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Take One Picture Project
Posted on 26th Oct 2018 In the run up to the October half-term, children have been working with Mrs. Twigge in their Art lessons on the ‘Take One Picture’ project. The ‘Take One Picture’ project (http://www.takeonepicture.org.uk/), conceived by The National Gallery, invites schools to choose one picture from an art gallery and base all of…
Explorers Become Scientists!
Posted on 26th Oct 2018 This week the Explorers turned into scientists as they put on their metaphorical white coats to carry out an experiment with milk and food colouring. We decided to use yellow and green food colouring as they are Autumn colours and the children all crowded around to watch as we poured…
Alumni Case Study: Emma Joustra (1981)
Posted on 25th Oct 2018 Earlier this year we were delighted to catch up with Edenhurst alumna Emma Joustra (nee Jones). Emma is a Potteries-based artist who specialises in home and workplace portraits. Emma was commissioned to draw Edenhurst School as a retirement gift for Mr. and Mrs. Copestick. Emma said: “This was a commission…
A New Chapter for Edenhurst PTA
Posted on 22nd Oct 2018 Edenhurst Friends Association has re-launched this term as Edenhurst Parents and Teachers Association (EPTA). Newly-elected Chair of the EPTA, Deborah Ware, said: “The newly-formed EPTA is the start of a new fresh look at bringing the parent community together to help further enhance our children’s journey through Edenhurst. She added: “We’re…
Toddlers Enjoy Autumn Topic
Posted on 5th Oct 2018 The Toddlers have been very busy this month starting to learn about Autumn. We have been practising our Autumn colours of red, yellow, brown and orange with various activities such as colouring with felt pens, painting using our new paintbrushes and exploring playdough. We had great fun tasting different foods…
Form 2 Visit Poole's Cavern
Posted on 4th Oct 2018 Form 2’s first trip of the year proved to be a great (although rather wet) success! We drove to Buxton in the glorious sunshine and quickly started our underground tour of Poole’s Cavern. We learned about the limestone and saw giant stalagmites and stalactites all around us. Luckily the rock dinosaur…
Edenhurst Supports Jeans For Genes Day
Posted on 4th Oct 2018 Edenhurst supports a number of charities throughout each academic year. Our first charitable event this year supported ‘Jeans for Genes’, so on Friday 21st September, staff and pupils were invited to make a donation to this charity and to come to school dressed in jeans. We are pleased to say…
Our Choir Sings At Beaumaris Court
Posted on 4th Oct 2018 It has become a tradition in recent years that the School Choir’s first outing is to Beaumaris Court, a home just along the road from Edenhurst, in order to perform for the residents. This week the choir walked the short distance along and entertained them with a selection of pieces. …
Video: Reception's First Fortnight
Posted on 21st Sep 2018 The children in Reception have settled in beautifully and have had a great first fortnight. They have been getting stuck in exploring their new classroom, making friends and getting to know their new buddies in Prep 6. They have enjoyed their first P.E., French and Music lessons, as well as a number of maths…
Babies Learn All About Themselves
Posted on 21st Sep 2018 The Babies have been learning all about themselves recently with the help of our friends at Nursery and our Mummies and Daddies. At Nursery we have been concentrating on our likes. We asked Mummies and Daddies if they could bring our favourite toys to Nursery and we shared them with…
Why Edenhurst?
Why Edenhurst?
