News & Events
Wedgwood Master Potter Visit
Posted on 15th Feb 2018 A few weeks ago Wedgwood house worked together to create bunting that read “Edenhurst Prep School loves Wedgwood Pottery” and sent it into the company. They were most delighted by our work and currently have it on display. They then agreed to visit us and bring with them a master potter…
World War One Expert Visits Prep 5
Posted on 15th Feb 2018 A World War One expert kindly agreed to give a talk to the Prep 5 children as part of their History lesson on Monday 5th February. Rob Wantling shared his extensive knowledge of World War One captivating the children’s interests by dressing as an English soldier and allowing the students to experience…
U11 Newcastle Junior Football League
Posted on 13th Feb 2018 It was our the 2nd round of fixtures in NJFL and the boys were after recording their first victory in the league. With the weather conditions very challenging the mix for Prep 4-6 children played some excellent football. Playing 3 fixtures back to back they achieved their first victory against…
Prep 3 Roman Visit to Chester
Posted on 2nd Feb 2018 On Friday 26th January Prep 3 visited Chester to experience life as a Roman for the day. We started at the Grosvenor Museum and had a Roman workshop. The children looked at real and replica artefacts focusing on the Roman kitchen and food, the bath house which included mosaic making,…
Prep 6 Visit The Beatles Story
Posted on 1st Feb 2018 Roll up…roll up for the mystery tour! Our visit to the Beatles Story last month had been preceded by some extensive research into the lives of each member of the band as we wrote their biographies, so it would be fair to say that the current Prep 6 came into…
Subject Focus: Science At Edenhurst
Posted on 31st Jan 2018 “Did you really use to be a scientist?” and “You don’t look like a real scientist!” are some of the questions and comments that you get as a specialist science teacher at Edenhurst. There is no better way to learn about science then plenty of hands-on activities, experiments and investigations…
Sports News: U11 Netball v Ryleys
Posted on 30th Jan 2018 There were some Year 6 girls missing from this team due to Entrance Exams so we travelled to this fixture with a very mixed age group consisting of year 4-6 girls. However, this turned out to be a very strong team who quickly worked together to pass, catch and shoot…
Looking Forward To Our 'Brilliant' School Play!
Posted on 18th Jan 2018 This year we shall be performing our School Play in the Hilary Term. There was great excitement in Prep 6 last week when Mrs. Jones came in, handed out the scripts and announced the parts for….’Brilliant The Dinosaur!’ Edenhurst has performed this before, in 1993, when the school was part…
From Prep To Senior School: The Skills Needed
Posted on 17th Jan 2018 We’ve written and spoken previously about how preparation for senior school is a whole-school process. Whilst Prep 6 take the 11+ exams, the foundations take place in Nursery and Reception to allow further growth and development through the Pre-Prep and Prep Forms, culminating in what are essentially the final stages in…
World Volunteer Sustainability Workshop
Posted on 11th Jan 2018 This morning we were delighted to welcome Will Midwinter (Edenhurst alumnus and now Outreach and Program Manager for World Volunteer Asia) along with his colleague Alex to talk to Preps 4, 5 and 6 about how Edenhurst can support the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals. Will and Alex also talked to…
Why Edenhurst?
Why Edenhurst?
