Category: News
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
Headmaster’s Notes: Nothing can Substitute Experience
Recalling my experience on operations twenty years ago, many of the soldiers in my charge spent many months in an unfamiliar, dangerous, and highly complex landscape facing threats and confronting their fears in ways they had not navigated before. Rigorous training had helped, but nothing could prepare them for the reality. Recalling subsequent operations, one…
Headmaster reads bedtime story to whole school
Mr Thacker is passionate about children reading throughout lockdown and wanted to make sure his pupils had an extra bedtime story in January & February. Our Headmaster is an avid reader and whilst reading to his two young sons at the beginning of January, he decided to record one of his favourite books for all…
Headmaster’s Notes: The Greatness of Community
As we embark on this period of learning from home, how uplifting it has been to witness the Prince’s Mead community embrace the challenges that the beginning of this Lent term has presented to us and to receive such encouraging feedback from those pupils, parents and teachers that I have had the privilege of meeting…
School Strava Challenge: The ‘Lejog’: Lands End to John O’Groats
Princes Mead School Challenge! This club is for Princes Mead School parents, families and staff who together, are planning an epic virtual walk/run/cycle/swim from Land’s End to John O’Groats. We will all be logging our mileage so that we can achieve the 874 miles it takes to get from one end of the country to…
Headmaster’s Notes: By endurance we conquer
A very happy New Year to you and I do hope you enjoyed a most relaxing Christmas with your immediate families. It is often in times of national crisis that we take time to be inspired by those who have made a vital contribution to our national life and to our well-being. After the challenges…
