Year: 2021
Headmaster’s Notes: Out of adversity comes opportunity
With the end of the first week of our Festival of Education, it has been so energising to reflect on the breadth of opportunity for your children at Prince’s Mead. In this week alone, Year 4 headed off on their residential down to Somerset, Year 2 have been out and about in Winchester studying King…
Headmaster’s Notes: Counting our blessings
As we complete Week 4 of this Summer Term, there are so many blessings for the Prince’s Mead community to count, although many of these come without any complacency. We are so fortunate that our children are able to spend plenty of time on our fabulous grounds each day. I am sure too that many…
Headmaster’s Notes: Enjoying a good innings
I am sure that you would agree with me that it has been a good start to the summer term. In fact, I would say that it has been a fantastic start and one with numerous examples of how enriching a place Prince’s Mead is. With the sounds of xylophones sounding across the Itchen Valley…
New Library
This week saw the opening of the new school library, a cosy double room in the middle of the school to curl up and read in. Photos below capture the grand cutting of the ribbon by our youngest and oldest pupil.
Building Beehives
This film shows our Year 6 worker bees busily building frames for our new honey bees.
Headmaster’s Notes: The magic of reading
Many of you will share fond memories of your children hanging on to your every word of a bedtime story. If you are not there yet, you can also look forward to the time when your youngsters begin to read and devour fairy tales or adventure stories. I have witnessed children hiding under tables having…
Headmaster’s Notes: Doing ordinary things extraordinarily well
It has been a pleasure to welcome the Prince’s Mead community back for the Summer term after the Easter break looking so refreshed and energised for all that is ahead. The summer is often the favourite term for many and I hope that it will prove to be a very happy one for all this…
Headmaster’s Notes: A Renaissance in Artisan Skills
As Year 1 demonstrated not so long ago inside their Toy Museum, there is a unique pleasure in nursing the survival of a much-loved gadget or toy. Cherished items were brought in from home, many having belonged to their parents, and these were typically modest — a board game or much-loved teddy bear. What was…
