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What a show! All the children at Ursuline Preparatory School performed beautifully in our biennial production at the Towngate Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. The children were outstanding. showing true professionalism and steady confidence on the stage. All children in Lower Two and Upper Two gave exceptional performances showing character development, dynamic and energetic dancing, stage presence and comic timing- holding the audience in their hands! Children in the Pre-Prep Department charmed everyone with their singing and marching, Intermediate gave cheeky performances as little kittens, Transition were delightful Londoner, Lower One beckoned everyone to join their greedy rat crowd [...]

Lower 2 and Mrs Macdonald led an assembly in honour of our Blessed Mother Mary in which the children were reminded of the joyful, sorrowful and glorious events in her life. Each aspect concluded with a reflection on Mary’s inspiration to us and a recitation of her special prayer the Hail Mary. At the end of the assembly the children processed out of the hall and each placed their flower at our school statue of Mary in the small grotto near the Secret Garden.

Pre-reception enjoyed meeting Emily from Zoolab. They met Turbo the African Snail, Sticky the Stick insect, Darth Vader the Scorpion, Cheese the Millipede, Mr Jangles the corn snake and Frank the hamster.

As a conclusion to our Fitness week, the children enjoyed a dance workshop run by students from Adagio College of Performing Arts. Although some boys were apprehensive all children thoroughly enjoyed the experience of warm-ups, games, exercises, choreography, and dance. The younger years did Jungle Ballet, and a routine to the Lion King. The older years learnt Street Dance and exercises - all being challenged to learn the helicopter move! Finally, the older children enjoyed a performance given by the students. It was a fantastic way to end our week!

On Thursday, 27th April we went to Woodlands School, with a mixed team from Lower Two and Upper Two for the ISA Tag Rugby Competition. The children were a credit to themselves, their parents and the school playing with great determination throughout the tournament. Their efforts were rewarded with 4 wins and 1 draw meaning they were crowned ISA Tag Rugby Champions 2023!

Mrs. Walsh travelled to Rugby for the ISA National Netball Competition with our team. This fixture, originally to be held in March had been postponed due to bad weather and consequently unplayable courts. Many of the girls travelled to the venue on Tuesday evening with their parent’s. Over 600 schools are eligible to play in this competition so to reach the National Finals is a huge achievement. The girls played extremely well and gave of their best, and I am pleased to inform you they came 3rd in the plate competition. Well done girls and thank you to those who [...]

On Tuesday 25th April, we welcomed EST Safety (known as ‘The 2 Johns’) to the school. They are very well known throughout Essex and have been providing online safety workshops within schools for many years. We had age-appropriate workshops for the children, followed by an evening session for the parents. We recorded the parent workshop for anyone who was unable to attend (please see the link below). The recording will be available until May half term, after this it will be removed due to the e-safety content potentially becoming out of date, as everything associated with the online world changes [...]

We enjoyed celebrating Foundation Day, our school’s birthday, on Monday. This year the Ursuline school is 123 years old! Mrs. Parker-Litjens and Mrs. Macdonald took a special assembly to mark the occasion sharing information about our school’s foundation, it’s history, successes and about Mother Clare who founded our school and had a love of white flowers. All children and staff wore white flowers and/or white ribbons and the children sang happy birthday to the school as we cut a birthday cake. The children all enjoyed a piece at the end of lunch! Our thanks go to the PFA who organised [...]

On Wednesday we hosted the U10 ISA Netball Rally. 8 other schools were invited to take part in the annual tournament. Our B team consisting of some younger Year 4’s played really well. Sadly they were defeated in a closely fought match and didn’t make it to the semi finals. Our A team, played extremely well and got through the the semi finals and then went on to play Finborough for 3rd and 4th play off, in a very close match they were victorious and took home bronze medals .

The whole school celebrated their love of reading by dressing up as their favourite character for World Book Day. We were treated to an array of characters from the pens and keyboard keys of ever popular authors David Walliams, Julia Donaldson, Roald Dahl and J.K. Rowling to name but a few. Non-Fiction titles were also well represented and Frieda Kahlo, Albert Einstein and Coco Chanel all made an appearance. A huge thank you to the parents for providing the costumes and continuing to support events such as these which highlight the numerous benefits of reading for pleasure. [...]