Pre-Prep
The Pre-Prep consists of three year groups, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. All classes are taught by qualified teachers with further support from teaching assistants throughout the department. Pupils benefit from small class sizes of approximately 15 pupils.
Typical day
- 08.15am Arrival
- 08.30am Maths and literacy with class teacher
- 10.20am Snacks, drinks and playtime
- 11.00am Specialist activity such as ICT, French, Music or Dance,
- 12.15pm Cooked two- course lunch with class teacher
- 01.00pm Playtime and clubs
- 02.00pm Cross-curricular with class teacher eg Art, History, Geography, Science
- 03.45pm Lessons end - home time
- 03.45pm – 5.45pm Late stay and clubs
Children may go home at 3.45pm but are able to stay with a duty teacher for clubs, free play and a snack until 5.45pm
Rich Curriculum
At St Bede’s Prep we cover and extend all regular curriculum areas, as well as offering a breadth of further specialist subjects and teaching, providing a broad overall curriculum. Individuals are able to receive support or extension work within the class setting as groups or individually.
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Scientific exploration
- History
- Geography
- Religious Education
- Music – recorders, violin, percussion and singing with specialist teacher
- Art and Design Technology
- Information and Communication Technology – in ICT suite with specialist teacher
- Games and sports coaching – in large Sports Hall or field with specialist teachers and coaches
- Swimming – in indoor heated pool with specialist teacher
- Dance – in mirrored studio with specialist teachers
- Personal, Social and Health Education – with Head of Pre-Prep
- French – with specialist teacher
We also offer a host of clubs and individual lessons during the course of the year:
- Lessons in all musical instruments
- Choir
- Cookery
- Jewellery making
- Karate
- Yoga
- Tennis coaching
- Cricket coaching
- Horse riding – at the stables at St Bede’s Prep Senior School
- French
- Spanish
- Tap
- Ballet
- Modern dance
- Chess
- Winter/Summer sports
- ICT
- Art Master class
- Music Master class
The children also explore the surroundings of the School site such as the beach and the Downs as well as trips further afield to museums, zoos and farms. We also invite theatre groups, science workshops and authors etc to come to the School, particularly when we have a whole-school focus on a curriculum area such as Book Week, Science Week or the Arts.
Transition
During the Summer Term in Year 2 the children and parents have opportunities to meet their future form teachers and spend some time in their new classrooms. Some of the specialist teachers will already be familiar to the pupils through lessons and clubs they will have experienced during their time in the Pre-Prep. They will also start to attend some Prep School assemblies and join in with their games at playtimes.
