A Typical Day in Pre Prep

A typical day in St Christopher’s Reception and Pre Prep may include:

8.30 Carpet time including register time, an introduction to the day going through the visual timetable to see what we will be doing.

8.45 – 9.00 Form Time and Assembly Tuesday to Friday.

9.00 – 9.20 Phonics session across Lower School

9.20 – 10.40 English and Maths in class.

10-40 -11.10 – Playtime on the Lower School playground

11.10 – 11.50 – Humanities.

11.50 – 12.30 – PE with specialist teachers.

12.20 – 1.30 – Lunch

1.30 – 1.50 – Silent reading in class.

1.50 – 2.50 – Reception – child initiated learning – Free choice of activities covering the 7 areas of learning. Eg small world play, construction, role play, puzzles, painting, messy play, craft activities.

Year 1 and 2 – Art/Humanities/Computing.

2.50 – 3.10 – Class story

3.10 – 3.15 – Getting ready to go home.

Discovery Open Morning

Due to technical upgrades taking place over the Christmas period, our phone lines will be temporarily unavailable.

For general enquiries, please email mail@stchristophersthehall.org.uk

For admissions-related queries, please contact admissions@stchristophersthehall.org.uk

Find out more about Beckenham’s best kept secret at one of our

upcoming events.

Upcoming Open Mornings:

Wednesday  28th January 2026 at 10.30am

Wednesday 25th March 2026 at 10.30am

Early Years Stay and Play:

Monday 2nd February 2026 at 1.30pm

Monday 23rd March 2026 at 1.30pm

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