Posted on 10th Jul 2020 It truly has been an amazing 11 months, well actually, amazing 7 months and 4 unorthodox months but even in these unprecedented times I have thoroughly enjoyed this academic year. From teaching in the classroom to teaching at home each day has been a learning curve. My class, Prep…
Posted on 10th Jul 2020 I had my first ski lesson at Stoke Ski Centre in October 2018, with others from Edenhurst. I was nervous at this lesson. The instructors were very kind and soon I looked forward to the lessons each week. I started taking lessons because, in March 2019, I went on…
Posted on 14th May 2020 During the Michaelmas term, we as a staff had been discussing the characteristics that we would like a child leaving Edenhurst to embody. Terms like resilience, perseverance, courage, risk taking, open mindedness and curiosity were introduced to the children as part of their ‘learner toolkit’. We introduced ‘Ownership’ lessons…
Posted on 14th May 2020 In March, and what seems like a different life-time, Form 1 visited Stafford Castle. We were immersed in all things medieval and learned a huge amount about how people lived their lives in medieval castles. The children had a fantastic time learning, amongst other things, how to defend and…
Posted on 14th May 2020 Social media is something that Edenhurst takes much pride in. We feel it is important to keep our parents, prospective parents and the wider community involved with everything that we are doing. We love sharing what we do with you all, and we feel it is important that you…
Posted on 14th May 2020 Reception class had a wonderful time performing their musical play Dumble the Dinosaur, to parents. They loved singing the songs and learning the dances. Everyone learnt their words and stood on the stage to say them with great confidence. The highlight of the evening, was dancing to Chocolatte! Well…
Posted on 14th May 2020 As I sit down to type my article for Edenhurst’s e-news, we have our first, perfectly timed, Millionaire Reader– Lexi in Prep 5. Lexi, like many other children, has embraced our new reading programme and since January when we first introduced Accelerated Reader to the Prep forms, Lexi has…
Posted on 14th May 2020 Hi Everyone, My name is Harry and I’m Head Boy at Edenhurst Prep School. We have been doing our learning online for 5 weeks already and I feel I’m starting to get used to it. Even though this is not what we are used to, I am sure we…
Posted on 14th Feb 2020 We went to Gladstone Pottery on a coach and when we got there we watched a video about Stoke-on-Trent pottery in the Victorian times. We found out that the air was dusty and dirty which wasn’t very healthy. Some children worked from the age of 5. The children were…
Posted on 14th Feb 2020 Seventeen of our pupils took part in LAMDA exams this year. Sixteen of them achieved a Distinction and one narrowly missed out achieving a Merit. This is an astounding result! The highest mark achieved was an impressive 98%. We are extremely grateful to Mrs West for all her hard…