Pre-Prep Reflections Week 7 October 2024
Dear parents,
What a busy week it has been getting things wrapped up before half term! Today, we had our first ever house lunch, where the children sat with other members of their house. Each house had a different ‘question of the day’ to discuss. We even had special house coloured napkins and cupcakes for dessert! Thanks to Mrs Lawrence-Jones for organising this.
Class Reps and School Council
On Monday, I had my first meeting of the year with the class reps. Thank you for all the positive feedback and suggestions, which I will share with staff. I also had the pleasure of meeting with our new school council reps on Monday, who were brimming with wonderful ideas as always. They are very excited about the upcoming disco, further details of which you can read in the article below.
Assemblies
This week, I have been fortunate to have had some help with assemblies from the heads of Exeter Junior School and Exeter School. On Tuesday, before having lunch with the children, Mrs Van took an assembly on keeping safe and reminded them about some of our key safeguarding rules, with the help of Egbert the egg! On Wednesday, Ms Simpson spoke to the children about the importance of character, before having the pleasure of hearing children from Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 read.
Harvest festival assembly
Thank you to those of you who were able to join us for the harvest festival assembly this afternoon. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! The children were excellent and performed with real confidence. We were all very proud of them. We have had so many donations of food and household items over the past couple of weeks, which have now been collected by Westbank for use in their Exminster and Starcross community larders. Thanks again for your generosity and support.
Half term
Over half term, there will be a few projects taking place in school. The rear Reception classroom extension is being reglazed to provide better insulation and safer access to the outdoor area, the kitchen by the front entrance door is being converted into a new school office for AJ, and there will be ongoing maintenance to the roof and the flooring in the hall. Finally, I would like to send our love and warmest wishes to Freddy in Year 1 and his family, who are relocating to the Netherlands over half term. We wish them every happiness.
Wishing you all a restful and very happy half term. We look forward to seeing everyone back in school on Monday 4 November.
