Category: Hall of Fame

All Year 6 children are appointed to a leadership role for their final year at Banstead Prep. Leadership provides children with many opportunities to develop responsibilities. These roles foster confidence and help children to work collaboratively with others. The Year 6 leaders’ duties will be slightly different this year to adapt to current restrictions. They…

Nathan has successfully passed a grade in Taekwondo and received his Yellow Belt. In Taekwondo the Yellow Belt symbolizes the concept of the seed because only a quality seed can grow into a quality plant. Nathan started Taekwondo in 2019. During the lockdown, the group classes were online. Now that restrictions have eased, the group…

Isla, in Year 5, has had almost 10 inches of her hair and donated it to the Little Princess Trust, which provides real hair wigs to children and young people that have lost their own hair because of cancer treatment or other illnesses. Many of us have been impacted in some way by cancer, and…

Congratulations to Felix who won the ‘Best hands’ award for wicket keeping/fielding at Ashtead Cricket Club last weekend. We wish him all the best for his future sporting success.

We were thrilled to hear that three children from Year 5 at Banstead Prep have had their work recognised in a recent Art competition run by Dunottar School. Dunottar received a total of 40 entries from local primary and prep schools for their ‘Funny Faces’ Art competition based on the work of Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Many…

Krish (Y4) is giving up chocolate for a month to fundraise for Kidney Research UK. Krish started his fundraising from the 9th of June with the goal of donating £500 to the charity. He has already managed to collect £460 with his efforts and it’s growing! “I am doing this in memory of my grandmother…

Over the last few weeks, Devin (Year 2) and Logan (Reception) started a project as part of the NHS Wellness Box initiative (#nhswellnessbox). They have designed about 20 special goody bags and decorated them with their own drawings and messages to be given to NHS staff. These bags have been filled with little pick-me-ups and…

Many congratulations to Henry, Ash and Andrew, in Year 3, who were recognised in a live virtual awards “ceremony” that took place over the Easter weekend for Sutton and Epsom Rugby club. Henry was named ‘Player of the Year’ in his age group and Ash ‘Most Improved’ player, with Andrew runner up in the ‘Best…

Congratulations Hollie! Hollie has won 2nd place in the Dunottar School ‘Autumn’ Photography Competition for Year 5 pupils.  The competition asked children to use their imagination, creativity and of course their photography skills to capture an Autumn scene. As part of her prize, Hollie will be invited to a workshop in the Dunottar photography studio…

Abby, in Year 6 plays in the U13’s team as a goalkeeper at Epsom Hockey Club. Her team faced a big challenge at the end of December, participating in the Indoor Hockey Championships at the Copper Box Arena. Although they had some hard battles, Abby’s team played very strongly and they finished as Cup Winners….