Our Pre-Prep
Childhood is a time for fun and discovery through a wealth of learning opportunities. Our Pre-Prep is a special and unique place. Our aim is to give children the best possible start to their educational pathway, where friendships are made, individual academic excellence is achieved and happy memories are created. We are an independent Nursery, Pre-Prep and prep School in Liphook situated in 175 acres of stunning grounds in the South Downs National Park on the borders of Hampshire, Surrey and West Sussex. Children in our Pre-Prep develop their social, emotional and cognitive skills through play-based activities. Every day your child will have to opportunity to apply what they have learnt in the classroom to activities in their shared areas or out in our fabulous 175-acre grounds. These hands-on opportunities give your child’s learning meaning and a grounding in the real world.
Our Pre-Prep children visit forest school several times a week. It provides a stimulating and engaging environment that encourages exploration, creativity and curiosity. Through being outdoors your child will develop an appreciation for the environment. They will learn to understand the significant impact they can have on sustainability for themselves and future generations by learning about environmental issues and taking meaningful actions to reduce their carbon footprint. We are fortunate to have two libraries at school and one is reserved for exclusive use by our Pre-Prep children. It has been carefully curated to instil a love of books and reading in all our children and to help your child to discover the magic that books bring, inspiring them in every topic from expeditions and exercise to Fairtrade and faraway places. Storytime and our robust phonics programme will help your child to develop crucial skills such as communication and comprehension.
Alongside the core curriculum, in the Pre-Prep your child will enjoy weekly swimming lessons in additional to their games and PE lessons. They will develop a positive attitude toward exercise and will grow to understand that a healthy body means a healthy mind, helping your child gain insight on how they learn best. A Pre-Prep education is one to be cherished. It is a time to develop the foundations for a love of learning where challenges are seen as positive experiences and every activity is approached with a smile, laughter and a can-do attitude.
Seeing the pre-prep children jump into wellies and waterproof trousers in record time and charge out to break was fabulous.
What we’re up to…
Congratulations to Year 7 pupils Grace Craig and Annie Yang, who jointly picked up the Art Effort of the Month award for February for their amazing renditions of American artist Roy Lichtenstein’s colourful and dramatic pop art work. #TogetherWeGrow #PrepSchoolArt #CreativeArts #SchoolsInHampshire #TalentedPupils #Art
True to form, our young mini marvels have had a marvellous time during the half-term holiday. Outdoor play, cycling, cookery and getting creative in the art room making fun masks were among the many amazing activities on offer during an action-packed few days where smiles, joy and laughter were par for the course. #TogetherWeGrow #MiniMarvels #HalfTermHolidayFun #SchoolsInHampshire #SchoolHolidayCourses
With a view to widening our reach and engaging with key communities, we have made our first foray into television advertising. Let us know if you spot us on Sky TV! #TogetherWeGrow #SchoolsInHampshire #Nursery #PrePrepSchool #PrepSchool #PrivateEducation #Hampshire #WestSussex #Surrey #DayAndBoardingSchool
Are you looking for a nurturing school environment where your child can truly thrive? Join us on Friday 14th March for our Open Morning and explore the school, its beautiful grounds and extensive facilities. You’ll be guided on a tour by some of our Year 8 pupils, who will share their personal experiences. Meet our inspiring Head and discover first-hand how we bring out the best in every child and prepare them for their future schools and beyond. To book a place, visit bit.ly/4k2iFbL #TogetherWeGrow #IndependentSchool #PrivateSchool #BoardingSchool #PrepSchool #PrePrepSchool #Nursery #Liphook #Hampshire #Surrey #WestSussex #OpenMorning #CountryEducation
Are you looking for a nurturing school environment where your child can truly thrive? Join us on Friday 14th March for our Open Morning and explore the school, its beautiful grounds and extensive facilities. You’ll be guided on a tour by some of our Year 8 pupils, who will share their personal experiences. Meet our inspiring Head and discover first-hand how we bring out the best in every child and prepare them for their future schools and beyond. To book a place click the link in our bio above. #TogetherWeGrow #IndependentSchool #PrivateSchool #BoardingSchool #PrepSchool #PrePrepSchool #Nursery #Liphook #Hampshire #Surrey #WestSussex #OpenMorning
