Category: reception

We are delighted to announce that we have chosen to partner with Ultimate Holiday Camps in 2025 to run their fun, safe, and engaging holiday camps at our school using the wonderful Upper School facilities. They work with some of the best independent schools in...

The children in the Lower School had an exciting visit from Zoolab to coincide with the animal theme of Book Week. Zoolab educates children about wildlife and nature through hands-on workshops. Our pupils met and learnt about all kinds of interesting animals, including gerbils, tarantulas,...

Reception have been using several apps to compose their own music this half term. They explored different rhymes and beats, and how to alter the musical sounds of a piece by changing or adding something new. Children have also learnt how to use the iPad...

Book Week this year was based around ‘Animals’ in honour of The Last Wolf by Mini Grey and it’s message of conservation. Everyone (teachers included!) donned their best animal-themed costumes for dress-up day on Monday. It was as if the corridors of Prospect House had...

Book Week is always a big celebration at Prospect House and this year was no different! As part of launching our new approach to improving writing skills across the school, we took advantage of Book Week to encourage all our pupils to take part in...

It is time, once again, for the RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch! On Thursday, the children at the Lower School all came outside to see what species of birds they could spot. We often see our feathered friends in the school playgrounds and Forest School, and...

This week was Children’s Mental Health Week at Prospect House. Our Year 6 pupils truly stepped up as leaders demonstrating initiative, creativity, and teamwork. They planned and then delivered a fantastic range of wellbeing activities for the younger children across the school, really epitomising our...

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...