This morning was a very special occasion for Lower One as they presented their Stations of the Cross service where they shared the story of Jesus’ journey to the cross. They did a fantastic job of sharing the importance of this story and the messages that Jesus teaches us. All of Lower One have worked incredibly hard over the last four weeks to put this together at suchahighstandardandtheirdeterminationreallyshowed. Theyspokesowellwhenreading [...]

Twenty little aliens and space cadets landed in the school playground yesterday for Transition’s Space Day! The classroom was transformed into a space rocket (with the help of mountains of black material, hundreds of fairy lights, and boxes of tin foil!) The children spent the day learning about our solar system. They also watched a video of Tim Peake who was conducting water experiments whilst in the International Space [...]

The children and staff came to school in an array of red or comic relief themed clothing to support this charity drive last Friday. Children took part in different activities and had a special assembly in the afternoon. Money raised will go towards local, national, and international projects helping children and families who need our support. Thank you for all your donations.

Yesterday, Kindergarten went to visit the residents of Brentwood Arches Care Home. A trip that was fondly anticipated by the retirement home community. The children had a lovely afternoon, reading to the ladies and gentleman under the supervision of Mrs. Walsh and Mrs. Steward. A very worthwhile exercise which the children benefitted greatly.

On Friday, Mr. Lewis, Mrs. Walsh, and Mrs. Tucker accompanied children from Lower Two to Brentwood School for their annual Netball and Football Sports Tournaments. In the football competition we came 6th out of 12 and played very, very well, only losing one match. Mr. Lewis is extremely proud of how they engaged in the game and competed against some very strong opposition. The girls also played magnificently and [...]

Empiricism came into its own on Monday, when we were visited by Usifu Jalloh from Masai Cultural Arts as part of our ‘Around the World’ themed Book Week. In our whole school assembly, we (children and staff) were completely immersed as we were transported to Africa via a variety of countries, in a magic peanut shell! This journey set the scene perfectly for each phases’ workshop, which were both [...]

Following their qualification in the ISA Regional Football Competition at The Len Forge Centre, Southend on 27th February. Our football team travelled with their parents on Thursday to Burton-on-Trent ready for the national final competition on Friday, 8th March at St. George’s Park. The proud home to all 23 of England’s national football teams, St.George’s Park boasts second-to-none facilities and is a wonderful celebration of all things football! The [...]

Children from Intermediate and Transition performed the most wonderful Mother’s Day assembly to all their parents. The theme was Pioneering Women. The children sang, spoke, acted, and delighted everyone who came. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house especially when Intermediate sang “You are my sunshine!” At the end all children gave their mum’s acard and pot of flowers.

Children from Pre-Reception, Reception and Kindergarten performed the most wonderful Mother’s Day assembly to all their parents. They performed 3 songs with the use of instruments and sign language. Kindergarten also recited a poem called ‘My Mummy is the Best’ They also let their mummies know why they loved them so much. At the end all children and parents joined together to decorate their photo frames. [...]

The whole school celebrated their love of reading by dressing up as a book character for World Book Day. This year’s theme is ‘Around the World’ and were treated to an array of characters from the length and breadth of our beautiful planet. Authors and titles from all seven continents were represented and both staff and children looked fantastic in a variety of costumes, which ranged from Dorothy and [...]

On Wednesday, we took a boys and girls team to Brentwood School for the District Swimming Gala. The children enjoyed every race and swam exceptionally well. Both teams came second in the competition. Congratulations to all the children!

On Saturday, Mr. Lewis travelled to Worksop with four of our girls who were taking part in the ISA National Cross-Country Championships after qualifying on 16th February in the Regional Competition. They all performed exceptionally well against intense competition, each race had over 70 children running. Congratulations to Isabelle Holme, Chayah Falola, Jasmine O’Riordan, and Grace Diji who finished 4th, 7th, 19th and 45th respectively in their age categorised [...]

On Tuesday, the boys from Lower Two and Upper Two travelled to The Len Forge Centre in Southend with Mr. Taylor and Mr. Wilson to take part in the ISA 5-a-side Regional Football Tournament. We were delighted that the boys were able to play at all, as the original venue, Alleyn Court, were unable to host the event due to waterlogged pitches. 14 teams from various schools in the [...]

Fifteen schools accepted the invitation to take part in the annual tournament. With some of them intending on bringing two teams making 18 teams competing in total. However, one school withdrew their entry at the last moment which meant we had to play another team in order to make up the group knock out numbers. Notwithstanding the changeable weather, all teams participated with enthusiasm. Ursuline A, B and C [...]

