13.06.2025 Prep Bulletin

Dear Parents & Carers,

Having welcomed Year 6 back from France, we gave them little time to recuperate before packing them off to the Senior School for transition days on Monday and Tuesday and throwing them into the thick of rehearsals for the forthcoming production of The Lion King.

There was no let-up for the rest of the school either, with Year 3 enjoying a ceramics workshop under the watchful eye of ceramicist, Lucy Joines, Year 5 at Fistral for a surf day, the U11A cricket team competing in the final of the county cup, a maths careers fair for Years 2, 3 and 4 (hosted by the Year 6 pupils), the Year 2 Leavers’ assembly and, of course, sports days for both Pre-Prep and Prep.

As I have written before, sports days are one of my favourite events of the year (even in unpredictable weather!). Thursday’s Pre-Prep Sports Day was a delightful event, and it was a pleasure to see so many excited and happy children, and even more excited and happy parents. This positive mood continued on Friday morning with some amazing performances, superb displays of sportsmanship and plenty of smiling faces amongst competitors and spectators… and then the heavens opened! I am so sorry that the rain put paid to our plans and take this opportunity to apologise for any and all inconveniences.

As I explained to those present, we have ‘paused’ the event and will return to it at the end of next week. In terms of organisation, each event that has taken place has been recorded, and the results will stand. Any outstanding presentations will take place next week, and we will also complete the outstanding individual events.

The Prep School Sports Day (part 2) will take place next Friday from 1.20 to 3:40pm. We will follow a similar routine to this week, in that we ask that you send your children to school in PE kits. We will open the gates for parking at 1.05pm, and I hope that some of you will be able to join us.

Moving away from sport and to our theme for the week, it gives me great pleasure to inform you that we have returned once again to ‘table manners’. Prep and Pre-Prep assemblies provided the opportunity for me to share breakfast and lunch with Mrs Morse and Miss Williams, respectively. Having demonstrated some of the less salubrious manners we have witnessed in the school dining room (much to the hilarity of the children), we spent some time exploring how we might improve our table manners.

We are far from the finished article, but I am delighted to report that there has been a noticeable improvement in the latter part of the week. We will continue to work on this where we can and, to pick up the sporting theme once again, this will most definitely be a marathon rather than a sprint!

Finally, I hope that we will see many of you at the Friends of Truro School Summer Fête tomorrow (Saturday, 14th June from 12-3pm). Whether you can make it or not, I wish you all a lovely weekend.

With every good wish,

Rob Morse

Head of Prep

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Prep Sports Day Information

Prep Sports Day Part 2

Parents are warmly invited to attend Part 2 of this year’s Prep Sports Day, which will take place on Friday, 20th June from 13.20 – 15.40.

Gates will open from 13.05, with events running from 13.20 – 15.40.

Please send your child/ren into school on Friday wearing their PE kit ready for Sports Day.

We invite you to wear house colours (blue for Smith, red for Wickett, green for School or yellow / gold for Vinter) to support your child(ren)’s house.

Parents are welcome to collect their children as usual from the Prep from 3.40pm, with after-school care running as normal for those who need it.

Outdoor Classrooms Revamp Request

Mrs Stableforth is looking to update our already incredible outdoor classrooms to make them even more engaging for our Prep pupils.

In line with our work on sustainability, she is hoping to rehome and repurpose items for our mud kitchen, music wall, water wall and creative play areas.

Should you have any of the following items (please nothing with sharp edges) you wish to rehome, please bring them to the Pre-Prep over the next few weeks:

Straw bales
Crates
Benches
Pull-up bar
Culvert/ bore tube ( large to crawl through), less than 1 metre
Decking planks and scaffold planks
Old aluminium sink
Non-treated timber for animal boxes
Long, undamaged gutters
Stones, fir cones
Tyres
Cable drums
Interesting metal pots, pans, jugs, spoons, mashers (no saucepans please)
Potted herbs
Wooden ladder
Sheets of corrugated metal or plastic

A huge thanks for your support in this.

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The Senior School are delighted to announce their new Truro School Family Day on Saturday, 28 June 2025.

It will be a fun day full of activities, performances, workshops, and games for all ages.

A full programme of events will be sent out next week, but some of the planned activities include:

Old Skool Sports Day
Exclusive showing of ‘The Penguin Lesson’ and meet the creator
Pop Up Choir Workshop
Inflatables in the Pool – bring your swimwear!
Activities in the SBA – Kids activities, sporting events and inflatables
Creative craft Stalls
Art and Creative Workshops
Second Hand Bookstall
Colouring and Bookmark Workshop
Circus Demo and Skills Workshop
Art and DT Exhibition
Cream Tea Afternoon
Food stalls including bubble tea, pizza, BBQ and candy floss
Cookery School Workshop
Puppet Show
Scavenger Hunt
Buskers Corner

Please note that some of the workshops and activities will require payment, although plenty of activities will be free of charge.

Children’s games and inflatables, which will include a Nerf range, bouncy castles, bubble football, diddy cars and sumo suits) will require wristbands chargeable at £10 per person, which can be purchased from the cafe or SBA on the day or in advance.

Cash and cards will be accepted across the site.

All Senior and Prep families, alumni, the wider community and all friends of the school are warmly invited to join in the festivities.