School Blogs
Au revoir Edenhurst !
Posted on 14th Feb 2020 How to sum up 14 years of working at Edenhurst? As a former pupil myself, I was thrilled to be able to return to the school in 2005, the year the new nursery buildings opened. This is where French begins at Edenhurst with songs, rhymes, puppets and fun! As…
A day in the life of Mr Hibbert
Posted on 14th Feb 2020 On Wednesday, 29th January I was a headteacher for the day. The reason I became headteacher was that I won a competition at the Christmas Fayre. When I found out that I was headteacher, I was ecstatic, I had missed the assembly when it was announced in because I was…
A Busy and Successful Term for the EPTA
Posted on 17th Dec 2019 Well what a start to the school year! We began with our AGM back in September, and it was great to see such a large turnout, with parental representation from all school years including the Nursery! The AGM enabled us to set out the focus for the year and discuss…
Miss Turner – Reflections On My First Year
Posted on 16th Dec 2019 It’s unbelievable that Miss Turner has been with us almost a year – she started with us in January and, we are delighted to say, will be staying with us after Christmas. Here she kindly shares some of her reflections on her first year in the classroom. Starting at Edenhurst…
How We Assess Children at Edenhurst
Posted on 28th Nov 2019 Assessment is a topic that many parents are keen to understand more about. With this in mind, we have put together this short video to explain more about the different types of assessment that your child will undergo at Edenhurst and how the resulting data is used to help…
Celebrating Diversity During Anti-Bullying Week
Posted on 15th Nov 2019 One of this week’s foci in school has been ‘Anti-Bullying’ week. Each class and house has spent time concentrating on ‘Anti-Bullying’ and during our ‘Anti-Bullying’ assembly, the children showed how well informed they are. On Friday the children and staff came in wearing blue in support of Anti-Bullying; some also…
Working in Partnership with Parents in Little Learners
Posted on 23rd Oct 2019 In the Little Learners we have a genuine commitment to working cooperatively with parents. One of the ways we encourage our positive relationships with parents is through the introduction of small projects to do at home. For our first project we asked the parents to make and decorate a sensory…
How to Prepare for Senior School Transition
Posted on 20th Oct 2019 Whilst this will primarily be of interest to those in the Prep Forms, we encourage parents of Pre-Prep pupils to read it as well. Senior School transition seems a long way away but the process of planning for it begins a number of years before. There is no ‘right’ time…
A Cultural Myth? The Summer-Born Disadvantage
Posted on 3rd Oct 2019 Written by our own Mr Barnes, this was included in this term’s edition of ‘Prep School Magazine’. I should confess to a personal interest in this topic. With a birthday in July, as well as having a high number of family members with birthdays between 1st May and 31st…
Top 10 Tips to Avoid The Summer Slip
Posted on 8th Jul 2019 The academic year will soon draw to a close; children nationwide are relishing the thought of six or so weeks away from the classroom. The holidays will undoubtedly give children well-earned respite from the routines of term-time, with outings, catching up with friends, bike rides, park trips or making dens replacing English, Maths and…
Why Edenhurst?
Why Edenhurst?
