Pre-Prep Blog
Every Day is a Learning Day - Getting it right for your child
Although the children are back at school and enjoying learning with their teachers, we are well aware that it feels different for parents this year. Drop-off and pick-up procedures have changed, there are less resources being shared between home and school, and we are all living with the uncertainty of whether we will need to isolate for short or long periods.
I know that some parents are also anxious about how best to support their child emotionally and with their learning. I want to reassure you that you are already teaching your child many of the skills they need, just by being with them. The time your child spends with you and the family is essentially all learning time.
COVID-19 has given us all challenges to deal with, but there are some silver linings if we look for them. With social lives curtailed and work hours changed, there could be an opportunity to reinvest time in your family.
Click here to read the full blog post by Mrs Holly, Head of Pre-Prep, with tips for supporting your child through this autumn and winter.
Every year we look forward to welcoming our Reception classes into school in September. For some it’s just a hop and a skip across the corridor from our Kindergarten classroom. For others it’s their first experience of Walhampton. For all of them it marks the magical moment as they start ‘proper school’ and embark on what we hope will be a lifelong love of learning.
Whether it’s your first child starting school or your fifth, we know this can be as big a moment for the parents as it can be for the children. This year, more than any other, those feelings are magnified. Having watched more children start school than I care to remember, the most important thing I can tell you is not to worry – we are in this together and together we will get it right for your child.
Click here to read the full blog post by Mrs Holly, Head of Pre-Prep.
Few things are more precious – or wondrous to behold - than the early years of a child’s development. The friends they make. The talents they reveal. The questions they ask. The adventures they enjoy.
Ensuring this crucial, formative period is right for your child is one of the greatest gifts that any parent can give. And it starts with choosing the right school.
Here at Walhampton, amid glorious and inspiring surroundings, we work hard to deliver the things that matter to you and your little ones. We begin by appreciating just how stressful it can be for parents, perhaps returning to work, to find the right nursery or kindergarten - somewhere that will love and nurture your child the way you would yourself. You want a place where they will feel warm, safe and celebrated. A home from home where they can interact, learn and most of all, continue to be children.
Walhampton is that place
Click here to read the full blog post by Mrs Holly, Head of Pre-Prep.
Reading Workshop - 24th September 2019
It was wonderful to welcome so many Pre-Prep parents to this week’s Reading Workshop where we explored the joy of sharing a book at the end of the day (or the beginning or even the middle!) and the excitement of our children learning to read. From the importance of being a good listener, rhyming, phonics, letter recognition, decoding, word building, tricky words, comprehension, talk, inference, confidence, sharing and joy – we discussed it all…. and more!
The accompanying PowerPoint can be found by clicking here.