Prep 5
New Astbury Lake Adventure Club
This term, eight enthusiastic pupils from Prep 3 to Prep 6 have been making a splash at our brand-new Astbury Lake After-School Club! Each week, the children have taken to the water to enjoy a variety of exciting activities, including kayaking, canoeing, and paddleboarding. Their confidence and teamwork have grown with every session, and it…
Economics Comes to Edenhurst
As a new initiative to teach children about money in the real world, Edenhurst has introduced economics and finance as a new subject onto the curriculum. Prep 5 and Prep 6 students have been enjoying learning about financial decision-making and how to make the best use of resources such as money and time. Their first…
Macmillan Coffee Morning and Bake Sale
On Friday 26th September, our school community came together for our annual Macmillan Coffee Morning and cake sale. What a wonderful morning it was! Prep 5 and Prep 6 pupils took on the exciting challenge of baking as part of their new Business and Economics curriculum, carefully costing out ingredients and developing their own pricing…
Wow Lessons: Prep 5 Create AI Monsters
To launch their new class text, Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky, Prep 5 combined creativity and technology by designing their own AI-generated monsters under teacher supervision. Pupils used expanded noun phrases to develop vivid, imaginative descriptions of their unique creatures, from furry beasts to scaly fiends. Later this term, the class will use their inventions as inspiration…
Prep 5 Science Trip to the Think Tank
On arrival the children enjoyed an ‘Amazing Animals’ workshop where they consolidated their knowledge on animal groups. They handled the taxidermy animals very sensibly before looking at some of the objects that had been confiscated at customs, such as a small cayman crocodile and a large turtle shell. There was then time to explore the…
Prep 5 Visit to Cheltenham College
On Monday 12th May, eight Prep 5 children visited Cheltenham College as part of a Team Challenges Competition. During the day, they had to work as a team showing good communication and listening skills as well as having lots of fun. Children needed to work logically and accurately in order to successfully complete the challenges…
Prep 5 Visit to Warner Bros Studios Tour
Prep 5 visited the Making of Harry Potter and took part in a workshop called ‘From Script to Screen’ where they learnt about the different roles on a film set and how sets, costumes and props are designed. They explored the Great Hall, Privet Drive, the Forbidden Forest, Herbology and Potions classrooms, the Gryffindor dormitories…
Prep 5 Launches Into Space Exploration at the National Space Centre
On our trip to the National Space Centre in Leicester, Prep 5 had the opportunity to take part in a workshop called ‘It IS Rocket Science’ where there were live demonstrations of the chemical reactions needed to launch rockets and a quiz on the history of space travel. Pupils also explored the different levels of…
Prep 4 and Prep 5 WOW Lessons bring Learning to Life
Prep 4 Volcano Making To introduce our new class text, ‘Escape from Pompeii’, the pupils created their own volcanoes and staged mini eruptions! This experience helped to immerse them in the world of the characters from our book. The pupils used large pop bottles and A3 paper (decorated with boulders and lava trails!) to create…
WOW Lessons: Engaging and Creative Learning Experiences
Prep 6 Wow Lesson In Prep 6, the students kicked off their new learning on Letters from the Lighthouse by stepping into the shoes of WWII evacuees. They watched a short documentary about evacuation, then created their own identity cards, ration books, and luggage labels, using replicas from the era. These labels accompanied them on…
Why Edenhurst?
Why Edenhurst?
