Weekly Round Up

21st March 25

            Dear Parents I hope you are all well. Welcome to the final newsletter of Spring Term 2025. As I look back I reflect on what a busy term it has been, from welcoming elite athletes George Gregan and Emily Craig to The Prep to...

7th March 25

            Dear Parents I hope you are all well. We enjoyed a wonderful World Book Day yesterday. From a parade of costumes in assembly to various workshops and activities, the pupils enjoyed a day devoted to the theme of books. On the costume front, I...

14th February 25

            Dear Parents I hope you are well. It has been a most busy lead up to the end of the first half of Spring Term 2025! We enjoyed a successful Wellbeing Week, with events ranging from an assembly with Olympic gold medal rower Emily...

31st January 25

            Dear Parents I hope you are all well. I wanted to start by saying a huge thank you to the team who put on such a wonderful Burns Night evening last Saturday.  From the wonderful sounds of the bagpipes to the recital of “Ode...

17th January 25

            Dear Parents I hope you are all well. It has been great to get Spring Term 2025 underway and see the pupils attacking the opportunities in front of them, from daily classroom challenges to their interests outside school. On Wednesday, I accompanied the Years...

7th December 24

          Dear Parents I hope you are all well. Welcome to the final newsletter of 2024!  We are heading into the final week of term where plenty of Christmas cheer and excitement awaits.  We have a plethora of events and activities going on, culminating in the...

22nd November 24

          Dear Parents I hope you are all well. It is always good to hear the views of The Prep’s community and this term we have had Parent Forum, Student Council and Staff Council.  On Wednesday, we welcomed our governors onto site for a planning day. ...

8th November 24

            Dear Parents I hope you are all well. Thank you to everyone who contributed to such a wonderful Bonfire Night last week. It was so great to be able to go ahead this year and the fireworks were spectacular! A special “thank you” to...

11th October 24

Dear Parents, I hope you are well and have had a good week. What a fabulous day we had on Thursday, all the children and staff looked wonderful in their yellow outfits for Hello Yellow Day. An array of football shirts, minions and even the odd banana certainly brightened up...

27th September 24

            Dear Parents I hope you are all well. Last week, I attended the IAPS Conference and heard many interesting speakers touching on many areas of education. I enjoyed particularly a workshop by American author and strategist Ian Symmonds who shared thoughts about the role...