Pre-Prep Reflections Week 13 December 2024
Dear parents,
Parent drop-in
On Tuesday afternoon, we held our first parent drop-in session of the year. It was lovely to see so many parents coming along and the children proudly sharing their work with you. I am always amazed to see how much they have done in one term and the huge progress they make in that time. If you were unable to join us this time, we will hold parent drop-in afternoons again towards the end of the spring and summer terms.
Christmas lunch
On Wednesday, the whole school came together in the hall for a festive Christmas lunch. We enjoyed traditional roast turkey with all the trimmings, followed by profiteroles. The excellent food was accompanied by a soundtrack of Christmas music and the pulling of Christmas crackers. Ms Simpson, Head of Exeter School, also popped in to talk to the children about the Jewish festival of Hanukkah in assembly. The Year 2 children have recently been learning about this in RE and she was very impressed with their knowledge.
Nativity
The highlight of the term has to be the two fantastic nativity performances today and yesterday. The children performed brilliantly, exuding joy and confidence, and we were extremely proud of them all. On Tuesday morning, the dress rehearsal of the nativity was recorded and photographed (see the article below for further details). Many thanks to Ms Richards and the team for creating and leading such a wonderful production.
Next week
The children are enjoying sending and receiving Christmas cards to one another via the Christmas post box. This will still be out next week if your child would like to write and post some cards. The article below has full details of the final three days of term, which are sure to be exciting and exhausting – please do try to fit some rest in this weekend.
Have a wonderful weekend and don’t forget those Christmas jumpers on Monday!