Led by the amazing Mrs Wilson, our very own West End stage star, the children taking part in today’s half-term holiday performing arts masterclass look like they could soon be following in her footsteps. The eager boys and girls gave their all as they recited, acted, danced and sang their way through two wonderful skits and a fantastic finale from hit musical The Greatest Showman. Bravo, one and all, bravo! #TogetherWeGrow #PerformingArts #HalfTermHolidayActivities #StageTalent #SchoolsInHampshire
An incredible bird’s eye view of our inter-school cross-country last Friday with thanks to @the_raven_view for this amazing drone footage. We are fortunate to have such amazing school grounds to host this event and the video provides a snapshot of the challenging terrain the children had to navigate. #crosscountry #prepschool #coeducationalschool #TogetherWeGrow #prepschoolcrosscountry #westsussex #hampshire
Love and friendship was the order of the day as our boys and girls got down to some seriously creative crafting today. Under the expert guidance of the brilliant Hannah and Jo, from Feltybeecrafts, the children got the half-term holiday week off to a great start in the art room by decorating beautiful glass pebbles, making and decorating trinket boxes to put them in, and using their needle-felting skills to produce some amazing animals, complete with cute ears, charming whiskers and soft noses. #TogetherWeGrow #LoveAndFriendship #CreativeCrafting #HalfTermHolidays #HolidayActivityClubs
It was wonderful to see so much amazing sportsmanship and camaraderie at our annual cross-country event, with teammates often running in pairs or small groups to help each other through the toughest sections of the challenging course. #TogetherWeGrow #IndependentSchool #PrivateSchool #BoardingSchool #PrepSchool #PrePrepSchool #Nursery #Liphook #Hampshire #Surrey #WestSussex #crosscountry #sportsmanship #helpinghand @amesburyschool @aldroschool @barrowhillsschool @churchers1722 @churchersjunior @edgeboroughschool @feltonfleetschool @hoebridgeschool @parkside_prep @rgs_guildford @rgsprep @twyfordschool @westbournehouseschool
More than 900 children from 15 schools across Hampshire, Surrey and West Sussex have given their all over our testing cross-country course today. Children aged from eight to 13 showed real determination and strained every sinew, not only battling each other but also a tricky course, slippery ground and a biting wind. There were some tears, knocks and scrapes along the way, but the way in which the runners supported not only their teammates but children from rival schools was truly heartwarming on a cold day. And the look of joy and relief on the faces of the children as they crossed the finish, cheered on by their peers, was a sight to behold. Very well done, boys and girls! Aldro Amesbury School Barrow Hills School Churcher’s College Edgeborough School Feltonfleet School Hoe Bridge School Parkside School RGS Prep School Twyford School, Hampshire Westbourne House School #TogetherWeGrow #PrepSchoolCrossCountry #RunningInTheMud #SchoolsInHampshire
Introducing our new Mini Maintenance Team, a group of volunteer pupils that are working with our Maintenance Team, contributing to the care of the school environment, discussing key aspects for the whole school community including health and safety, respect and appreciation of the school site and the wonderful surroundings. #TogetherWeGrow #teamwork #coeducationalschools #prepschool #countryprepschool #community #wecareforourenvironment #hampshire #surrey #westsussex
We’ve been treated to another musical masterclass from our blossoming children in Year 1 to Year 3, who charmed their watching parents at this morning’s Spring Concert. Under the tutelage of specialist music teachers Mrs Harman, Mrs Gregory, Mrs O’Brien, Mrs Craven, Mrs Hall, Mr Rood and Mr Spratley, the children showed great courage, poise and maturity to perform a wonderful array of pieces for piano, recorder, violin, classical guitar and cello, not to mention jaunty renditions from our amazing junior choirs. #TogetherWeGrow #SpringConcert #PrePrepSchoolMusic #SpecialistMusicTeaching #SchoolsInHampshire #PerformingArts
It’s incredibly rewarding to see our children use their imaginations at play. Today, our youngest cohort made full use of the nursery garden and the veritable treasure trove of assorted odds and ends that they could find to lose themselves in a rich world of fantasy and make believe. Sometimes less really is more… #TogetherWeGrow #ChildrenAtPlay #LettingImaginationsRunFree #SchoolsInHampshire #Nursery #PrePrepSchool #PrepSchool
Our seasonal prep school sports rotation continued today, with the boys swapping rugby balls for hockey sticks for some high-quality matches against our friends from Hoe Bridge School. Straight after the half-term holiday, the girls will swap the hockey astro for the football pitch. #TogetherWeGrow #PrepSchoolSport #BoysHockey #GirlsFootball #SchoolsInHampshire #HampshireBoardingSchools
