We are so proud of Caitlyn, who has spent the last two weekends performing very successfully at the 90th Sutton Music Festival. She’s even put her writing skills to good use by sending us the details of her efforts: On 11 and 12 November 2023, Caitlyn played violin in 3 separate Strings classes: novice – Carribean Moonlight; under 9 years – What…
The school hall was filled with the smell of rebellion when Banstead Prep School presented Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical Jr. to a VIP audience last this week. Based on the beloved book “Matilda” by Roald Dahl and adapted from the award-winning full-length musical, Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical JR. tells the story of an…
Banstead Prep School children turned out in force to represent the school in the Banstead Village May Fayre on Saturday, carrying the BPS flag in the parade as well as a rousing performance from the school choir, entertaining the crowds with songs from the era of World War II, in support of the VE Day…
Mrs Lane was delighted to be able to take some of our young musicians to Woldingham School on Tuesday 1 March. They played alongside the prestigious London Mozart Players in an incredible, uplifting performance and really did us proud. It was so wonderful for the children to experience music in this way, to develop their ensemble…
Some of our prep school musicians had the opportunity to attend the Epsom College Wind and Brass Festival this week. This was a fantastic experience for the children, an chance for them to immerse themselves in a large ensemble and share their music making with children from a number of different schools. They embraced the…
We were thrilled to present our production of Oliver! Jnr this week, performed by the children in Year 5 and 6. Banstead Prep School was honoured by the presence of special guests Councillor Jill Bray the Mayor of Reigate and Banstead, local headteachers from Reigate Grammar School, Caterham School, Box Hill School and Harris Academy…
Congratulations to Thomas in Year 3 and Jessica in Year 6 who participated at the Coulsdon and Purley Festival and achieved fantastic results. The Coulsdon and Purley Festival provided an opportunity to encourage music performances for all ages. This year the 77th festival ran virtually and the children had to submit their entries online. Participants…
Children in Years 1-6 were able to perform virtually, as soloists, and participate in a Virtual Spring Concert. This provided a great opportunity to showcase the children’s talents and show the progress they have been making. Well done to all our fantastic young musicians who sent in videos for these lovely concerts!
Children in Years 3-6 were challenged to take the opening motif (famous first eight notes) of Beethoven’s 5th symphony and turn it into their own, completely different piece of music. Mrs Lane, our Music Leader found it difficult to choose only 4 winners because she received many wonderful entries. Congratulations to all children in Years…
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…
