School Blogs
Edenhurst’s Anti-Bullying Week: Fostering Respect and Kindness
During Anti-Bullying Week in November, Edenhurst embraced a variety of activities to emphasise the importance of respect and kindness. The week commenced with students and staff donning mismatched socks, in support of the Anti-Bullying Alliance’s mission. Altru Drama was also welcomed to school, presenting the poignant and thought-provoking play, ‘The Noise Keepers’. This powerful performance…
Exploring Science: Half-term Highlights
This term, our Science classes have been buzzing with various engaging activities and experiments, providing our students with hands-on learning experiences. While we’ve had a multitude of activities, here are some of the highlights that the children loved the most! In our Healthy Living topic, Prep 6 had a blast measuring their lung capacity. They…
Head’s Blog: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Christmas has definitely landed at Edenhurst! To be honest, it first made its appearance on 21st November when Prep 6 made their annual pilgrimage to Keele Christmas Tree Farm and, fuelled with hot chocolate, cream and marshmallows, returned with not one, but two rather fabulous trees. Since then, it has quickly gathered momentum with a…
A-Z Education Dictionary for Parents
As you navigate your child’s education you will likely encounter complex language, specialist terms, and one too many acronyms! As parents, you want to be fully informed in order to best support your child, but this can be daunting when you are unfamiliar with the language used in letters home, our weekly newsletter, school reports…
Edenhurst Remembrance Service – Head Pupil Blog
The remembrance service was a lovely way to commemorate the loss of the soldiers who sacrificed themselves for us. The music and the congregation made it even better. My favourite part was the Year 6 readings of war poems. I also felt really privileged to be asked, as head pupil, to lay the wreath at…
Prep 6 Leavers’ Destinations
At Edenhurst, we take great pride in our commitment to nurturing pupils for a seamless transition to a broad range of different senior schools and are proud of our track record in supporting children to choose the right school for them. We have a very successful track record of pupils being offered places at notable…
Head’s Blog: The Magic of Challenge
“Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew” – Cicely Tyson At the beginning of October I was invited to attend the ISA Midland Region Autumn Head’s Meeting at St Dominic’s Priory School in Stone. I was truly excited at the prospect of meeting with other Heads from the local area,…
The Importance and Benefits of Character Education
The measures of a quality education extend far beyond academic attainment and exam results. However, many parents and schools often neglect Character Education as a vital part of a child’s educational experience. But what is Character Education and why is its importance greater than ever in our rapidly changing world? What is Character Education? Character…
All Smiles at Sports Day!
This term, our main sporting event was our School Sports Day! It was a fantastic day filled with races, fun and family. All of our children from Reception to Prep 6 took part and gave their very best efforts. We couldn’t have been more proud of the effort from the children. The best part of…
A Stunning End of Year Performance
Our end of year play, The Pirates of the Curry Bean was performed at the Mitchel Memorial Theatre on Tuesday 27th June. The performance involved all of prep 3-6 children, with a live band and professional sound and lighting. The children worked tirelessly over several months to prepare for the big performance and it paid…
Why Edenhurst?
Why Edenhurst?
