Category: News

Normandy Adventures

28th April 23

Prince’s Mead pupils from Year 5 and Year 6 met excitedly under the portico at 5am on Tuesday 4th April 2023 ready to set off of on their Normandy adventure. The party were very quickly through passport control and set sail from Portsmouth to Caen. After a relaxing and enjoyable journey aboard, the group took…

Headmasters Notes: Reflecting Back On Lent Term

31st March 23

I am writing this on the eve of the final day of the Lent Term. The children are looking forward to the annual PMA Easter Egg Hunt tomorrow and Friday Prayers will give everyone the opportunity to reflect back on what has been a busy, exciting and fulfilling term. This term, our Year 6 pupils…

Where Happiness Reigns

29th March 23

Our new headmaster, Adam King, was interviewed by Hampshire Life Magazine for their Men in Business feature this month. Featuring alongside successful business men across Hampshire, from entrepreneurs to restaurateurs, Adam shared why he loves his job – ‘Seeing a pupil thrive, achieve, and move on to their senior school and eventually their chosen career…

Neurodiversity Celebration Week

17th March 23

At Prince’s Mead we frequently discuss and celebrate how we are all different; in fact, how no two people are the same. Depending on how our brains are wired, we think, move, process information and communicate in different ways. We may DO things differently to our friends and THINK differently and that is OK, because…

Headmaster’s Notes: A festive end to Term

16th December 22

Dear Parents & Friends, This week certainly reached a crescendo with our Final Friday Prayers ending in a riotous, hilarious and memorable alternative version of ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’.  I think the teachers taking part enjoyed it just as much as the children and parents watching on. It’ll be hard to top it for…

Year 6 v Staff Netball Match

15th December 22

The Year 6 girls took on the Staff in a very competitive netball match on Wednesday lunchtime. The Staff took an early lead but the Year 6 fought back. Mrs Austin was a very strict umpire, making sure the staff all played by the rules!! Great play from everyone with lots of comical moments. Mr…

Headmaster’s Notes

18th November 22

Dear Parents & Friends, Prince’s Mead has excellent relationships with all the senior schools that we feed and I have enjoyed visiting some of these schools over the past few weeks, including King Edward VI School, Lord Wandsworth College and St. Swithun’s. Last week, I popped across to meet Cliff Canning, the Head of Embley,…

Headmaster’s Notes

11th November 22

Dear Parents & Friends, On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, the guns fell silent over the battlefields of the First World War. Remembrance Day is an important day in the school’s calendar.  This morning, we gathered in front of the portico to remember and honour those who served and still…

A special Commemorative Friday Prayers

9th September 22

  Dear Parents, After the very sad news of the death of Her Majesty the Queen, the school will be holding a Commemorative Service today at Friday Prayers starting at 8.35am. Kind regards,   Adam King Headmaster