Year 6
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 English: Murder Most Fowl!
Year 6 are studying Shakespeare’s Macbeth in English. This week, they found the body of King Duncan in their classroom. Their challenge is to write an engaging newspaper article about the event.
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.!
Celebrating our favourite books on World Book Day
World Book Day was a great event, with a wide range of characters coming to school for the day. Many of the staff dressed up and their classrooms also enjoyed a book themed door make-over. A wonderful celebration of the books in our lives.
ISA Cross Country Success
Many congratulations to our U9 and U11 teams who took part in the ISA Cross Country event this week. Each race comprised of 80 pupils and outstanding performances were achieved by Diego in Year 4 (who finished 19th overall) and Yannick, who once again topped the group by finishing first. We are very proud of…
Bellevue’s CEO, Mark Malley, in Conversation with Year 6
Y6 had the opportunity to quiz Bellevue’s CEO Mark Malley, when he visited Elmhurst just before half term. The children enjoyed finding out more about our group and Mr Malley certainly enjoyed spending time with them. The pupils then wrote up Mr Malley’s answers to their questions. How did you build the Bellevue Group? Bellevue…
Nicholas Demonstrates Determination
Nicholas made a stunningly complex marble run all by himself; demonstrating determination – one of our school values. Looks like his friends were keen to join in the fun!
Elmhurst Reaches U11 ISA National Finals
A fantastic day was had by all at the U11 ISA National finals at the London Olympic Park last week. The morning session was composed of the group stages where the boys finished top of the group beating Rosemead, Chafn Grove, Thorpe Hall and drawing against Crickkade Manor. This meant that Elmhurst played in the…
Chris Philp, MP Visits Elmhurst
Our Year 3 – 6 pupils enjoyed a fascinating visit from the Rt Hon, Chris Philp, who is MP for Croydon South and Shadow Home Secretary. Chris talked about what his role involves, what he feels are his biggest achievements and what the challenges of his job are. Pupils asked insightful questions to further their…
Year 6 Prepare for the Bellevue Debating Competition
Our Year 6 pupils are fine-tuning their debating skills in readiness for the Year 6-8 Bellevue Schools Debating Competition on Thursday 27th February.
