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Weeks of p-r-a-c-t-i-c-e culminated in the inaugural Dukes Regional Spelling Bee today, where 20 children representing five school b-a-t-t-l-e-d it out to ‘bee’ the champion. In a hard-fought competition that lasted over an hour, Prospect House came away triumphant by scoring the most points overall....

Sweat, blood and tears were present on the track and on the field this week. With the support of the wonderful parents, the athletes pushed through a large selection of events ranging from throwing, jumping, hopping, racing to fill jugs of water to the blue...

Year 1 went to the Buddhist Temple in Wimbledon. The children listened to the story of Buddha, learned how to do walking meditation in the Buddha Garden and discussed the five rules that Buddhist people live by.

Over the past few weeks, the children in Reception have enjoyed observing the metamorphosis of caterpillars to butterflies. They loved watching the tiny caterpillars grow into big caterpillars, and then creating their own chrysalises, which were moved into the butterfly net. Finally, they were able...

This week, Year 3 had the opportunity to paint their Greek pots. They created the pots using thumb and coil techniques as well as learning about how to use clay slip to join clay together. Inspired by the modern colours of the Greek flag, they...

Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed their visit to Kew Gardens in the sunshine! During the workshop, the children used their detective skills to figure out which plant was responsible for eating an insect. They used special equipment to investigate the various minibeasts in the trees and...

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme this year is ‘Movement: moving more for our mental health’. Throughout the week, the Wellbeing Ambassadors have been organising movement games from around the world for each year group at break times. A huge thank...

Last week, the Year 3 children headed to Flatford Mill in Suffolk, for their first ever residential! Fortunately, the sun shone from start to finish, which only added to the magic. The children spent their time pond dipping, small mammal trapping, catching and inspecting bugs...

This week, Year 4 visited Hindleap Warren for their residential trip. The children began the week with some team building activities to prepare them for the upcoming challenges. Throughout their stay, the children developed their climbing and archery skills, crawled through muddy tunnels, built shelters...