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Dear Parents & Carers,
What a week of sunshine – we have been truly blessed. It is remarkable how our moods are lifted when the sun shows its face, and it has been a pleasure to see so many happy children, staff, and parents around the school.
That said, the last five days have been far from a holiday as Prep School Cognitive Ability Tests have accompanied a healthy dose of industry and application in classrooms across the School. As you may be aware from previous communications, we often remind the children about the importance of ‘working smart’ so that they can reach their potential in the classroom and enjoy break times to the full – this is (and will always be) a work in progress, but we are most certainly moving in the right direction.
Assemblies this week have focused upon one of my favourite themes – The Golden Rule: the moral principle that we should treat others as we would like to be treated ourselves. Whilst this is often summarised in the Gospel of Matthew, ‘do unto others as you would have them do unto you’, it is a fundamental ethical principle across a worldwide range of cultures and religions (including Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism).
We also explored the importance of ‘treating others as we would like to be treated ourselves ’ throughout a wide range of activities that take place during our lives. We focused particularly on etiquette during games and sporting activities (be they organised matches or simple games during break times) – focusing on the significance of respect for teammates, opposition, supporters, and officials, and how a positive approach makes life more enjoyable (and more successful) for all. As with ‘working smart’, this remains a work in progress, but it will be a constant theme throughout the term and year.
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Today also saw the School hosting the ‘European Day of Languages’. From assembly through to themed lessons and lunch, we were given plenty of opportunities to explore and develop our understanding of our neighbours, both across the channel and further afield. My thanks go to all who helped to make it such an enjoyable event, and especially to Mrs Wright and Mrs Palmer for organising and leading the day.
Turning to you as parents, guardians, and carers, I take this opportunity to thank those of you who were able to join us for our Macmillan Cancer Research coffee morning today. I hope that you enjoyed the opportunity to meet and chat with friends old and new, and to support this excellent charity. As I write, the sum of donations has yet to be totted up, but I will give you an update once the maths is complete.
Looking to the future, we have sporting fixtures (far and wide), themed assemblies, Harvest Festivals, music, English and art trips, further year group walks, and the House Music Competition – all before half term. From a parent perspective, Learning progress meetings take place across the next couple of weeks (see details from Mr Dove), and please remember that the Senior School Open Morning takes place on Saturday, 4th October. Please, sign up here if you haven’t already done so.
One final date for your diary, the Truro School Action Plan 2025/26 – Presentation to Parents takes place at the Burrell Theatre, Truro School, at 6.30pm on Wednesday, 15th October.
I look forward to seeing you all in the days and weeks ahead and, in the meantime, wish you all a wonderful weekend with your lovely children… I hope that they remember the Golden Rule at weekends as well as during the week!
With every good wish,
Rob Morse
Head of Prep
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Senior School Open Day - next Saturday
A reminder that our Senior School Open Day will be taking place next Saturday, 4 October 2025, from 9.30am until 12.30pm.
For those wishing to attend, please complete the short registration form that can be found here.
Pentominoes
HOW TO TAKE PART
You can find the weekly Pentominoes challenge HERE every week in the Notices section of the Online School Bulletin.
You will have been emailed the Bulletin on a Friday, and it can also be found on the Truro School website at https://www.truroschool.com/parents/weekly-bulletin/
To access the weekly challenge, you will need to click on the VIEW option below to bring up the weekly challenge.
These can then be printed at home and enjoyed. Please note that they need to be printed off as A3, 100% size (not fit to scale).
If you do not have an A3 printer at home, there are ready-printed copies in the Prep Reception Office that your children can collect on a Friday and bring home.
Finally, hints on how to solve the puzzle will be available each week. These will also be here in the Notices section should you get stuck!
Please take a photo of the completed challenge and email it to Mrs Ryder at [email protected]
Each child who completes the weekly puzzle and sends in a photo of their solution will be awarded one puzzle point.
After every three puzzle points gained, children will receive a certificate in our celebration assemblies.
Every ten puzzle points, they will receive a small prize.
Pentominoes Hint
Here is your weekly Pentominoes hint.
Harvest Festival
We are delighted to announce we will be celebrating our Harvest next week, with Pre-Prep Harvest on Tuesday, 30th September and Prep Harvest on Thursday, 2nd October.
Each year, we encourage our pupils to bring in food and supplies for a foodbank in Cornwall, and this year we have chosen the Newquay Foodbank to support.
Bags/boxes of donations can be brought into school and stored in your child(ren)’s form room(s) and, for Pre-Prep, in Pre-Prep reception.
Here’s the list of suggested items (please note any food items should have a long life date on them please):
Thank you in advance for your support and generosity,
Revd Helen Byrne, Chaplain
FTS Updates
Coffee Morning: Thank you to everyone who attended today’s coffee morning.
Donations can still be made here.
FTS Gylly Beach Bash: There are still a few tickets left for this year’s FTS Gylly Beach Bash on the 11th October. See poster below for details and get your tickets here. Password FTS.
The FTS AGM: The AGM will be held on 6th Oct, from 11am – 1pm in the Heseltine Gallery, Truro School.
All are welcome to attend. For any queries, please email [email protected]
Head Lice
I have been notified of head lice in school this week and would very much appreciate your help in trying to eradicate them. These tiny insects crawl from head to head – they do not fly or jump.
Anyone with hair can catch head lice. Sometimes the scalp may be itchy; this is caused by the lice biting the scalp and normally occurs after a 6-week infestation or more. It is also possible to see tiny black specks on your pillow or collar; these are head lice droppings or their shed skins. Little red bite marks can also be seen on the scalp.
Please can you check your child’s hair this evening, if possible, using the wet comb method, to help us become lice-free! Head lice are difficult to find in dry hair, but in wet hair, they lose their grip, move more slowly and can be combed out. Regular combing will help to prevent re-infection as it damages the lice and breaks their life cycle.
To avoid using chemical applications, which are very bad for the environment, we recommend washing the hair, rinsing and applying plenty of normal conditioner. Comb through the conditioner with an ordinary comb to remove the tangles. Then, using a head lice comb, part the hair into sections. Comb through each section, starting at the scalp and out to the end of the hair. After each stroke, check the comb for lice (I suggest wiping the comb on a piece of kitchen towel). Make sure you carefully rinse/wipe the head lice comb before you put it back in the hair again. Continue with the same process until you have checked each section of the scalp, then rinse out the conditioner.
To try and limit the spread of head lice, we would advise weekly wet-combing, maintaining long hair in a ponytail or braids, avoiding sharing combs/brushes/hair accessories, and not allowing head-to-head contact.
Many thanks for your help with this.
Mrs Katrina Cameron
Medical Care Lead
[email protected]
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