Category: year 3

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...

A group of 27 children from Years 2 – 6 were lucky enough to take part in the Dukes Education Swimming Gala at the Queen Mother Sports Centre. From start to finish (pun intended), it was a truly thrilling afternoon and one that will certainly...

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...

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...

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...