Drama
Star Warts: The Umpire Strikes Back!
The Spring term musical is one of our favourite events of the school year. This term’s production of “Star Warts: the Umpire Strikes Back” did not disappoint! The cast delivered their lines with characterful expressions that belied their young years and the singing and dancing was clearly loved as much by the performers as it…
Year 6: Getting Ready for Star Warts: The Umpire Strikes Back!
Our Year 6 pupils have been working hard all term on designing and creating set and props for our upcoming Spring Musical, Star Warts: The Umpire Strikes Back. They have designed space ships, signs, t-shirts, a bottle of the powerful ‘sauce’, a droid called R-U-1-2 and even a miniature T.A.R.D.I.S.!
Darkwood Author Leads Screenwriting Session
Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch visited Years 3 – 6 this week to talk about her work writing sketches for CBBC’s Horrible Histories. She shared scripts and video clips of the Romans with Year 3, the Ancient Greeks with Year 4, the Victorians with Year 5 and Shakespeare with Year 6. The children learnt about the process of…
Year 5: Bringing Literature to Life!
At Elmhurst, an important part of the curriculum is enriching our pupils’ learning experiences. We began this term by bringing to life the classic novel ‘Great Expectations’. To start the new term, Year 5 wrapped up warmly for a visit to St Peter’s churchyard for a site specific reading of the first chapter of Great…
Celebrating a term of coeducation
As Christmas approaches, the Head of Elmhurst, Mrs Marriott, reflects on a successful first term following the school’s decision to welcome girls in September (2024). Elmhurst has been nurturing young people to become their brilliant best for over 150 years. Originally born of a need to educate the sons of serving military families, Elmhurst is…
Years 4-6 Trip to the Globe Theatre
On Wednesday, our Year 4, 5 & 6 pupils enjoyed an exhilarating trip to the Globe Theatre to see a matinee of Hansel and Gretel. We walked along the Southbank, had lunch on the river and then stood in the yard as ‘groundlings’ to watch the show. The children were so close they could almost…
Grimm Tales – A Captivating Production
Grimm Tales – a captivating exemplification of why drama MUST be in the curriculum Drama is a relatively new curriculum addition to Elmhurst but last night’s incredible production of Grimm Tales was an excellent reminder of just how much it brings to the children’s learning. The cast members had chosen to be part of the…
