At Banstead Prep, we understand how important it is for children to feel prepared for new steps through their educational journey. We want our nursery children to be confident and independent ahead of moving to Reception, so we have lots of strategies in place to help them get ready for that exciting first day of…
Our Nursery children have built a special bond with local care home residents through the joy of storytelling and dance whilst visiting the residents at Signature at Banstead care home to participate in a music and movement session, organised by Julie Latham at Boogie Beat Music and Movement, who are based in Banstead and East…
The Acorn group of Adventurers had their first virtual Boogie Beats session with Julie and Giggles the monkey this morning. It worked brilliantly and the children were really excited to see them! We went on an animal hunt around the jungle and found a giraffe, lion and elephant. We sang songs about some animals and…
Mr Chesworth, our new Headteacher, had a very special meeting with the youngest members of our school community last Wednesday when he joined up with Nursery and Reception to share his own Chatter Bag! Nursery and Reception children at Banstead Prep School each have a chatter bag, a canvas bag that they decorate themselves and…
Our intrepid hunters from Reception and Nursery took part in a French Story Hunt workshop for the first time this week as we welcomed the Freshwater Theatre Company into school. Led by Imogen and “un grand oiseau”, the children had fun singing familiar nursery rhymes, which cleverly combined French and English, while making their way…
Adventurers had a wonderful time on their first visit of the term to a Boogie Beat session at the Sunrise Senior Living Care Home in Banstead. Children in Banstead Prep School’s Nursery Adventurers class have been enjoying intergenerational music and movement classes led by Julie at Boogie Beat Banstead at the Sunrise Senior Living care…
Adventurers first visit to the Sunrise Senior Living Care Home in Banstead was a great success. Ten children walked from school to the home with Banstead Prep Nursery staff for singing and stories with Julie and Giggles the Monkey from Boogie Beat Music and Movement. The residents enjoyed watching the children dance and sing and…
