Pre-Prep Reflections Week 32 June 2024
Dear parents,
Welcome back to the second half of the summer term and the final part of the school year. This is always a special time as we reflect on the progress each child has made. They are all growing so fast, personally and physically – I’m sure some of them have shot up over half term! This week we have also had lots of tours and taster day visits, and we have a busy and exciting few weeks ahead of us.
New staff
We welcome Ms Andrea Jellard, our new school administrator. Known as AJ (Ms AJ to the children), she will be your first point of contact in the school office and is looking forward to getting to know everyone between now and the end of term. You can contact AJ by emailing either aj@exeterschool.org.uk or preprep@exeterschool.org.uk. We also welcome Miss Sam Moore, our new lunchtime assistant, who has made a great start at helping Mr Heath with the daily lunch service.
Safeguarding
On Monday, I attended another Devon Safeguarding Forum meeting, as I do every term. This was a useful opportunity to hear the latest updates in safeguarding and child protection, both locally and nationally. On Monday afternoon, we hosted this term’s meeting of the governing body in our hall, which was the final meeting for Ruth Vigers who is stepping down as a governor at the end of the year. Ruth has been our safeguarding governor for the last three years and we thank her for her generous support and excellent service to the school.
Press articles
You may have seen that our sponsored marathon fun run story has been picked up by multiple online press publications recently. Click on the links to read the stories on Devon Live, School Search and Devon Daily.
Sharing good practice
We love to show visitors around our school and to visit other settings. This week, we were pleased to welcome Beth Schoter, Reception teacher at St Peter’s Prep School, who wanted to find out more about the work of our Early Years team. Next week, we look forward to welcoming Emma Ross, Deputy Head of Exeter Cathedral School, to share good practice and ideas about safeguarding.
Year 2 art workshop
Yesterday morning, Year 2 visited the senior art department at Exeter School for a special printing workshop. The children came back brimming with enthusiasm about their ‘under the sea’ themed creations! Thank you to Mrs Goodwill, Mrs Titchin and Mr Heath for accompanying them. We look forward to seeing the finished results.
Assemblies
As our spotlight virtue this half term is curiosity, I have been talking to the children about being curious and focusing on our ‘curious curlew’ character. On Wednesday, Ali in Year 2 took assembly on the 80th anniversary of D-Day. It was wonderful to see him sharing his passion for history and getting the children so enthused with the artefacts and costumes he brought in. Yesterday, we talked about World Environment Day and how we can look after our planet as Generation Restoration, while today I gave out sweetie bags and asked for the children’s urgent help – see the article below for full details.
Read about Ali’s assembly here
Wishing you all an enjoyable weekend and see you next week.
Best wishes,