Children from Pre-Reception upwards and staff gathered to mark the beginning of Lent in our Ash Wednesday service, which was led by Fr John. The service reflected on repentance, thinking of others, and preparing ourselves for the joy of Easter. Upper Two assisted in leading the liturgy and read beautifully and the younger children responded enthusiastically to Fr John’s homily. The school community received ashes on their foreheads with [...]

On Tuesday, 13th February, we held our annual Shrove Tuesday, Pancake races. The weather being as it was, the races took place in the school hall. The children had a great time with the final house placings as follows: St. Patrick’s St. David’s St Andrew’s St. George’s

Upper Two followed up their trip to the Warner Bros. Studios on 8th January with their own school- based Harry Potter themed afternoon this week. We invited our year 6 friends from St Mary’s, Hare Park to join in the fun and a muggletastic time was had by all! The afternoon started with each pupil being assigned their Hogwarts House by the sorting hat. From there the children took [...]

Huge congratulations to our Lower Two netball team. Today they went to New Hall School accompanied by Mrs. Walsh and Mr. Lewis to compete against 15 other teams in the New Hall Invitation Cup Competition. I am absolutely thrilled to share that they were unbeaten in all matches including the final against Bancrofts School and have now been crowned champions in this tournament.

Lower Two had a Viking themed day with Portals to the Past last Tuesday. The children and staff all dressed up in Viking outfits. During the day the children learnt about how the Vikings came to Britain and how over time they moved from being raiders to invaders and then settlers. They also studied their beliefs, the roles of men, women, and children in their cultures, and also about [...]

On 31st January, Transition braved the cold and windy airfield of Duxford to learn about the History of Flight as part of their History topic. They went into British Airspace and looked at and explored the Comet, Concorde and Hermes. They sequenced the History of flight and discovered the Vulcan and Flying boat. After lunch they went over to the American Hanger and explored American aircraft which included the [...]

Mr. Lewis accompanied William Barker, Yishai Choo, Blake Gibson and Bertie Heighton to the ISA National Table Tennis Competition that took place at the University of Nottingham today. The children had a very early start this morning, leaving here at 7am. I am delighted to share with you that in the Cup Competition Yishai came 3rd and Blake 4th, in the Plate Competition Will came 1st and in the [...]

On Monday, the school hosted the inaugural District Dance Competition. Several local schools took part in the competition that was judged in two age categories. The Judge, Ms. Staunton, had a very difficult time in selecting the prize winners from a very diverse range of dance styles, some of which featured up to 30 children whilst others entered solo performers. We were thrilled to share with you that we [...]

The school was pleased to welcome Fr John back to the school to celebrate mass in honour of the founder of the Ursuline Order, St. Angela. Upper One made an important contribution to the liturgy with their readings and prayers. They had worked hard in their preparations by learning about the life of St. Angela and her vision for education and shared some lovely writing with us at the [...]

Upper Two’s Enterprise Week got off to a fantastic start this week with their ‘Fun and Food Fair’ on Monday morning. Following weeks of preparation each House set up their stall selling food or drink items and their fun fair game. The hall was a buzz with excitement and sales patter as each class from [...]

The school celebrated STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) Week from Monday 8th to Friday 12th January 2024. Throughout the week the children took part in activities ranging from; watching a maths magic show performed by Michael J. Fitch, worked with a visiting artist to produce specific pieces, an inter-house maths quiz as well as building their own vehicle to transport a teddy! An enjoyable week had by [...]

Upper Two had an absolutely magical time on their visit to the Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studios in Watford on Monday. The children thoroughly enjoyed their tour which began in the breath-taking Great Hall, complete with a sumptuous Christmas feast and a ceiling of floating candles. From there the children loved finding out how the films were made including props, costumes, and special effects such as green screen technology. [...]

On Thursday, 8th December Lower Two visited The Shard. The children had the privilege of experiencing ‘a day at the office’ at Kraft Heinz. In preparation to our visit the children worked hard in groups to create their own sauce flavours, we researched sauce ideas plus looked at various advertising techniques in order to fine tune our pitches. During the visit, the children were given a very warm welcome [...]

Christmas has begun at the Ursuline Prep. now that the children have taken part in our annual Christingle!  It was an absolute pleasure to welcome our Trustees, Governors, Guests, Parents and members of the clergy to our celebration The children sang, danced, read, and behaved brilliantly.  It was a truly magical and special evening for all who were there to share our service.  The children in the Pre-Prep department [...]

Mr. Lewis accompanied Shervin Abhari, Emily Burgess and Elianne Green to The London Olympic Pool, Stratford for the ISA National Swimming Finals last Friday.  All the children were extremely excited although a little apprehensive.  They swam very well in their races. Elianne competed in the year 5 Freestyle Relay race and was awarded a bronze medal.  Emily competed in the year 4 relay race and came 5th and Shervin [...]

