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Year 6 Trip to the Churchill Theatre
To enrich the learning of our book in Autumn Term, this week, Year 6 travelled to see the production of Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo, at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley.Set against the backdrop of WW1, this adaptation was portrayed by just a cast of seven and brought the main protagonists of Tommo, Charlie, Molly to life,…
Starting the Year with a Bang : Science at Elmhurst School for Boys, Mr. Cook
Science at Elmhurst always goes off with a bang! Mainly blowing the children’s minds with the ‘ooh’ and the ‘aah’ and the ‘wow’ that our science studies bring. Our science is based exclusively around investigations and enquiry where we aim to develop pupils’ divergent thinking and ability to work scientifically: questioning the often surprising results! This article concentrates…
Reception Do Phonics with Year 6
Year 6 came to Reception today to work with the younger boys on their writing about ‘People who help us.’ The older boys were very good teachers and encouraged their buddies to write a sentence using capital letters, finger spaces, plausible spelling with phonics and full stops at the end. After that, the boys enjoyed reading to…
Mindfulness in action!, Madame Hargreaves
Year 1 have been having weekly mindfulness classes with Madame Hargreaves. They are learning the importance of living in the moment and giving our busy brains a break. Regular practice of being mindful not only makes us happier, but it can also help improve concentration, reduce stress, and improve our ability to cope with negative emotions like fear and…
Sports Round-Up
The Elmhurst boys have been very busy the last two weeks on the sporting front. Wednesday 19th January U11 boys had a return Croydon Schools’ League match v St Peter’s School Result 1-1 Elmhurst were mainly in control and a superb goal by WA almost sealed the victory. Unfortunately a late header from a corner…
ISA U11 Table Tennis Championships at Nottingham University
Good luck to Aren, Lucian, Chirayu and Freddie who will be competing in the ISA U11 Table Tennis Championships at Nottingham University today We will wait with bated breath for the results. A huge thank you to parents who will be taking the boys up for the day.
Year 4 English Trip to Banstead Woods, written by Year 4
An Unusual Friday, by Noah This morning, I woke up fizzing with excitement as I would be going on an exciting, long school trip to Banstead Woods. After my scrumptious breakfast of muesli and shreddies, I went straight to school and into the playground to play football with my friends who were all wearing their…
A Recount of The Elmhurst Christmas Fair – KG, Yr 4
Excitedly, I woke up today. It was a big day because it was the School Christmas Fair!! It all started at 3 o’clock when my mum along with HCH and NB’s mum, set up the Year 4 stall. Four minutes later, all the boys could attend the Christmas fair because school had ended. Firstly, I…
Year 6 Trip to the Imperial War Museum
Today, Year 6 went on a trip to the Imperial War Museum to learn some more about their topic this term. These are the reports they gave: “The most interesting bit was the fact that I did not know that the type of canons we looked at were used in WWI. I was surprised the one…
James Carter Visits Elmhurst School for Boys – HI, Yr 4
On the 23rd of November 2021, famous poet, James Carter, visited Elmhurst School for Boys to conduct a Poetry Workshop for Years 1, 2, 4 and 5. When I saw a mysterious man in our school hall, playing the grand piano and an electric keyboard, I was pleasantly surprised, because I was expecting a serious…
