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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…
Year 1: Space Day!
Space Day! Following our floating and sinking inquiry last week, the astronauts were given an exciting challenge: to save the aliens from Planet Aqua! Their mission was to design a foil rocket pod and test how many marbles it could hold before sinking. They made predictions and, based on their observations and results, worked with…
Whitgift all out for 83!
Well done to our U11 cricketers who played against Whitgift on Monday. The team played really well and managed to hold some super catches which just gave them the edge. They bowled Whitgift out for 83 and managed to reach their target with four wickets left. Good batting by Spencer and James helped them achieve…
We’re all going on a…Spanish holiday!
Year 1 to 6 pupils had such an enjoyable day on Monday learning about Spanish culture. The hall was transformed into a one-stop Spanish holiday journey, as pupils visited passport control, shopped for souvenirs and practiced their language skills by ordering an ice cream in Spanish. A huge thanks to the wonderful team from Kidslingo!…
Elmhurst Celebrates Success in ISA Athletics
Well done to all the boys who took part in the ISA Athletics event! Congratulations to Yannick who qualified for the Nationals in Birmingham as he finished comfortably first in the 600 metres. He also made the final of the 150 metres but sadly had to pull up towards the finish line due to a…
