The Power of Connection – Head’s Desk (18 Sept 2025)
My blog this week is written whilst I am attending the annual Independent Schools Headteacher conference in Brighton. The conference is full of keynote speeches and seminars covering a wide…
My blog this week is written whilst I am attending the annual Independent Schools Headteacher conference in Brighton. The conference is full of keynote speeches and seminars covering a wide…
This year, with Echo the Dolphin as our guide, we’re focusing on Communication as our central Learner Power, don’t worry the other Learner Powers will continue to be explored and…
It has been wonderful to welcome everyone back to school this week and there is a genuine sense of positivity and purpose for the year ahead. The children have managed…
Through the Eyes of Children Sometimes, it’s good to pause, to stop, to just BE! looking around this hall, now seems like as good a moment as any, so why not…
A Journey into Language, Culture, and Purposeful Communication One of the wonderful things about teaching languages in Primary School is the time that you have — time that can be…
Fortune favours the brave, and the sun shines on the worthy. By my reckoning, that makes our children both – as they navigated a horribly wet and windy week to…
A couple of years ago, with great excitement, I started teaching German again, in Year 6. Having taught it for 15 years to A Level, I was missing those sentences…
This week in our Be Curious session, Year 1 explored the theme of resilience. After reading The Queen’s Hat in English and discussing the positive and negative effects of the wind, the children were…
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a lovely Easter break. I’ve heard lots of exciting stories of adventure and fun. For my part, I was lucky enough to join our…
Banstead Prep School Celebrates Student Leadership at Oxford University On Monday, 17th March, our Year 6 Heads of School proudly presented their social justice and leadership project at Oxford University….