In the last week of term, children in Year 6 at Banstead Prep School wrote postcards for the residents of the nearby Sunrise Senior Living care home, offering good wishes for Easter and to stay positive during the coronovirus crisis. Children from Banstead Prep have often visited the home in person on other occasions, including…
We were thrilled to welcome so many grandparents (and some aunties and uncles) to our Grandparents Morning event last Friday. The children couldn’t hide their excitement having their grandparents in the school. Every class had an activity that the children could complete with their visitors. Some children provided a full classroom tour, proudly sharing all…
Our year of fundraising activities for The Children’s Trust got off to a fantastic start. Our first major event, a mufti day on Friday before half term, raised a whopping £388.65. Our Year 6 Wellbeing leaders were collecting at the gates in the morning and introduced another initiative in Assembly: collection bags were sent home…
In Animal Antics club we’ve been learning about koalas. We’ve seen how many trees have been cut down, and how Australian bush fires have caused more of the koalas’ homes to be destroyed, and a lot of their food lost. We also saw how some of the koalas had been hurt by the fires and…
Year 6 children enjoyed a visit from Banstead Historical Society to help bring to life their current history topic. Mr Sweetman brought with him several WW2 artefacts and shared with the children some fascinating information about the town and life in Banstead at this time. The town was heavily protected during the war as it…
Felix, in Year 4 had a very exciting weekend as mascot for Exeter City in their recent match against Crawley Town. Felix said, “It was very cool being mascot and meeting all the players. The best moment was when I did a rainbow flick as one of my skills – it was the best one…
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Carol Services at All Saints Church in Banstead. Download the Carol Service Programme
With Christmas is on the way, there are lots of opportunities for the children and staff at Banstead Prep for acts of kindness. Mrs Compton and Miss Law organised shoebox collections for Sutton Night Watch Homeless Charity. Many of the staff supported this great cause and as a result, we were able to donate lots…
It was almost a clean sweep for Banstead Prep in the inaugural Banstead Young Artist of the Year competition, launched at the Banstead Art Group Annual Exhibition held from Thu 24 – Sat 26 October at Banstead Community Hall. Prizes in the Age 8-11 category were all awarded to BPS artists with Plant by Olivia…
Artwork by six Banstead Prep children has been selected to be exhibited at the Banstead Art Groups Annual Exhibition, and entered in a new competition between local schools called ‘Banstead Young Artist of the Year’, with prizes for different age categories. The following works have been entered (pictured below) Kingfisher by Georgie (Y6) Plant by…
