Category: english

Over the last half term, Year 1 have been creating their very own non-fiction books about animals from hot and cold climates. They researched many different creatures such as jerboas, walruses, and thorny devils before writing out facts and drawing relevant pictures. This week, Year...

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,...

As part of our Book Week celebrations and following on from the successful Year 6 trip to Waterstones last term, we decided to treat our students a little! Across the week, Years 2, 3, 4 and 5 have all had the pleasure of visiting our...

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...

Kicking off the spring term production schedule was class 3W. They used the writing rainbow to tell the story of The Secret of Black Rock by Joe Todd Stanton combining the book being read in class this term with elements of their English curriculum. Through...

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...

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...

Nursery have been delving into the exciting world of space travel, inspired by the book Whatever Next! by Jill Murphy. After reading the story together, the children explored Baby Bear’s adventurous journey to the moon themselves by sequencing events from the tale, sparking their imagination...