Highfield Prep

Highfield Prep in Maidenhead - an outstanding education for girls aged 3-11 & boys aged 3-7. An affordable education in a kind, caring, nurturing environment that produces confident, resilient & compassionate pupils with outstanding teaching & small class sizes. #Maidenhead

🧩 Today’s Engineering lesson was all about resilience! Miss Bolton challenged us with Tangrams, the ancient Chinese puzzle. Only given the shapes, no other directions—it was tricky but rewarding! Well done to the first three!💪 #STEM #Engineering #LearningThroughChallenges

📝 Year 6 Writers dive into the world of complex narratives! This week, we’re exploring: 🔮 Foreshadowing ⏳ Flashbacks 👀 Perspective Changes 🗣️ Different Narrative Voices. We're learning to identify these features in well-known text extracts and see how they shape stories! 📚✨

🎉 Year 6 had a blast today learning advanced vocabulary with Adjective Charades! 🤩 Students acted out words like “impeccable” and “repulsive,” making learning fun and interactive. So proud of their creativity and courage to get in front of the class and be a bit silly! 🌟

Year 6 had an amazing time at @ReadingBlues today! 🎉They met the incredible poet @EarlyTrain and discovered how poetry can express emotions, break moulds… and be a bit silly too! ✍️✨ #PoetryFun #CreativeKids #MattGoodfellow #ReadingBlueCoat

🧪🍅 Year 5 had a blast learning about mummification today! We scooped out tomato "guts" with spoons, used bicarbonate of soda for natron, and wrapped them in toilet paper. History has never been this much fun! 🏺✨ #HandsOnLearning #MummificationMagic

Our young tech enthusiasts in Y1 & 2 are diving into the world of computing! 🖥️✨ This week, they’re learning all about the key parts of a computer, mastering how to log on, and developing their ‘mouse skills’! 🖱️🐭

Let's get creative with Lego. Join us at Dedworth Library for drop in Lego sessions. Saturdays 10:45 am - 12:15 pm September 14 and 28 October 12 and 26 November 9 and 23 December 7 and 21 Suitable for 4 - 10 year olds.

🚀🔧 Year 5 had a blast at @LPSchool engineering workshop today! 🏗️ With LEGO bricks in hand, they tackled challenges, built incredible carts, and learned the power of resilience and teamwork. 🌟🤝 Future engineers in the making! #EngineeringFun #LEGO #Teamwork

One of the most exciting parts of being in Year 5 at Highfield? Getting their personal devices! 🎉 They’re diving into SPaG lessons, researching new words linked to our Ancient Egypt topic. 📝🌟 Go, Year 5! 🎉👏 #Year5 #AncientEgypt #SPaGLesson #EdTech #LearningJourney

📢 Exciting news! We’ve launched our new 'SEND Support' page on the school website. Discover what we do best at Highfield, our resources and local support available for students with SEND. Visit now to learn more and get the support you need! 🌟📚 #SENDSupport #InclusiveEducation

😀Highfield days are happy days! 😀 Happy days at Highfield are even happier when Highfield 'old' girls come back to visit! Today we welcomed last Year's Y6 back for the annual Y6 v Y7 netball match! 🏀 #OnceAHighfieldGirlAlwaysAHighfieldGirl @Chatsworthschls

😍😀Our enterprising Y4s held a 'Happiness Sale', selling an assortment of crafts, cakes, bracelets & mystery bags and raised £90 for the school - fantastic work! Amazing what dedication & teamwork can achieve!😍😀 #entrepreneurs #teamwork #happiness @Chatsworthschls

📚✨ Year 5 joined Preschool & Reception for some playing & reading! Heartwarming to see the older girls play & share stories with our very youngest. Building connections & fostering a love for learning... together ! #BuddyTime #ReadingTogether #SchoolCommunity @Chatsworthschls

📚✨ Year 5 had a wonderful morning joining Preschool and Reception for some playing and reading! It was heartwarming to see the older girls plays and share stories with the little ones. Building connections and fostering a love for learning! ❤️ #BuddyTime #SchoolCommunity

🕺🏼🪩 💃🏽 Groovy moves on the dance floor at the Olympics-themed summer disco last night! Thanks to the PTA for another brilliantly organised evening bringing together children from across the school on a Friday night . 🕺🏼🪩 💃🏽 @Chatsworthschls

Ready for the Summer Reading Challenge? We are! We love reading! We know the importance of reading! We love sharing the joy of reading! @chatsworthschls @RBWM_Libraries

What a fabulous day for our Pre-Prep and Prep Sports Day! #sportsday #funinthesun @chatsworthschls

It takes courage to perform in front of a room of people but that's exactly what Sophie did today when she played the piano at the inaugural Chatsworth Schools Young Musician Competition & launch of the Victoria Bradley Scholarship! @chatsworthschls

How do you use a defibrillator? How do you treat an unconscious breathing person? How do you treat an unconscious person not breathing? How do you put someone in the recovery position? Y6 know the answers! #firstaidmatters #savinglives #firstaidtraining #cpr @chatsworthschls

What a perfect day for a picnic!🥗🍉🥪 What a perfect day for an ice lolly! 🌞 What perfect day to be together! 🧑🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏻👫 What a perfect day at Highfield Prep! 🏫 @Chatsworthschls