Category: year 6

Problem-Solving Day

3rd February 2025

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...

Surviving the 11+: a parent’s guide

1st February 2025

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...

Lunar New Year

31st January 2025

To celebrate Lunar New Year, Mrs Lydford-Jones delivered an assembly on the Year of the Snake. Students explored the ways in which this festive occasion is celebrated around the world, gaining insight into various cultural traditions. They learnt about the story behind the zodiac calendar...

House La Galette des Rois Competition

29th January 2025

Over the recent school holidays, Mme Radi organised a House Competition for la Galette des Rois. There were over 50 entries showcasing an impressive array of creativity! The children wrote poems, crafted recipes, baked delicious galettes, created drawings, conducted research and designed crowns. Galettes are...

Staff Pantomime

24th January 2025

Last week, Prospect House brought back the joy of Christmas to the grey skies of January with our first-ever staff pantomime. (Oh yes, we did!) Teachers from both the Lower and the Upper Schools came together to perform the ever-popular Jack and the Beanstalk. The fun...

Orchestral Workshop at St John’s School, Leatherhead

21st January 2025

Mr Baker, our Director of Music, recently accompanied nine instrumentalists to St John’s School, Leatherhead for an afternoon of music making as part their music extension programme. The pupils from Prospect House joined children from a range of other local schools to create a 50-strong...

Community Sport Initiative

17th January 2025

We are thrilled to announce a new partnership between Prospect House and the HMCK Charity, with additional support from the Spencer Lynx Hockey Club, to bring increased access to sport for Year 3 and Year 4 pupils in the local area. This initiative offers a...

Christmas Activities

18th December 2024

Christmas is almost upon us and the end of term is nigh – this can only mean one thing : Christmas activity week at Prospect House! A huge thank you to the Prospect House Parents Association for all their hard work both organising and running...

Times Tables and Problem Solving Assembly

17th December 2024

As is tradition at Prospect House, we held the termly House Times Tables Championships last week. Finalists from each year group battled it out to find our current most accurate and fastest times tables champions! The children also took part in a problem solving discussion...