Pre-Prep Reflections Week 10 November 2024
Dear parents,
Snow disruption
What an exciting day we had yesterday with the snow and ice! While it caused some disruption for the adults, the children certainly enjoyed it. For many of them, it was the first time they had seen snow in their lifetime, and they had fun making snowmen, snow angels and snowballs, as well as exploring the remaining ice and frost today. We were fortunate to be able to keep the school open as most staff and pupils made it in safely. Thank you for bearing with us with the cancellation of clubs and buses at the end of the day.
Safeguarding visit
On Monday, we welcomed two visitors from Exeter School: Ali Dunning, Deputy Head (Pupil Development, Welfare and Wellbeing), and Jess Doku, Head of Safeguarding. They enjoyed chatting to the children and watching some of the Year 2 nativity rehearsals. We then met to discuss ways in which we can work closely together to ensure our approach to safeguarding, child protection and attendance is consistent across the pre-prep, junior and senior schools.
Entry to Year 3 talk
On Wednesday afternoon, we held an Entry to Year 3 information meeting for parents. This is the first time we have done this, at the request of parents via the class reps. We hope those who were able to attend found it useful to hear more about how we prepare the children, transition arrangements and the admissions process, as well as being able to ask questions. We have sent home notes from the meeting to any Year 2 parents who could not attend, and we plan to make this talk an annual fixture on the calendar in future years.
Autumn Reviews
If your child was in school today, you will find an A4 envelope in their bag with their autumn review inside, together with a letter outlining how we report to parents throughout the year. Thanks to the teachers for their hard work on these and we hope you enjoy reading them. If your child joined the Nursery very recently, they will not have been issued with a review at this stage.
Next week
We look forward to meeting with you at parentsโ evening on Wednesday to talk more about your childโs progress so far this term. Your appointment time will have been emailed to you if you have booked online.
Have a wonderful weekend and keep warm!
