Pre-Prep Reflections 24 April 2026
Dear parents,
Welcome back to the summer term! I hope you all had a relaxing Easter break. The children have eased into the new term by reconnecting with friends, and playing and learning in the sunshine. Reception had their first swimming lesson at Exeter School, Mrs Dray led her first singing assembly brilliantly, and I enjoyed my first session with the computing club, which it is my turn to run this term. We have also welcomed five new children to the school: Max, Luna, Lincoln and Melina in Nursery, and Aurelia in Year 1. As always, the summer term is an action-packed one, so please do keep an eye on the newsletter to stay up to date with all the exciting events that are taking place.
Easter holiday works
Thank you to the operations team who have been busy carrying out improvement work over the Easter holidays. The Year 1 classroom has been flipped around in readiness for refurbishment and expansion works over the summer holidays, and you may have noticed some resurfacing of the playground has taken place. We have re-stocked the shed with a range of new play equipment chosen by the school council, and we are gradually updating many of our reading scheme books with new copies where needed. Mr Titchin has also sourced and delivered a new electric piano for the hall, and our phone line has been upgraded, which will hopefully improve the quality of the line.
Sponsored Bounce
The highlight of the week was surely our Sponsored Bounce event on Tuesday, to raise money for Mrs Van who is running the London Marathon this Sunday for the NSPCC. The children did themselves proud by bouncing continuously on three mini-trampolines for the whole day! I was exhausted just watching them, but they clearly had so much fun and kept the energy going right up to the last minute. Mrs Van and Mr Bone both came over to cheer them on. All children who took part received a certificate and a record card showing how many minutes they completed. Thank you to those of you who have already returned the sponsor forms and money. The deadline for this is Friday 8 May, so there is still plenty of time. Please return the NSPCC sponsor form and cash to Mrs Landy in the school office. Alternatively, if you would prefer to donate online, you can do so directly through Mrs Van’s JustGiving page and note on the sponsor form that you have paid before returning it to us. Thank you so much for your support.
Next week
I look forward to meeting with the class reps on Monday morning. If you have any last-minute feedback that you would like them to share, I am sure they won’t mind you contacting them directly.
Fingers crossed for some sunny weather this weekend and good luck to Mrs Van for Sunday!
