At last the sun has come out and summer has arrived! The Pre-Prep has been filled with butterflies this week – children have been learning about the life cycle both at home and at school and we have enjoyed watching them grow from caterpillars to chrysalis to butterfly.
It has been a week for focusing on the natural world around us. In Year 2 the children have been learning about looking after the environment and they embarked on a huge litter pick around the grounds. I believe the final count was around 553 pieces of litter collected, but what was so pleasing to see was the amount collected after the lesson! In our golf activity on Monday afternoon more litter was collected and binned by the conscientious golfers!
The week started with a wonderful Circus extravaganza by the Reception children. Led by Miss Boyd-Leslie the children grouped themselves into characters from the circus – jugglers, lions, acrobats and of course ring masters and showed us all the work that they have been doing this term. It was truly impressive to see their writing and artwork, with particular mention of the clown self portraits!
The children in Year 2 are starting to get excited about moving into Year 3 and we have done a few little trips over there to see the new classroom, whilst teachers from the prep school have visited to read and be read to. On Friday the Year 3 children came over to give their own presentation of life in Year 3 which the Year 2 children really enjoyed. Next week we will be going over at break time to see where we can play and to enjoy the new playground!
We are also getting to the point where the progress since the start of the year is, as Miss Hutton would say, ‘blowing our socks off!’ The children have all been doing their independent writing tasks this week and from reception through to year 2 it has been a pleasure to see how far they have all come in a year! A lot of teaching hours, planning and effort has gone into ensuring that all the children are ready for the next class in September!
However, we still have one more week to go of normal school, before we hit the final week of term! Read on to find out what is happening.
Jenifer Hillman | Head of Pre-Prep