On Thursday, Kindergarten went along with some of the children in Lower Two to Arches Care Home in Brentwood to visit the residents, join them in their tree lighting ceremony and sing some Christmas songs.  Whilst they were there, Father Christmas paid them a visit and gave each child a present!

Upper One were transported back in time to Ancient Egypt! The children took part in various workshops and activities including: mummifying a peg doll and making a clay beaded necklace. At the end of the day the children enjoyed an Egyptian celebration taking part in plays, mimes and dances and then had an Egyptian feast. We were joined by several of our parents, whose participation was invaluable. My thanks [...]

A mixed team from Lower One and Upper One went to Old Brentwood Rugby Club for the District Tag Rugby Tournament. All the children had a great time and played extremely well. Ursuline managed to win their pool and went through to the final round of games. By winning one of their two remaining games they finished the tournament in second place.  Again, a great achievement for one of the [...]

Anti-Bullying Week 2023 took place from Monday 13th - Friday 17th November with the theme ‘Make A Noise About Bullying’. We began the week with our school’s Anti-Bullying Ambassadors (William Barker, Isabella Benton, Eddie Burgess, Jessica Davis, Bertie Heighton, Poppy Heighton, Charis Oladejo, Lucas Oluitan, Lucy Reynolds, and Phoebe Rolfe) leading the school in a whole school assembly, whilst issuing our UPS ‘Child Friendly Anti-Bullying Policy’. On Monday the [...]

Lower One had an history experience day where they enjoyed a ‘visiting’ Stone Age workshop. The children had a full day of being immersed in life during the Stone Age. With the instructor, the children learnt about the different stages of the period and how we, as humans, have evolved through millions of years. They built a model of Stonehenge, had the opportunity to explore historical artefacts such as [...]

On Monday, 13th November the boy’s table tennis team travelled to Stoke college to compete in an ISA tournament. All the children played incredibly well, with Yishai Choo coming 1st and William Barker claiming 3rd place. The boys were a real credit to themselves and to the school.

Upper One marked the Armistice with their class assembly. Upper One led the school and their parents in a thoughtful reflection upon the significance of this date for everyone.  It was a moving assembly that gave us an insight into the history of children’s individual families. As is fitting, during the assembly two minutes silence was observed. The charity prefects with their helpers sold poppy related items given to [...]

Children throughout the school collected 20 pence pieces for the annual coin trail. We had a visitor from CAFOD who reminded us that it is our right to have clean water, but many children in the world do not have this privilege. We learnt about the theme 'Brighten up your life'. When terrible floods struck Pakistan last year, CWSA, a CAFOD-supported local organisation expert in providing medical help during [...]

A wonderful service was held in the school hall on Monday to celebrate the Baptism of Mary. Children from Reception and Kindergarten classes, as part of Come and See took part in the celebration that was the culmination in them enjoying learning about Baptism over the last four weeks. Everyone had a part to play, words to learn, new songs and learning key words for strength, Holy water to [...]

Well done to the 'Gangsta Grannies' from Upper One and Lower One on getting through to the ISA Dance Competition. Lots of hard work put in over the holidays and during school. Special mention to Mrs Walsh for her creativity and energy in getting the girls through.

Intermediate and Transition went to Barleylands for their celebration trip in October. They found out where fruits and vegetables grow and sorted foods into different food groups. We found out how wheat is milled and the children ground the ears of corn into flour then mixed it with oil, water, yeast and salt to make pizzas choosing healthy toppings that grow on the [...]

On Tuesday 3rd October, the junior classes celebrated St. Ursula’s Day with a day trip to Stubbers. All the children took part in a full day of fun activities.  The lower junior classes thoroughly enjoyed open canoeing, paddleboarding, grass sledging and team building activities. Whilst the upper juniors participated in open canoeing, paddleboarding, laser combat and team building.

Lower Two visited Sky Academy Studios’ on Thursday 21st September. The children worked with professional studio staff in a bespoke studio to create their own movie trailers. This experience supports the curriculum, specifically: fiction writing, composition, understanding of genre, character development and reviewing and refining their story ideas.

Good luck to all the children from Upper Two Class of 2023. We hope you have a great start to your life at your new schools. Hope to see some of you soon for some interesting stories.

Welcome back to all our current and new student's. We hope you have another exciting year with lots of learning and fun. Greeting to our new members of staff: Miss Dow, Mrs. Price and Mr. Taylor.

