Ashtead Pre-Prep – Eco Week
January 31, 2020This special week started with an orchestral concert! The Junk Orchestra’s visit thrilled and surprised the children as they walked into the school hall and saw some very unusual looking instruments. They loved the music that they played on these recycled creations and it inspired them to construct their own musical inventions. Throughout the week, each classroom has been filled with children investigating materials that
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Ashtead Pre-Prep: Sending for Santa
December 6, 2019The Christmas celebrations started in earnest this week at Ashtead Pre-Prep with the arrival of nineteen little First Steps elves.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep: Ashtead calling NASA
December 5, 2019Reception and Year One had an amazing afternoon communicating with American rocket Engineer – Steve Ringler, who has been working on the NASA space project. Steve was part of the engineering team who built the space shuttle Endeavour and was given the opportunity to be in the control room at the launch. He proudly spoke about his involvement of being part of building and launching
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Ashtead Pre-Prep: Charity Event – Scootathon
May 17, 2019Blue skies and sunshine over Ashtead yesterday made the day just perfect for our charity ‘Scootathon’. The children arrived at school with pink cheeks, beaming smiles and a scooter ready for action. Rising Reception and First Steps started our charity challenge with a wonderful course set up in the school playground. The children followed the arrowed trail and just wanted to keep on going and
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Ashtead Pre-Prep: Skipping Superstars
May 17, 2019Wow! What a brilliant morning we had on Tuesday, learning to skip with Lee Collinson-James. Everyone really worked hard to learn the new skills. We were so impressed by the way the children persisted at the task, listening carefully to Lee’s instructions. The double-dutch, long rope and partner skipping was a sight to behold and we were amazed how even our three year olds could
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – Let’s Get Messy
March 29, 2019If you like getting messy, then Ashtead Pre-Prep was the place to be yesterday. There were thrills and spills as the children explored the day’s learning through a wonderful array of sticky, slimy and squelchy activities.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – Exploring in the Woods
March 22, 2019‘We’re going on a dinosaur hunt. We’re going to catch a big one! What a beautiful day. We’re not scared!’ This week the children in Reception had a wonderful time exploring Ashtead Common during Forest School.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – British Science Week
March 15, 2019Investigating, discovering, testing and experimenting has been the ‘order of the week’ here at school over the past few days. The teachers have carefully woven many exciting Science activities into this week’s curriculum and the children have loved it!
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – Wonderful World Book Day
March 8, 2019Yesterday the school was filled with excitement and laughter as everyone arrived as amazing characters from their favourite books.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – In the Winter Wood
February 15, 2019The Rising Reception children had a very exciting morning yesterday as it was the first time that they had ventured out on a school trip. Their destination was the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – Year One invite a Relative to lunch
February 15, 2019Year One were very excited to be able to invite a relative for lunch this week. The children had been busy preparing menus, flower arrangements, gifts and a little surprise for their guests.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – National Gallery Visit
February 8, 2019Yesterday Year One had a very exciting visit to the National Gallery in London. Our wonderful guide showed the children three paintings and invited them to imagine stepping into the paintings.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – STEAM Week
February 1, 2019It has definitely been full STEAM ahead this week as we totally embraced this addition to our curriculum.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – Doctor on Call!
January 25, 2019Reception had a visit from Dr Bell this week for our ‘People who help us’ topic. Dr Bell chatted to the children all about the process of going to the doctor’s, from sitting in the waiting room to leaving with a prescription for medicine.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – Activity Morning @ Downsend
January 25, 2019Year One had a very exciting STEAM themed visit to Downsend on Tuesday.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – After School Clubs
January 18, 2019This week saw the start of this term’s After School Clubs programme.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – A Flying Start!
January 18, 2019First Steps have been up in the air this week as they fully immersed themselves in their Talk4Writing book, ‘The Blue Balloon’, by Mick Inkpen.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – Thank You DAPA
January 11, 2019The mud kitchen is very popular with all of the children. At the last School Council meeting the children asked if they could have a mixing surface by the existing mud kitchen to make their pies and potions.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – Full STEAM ahead!
January 11, 2019At Ashtead Pre-Prep we are delighted to announce that we are a fully fledged STEAM school.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – Elf Extravaganza
December 7, 2018Hi Ho Hi Ho it’s Christmas time we know!’ sang the First Steps Elves as they entertained their parents this week at the Elf Extravaganza.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – A Maths Day for Superheroes
November 30, 2018Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s a swarm of super mathematician heroes, lead by their super Head Teacher – Mathatron!
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – Keeping Safe
November 23, 2018Helping the children to learn how to look after themselves and keep safe is a priority and a very important life skill. All the classes have taken part in Road Safety Week and practised the rules of the road.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – Nursery Rhyme Week
November 23, 2018‘Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall’ was definitely one of First Steps favourite rhymes as they celebrated National Nursery Rhyme Week.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – Multi-Sports Club
November 16, 2018Statistics show that being active makes children feel happier, confident and more sociable.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – Diwali
November 9, 2018Today was full of fun and excitement as all the children enthusiastically learned about and celebrated the Hindu festival of lights – Diwali.
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Pre Prep Ashtead Raise Funds for Stripey Stork
November 7, 2018Congratulations to Ashtead Pre Prep – what a fantastic sum you raised for Stripey Stork!
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Downsend Pre-Prep Ashtead – Celebrating World Space Week
October 12, 2018This week the children have had lots of opportunities to celebrate Space Week.
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Downsend Pre-Prep Ashtead – National Poetry Day
October 5, 2018We were in the ‘zone’ on Thursday as poetry, rhythm and rhyme could be heard in every corner of the school. National Poetry Day gave us a wonderful opportunity to share some favourite poems.
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Downsend Pre-Prep Ashtead – Delicious!
September 28, 2018Tasty treats came to school yesterday with nutritionist Julia Hayes. Platters of interesting fruits and vegetables were shared with the children as they learned all about different foods that keep us fit and healthy.
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Ashtead Pre-Prep – Afternoon Learning for First Steps and Rising Reception
September 21, 2018Awesome! This is how one of the Rising Reception children described their afternoon school this week. Miss Hodgkinson and Mrs Lockyer are a dynamic team, planning and organising a varied range of interesting activities which capture the imagination and curiosity of our youngest children.
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