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At the Prep we raised the awareness of ‘Safeguarding’, through a whole school assembly. The assembly went through the key aspects of what they need in order for all children and young people to grow and develop. The well – being wheel was also introduced;  The children were issued with the ’Ursuline Preparatory School Child Friendly Safeguarding policy’ that they took home to read with through with their parents.

Congratulations to everyone who completed the Library Summer Reading Challenge this year. We were very pleased with the huge number of our pupils who took part in the scheme, in which the children read between 2 and 6 books of their choice and completed associated activities to show their love of reading. Well done!

The end of term was busy as normal and quite sad as we said goodbye to a wonderful class of individuals that we have seen blossom and develop into well rounded individuals ready to go forward to their next phase of their education.  The school enjoyed their end of term especially watching the photographs that Mrs Macdonald had retrieved from the archives.   The leavers mass attended by the parents and  celebrated by Cannon John was a very special and emotional service.   The traditional and final event of the hat throwing was witnessed by most of the school as a vast [...]

Children from both Upper One and Transition were presented with their Diocesan Citizenship Award from Bishop Alan at Brentwood Cathedral this morning. Both children were nominated for the award for their outstanding fundraising for Tommy’s and GOSH respectfully. They were joined by their mums, Mrs Wilson and Mrs Macdonald who were all very proud to watch them receive their special award and enjoyed listening to the nominations from all of the Catholic primary and secondary schools in our diocese. It was a moving ceremony and we are very proud of the contribution they have made to our school community. [...]

On Wednesday 9th July the Ursuline hosted the small schools district athletics competition at Brentwood school. All the children did very well and were a credit to the school. The final results were: 6th Place - West Horndon 5th Place Woodlands 4th Place Blackmore 3rd Place Warley 2nd Place Bentley 1st Place Ursuline The children were delighted to be crowned District Champions!

On Monday 30th June, we held our annual Sports Day competition. The children had a fantastic morning, giving their all as they competed with great enthusiasm for their respective teams. The final results were: 1st – St. Patrick with 68 points 2nd – St. Andrew with 58 points 3rd – St. George with 54 points 4th – St. David with 42 points Well done to everyone who took part!

Three teams from Upper One, Lower Two and Upper Two took part in the New Hall Science fair this Wednesday. They had a fantastic day taking part in a VR experience, doing chemistry experiments, investigating a 'crime scene' and using microscopes, and many more fun activities. The children had designed eco based investigations to present to the judges for theScience competition and we are very pleased to say that we came first place and runner up in the Judges Choice category.

On Tuesday 24th June, Lower Two went to ‘The Essex Schools Food and Farming Day’ at ARU Writtle. This is a yearly event organised by the Essex Agricultural Society, it was the first time, as a school, we took part in this event. The children enjoyed walking around each zone, led by our Farmer Steward (Mrs Benton Senior), they found out how their food is produced, the role played by farmers in Essex and the many related jobs within the industry. In addition, Lower Two took part in the Scarecrow competition. We designed and made a futuristic scarecrow at school [...]

Michael, Erin, Marco, Ruby, Liz and Ava from the Brentwood Catholic Youth Service led Upper Two on their retreat day on Thursday at Walsingham House in Navestock. The day’s theme was ‘You are God’s Work of Art’ and focused on each child’s uniqueness, their memories of their time at the school and their first day in Year 7. The children had lots of fun working with the team and thinking about themselves as ‘Pilgrims of Hope’.

The Ursuline Preparatory School descended onto the Town Gate Theatre, Basildon for two nights on Tuesday and Wednesday for the bi-annual school production, Peter Pan. Everyone had been working on this mammoth project from the summer of last year to put on two amazing performances.  They showed 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 beautiful smiles, Intermediate gave delightful [...]