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The children thoroughly enjoyed Fun Day on Monday. The event had originally been scheduled for the end of last term but was postponed due to the extreme heat. Fortunately, the sun still shone on the day, but the temperature was just right. A perfect temperature for bouncing, sliding, and making the most of all the exciting equipment.

The Ursuline Preparatory School has made it into The Independent Schools Magazine (September 2025 issue). Please click here to access this issue. We are on pages 16 and 65.

On Tuesday 16th September, two football teams from Transition headed to Brentwood Town Football Club to take part in the district U7s football tournament. Despite the challenging windy conditions, the children approached every match with energy, determination, and big smiles.

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.