

Jazz Supper

Tickets are now available to purchase for our Jazz Supper on Monday 1 July at 6.30pm here at Exeter School.

This is an annual highlight in the calendar which is kindly sponsored byย Charles Stanley Wealth Managersย and offers the opportunity for our performers to really enjoy their playing with a colourful, live-event feel. This excitement will be even stronger this year as many of the performers will depart the next day for performances on international stages which you canย read more about by clicking here.

Ticket prices are Adults ยฃ11 / Child ยฃ7 to include a light supper/refreshments.

Please purchase tickets here.

Noun raps

The children in Form One have been composing and performing raps that focus on the different parts of speechโ€”nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs. We loved watching them and thought we would share a sample of them here for your enjoyment over the long weekend.

View Henry M F1H

View Henry T F1H

View Isabelle F1C

View Lucy N F1C

View Zara F1C

Family Society Summer Fete

If you would like your own stall at the fete, please click on this link to book.

Junior School News

Junior Sport News

Last week, A Level biology for Upper Sixth kicked off with a hands-on team building exercise, where model chlorophyll molecules were used to build a diagram of a chloroplast. Pupils learnt about the structure of a chlorophyll and its role in the light dependent stage of photosynthesis.

If you're wishing your science lessons in sixth form could be this engaging, why not pop in and see us on Saturday 27 September? Open day activities will be going on in different departments to showcase how we teach here at Exeter School. Head over to our website to register now. 

#sixthformlife #opendays #biology #photosynthesis #chlorophyll #college #alevels #exeterschoolopenday

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The winning penalty shuffle from Saturdayโ€™s national cup win for the U16 girls hockey team #pressure #holdyournerve #hockey #exeterschoolsport @exeterschooluk @iscahockeyclub @englandhockey

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Coast to coast from  @exschsports 1st XV

The break, the PASS!!!โ€ฆthe finish ๐Ÿ‰๐Ÿ˜ณ

@nextgenxv @topsham_rugby @englandrugby @exeterchiefsacademy #exeterschoolsport #rugby #coasttocoast

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Well done to the U16 girls who were successful in round 1 of the National schoolsโ€™ tournament. A 2-2 draw with Kingswood required penalty shuffles to separate the two teams with Exeter coming out on top winning 4-3 #nationals #hockey #exeterschoolsport

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Eden Project 2024

Junior school Interhouse Cross Country

Open morning - Saturday 27 September 9.30-12.30pm

Come along to our biggest open morning of the year for a complete overview of our junior and senior schools.

Take part in fun activities, sampling experiences from lessons, hear from our staff and take a tour with those who know Exeter School best – our pupil ambassadors.

Click here to register your place