Pastel chalks, paintbrushes and pencils were the order of the day as our prep school children demonstrated a wonderful mix of technique and talent at Sketch Club. The children created some amazing artwork during their extra-curricular lunchtime session; refining existing artistic techniques, as well as learning new ones, which they can take into their regular art lessons. #TogetherWeGrow #SketchClub #ExtraCurricularClubs #Art #ArtisticExpression #SchoolsInHampshire #CoeducationalSchoolsInHampshire
As the physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing of our children is at the heart of everything we do, we marked Safer Internet Day by helping ensure they are protected from cyber threats too. An insightful prep school assembly raised awareness of the importance of creating a safe and positive online environment for everyone, especially children and young people, by highlighting potential online risks such as cyberbullying, harmful content, and privacy concerns. The children were also encouraged to practice responsible online behavior and to take steps to protect themselves digitally before learning of the dangers of scams and phishing during a nationwide live lesson which aims to keep children across the UK safe in today’s digital world. #TogetherWeGrow #DigitalSafety #SaferInternetDay #StayingSafeOnline #SchoolsInHampshire #BoardingSchoolsInHampshire
Determined runners from within the school community are putting their best feet forward for a landmark run around the nation’s capital in aid of the Centenary Bursaries Fund. And they would love your support as they prepare to tackle the 13.1-mile London Landmarks Half Marathon in April. #TogetherWeGrow #LondonLandmarksHalfMarathon #BestFootForward #CharityRunners #HighfieldCentenaryBursariesFund #SchoolsInHampshire
Hot on the heels of an inspirational masterclass with Terry Gilmour, Head of Rugby at @marlboroughcollege, our brilliant U10A rugby players put their newly-learned skills and techniques to the best possible use with a fantastic win over a strong @aldroschool side on Saturday to round off an unbeaten season. And their win was mirrored by the U13A, U12A and U11A teams on a phenomenal afternoon against Aldro. #TogetherWeGrow #PrepSchoolRugby #WinningMentality #SchoolsInHampshire
It may have been overcast, it may have been pretty cold, it may even have begun sleeting, but nothing could dampen the spirits of our happy pupils and staff who rounded off Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week with an invigorating and uplifting wellbeing walk. #TogetherWeGrow #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #WellbeingWeek #PastoralCare #SchoolsInHampshire #CoeducationalBoardingSchool
One of our treasured values is ‘be kind’ and there are no shortages of examples of kindness to be found every day all over the school, such as our Year 2 children helping each other with their reading at Booklet Club. #TogetherWeGrow #BeKind #ReadingAmbassadors #HelpIsAtHand #SchoolsInHampshire #SchoolValues
Ahead of their performance of Pride Rocks next month, our Year 5 and Year 6 children have been treated to a drama masterclass from a West End star. Gloria Onitiri was just 17 when she played Nala in The Lion King on stage at the Lyceum Theatre and today she brought a wealth of stage experience to our school theatre. Gloria focused on physicality and movement on stage, working with different groups of ‘animals’ who feature in The Lion King, with the children honing the one-to-ten movement technique which starts with the body stock still on the count of one before evolving and becoming more animated as the count moves higher. After a wonderful day of drama, we can’t wait for the children to take to the stage in March! West End On Demand #TogetherWeGrow #PerformingArts #TheLionKing #PrideRocks #WestEndStar #GloriaOnitiri #PrepSchoolDrama
In support of @_place2be’s Children’s Mental Health Week we wanted to give a shout-out to our amazing Beehive. We launched the Beehive just over a year ago, a friendly and positive space which is home to some of our popular wellbeing activities, including visits from wellness experts for our children and staff body. It is a space where the children can relax, reset and regulate their emotions. The Beehive is an important asset to the school community, and the ongoing pastoral story at Highfield and Brookham School. #togetherwegrow #Beehive #childrensmentalhealthweek #coeducationalschools #prepschool #countryprepschool @thewellbeinghubteentips
The shared area in pre-prep was a hive of activity today – and it all added up to a truly memorable lesson for Year 1. While some children got busy in the kitchen, expertly measuring, pouring and mixing to produce tasty apple and honey cookies, others brushed up on their maths by cleverly using different coloured paint to create number bonds, showed great dexterity and perseverance to make robots out of recycled materials, or let their imaginations run free with marker pens and a whiteboard. #TogetherWeGrow #Cookery #RecycledRobots #AppleAndHoneyCookies #ResourcefulChildren #Maths #NumberBonds #CoeducationalPrepSchool #SchoolsInHampshire
