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Year 5 Helvellyn Climb, Lake District
Helvellyn Climb Here are a few photos from our October adventure in the Lake District with Year 5 children and Mr. Thacker, Mr Greenaway, Mrs Windrum, Miss Williams, Mr Thomas, Mrs Jones and Mr Stuckey. We travelled up to the Lake District on Thursday 17th October, camped overnight near Thirlmere, before climbing the 950m mountain…
Headmaster’s Notes: A real privilege to come together as a community
It was great to see so many of you at the Bonfire and Fireworks evening last weekend and a real privilege to come together as a community. Thank you to all those who worked so hard together, ensuring that the event ran so smoothly, especially to the PMA and our Estates team. Returning this week,…
Headmaster’s Notes: They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old;
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them. It was a great privilege to welcome Mr Pete Maidment, Chaplain of Lord Wandsworth College, to Friday Prayers this…
Headmaster’s Notes: from the rugged and majestic setting of the Lake District
Writing this from the rugged and majestic setting of the Lake District as Year 5 pupils take to the mountains in an early morning scramble, it hardly seems possible that Half Term is already upon us. Those long summer days of 2019 don’t seem too long ago but since then, our pupils have been throwing…
Headmaster’s Notes: Welcoming prospective parents to our Open Afternoon
It was a pleasure to welcome a large number of prospective parents to Prince’s Mead for our Open Afternoon today, where our visitors certainly saw the best of the School, albeit the sunshine was shining far brighter inside Worthy Park House than it was outside! Our visiting families were certainly wowed by the facilities and…
Headmaster’s Notes: Open Day, Breakfast for a Breakfast
It was a pleasure to welcome a large number of prospective parents to Prince’s Mead for our Open Afternoon today, where our visitors certainly saw the best of the School, albeit the sunshine was shining far brighter inside Worthy Park House than it was outside! Our visiting families were certainly wowed by the facilities and…
In The Press: New School Review from Muddy Stilettos
“The academics here are really very good, and definitely match up to (and even beat) some of the more known name schools in the area. Add to that the school also offers the 13+ pretesting for those who wish to have it”. Muddy Stilettos, Oct 2019 https://hants.muddystilettos.co.uk/kids/school-reviews/princes-mead/
Harvest Festival & Winchester Basics Bank Support Fund
This year our Harvest collection will be for the Winchester Basics Bank. They provide emergency food and clothes to individuals and families in need and aims to make appropriate resources available to the maximum number of people at their point of greatest need. We are asking all parents to bring along a contribution to our…
Breakfast For A Breakfast
The Breakfast for a Breakfast was initiated by our charity relationship with The Timothy Pruss School in Inungur, Tamil Nadu, India. Set up by a Prince’s Mead pupil a few years ago, we aim to raise money to provide extra breakast food for our sister school. On Tuesday 9th October we are inviting our years…
Headmaster’s Notes: Great things are done by a series of small things brought together
Having been away for part of this week donning my School Inspector’s hat, I was reminded of how fortunate we are as a school community in so many ways. The artist Vincent Van Gough said: ‘Great things are done by a series of small things brought together’ and how true this is this Harvest time….
