Mrs Miles baked scones with Year 5 as part of their Life Skills lesson. She mentioned to them that she was going to take her scones, buttered and jammed, to the Epsom Covid Vaccination centre, to give to the health care professionals and volunteers to show her appreciation for their dedicated work. Many of the…
The Nursery children have been learning about Life Cycles. Mr Chesworth brought in some frog spawn and helped them release it into our ecological garden pond. We are really looking forward to seeing tadpoles and frogs in our pond!
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…
Devin in Year 5 decided to support Cancer Research and started a fundraising campaign as part of the ‘Walk All Over Cancer’ challenge. His aim is to walk 10,000 steps every day this March to support the charity’s life-saving research. Devin said ‘I like supporting Cancer Research because they save many lives. I have fundraised…
Year 5’s current topic is the solar system and they have been lucky enough to take part in some exceptionally interesting STEM live stream sessions this week as part of Mars Day 2021. Mars Day is dedicated to celebrate the NASA Perseverance Rover’s first month on Mars. Year 5 listened to Tim Peake, the first…
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!
Year 4 are learning about Ernest Shackleton’s epic expedition and this week they welcomed an incredible virtual visitor, Surgeon Lieutenant Commander DJC Angus. He is a real-life Antarctic explorer and his recent trip was conducted to celebrate 100 years of Ernest Shackleton’s expedition. Mr Angus supported a team of 11 as a doctor in the…
We may still be apart for a few more days but we celebrated a wonderful World Book Day together. This year we chose one of David Wiesner’s picture books, Flotsam, to provide the theme of our World Book Day celebrations. Mrs Dziedziela held an assembly for the whole school where she introduced David Wiesner’s Flotsam….
Happy St David’s Day! Our Assembly this morning was led by Mrs Forster, who grew up in South Wales and shared with us how St David’s Day, the national day of Wales, is celebrated. We learned that St David was a bishop, who lived around the year 500 and is Patron Saint of Wales. He…
Children in Year 6 at Banstead Prep have consistently inspired pride and awe with their spectacular achievements. Each year they move onto an outstanding range of senior schools, since we work with children and parents to identify achievable yet aspirational schools that are right for each child. This year, whist being notable for the additional…
