Category: maths

Eight of our Year 5 maths enthusiasts recently made their way by minibus to Hampton School where they took part in an exciting maths challenge involving 28 schools in all. The competition consisted of five rounds and included cross numbers, consecutive number challenges and many...

Eight of our very keen Year 5 maths enthusiasts made their way by train to Christ’s Hospital in Horsham recently to take part in an exciting maths challenge. We were very pleased and proud that two of our Prospect House pairs finished in first and...

As is now traditional at the end of each term, six finalists from each year group faced off in an exciting final to find our four current most accurate and fastest times table supremos. The competition was fierce and two of our new champions won by...

Continuing the programme of financial literacy workshops provided by Tenent Financial Education, Year 6 took part in their second session which focussed on the exciting world of investing and trading in stocks and shares. The children participated in group trading where they were required to...

Year 6 have been involved in the first of four financial literacy workshops, provided by Tenent Financial Education, which form part of the secondary school transition pathway. Session one focussed on budgeting and provided the opportunity for the children to plan their finances with a...

Pupils from Years 5 and 6 took part in the annual Primary Maths Challenge back in November, and this week saw the finalists competing in the Bonus Round. The challenge is based around problem solving and focusses on developing reasoning skills. Our children were tenacious...

Following hot on the heels of our wildly popular Problem Solving Day came Maths Explorers workshops for all year groups. These workshops provided even more opportunities for the children to test their problem-solving resolve which they did with great relish!  

It’s that time of year again – annual Problem-Solving Day at Prospect House! First on the agenda was an interactive problem-solving assembly where the children discussed various strategies and worked collaboratively to demonstrate systematic working relating to number combinations, shape visualisations and exponential growth. Afterwards, pupils...

From our headteacher, Mrs Kelly Gray: “Lots of prep school parents happily kick the 11+ down the road until it gets to Year 5 when they can no longer ignore the elephant in the room. Read my blog prospecths.org.uk/surviving-the-rollercoaster-a-parents-guide and discover why you need not...