Pre Prep News
Gill Emmerson
Head of Pre Prep
When I was six years old I started to learn to play the recorder and I still keep one in my desk drawer to this day, shamelessly relishing any opportunity to play a tune or two to anyone who will listen! Therefore, you can imagine how excited I am that year 1 are all learning to play recorder in their music lessons. This humble little instrument is a fantastic way to introduce the children to the joy of reading and playing music. Year 2 will have the same opportunity, but their instrument will be the violin and so the Pre Prep will be a place of real creativity and a platform for progress over the coming weeks and months. Sharing Assembly gave us the opportunity to hear about some of the wonderful places that the children had visited over the holidays, both far flung and nearer to home. Flipped learning challenges continue to inspire us all and we look forward to more discoveries in 2020. Thanks to the generosity of the FoEG, we now have a new artificial grass surface on our covered outside play area. This firmly establishes this as a space for physical activity, so central to the development of young children. Using the wooden climbing equipment also supplied by the FoEG, clambering, rolling, balancing and jumping involves the children in strengthening their core stability and developing their fine and gross motor skills, which in turn support focus and skills in the classroom. We are enormously grateful and encouraged by the continuing support of parents in so many different ways and look forward to more collaboration ahead.