Year: 2018
House Trees
The school gathered in their house groups to plant trees kindly donated by retired members of staff, Mrs Jack, Miss Kirk and Mrs Lamb. The Beech, Chestnut and Oak saplings will be a focal point for the houses named after them and a reminder of three much loved teachers.
Building Upwards!
The half term holiday was a very exciting time for our building project with the steel work being installed. We were all delighted to come back and see the frame for the extension in place. To see the latest time lapse video please go to our Building Project page.
Reception Wedding Ceremony
As part of their ‘Festivals and Celebrations’ topic Reception reenacted a wedding ceremony. The weather was perfect, all the guests dressed for the occasion which was complete with a beautiful wedding cake.
Former pupils return to help
We were delighted to have four of our former pupils back at the school yesterday, with Zofia painting poppies, Evie assisting with gym squad, Isabelle helping with cookery club and Robert supporting our cake sale. We love that the children stay part of our community even after they have left!
Year 5 visit the New Forest
It was a stunning day with unbelievably good weather when Year 5 visited the New Forest. They had an enjoyable time in the forest studying the human impact on the environment and had great fun recording the evidence on cameras and dictaphones. The Verderer’s Court proved to be a real highlight with many of the…
Inland Sailing Regatta
The weather was near perfect as Prince’s Mead competed in the inaugural Independent Schools Inland Sailing Regatta at Burghfield Sailing Club near Reading. There were two fleets, a Zest fleet and a Feva fleet and U11 and U13 sailed together in a total of 15 boats. The format was 4 races with the best 3 results…
Sharing the Harvest
This week we have celebrated Harvest Festival where we think about how fortunate we are and take action to help those in need. Winchester Basics Bank were delighted with the wonderful spread of Harvest goods donated by parents, displayed in the fireplace in Reception and handed over by Mrs Brighton after our Harvest Festival Friday…
Ground Breaking Ceremony
Whilst the new minibus and staff car parking areas have been completed Headmaster, Mr Thacker, attended the official Ground Breaking Ceremony today for the start of the new extension. Mr Paul Chitty, Acheson Site Manager, greeted Mr Thacker with a hi-vis jacket and hard hat before inviting him to take the controls of the digger!
Year 3 Orienteering Trip
To complement their classroom-based learning of Geography, Year 3 spent a fun-filled day at the Queen Elizabeth Country Park near Petersfield, where they used their mapping skills to navigate around an orienteering course in the Park. The children learnt about scale, grid lines, reading a key on a map, contours and how to use a…
Year 2 visit Beaulieu Motor Museum
As part of their History topic ‘Transport’ Year 2 had a great day at Beaulieu Motor Museum. They travelled back in time and explored some of the first vehicles made, discovered cars from famous movies, tried on some classic driving attire and hopped aboard the open top bus!
