22.05.2026 Prep Bulletin

Dear Parents & Carers,

As we arrive at the mid-term break, I take this opportunity to congratulate your children on a very busy and successful first half of term.

Tempting as it is to give you a lowdown of all that has occurred, I fear that reading it would take up most of your half-term holiday. By way of illustration, we enjoyed a visit from Mr Simons (the Truro School Prep Head elect), new pupils and prospective parents visiting the school, interviews, trips to the Senior School, Governors’ meetings, French cookery activities, athletics meetings (for Years 3, 4, 5 and 6), football (Year 2), the tech run, dress rehearsal and spectacular performance of the Year 4 play ‘Pirates of the Curry Bean’, a sustainability meeting, the next tranche of coast-to-coast cycle rides and kayaking, the Reception children visiting Gwennap Pit and the Prep School Grandparents’ Tea Party: and all of this in the last five days alone!

Running parallel to this has been ‘Well-Being Week’. Miss Ryder and Mrs Millne, along with the entire staff team, have hosted activities including wellness breathing, community singing, journalling, mindfulness colouring, physical exercise, Pilates, walks and gardening. Of course, the aim is not to tick off each activity only to forget it, but to embed routines and strategies that will be beneficial throughout the year.

Finally, and as we approach the weekend, I share with you this lovely poem by Alfred Grant Walton entitled ‘The World We Make. We regularly remind the children of the importance of appreciating the world around us; our friendships, the opportunities that come our way and the everyday things that are so easily overlooked. Furthermore, we are acutely aware that our lives are reflections of the choices we make. This sentiment is summed up rather neatly in these 20 short lines, and, in terms of well-being and happiness, I hope that these words bring you as much joy as they have to me.

The World We Make

by Alfred Grant Walton

We make the world in which we live

By what we gather and what we give,

By our daily deeds and the things we say,

By what we keep or we cast away.

We make our world by the beauty we see

In a skylark’s song or a lilac tree,

In a butterfly’s wing, in the pale moon’s rise,

And the wonder that lingers in midnight skies.

We make our world by the life we lead,

By the friends we have, by the books we read,

By the pity we show in the hour of care,

By the loads we lift and the love we share.

We make our world by the goals we pursue,

By the heights we seek and the higher view,

By hopes and dreams that reach the sun

And a will to fight till the heights are won.

What is the place in which we dwell,

A hut or a palace, a heaven or hell

We gather and scatter, we take and we give,

We make our world – and there we live.

I wish you a most enjoyable half-term with your lovely children, and I hope that your own worlds are full of enjoyment and happiness.

With every good wish,

Rob Morse

Head of Prep

School News

Latest From Truro School

Developing Girls’ Football at Pre-Prep

Head of Key Stage 1 and football coach, Mr Keveren, led an exciting and purposeful football training session with Year 2 girls.

Year 4 Open Book Look 2026

Our Year 4 pupils were thrilled to welcome parents and family members into their classrooms for this term’s Open Book Look at Truro School Prep.

A Visit from Daniel Simons

Mr Daniel Simons, who has been appointed as Rob Morse’s successor at Truro School Prep from January 2027, visited the school to get better acquainted with the pupils, staff and parents who make up the Prep community.

Pirates of the Curry Bean

The Year 4 production of Pirates of the Curry Bean by Craig Hawes was a triumphant, high-energy performance that wowed the audience from the very start.

Prep Sports Round Up 22.05.26

It has been another busy week for sport at Truro School Prep, with successes in fencing and on the athletics field.

Mindfulness Week at Prep

Truro School Prep was filled with moments of calm and reflection during Mindfulness Week, as pupils across the school took time to focus on their wellbeing.

Weekly News from Pre-Prep 22.05.26

It has been another busy week at Truro School Pre-Prep, with pupils enjoying a wide range of hands-on learning experiences both in and out of the classroom.

Year 6 Surf Day 2026

As excitement builds ahead of their French trip after half term, our Year 6 pupils made the most of our stunning Cornish coast with a surf day at Gwithian Beach.

Rev’s Round Up May 2026

Welcome to the inaugural Rev's Round Up, a celebration and summation of all that has been happening within our school community from my role as School Chaplain.

Prep Visits to Gwennap Pit

Our Reception and Year 3 pupils recently enjoyed memorable visits to Gwennap Pit, led by Rev Helen, as part of their exploration and understanding of our Cornish surroundings and heritage.

School Notices

Messages & Downloads

Royal Cornwall Show - An Invitation

We are delighted to invite parents, families, and friends of Truro School to a drinks reception at the Royal Cornwall Show on Saturday 6 June, from 1.00pm to 3.00pm, at the Truro School stand (416).

It will be a lovely opportunity to meet and chat with members of the Truro School team, including the Head, the Head of Prep, and our Incoming Head of Prep.

If you’re unable to join us for the drinks reception, please do still feel free to drop by the stand at any time during the Show – we would love to see you.

Save the Date: Summer Fayre

We are delighted to announce that our Truro School Prep Summer Fayre will be held on Saturday, 13th June 2026.

Happily, this year, the event will also tie in with the Prep’s 90th Anniversary Celebrations.

More information to follow. Anyone who would be interested in helping the Friends of Truro School (FTS) organise the event, please do get in touch at [email protected]!

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Pentominoes

HOW TO TAKE PART:
You can find the weekly Pentominoes challenge HERE every week in the Notices section of the Online School 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 Miss Ryder at [email protected]

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Pentominoes Hint

Here is your weekly Pentominoes hint.

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Half Term Multi-Sport Activity Camp

If you’re looking for childcare options this half-term, the ever-popular Multi-Sport Activity Camp is back at the Sir Ben Ainslie Sports Centre next week.

Running from Tuesday to Friday 8.30am – 5.30pm, the camp offers full-day childcare to help make the working week that little bit easier.

Packed with energy and excitement, activities include dodgeball, bubble football, trampolining, nerf wars and pool sessions with inflatables — guaranteed to keep children entertained and send them home happily exhausted!

Ages: 6–12 years
Cost: £36 per day
Dates: 26, 27, 28 & 29 May

Spaces are filling quickly, so book now to avoid disappointment: