Year: 2022
The Snow Queen Performance
A massive thank you to Hobgoblin Theatre Company for performing ‘The Snow Queen’ to our children on Wednesday. After the show, Miss O’Sullivan’s English class wrote articles about the performance. Kamal in Year 5 said, “It was very enjoyable and so much fun to watch and interact with the actors”. Thank you.
New Library Coming Soon
Eagle-eyed boys will have noticed Santa’s elves have been busy in the school library recently, and what a difference a month makes! The Elmhurst library is currently being re-vamped to support the new and exciting Accelerated Reader programme within the school. It looks great already, but there is much left to do. As well as…
U9’s Win Oakwood Tournament
A great achievement for our U9’s who have won the Oakwood Tournament. All played outstanding football and worked well as a team. Special mention to Spencer for being voted player of the tournament.
Annual charity calendar
Elmhurst have been supporting the Joshua Orphan and Care Malawi charity since 2005! Our aim is to build on the boys’ understanding of the world we live in, by providing them with the opportunity to make connections with the wider global community. Click here to buy the calendar.
International Maths Challenge Success
Congratulations to Years 5 & 6 for winning 3 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze medal in the International Maths Challenge. Over 8170 participants from 123 countries took part. Mrs Neagu is very proud!
Year 5 visit London Docklands Museum
Inside the museum, we had a lecture about what the museum was. The building was a warehouse in the 1600s for making tobacco and other produce. Outside the Docklands lay the Thames. Many rats filled the Thames and came into the warehouse. Before the benefit of cats, black slaves had to exterminate the rats else…
Year 2 visit Croydon Fire Station
Year 2 have been busy learning about the Great fire of London this term. They have been comparing London fire services from 1666 to 2022 and were fortunate enough to get first hand experience to visit Croydon Old Town fire station. The boys were very excited to have a personalised tour of the station. They…
Head’s Blog: Shaping Success
Reflecting on the half term and the numerous conversations I have been having with staff and parents, I find myself wanting to share a commonly discussed area – success. Whilst this is an obvious goal for any educator or parent, it is worth drawing attention to the different guises that success can be found in…
Year 1 visit Addington Hills
Year 1 went to Addington Hills to look at the view of London and Croydon linking to their learning in Geography “Where I live”. They pointed to the various features of human and physical geography. The boys enjoyed going up and down the hills a number of times. It was a wonderful day out!
U11s achieve 2nd place in Caterham Football Tournament
A fantastic morning of football for our A & B teams who played in the Caterham tournament on Saturday. Well done to the U11 boys for coming 2nd place, just missing out in a penalty shoot out. Great effort!
