News & Events
Reading at Edenhurst School – by Mrs. Bennett
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…
Talking To Our Deputy Head
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…
Reception Perform Dumble the Dinosaur
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…
The Importance of Music at Edenhurst
Posted on 14th Feb 2020 Music is a very important part of education. The benefits that music gives are invaluable. I have the privilege and honour of working with all of the pupils at Edenhurst, preparing them for numerous concerts, plays and church services, as well as performances out in the community. Music allows pupils…
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…
Edenhurst LAMDA success
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…
Gladstone Pottery visit
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…
Edenhurst Sport Update
Posted on 14th Feb 2020 Two squads, U9 and U11 travelled to Bedstone College to compete in this year’s ISA Cross Country competition.Over one hundred children competed in each age group and with challenging weather conditions and heavy ground the course became very difficult. Both groups did amazingly well and had to cover 1500m (U9)…
Nursery Jingle All The Way at Festive Rhythm Time Event!
Posted on 18th Dec 2019 Last week, Nursery celebrated the festive season at our our popular Christmas Rhythm Time event. Children from Early Learners, Little Learners, Explorers, Toddlers and a few walking Babies who attend Rhythm Time were able to enjoy a fantastic festive-themed Rhythm Time class, many with their parents and carers on hand to…
Why Edenhurst?
Why Edenhurst?
