Last week, Reception enjoyed a different awe and wonder science experiment each day: On Monday Evil Pea had left some of his magic potion behind, which we added to soda water and it made raisins dance! On Tuesday we added bicarbonate of soda to coloured vinegar and watched it explode. The colours made a beautiful…
Book Week was launched with an assembly on our book of the week – The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane, illustrated by Jackie Morris. This beautiful book contains ‘spells’ to bring twenty ‘lost words’ back into children’s lives. These words, which are all to do with the natural world, had been removed from the last…
On Monday afternoon, we took off, together with the actors from the Onatti French theatre company, into the far distant reaches of space, on a spaceship where everyone spoke only French and where all the instructions were exclusively in French… obviously. How were our children, some as young as 5, to interpret a play, the…
Celebrated poet Brian Moses spent the day at Banstead Prep on Tuesday, 26 February, enthralling us all with his performances and writing workshops. Not many performers could captivate such a wide age-range in their audience – but he certainly managed to delight children from Nursery to Year 6 alike, not to mention the staff. His…
What a fantastic IAPS Swimming Gala debut for BPS, at Royal Russell School, with courageous performances from all members of the U10 swim teams against swimmers from Colfe, Rowan and Royal Russell Schools. A little apprehensive at first (see ‘before’ picture below!) they channelled this tenaciously and gave 100% effort. They all swam an individual 25m race and also…
Put 141 children from 12 different prep schools into a school concert hall. Make sure they each have some experience of playing a stringed instrument: some may have 5 or 6 years’ experience but less than a year is absolutely fine too. Give them excerpts from five well known pieces from various eras; bring them…
Our termly parent coffee morning for parents of children who have additional educational needs was held this week. The theme, as requested by parents, was organisation. We see the tip of the iceberg, such as forgotten items, lost coats and disorganised behaviour. It can frustrate us (as it is probably frustrating our children), but many children with additional needs…
Year 6 children have been learning about WW2 this term. To find out how Banstead was impacted by the war, a volunteer from the Banstead Historical Society came into school to talk to the children. He told us how Banstead was heavily protected as it was feared that the enemy would pass through Banstead on its…
Year One enjoyed a trip to The Brighton Toy Museum last week. All were pleased to see the snow held off to ensure we could make it there and back safely! Upon arrival Mrs Doyle our trip leader sat us in groups and passed around a variety of old toys to play with. The teddy…
In our very own version of the BBC’s Back in Time for School, the children in Year 5 spent an afternoon experiencing what life was like in a Victorian classroom. They had lessons in the 3Rs, Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic. The children sang from the hymn book as Madame Parsons taught them to sing ‘All…
