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Mr Thomas’ Blog: Maths Week England 2025: Connection or Coincidence?
This week, our school joined thousands of others across the country to celebrate Maths Week England 2025. The goal was to take mathematics off the page and into the real world, showing the children that maths isn’t just about arithmetic — it is a creative, vibrant, and essential part of our daily lives. The theme…
Head’s Blog: Choosing the right school for your child
Parental responsibility can be overwhelming at times and one of the early tests of your decision making comes in the form of school selection. If you are fortunate enough to be able to buy an independent education for your child then the responsibility to get it right also has economic pressures as well. Having worked…
Head’s Blog: Hot Chocolate with the Head – the Head’s perspective
Once the termly invitations are issued, I often hear from parents on the gate how excited their child is to be joining me for Hot Chocolate shortly. It’s one of our many ways of celebrating the children and something I look forward to immensely. There are few greater treats as a Headteacher than to…
Head’s Blog: Black History Month
This time last year I co-authored a blog with a parent about the challenges Black History month presents in schools. Before writing again this year, I read back over our words (Have a read of our blog, Black History Month Perpetuating or celebrating difference?’ here) and I remain uncertain that the celebratory month of October…
Head’s Blog: Why celebrating really matters
Throughout life we come together to applaud and appreciate achievements – often focussed only on the few. Last month’s Emmy Awards or even more recent Ballon D’Or ceremonies are broadcast around the world to high acclaim and recipients carry that achievement forward with them to secure even more prestigious contracts and opportunities. Who doesn’t want…
Head’s Blog: Community
If you want to walk fast, walk alone. If you want to walk far, walk together Ratan Tata At the heart of Elmhurst is a strong sense of community. So much so that, this academic year, we have added ‘Community’ as the civic virtue that brings together all of our other character values. The Elmhurst…
Mr Thomas’ Blog: World Clean Up Day
World Clean Up Day This week, our assemblies focused on a theme of global significance: World Clean Up Day. The energy and thoughtfulness displayed by the children as we discussed our shared responsibility for the planet have been truly inspiring. We discussed the core principles of repair, reuse, or recycle whenever we can, rather than…
Head’s Blog: New School Council Representatives
And the representative for the year is… This sentence caused great excitement at the end of a week where classes bid to be the new school voice representative. With school council, eco council, harmony council and lunch council working together to form our school parliament, roles on the councils are coveted. The children took their…
Head’s Blog: Introducing Mr Morgan
Introducing Mr Morgan The staff team makes the school and at Elmhurst we are blessed with a talented and committed staff team – from our hardworking office and nursery staff to our experienced teaching team – they are a joy to work with. As the Head, I am lucky enough to see the…
Head’s Blog: And we are off!
Today, our new Reception cohort started school. Nervous children and adults tentatively began their school journey and I was reminded of the significance of this milestone. Compulsory education is a privilege we often overlook. First days remind us of the significance of our school years and how they shape us. As teachers, we are very…
