Category: year 1

Our Sustainability Week programme concluded on Friday with a jungle-inspired fashion show. The children (and teachers!) were encouraged to create costumes on the theme of ‘rainforest’ with sustainable or recycled materials. In assembly, contestants from each year group took to the runway to show off their...

All across the school last week we celebrated Sustainability Week and our theme this year was rainforests. In the Lower School, the children took part in a workshop about how they can look after the planet and learned all about the the importance of safeguarding...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . ! The two Christmas trees arrived at Prospect House last week. A few children from each year group in the Lower School added their own special decoration and helped to transform the tree into...

We recently held a talk for Year 1 parents to explain our approach to teaching maths in Key Stage 1 at Prospect House. Our parents enjoyed a wonderful morning gaining insight into the concrete-pictorial-abstract (CPA) method. They learned the theory behind the CPA stages, before...

Year 1 had an unforgettable day at LEGOLand. They began their trip on the enchanting Storybook Ride, where they floated past fairy-tale characters on a boat. Then they practised their engineering and design skills by creating their very own LEGO castles using the interlocking technique....

We recently celebrated this year’s Harvest Festival which was truly a wonderful celebration of community and kindness at both the Lower and Upper Schools. The children brought in an abundance of food, clothing, and self-care items, which have been donated to the fantastic local charity,...

Class 1S and their adults spent the afternoon in the Lower School Hall transforming themselves into butterflies. In teams, the children and their adults worked together to decorate butterfly wings with colourful collage, and got surprisingly competitive! Once the creative time was up, the children...

We are delighted to be included as a ‘school to watch’ in the recent Talk Education article on elite sporting pathways! It is particularly exciting to be one of only a very small handful of prep schools mentioned. Watch this space!  

From our headteacher, Mrs Kelly Gray: “If we want our children to make good financial decisions in the future, we need to give them the tools now. Read my blog prospecths.org.uk/show-me-the-money and discover how we are developing financial literacy at Prospect House.”