Ursuline Preparatory School, Warley, hosted a Cultural & Diversity Day for staff and students alike to celebrate, recognise and unite the wide range of cultures that are represented within our school community.  As part of our ongoing work with The Diana Award Charity scheme, the only charity set up in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales and her belief that young people have the power to change the world. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

The school choir and children delighted our governors and guests when they performed to a packed audience at our Spring Concert in the school Hall on Wed 8th March. It was a tremendous evening with the children singing popular songs and songs from the musicals. A special mention must be made to our soloists Katerina Stowe-Mici, Saanvi Korde, Alexander Wells, Jessica Toth and Felicity-Parker Litjens. The children in the [...]

The boys and girls team went across to Brentwood School for the District Swimming Gala on Wednesday 8th March. The Children had a wonderful time and swam exceptionally well. The boy’s team won the competition and the girl’s team came second, having been beaten by 1 point! Congratulations to all the children.

We were thrilled to welcome author Tamsyn Murray to our school on Tuesday as part of our Book Week celebrations. Our day started with a whole school assembly during which Tamsyn talked to us about her journey to becoming an author and the inspiration she had taken from her love of animals including telling us some hilarious anecdotes about naughty dog Lily. Tamsyn then spent the rest of the [...]

On Wednesday we hosted the U11 District Netball Rally. 12 other schools were invited to take part in the annual tournament.  Our Year 5’s played older girls and held their own and qualified for the quarter finals. Sadly they were defeated in a closely fought match. Our A team, played extremely well and even though they had an injury we got through the finals and narrowly lost the final. [...]

On Wednesday 23rd February Lower Two set off to Chelmsford as they were going to Wagamama as a continuation of the following topics; healthy eating and instructional writing whilst enjoying the diversity of a cuisine originated from Japan.  On arrival, Lower Two were given an informative explanation of the types of delicious and nutritious food and drinks served at Wagamama. We were then split in to 2 groups, each group took turns [...]

On Wednesday 22nd February a mixed team from Lower and Upper 1 as well as a team from  Lower and Upper 2 to the District Tag rugby tournament at Old Brentwood’s Rugby club. All the children had a great time and played extremely well. Lower and Upper 1 managed to reach the final having won all their matches in the group stage and semi-finals. They met Brentwood in the [...]

Children from Pre-Reception upwards and staff gathered together to mark the beginning of Lent in our Ash Wednesday service, which was led by Fr Gary. The service reflected on repentance, thinking of others and preparing ourselves for the joy of Easter, with Fr Gary highlighting the three aspects that we need to focus on during the coming weeks: prayer; doing something extra to help others and giving something up. [...]

On Tuesday 21st February, we held our annual Pancake races. The children had a great time with the final placings between the houses being St Andrew’s 1st, St. George’s 2nd, St. Patrick’s 3rd and St. David’s 4th.

Upper Two had a fantastic day at school on Thursday. Continuing on from their wonderful trip to Harry Potter Studios last month, the children were lucky enough to experience their very own Harry Potter experience here at school. Upper Two started with their Coding workshop with Professor Elangodore in the hall where they got to use their interactive wands and find their [...]

Yishai from Upper One travelled to Nottingham to take part in the ISA Table Tennis Tournament. Yishai along with 18 other competitors (most of whom were 2 years older) played for a cup, a bowl, and a trophy. A hard-fought contest Yishai was successful in his efforts and we are thrilled to share that he won the bowl and came 3rd in the group. Huge Congratulations Yishai!

On Thursday 2nd February we took a mixed team of girls and boys from Lower 1 to play in a friendly football tournament at Alleyn Court. The children had a wonderful time and played some great football ending up winning 4 matches, drawing one and losing one. Well done team!

On Tuesday 31st January we took a team from Upper and Lower 1 to participate in the Brentwood district football tournament. The girls played very well managing to win their pool and progressing through to the semi-finals. This proved to be a very tight contest, with the score staying 0-0 at full time and after extra time. Unfortunately, St. Helens went through due their better results in the pool [...]

Upper 2 had an absolutely magical time on their visit to the Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studios in Watford. The children thoroughly enjoyed their tour which began in the Great Hall, the doors of which were opened by our birthday boy, Ismail. From there the children loved finding out all about how the films were made including props, costumes and special effects such as green screen technology. After a [...]

On Thursday 19th January Lower Two visited Sky Academy Studios’, the children worked with professional studio staff in a bespoke studio to create their own movie trailers. This experience supports the curriculum, specifically: fiction writing, composition, understanding of genre, character development and reviewing and refining their story ideas. Before we attended Sky Studios the children worked in groups to come up with a story idea and produce a storyboard. [...]