18th March 2024
An incredible week for the first ever PHS ski trip! Setting out from Gatwick at 5am, the children (and staff) were very excited to get to the mountains. On arrival in the resort of Les Menuires, France, 25 Year 6 pupils accompanied by Miss Copsey, Mr Hodge, Miss Megahey and Miss Winser headed to Le Skilt Hotel where the children were fitted with their skis, boots and helmets. The first evening was spent exploring the village and getting used to the new surroundings.
After a hearty breakfast of croissants and pains aux chocolat, the children headed out to meet their French ESF (Ecole de Ski Francais) instructors: Elsa, Thomas and Nicholas. Each day, the children received 4 hours of ski lessons, which included learning how to carve, improving their parallel turns, as well as numerous visits to the snow parks. In addition to skiing, the children enjoyed swimming, snow games, a mountain rollercoaster, a movie night, and topped off the week with a disco.
After plenty of sunshine, snow, laughs and snowball fights, the children arrived home ready for the well-deserved Easter holidays.
17th November 2025
This year’s Remembrance Day assembly was truly special. Reverend Simpson had the challenging task of helping children who have grown up in peacetime understand the realities of war, and he achieved this beautifully. Using simple but powerful props––a tin of spam to talk about rationing...
13th November 2025
Year 5 were thrilled to be joined by the author of one of their favourite texts that we have studied this year, Our Tower, by Joseph Coelho. He kindly took time out of his busy schedule to talk to the students for a special session....
12th November 2025
We are very excited to be using virtual reality (VR) goggles to enhance learning across the curriculum for our pupils in Years 3 – 6. This innovative technology allows children to take virtual field trips, bringing their lessons to life in ways that simply are...
22nd October 2025
Over the past four weeks, the newly appointed Year 6 UNICEF Ambassadors have met multiple times to strategise how the school planning to publicise and weave the articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into school life. Last week, the...
21st October 2025
Prospect House was filled with the sounds of The Beatles coming from the Upper School hall for the annual House Singing competition. The energy was electric, and every performance was delivered with a unique charm and enthusiasm that would have made John, Paul, George, and...
17th October 2025
Friday 10 October was World Mental Health Day – a day to improve knowledge, raise awareness and improve efforts to support mental health around the world. So what better day than today for our Wellbeing Ambassadors to begin their weekly Wellbeing Workshops! Our brand-new Year...