Reception have re-organised their mornings and we now start with a ‘hands on’ session. When we first come into the classroom we can choose from a variety of activities, including using our lovely new water tray, play-dough and painting easel. These activities are helping to build up our fine motor skills, as well as being really good fun!

Fun didn’t stop in the pre-prep when the snow arrived in abundance last week! We got all wrapped up and headed off to explore the grounds to see what our other school friends had produced. We were amazed at the size of the snow forts that the main school children had made and were very excited to see Year 3 making snowmen up on the field behind the swimming pool!

Under 13 Rounders v Lichfield - Match Report

Yarlet were first into bat and we were playing a timed game of rounders – 15 minutes to score as many rounders as possible, instead of the usual 27 good balls. The girls played well, and Maria soon gained a reputation for being the player to watch. She scored 2 rounders with well placed hits down the hill and the Lichfield girls were getting rattled. Leona contributed another full rounder to our first innings total of 5 ½ rounders.

The girls worked hard in their first fielding innings and managed to get the whole of the Lichfield team out by the end of play. India was responsible for stumping out three girls on first, thanks to some excellent throws from Leona. There were some fielding errors in the innings, however, where the girls were a bit over enthusiastic with their throws from the deep, and Lichfield took full advantage to score six rounders in their first innings.