Year: 2021
Headmaster’s Notes: Opening Doors of Opportunity
As we turned off our screens last Friday to complete the 3,500 hours of weekly remote learning being delivered across the School during lockdown, we were able to reflect this week upon the spirit of unity, adaptability and achievements shown by pupils, staff and parents, but also a renewed sense of closeness and community. We…
Spring Open Day 2021
Thank you to those of you that attended our Spring Open Day today. It was our pleasure to meet so many of you on our live event. If you have missed some details of wish to see our updated film about life at Prince’s Mead, please do visit https://bit.ly/3q0z97C If you would like to speak…
100 Days of Prince’s Mead!
Reception reached a momentous milestone today! It is 100 days since they started Reception. What a super journey they have been on.
Headmaster’s Notes: The Great Debate
This week we have enjoyed a focus on the importance of public speaking, inspired by Year 3’s competition where all pupils performed exceptionally well. In fact, I was so inspired that I was reminded of Martin Luther King’s speech, ‘I have a Dream’, that was delivered with the same energy and emotion all those years…
Headmaster’s Notes: Perseverance, secret of all triumphs
Not dissimilar to NASA’s extraordinary success in the landing of Perseverance on Mars last week, Britain’s vaccine programme is a triumph of scientific and human endeavour that has offered us all a path to advancement, starting on the 8th March with our most important national business: education in school. I have marvelled at how the Prince’s Mead community has navigated…
Prince’s Mead School YouTube and Vimeo Channels
Hello If you would like to keep updated with all our challenges and films, please do visit our channels: www.youtube.com/princesmeadschool www.vimeo.com/princesmeadschool Some of our films are not for the general public and placed on Vimeo for our immediate school community only. Please do contact us if there is a film you are not able to…
Headmaster’s Notes: The pioneer spirit is alive and well
Independent schools have long enjoyed being pioneers in the creation of collaborative models for education and Prince’s Mead is no exception. Time and time again we have shown ourselves able to adapt and diversify quickly and successfully. More than 600 years after it was founded by William of Wykeham, Britain’s oldest public school, and one…
Headmaster’s Notes: Tomorrow will be a good day
Joining in the doorstep applause in Winchester and across the country on Tuesday, or simply pausing for quiet reflection this week, we honoured Captain Sir Tom Moore and his extraordinary efforts in raising millions for the NHS and, perhaps more importantly, the inspiration he gave us all during this time of historic adversity. Such was…
Headmaster’s Notes: Shouting from the Rooftops!
The Prime Minister’s hopes that children could return from Monday 8th March gave us all some welcome clarity and optimism this week, albeit many of us had anticipated this date would have been sooner. I am aware that this lockdown is proving much tougher for families and teachers, coming as it does in the middle…
Headmaster’s advice for home schooling with Muddy Stilettos
“My advice for parents is to trust their instincts,” says Peter Thacker, Headmaster at Prince’s Mead School in Winchester. Wise words for lockdown learning
